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Post by devilhorns24 on Dec 28, 2023 1:40:08 GMT -5
Could be wrong but these are some commitments I see coming very soon.
Ann Marie Remmes (MB, Creighton) -> Illinois State Emma Henry (S, Oklahoma) -> Loyola Chicago Maradith O’ Gorman (OH, Michigan State)-> South Alabama
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Post by kb808 on Dec 28, 2023 3:27:47 GMT -5
Could be wrong but these are some commitments I see coming very soon. Ann Marie Remmes (MB, Creighton) -> Illinois State Emma Henry (S, Oklahoma) -> Loyola Chicago Maradith O’ Gorman (OH, Michigan State)-> South Alabama Lol cool
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Post by belgianhusker on Dec 28, 2023 5:00:07 GMT -5
TX and NE are big rivals from the Big12. NE dislike of TX had a lot to do with NE leaving the Big12 for the Big10, but that was more about football. Most years, IMO, TX VB has had the more physical/athletic hitters, while NE tended to be the better serving and passing team. TX vs NE VB matches were often hotly contested matches with the Big12 title and NCAA tournament advancement on the line. Then Lexi Sun transfered from TX to NE. Followed by Davis, Akana, Caffee and Launstein transferring from NE to TX, with Caffee and Launstein throwing some shade at NE/Cook as the reason for their transfer. Then Ames (2024 #1 MB recruit) changed her commitment from NE to TX in late Nov 23. TX dominated NE at their strength, serving and passing, in the Championship game, crushing them. Cook was/is irritated, understandably IMO. It showed in the post game presser, although what Cook said has been blown out of proportion by NE and Cook haters IMO. Right now Elliot seems to be getting the better of it, but there is always next year, if they play each other. Edit: I do not think Cook and Elliot hate each other, rather fierce rivals. Suspect Cook and NE haters will pounce after this post. I can give more of an analogy grounded in the real world. John Cook is like Emperor Palpatine. He took the best and most talented into his realm for years, destroying everyone in his recruiting path. But he did not count on the two rebel factions, Wisconsin and Texas, finding veteran Jedi masters to counter the Empire's spreading influence. Just when it appeared Nebraska had finalized their fabled death star, destroying the planet Pitt "Alderaan" Panthers, the heroes from Texas bravely lobbed salvo after salvo at what previously was considered Nebraska's impenetrable defenses. "I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters," stated Asjia "Luuuuuuuke" O'Neal right before dispatching Palpatine's/Cook's forces and sending them home. But in a trailer for the sequel, the new Sith disciple promises the Empire's return, to rule for 3 millenia. That's about as fact based an account as anyone could come up with. I'm sure of it. I don't think Nebraska are the Sith but thinking of Darth Murray made me laugh, not gonna lie hahaha
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2023 6:38:36 GMT -5
Rutgers, WVU, UCF and Mississippi State seem to all be on Sydney Reeds radar.
Scheer could come back to UCF for her Covid year if she wants.
But the other 3 definitely need a good libero. I’m just not sure how good Reeds would be. (I say this out of ignorance not shade)
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Post by rjaege on Dec 28, 2023 7:16:25 GMT -5
TX and NE are big rivals from the Big12. NE dislike of TX had a lot to do with NE leaving the Big12 for the Big10, but that was more about football. Most years, IMO, TX VB has had the more physical/athletic hitters, while NE tended to be the better serving and passing team. TX vs NE VB matches were often hotly contested matches with the Big12 title and NCAA tournament advancement on the line. Then Lexi Sun transfered from TX to NE. Followed by Davis, Akana, Caffee and Launstein transferring from NE to TX, with Caffee and Launstein throwing some shade at NE/Cook as the reason for their transfer. Then Ames (2024 #1 MB recruit) changed her commitment from NE to TX in late Nov 23. TX dominated NE at their strength, serving and passing, in the Championship game, crushing them. Cook was/is irritated, understandably IMO. It showed in the post game presser, although what Cook said has been blown out of proportion by NE and Cook haters IMO. Right now Elliot seems to be getting the better of it, but there is always next year, if they play each other. Edit: I do not think Cook and Elliot hate each other, rather fierce rivals. Suspect Cook and NE haters will pounce after this post. I can give more of an analogy grounded in the real world. John Cook is like Emperor Palpatine. He took the best and most talented into his realm for years, destroying everyone in his recruiting path. But he did not count on the two rebel factions, Wisconsin and Texas, finding veteran Jedi masters to counter the Empire's spreading influence. Just when it appeared Nebraska had finalized their fabled death star, destroying the planet Pitt "Alderaan" Panthers, the heroes from Texas bravely lobbed salvo after salvo at what previously was considered Nebraska's impenetrable defenses. "I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters," stated Asjia "Luuuuuuuke" O'Neal right before dispatching Palpatine's/Cook's forces and sending them home. But in a trailer for the sequel, the new Sith disciple promises the Empire's return, to rule for 3 millenia. That's about as fact based an account as anyone could come up with. I'm sure of it. Obviously you are in CO partaking of mushrooms and smoke, cuz that s-it ain't legal in TX. TX recruiting prowess is renowed over several decades, not some poor starving upstart. Definitely a shroom alternative universe you created.
