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Post by wahinefan on Aug 8, 2024 19:49:53 GMT -5
According to my count, The Wahine Team has only 11 scholarship players on the roster. That leaves Robyn and Staff with 8 scholarships to give out for next season.
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Post by wahinefan on Aug 8, 2024 20:42:46 GMT -5
Here is the class breakdown of this current Wahine Team:
Seniors - 2 Juniors - 4 Sophomore - 3 Freshmen - 4
So if Robyn and staff do want to level out the classes, like Robyn has mentioned before, she can do that via the Transfer Portal, after this season. With the supposedly upping of the number of scholarships a D1 Team can have, to 18. Robyn will be able to do that via the Transfer Portal, cause she will have approximately 8 scholarships to give out for next season.
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 8, 2024 21:02:02 GMT -5
At the moment at least. Let’s hope it’s a blessing in disguise that we have these many needs for new major role players after someone like Amber isn’t around. Every player on the roster last year and this year’s recruits coming in, know how big her impact on the program was. I would think every player on this roster is looking to take part in being “The Woman” this new era of Wahine volleyball, so just have to see who really steps up and has put in that off season work since spring. I also think Ambers accolades really should help get recruits in the middle blocker position so I hope to see some other recruits for that position down the road. I know that the 2025 middle recruit was considered a “project” but her videos were …. Haha Biondi was definitely giving early Natasha Burns offensively but even she eventually became a force for the Wahine. Not to mention we’ll be middle heavy when she comes in so plenty of time to develop I think it’s good to invest in the prep talent now more than ever and we’ll see how the transfer player policy develops. We’re having the most success with day 1 Wahine and that’s what we’ll have throughout the roster besides Jacyn and the JuCo players. If an amazing player down the line becomes most interested in Hawaii then we go all in on them. But all this chasing down portal players doesn’t seem to lead to much success that’s sustainable. Better to find really solid projects build them over time and keep improving the culture overall so it’s more attractive to more recruits
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Post by wang pu on Aug 8, 2024 21:08:16 GMT -5
Need to remember, after this year, the scholarship maximum for each team will go from 12 to 18, most likely. Robyn and staff will need to invest a lot of time recruiting, after this season is done. Robyn will need to maximize the additional scholarships that will be available to each D1 team. That is if UH can fund 18 scholarships. Even if that does happen, we might not even have 18 roster players. Let's just focus on 2024.
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 8, 2024 21:17:50 GMT -5
Here is the class breakdown of this current Wahine Team: Seniors - 2 Juniors - 4 Sophomore - 3 Freshmen - 4 So if Robyn and staff do want to level out the classes, like Robyn has mentioned before, she can do that via the Transfer Portal, after this season. With the supposedly upping of the number of scholarships a D1 Team can have, to 18. Robyn will be able to do that via the Transfer Portal, cause she will have approximately 8 scholarships to give out for next season. You said the same thing 3 different ways are you ok?
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Post by staticb on Aug 8, 2024 21:33:00 GMT -5
Need to remember, after this year, the scholarship maximum for each team will go from 12 to 18, most likely. Robyn and staff will need to invest a lot of time recruiting, after this season is done. Robyn will need to maximize the additional scholarships that will be available to each D1 team. That is if UH can fund 18 scholarships. Even if that does happen, we might not even have 18 roster players. Let's just focus on 2024. I think there is a good chance we take a "ramp up" approach and not fully fund everything right away. Plus if everyone ramps up to 18 at the same time, competition is going to be ridiculous.
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Post by wahinefan on Aug 8, 2024 22:05:03 GMT -5
Need to remember, after this year, the scholarship maximum for each team will go from 12 to 18, most likely. Robyn and staff will need to invest a lot of time recruiting, after this season is done. Robyn will need to maximize the additional scholarships that will be available to each D1 team. That is if UH can fund 18 scholarships. Even if that does happen, we might not even have 18 roster players. Let's just focus on 2024. I would be satisfied with 16 players on the roster, that is still a lot more then they have on this Wahine Team. What Robyn and staff cannot do, going into next season with the same amount of players. While ever other team in D1 has 16+ players.
