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Post by mibadger on Dec 15, 2023 20:36:21 GMT -5
I went to start one and it was already here. Which one of our front row transfers out with going back to a 5-1. I have zero inside knowledge but Robinson is the one that worries me most for some reason. If I’m Smrek and Franklin and Robinson I’m heading to California for winter break to find a gym and start working with Charlie. I don't think any of them are going to transfer. Injuries are always part of the sport, unfortunately, as our bad days and having a backup is a very good plan. I don’t think any of them transfer because they are worried about playing time. They all, rightfully, have a belief in themselves about earning it. Sometimes people are just ready to move on. Like if you have graduated and want to go pro or start a grad program that Wisconsin doesn’t offer. If you can grad transfer, and get your grad school paid, for that’s not a terrible way to go. I hope everyone sticks around for one more run with this core as the next group gets ready to take over. The young setters will be a good bridge between core groups.
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Dec 15, 2023 20:38:41 GMT -5
I don't think any of them are going to transfer. Injuries are always part of the sport, unfortunately, as our bad days and having a backup is a very good plan. I don’t think any of them transfer because they are worried about playing time. They all, rightfully, have a belief in themselves about earning it. Sometimes people are just ready to move on. Like if you have graduated and want to go pro or start a grad program that Wisconsin doesn’t offer. If you can grad transfer, and get your grad school paid, for that’s not a terrible way to go. I hope everyone sticks around for one more run with this core as the next group gets ready to take over. The young setters will be a good bridge between core groups. I’m so sentimental, I’d be so sad there wasn’t a lake jump or senior night celebration
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Post by maigrey on Dec 15, 2023 20:41:07 GMT -5
I don’t think any of them transfer because they are worried about playing time. They all, rightfully, have a belief in themselves about earning it. Sometimes people are just ready to move on. Like if you have graduated and want to go pro or start a grad program that Wisconsin doesn’t offer. If you can grad transfer, and get your grad school paid, for that’s not a terrible way to go. I hope everyone sticks around for one more run with this core as the next group gets ready to take over. The young setters will be a good bridge between core groups. I’m so sentimental, I’d be so sad there wasn’t a lake jump or senior night celebration yeah, I'm pretty sure the fact that they didn't get celebrated on senior night means they are staying. There are a lot of people in other universities who celebrated senior night even if they were coming back for the grad year.
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Dec 15, 2023 20:54:28 GMT -5
I’m so sentimental, I’d be so sad there wasn’t a lake jump or senior night celebration yeah, I'm pretty sure the fact that they didn't get celebrated on senior night means they are staying. There are a lot of people in other universities who celebrated senior night even if they were coming back for the grad year. Get them some sponsorships, stat! #NIL
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Post by badgerguru on Dec 15, 2023 21:11:32 GMT -5
I sure hope we don’t get a transfer outside, want Wrobel to play so bad.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 15, 2023 21:15:17 GMT -5
I sure hope we don’t get a transfer outside, want Wrobel to play so bad. I want Wrobel to be healthy enough that we don’t NEED a transfer OH.
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Post by netninja on Dec 15, 2023 22:03:49 GMT -5
Charlie Furbs Furby I’m ok with any of those. They call Julia “Oz”, so maybe the team will come up with a nickname that’s far easier to say and spell? I personally like Char-burger. Maybe because it diner time. I hope her blocking and defense are ready for next level. The setting seems phenomenal from the video I have seen. I think blocking and defense are a little more difficult to judge how she will do at the next level. I also hope Van Wie (I'll call her Beetle .. get it VW Beetle... anyway...) gets lots of reps preseason also. May be tough with two freshman setters. Badgers have lucked into a lot of good back up setter options since Shef has taken over. You would not want the whole season going down hill if your setter was hurt. From what I recall they called her "Char" at the U19 World Championship this past summer.
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Post by netninja on Dec 15, 2023 22:11:40 GMT -5
Touché. Carlini might be coaching in the fall, maybe that can make up for it. I figure you guys probably already know this stuff, but maybe a reminder: her mother was an all-American setter at Long Beach State who won an NCAA national championship, her father a four time all American at Stanford who won a national championship, they run a well-known club in Southern California, Charlie plays indoor and beach at a nationally ranked high school that has head coaches with NCAA university level coaching experience, and have former NCAA players - including Grace Loberg - on their staffs. It's not like she's lost, wandering in the desert, bereft of any coaching help. And her mother won the national championship at the UW Field House at that!
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Post by 25or624 on Dec 15, 2023 22:21:39 GMT -5
Here's the first big sigh of relief for everyone [Punzel tonight after Sarah won NPOY]:
Franklin will return to the Badgers next season for her bonus year of eligibility and she is determined to build on her success.
“I’m always reaching to be better,” she said. “No matter what I get, there’s always more. There’s always moving the peak up, trying to find the best that you can be and then moving that up a little bit. So I think just continuing to push and I think I can get better at every aspect of the game — blocking, serving, digging, hitting — so just my all around game, trying to find ways to be more consistent and more effective.”
Sheffield expects nothing less from her.
“I can tell there’s a lot more in front of her and I know she won’t settle for just this,” he said. “This is a huge, huge award and honor, but this isn’t the top of the mountain for her.”
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Post by chibadgerfan on Dec 15, 2023 23:18:56 GMT -5
I sure hope we don’t get a transfer outside, want Wrobel to play so bad. I want Wrobel to be healthy enough that we don’t NEED a transfer OH. It seems Landfair entered the portal. I think she’ll be here. Landfair and Wrobel both from Plainfield.
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Post by SportyBucky on Dec 16, 2023 0:21:19 GMT -5
I want Wrobel to be healthy enough that we don’t NEED a transfer OH. It seems Landfair entered the portal. I think she’ll be here. Landfair and Wrobel both from Plainfield. Oof. Could be good with a better setter and less passing
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Dec 16, 2023 0:55:39 GMT -5
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Post by pull3 on Dec 16, 2023 2:45:38 GMT -5
Landfair? 3ro welcome, 6ro no thanks.
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 16, 2023 2:53:14 GMT -5
It seems Landfair entered the portal. I think she’ll be here. Landfair and Wrobel both from Plainfield. Oof. Could be good with a better setter and less passing I have yet to believe this is a possibility. Do we even have a schollie?
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 16, 2023 8:23:06 GMT -5
Oof. Could be good with a better setter and less passing I have yet to believe this is a possibility. Do we even have a schollie? I think so, since MJ is leaving. Here’s my current count (these are assumptions/inferences/guesses or based on media reports). Full (4+ years) - 11 total—- Crawford —- Robinson —- Franklin —- Smrek —- Orzoł —- Booth —- Güçtekin —- Wrobel —- Fuerbringer —- Serafinowska —- Shadd-Ceres Partial (<4 years) - 2 total—- Damrow —- Schumacher Walk-on—- Chan —- Van Wie Regarding my logic: Most talls are going to be on full rides. Punzel reported that Schumacher is on a partial and that Chan and Van Wie are walk-ons. I’m assuming GG is on a full because international players typically are. Damrow is the one I’m really not sure on. I’m guessing she’s on a partial for two reasons: 1. She’s an in-state small, and typically those flavor of players are on partials at most. 2. We were recruiting Mac Podraza for 2023, which means we had room for both her and TTA to have been on scholarship, which would mean that Damrow could not have been on a full ride because if she were, Mac would’ve put us at 13. Also note that I’m assuming we don’t have the capability to have a player “on NIL” the way Texas and Nebraska do.
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