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Post by horns1 on Dec 28, 2023 8:31:37 GMT -5
Could be wrong but these are some commitments I see coming very soon. Ann Marie Remmes (MB, Creighton) -> Illinois State Emma Henry (S, Oklahoma) -> Loyola Chicago Maradith O’ Gorman (OH, Michigan State)-> South Alabama
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Post by rjaege on Dec 28, 2023 8:43:14 GMT -5
Wenaas played all season. One would think she would come back better and stronger next year. WL was not playing volleyball games at all? Was she? So what makes us think the WL can just come back to VB and take a starting position? I think I like what someone said about her being more about the family oriented, loving atmosphere that she believes she’ll get at Texas and maybe that was the REAL tea at Nebraska? Maybe her unexpected start to her family wasn’t well received my the Husker staff and that was more of the reason why they moved on than anything else? Just speculating though… In Whitney's announcement to enter the transfer portal she said she quit the team at the end of the 22 season before she knew she was pregnant. Her stated reason for leaving was disrespect for Coach Cook and conflicts with her commitment to family during the holidays. My guess: NE played 3 home games from 11/20/22 to 11/26/22. Suspect this was the immediate time frame that WL wanted to spend more time with her family at Thansgiving. This seemed reasonable for her, as her family is in Lincoln or Wahoo. Not so reasonable from Cook's perspective who is trying to rebuild his team after losing team captain Kenzie Knuckles to an ACL injury just before the 12/20 match. Also if this scenario is true (WL wanted more time with family over Thanksgiving) there was likely a fairness issue, if Whitney gets time off, other players should too. Two sides of a conflict, as always. I suspect the seeds of conflict go back to the 2021 recruiting process. Four players were teammates with USA VB: Batenhorst (OH), Krause (OH), Orr (S) and Rodriguez (L). These four players were offered 4 year scholarships and committed shortly thereafter. NE also recruited Gray (MB) and WL (OH) as walk-ons. Gray walked on, but left the team due to post-covid medical issues. Ultimately WL was offered a scholarship and committed to NE. At that time she stated she would not have committed to NE had a scholarship not been offered. An expression of frustration on her part over her recruitment process with NE? Seemed likely to me at the time. Note the 21 class had 3 OH's on scholarship. WL didn't get much playing time in 21, but won the OPP starting spot in 22, shifting Krause from OPP to OH. Did WL prefer OH? Did she feel she was a better OH than Krause and Batenhorst? A case can be made for this. A case can also be made that NE was stronger with WL at OPP and Krause at OH, and vice versa. NE rotation at the time had WL taking one rotation at OH and 2 at OPP. Vice versa for Krause. Krause preferred playing OH. WL was the better server. Was there conflict growing here? Very possibly. Whitney is very competitive and very athletic. She is also outspoken and head strong. All good traits for success. WL is not one to tolerate unfairness. Was there unfairness from her perspective? Was this what she meant by growing mutual disrespect between her and Coach Cook? Possibly. Classic conflicts within teams IMO: player vs team, player perceptions vs coach perspections. Anyway that's my take. NE is not anti-family. Coach Cook is a very demanding coach. The work expected of NE VB players is not for everyone, I would include myself in that group (I do not have the talent to compete in sports at that level nor the desire.) To me, it seems the seeds for conflict can be found in the recruiting process, and a very competitive gym exacerbated this. Add in conflicts between WL and Coach Cook and transfer for WL makes sense. Placing blame on either Coach Cook, a very successful NE VB program or WL doesn't make sense from my perspective. What % of players are transferring? Are all those coaches and programs bad in some way, or just SA looking out for their best interests, which they should. Anyway that is my thoughts on this. Wish WL the best, but WHY TX? ARGHH!#$%! Also would advise her to move on and get over NE. It's a big world with many opportunities, especially for someone with her abilities. OMG this is way too long.