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Post by wahinefan on Aug 8, 2024 22:08:40 GMT -5
That is if UH can fund 18 scholarships. Even if that does happen, we might not even have 18 roster players. Let's just focus on 2024. I think there is a good chance we take a "ramp up" approach and not fully fund everything right away. Plus if everyone ramps up to 18 at the same time, competition is going to be ridiculous. True, it will get ridiculous for the Top High School players in the country. But there are enough mid level players to go around. Players, who are good enough, that coaches can develop into outstanding players.
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Post by wahinefan on Aug 8, 2024 22:16:52 GMT -5
I also think Ambers accolades really should help get recruits in the middle blocker position so I hope to see some other recruits for that position down the road. I know that the 2025 middle recruit was considered a “project” but her videos were …. Haha Biondi was definitely giving early Natasha Burns offensively but even she eventually became a force for the Wahine. Not to mention we’ll be middle heavy when she comes in so plenty of time to develop I think it’s good to invest in the prep talent now more than ever and we’ll see how the transfer player policy develops. We’re having the most success with day 1 Wahine and that’s what we’ll have throughout the roster besides Jacyn and the JuCo players. If an amazing player down the line becomes most interested in Hawaii then we go all in on them. But all this chasing down portal players doesn’t seem to lead to much success that’s sustainable. Better to find really solid projects build them over time and keep improving the culture overall so it’s more attractive to more recruits I agree. If Robyn goes with 16 players on her team, then at least 13, or 14 players need to be recruited out of High School, Only 2 or 3 players should come from the Transfer portal. Robyn should always keep 1 or 2 scholarships available, just in case an Outstanding D1 players wants to Transfer to Hawaii.
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Post by rainbowcard on Aug 8, 2024 22:50:09 GMT -5
lol I just listened to the players pronunciation of their names on the roster and I was pronouncing Jacyn first and last name wrong as well as Tyla’s last name. I’m amused 😂
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Post by HawaiiMongoose on Aug 8, 2024 23:12:03 GMT -5
lol I just listened to the players pronunciation of their names on the roster and I was pronouncing Jacyn first and last name wrong as well as Tyla’s last name. I’m amused 😂 Robyn should record one. I heard at least one Mainland announcer butcher her name last season.
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Post by vballfreak808 on Aug 8, 2024 23:17:25 GMT -5
lol I just listened to the players pronunciation of their names on the roster and I was pronouncing Jacyn first and last name wrong as well as Tyla’s last name. I’m amused 😂 Robyn should record one. I heard at least one Mainland announcer butcher her name last season. They need a general one on how to pronounce Wahine
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vballfreak808
Hawaiian Ohana
2020 All-VolleyTalk 1st Team, All-VolleyTalk 2nd Team (2023, 2022, 2017, 2016), All-VolleyTalk HM (2021, 2019, 2018), 2017 Fantasy League 1st Runner-up, 2016 Fantasy League Champion
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Post by vballfreak808 on Aug 8, 2024 23:23:27 GMT -5
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Post by brooselee on Aug 8, 2024 23:48:54 GMT -5
lol I just listened to the players pronunciation of their names on the roster and I was pronouncing Jacyn first and last name wrong as well as Tyla’s last name. I’m amused 😂 Well…some times it’s hard to tell whether a person name is Hawaiian, other ethnicities or English so it’s understandable. I mean Mane can be pronounced “main” or “Mah ney”. My cousin from Texas once called Hilo……HI LOW…..LOL and also called Like Like Hwy…..Like Like( as in “I like you”)instead of Lee Kay Lee Kay. Yeah…it is quite funny listing to mainland announcers sometimes trying to pronounce our player’s names.
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vballfreak808
Hawaiian Ohana
2020 All-VolleyTalk 1st Team, All-VolleyTalk 2nd Team (2023, 2022, 2017, 2016), All-VolleyTalk HM (2021, 2019, 2018), 2017 Fantasy League 1st Runner-up, 2016 Fantasy League Champion
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Post by vballfreak808 on Aug 8, 2024 23:53:52 GMT -5
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