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Post by comet on Dec 28, 2023 8:43:58 GMT -5
Twist - TayLa is actually touring other schools because she didn't think Nebraska or Wisconsin was the best fit. OR she's staying at MN after all.
Stay tuned...
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Post by nellynel on Dec 28, 2023 8:51:15 GMT -5
Twist - TayLa is actually touring other schools because she didn't think Nebraska or Wisconsin was the best fit. OR she's staying at MN after all. Stay tuned... Fake news. How could she not be impressed with this?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2023 8:51:26 GMT -5
Twist - TayLa is actually touring other schools because she didn't think Nebraska or Wisconsin was the best fit. OR she's staying at MN after all. Stay tuned... She’s a nice addition but do any of the major programs actually need her? I think Maggie is the bigger need position for mutiple programs. Nebraska and wisky I have thought already have pretty solid rosters so she would be great pickup but not a necessity. That why i said it be hard for either of those programs to guarentee her anything with the teams they already have
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Post by volleyball303 on Dec 28, 2023 8:58:30 GMT -5
Twist - TayLa is actually touring other schools because she didn't think Nebraska or Wisconsin was the best fit. OR she's staying at MN after all. Stay tuned... She should stay at Minnesota if she wants to be a 6 rotation player. I don’t see her playing 6 rotations at either Nebraska or Wisconsin or any top 15 team honestly unless she converted to right side and the team committed to running the D ball.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2023 8:59:32 GMT -5
Twist - TayLa is actually touring other schools because she didn't think Nebraska or Wisconsin was the best fit. OR she's staying at MN after all. Stay tuned... She should stay at Minnesota if she wants to be a 6 rotation player. I don’t see her playing 6 rotations at either Nebraska or Wisconsin or any top 15 team honestly unless she converted to right side and the team committed to running the D ball. I agree. Minny is prob the best place for her. Outside of nebraska or wisky where else would she go. Texas has already picked up the whole league, Stanford doesn’t do transfers , psu has gone young, Florida maybe ? Idk. I’m trying to think of the big names. Minny prob still best fit Maybe an outlier like a pitt or a Louville. I still wondered if one of the new additions like Oregon could be dark horse
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Post by lovebugsm on Dec 28, 2023 9:03:08 GMT -5
She should stay at Minnesota if she wants to be a 6 rotation player. I don’t see her playing 6 rotations at either Nebraska or Wisconsin or any top 15 team honestly unless she converted to right side and the team committed to running the D ball. I agree. Minny is prob the best place for her Is this a real thing?
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Post by GatorsChomp on Dec 28, 2023 9:19:22 GMT -5
Honestly was extremely unimpressed by McKissock this year She was strong in the beginning, kinda got shaky a bit towards the middle but man during the ending of the seasons, she put up big dig numbers. Getting her back is really huge for the culture and them. Imo, what we lacked was a real leader on the team and Her/Stucky can be huge leaders
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Post by forvolley on Dec 28, 2023 9:20:42 GMT -5
I agree. Minny is prob the best place for her Is this a real thing? To be honest, as a gopher fan, I am most definitely ready to see her play at a different school. From what I have seen on the court, and what I have heard about her presence off the court, I think it’s best that she leaves Minnesota and tries to play six rotations at a different school. Keegan gave her many opportunities to play back row and she was not good enough throughout the season. I think her attitude on an off court has a bigger impact on Minnesota’s overall teamwork and collaboration, and I feel like many Minnesota fans are excited to see a new outside for next season. Whichever school gets her next year, good luck and I hope she has better chemistry with her next team.
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