honeybadger88
Sophomore
Smrek bowled me out for a duck.
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Post by honeybadger88 on Jun 2, 2024 19:19:29 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, do we know who the other captain(s) is/are outside of Orzol? Robinson Crawford Franklin Orzol likely floor captain Source for Robinson, CC and Franklin as the other captains? We already know that Julia is the captain, I posted an Instagram post on this thread from the official Badgervb account that says Julia is the captain.
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Jun 2, 2024 20:12:22 GMT -5
Avecedo enjoying her time? She doesn't exactly looked thrilled...
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Post by 25or624 on Jun 2, 2024 21:13:15 GMT -5
Avecedo enjoying her time? She doesn't exactly looked thrilled... That was one of my first thoughts, but then I looked at the "front page" of her Instagram account and decided that irrational exuberance might not be her thing.
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Post by savannahbadger on Jun 2, 2024 21:17:08 GMT -5
She doesn't exactly looked thrilled... That was one of my first thoughts, but then I looked at the "front page" of her Instagram account and decided that irrational exuberance might not be her thing. She could be smiling through RBF for all we know. #iykyk
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Post by euphoria on Jun 2, 2024 22:11:05 GMT -5
She doesn't exactly looked thrilled... That was one of my first thoughts, but then I looked at the "front page" of her Instagram account and decided that irrational exuberance might not be her thing. You are correct 👍🏻😉
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Post by vbdiva on Jun 3, 2024 5:27:04 GMT -5
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Jun 3, 2024 6:00:28 GMT -5
I know we’re talking pin hitters, but Queen Carlini has an unmatched RBF.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Jun 3, 2024 8:00:58 GMT -5
I know we’re talking pin hitters, but Queen Carlini has an unmatched RBF. Unanimously voted Best RBF on Team USA.
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Post by schmidty on Jun 3, 2024 8:40:48 GMT -5
Ya'll said the same thing about Crawford when she was announced. Not everyone is going to be high energy, always smiling. It's okay to be placid lol damn
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Post by 200backer on Jun 3, 2024 9:11:30 GMT -5
Seems like the USWNT thread is pretty doom and gloom for Carlini, but that thread is also negative about everyone. Do more knowledgeable badger fans than me have any insight about her Olympic team chances? I really hope she goes.
Seems like pretty much everyone agrees Rettke is going to Paris
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Jun 3, 2024 10:35:52 GMT -5
Seems like the USWNT thread is pretty doom and gloom for Carlini, but that thread is also negative about everyone. Do more knowledgeable badger fans than me have any insight about her Olympic team chances? I really hope she goes. Seems like pretty much everyone agrees Rettke is going to Paris Rettke is absolutely a lock. She’s been one of the bright spots all week so far this VNL. For Carlini, it seems like Karch is at a bit of a loss at what to do with the setter position. He rode Poulter hard these first two weeks of VNL, and it’s not entirely clear where she is in her development at this time. What works in Carlini’s favor is that 1) she’s the best backrow defender of the setters, and 2) she’s the fastest setter for OOS, which the US has been a lot so far this season. I’d love to see her as a double-sub setter, but who knows what Karch will actually do at this point. It’ll be heartbreaking if she doesn’t make it, but we can at least celebrate Dana being the first (?) volleyball Olympian for Wisconsin.
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honeybadger88
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Smrek bowled me out for a duck.
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Post by honeybadger88 on Jun 3, 2024 12:07:01 GMT -5
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Post by tablealgebra on Jun 3, 2024 12:48:53 GMT -5
Seems like the USWNT thread is pretty doom and gloom for Carlini, but that thread is also negative about everyone. Do more knowledgeable badger fans than me have any insight about her Olympic team chances? I really hope she goes. Seems like pretty much everyone agrees Rettke is going to Paris Poulter best fits what they want to do (which is stay in system; Poulter runs a 3/4 option offense the best of any setter the US has) and Hancock provides obvious intangibles and is healthy (which Poulter and Carlini aren't; bringing two setters fighting injury to Paris is a bit scary). I tend to think Carlini only goes if Poulter doesn't and Karch seems committed to getting Poulter ready for Paris. If Carlini and Hancock went, Carlini would have every chance to start, but Hancock is the better backup. In my opinion, the same stylistic choices are also going to squeeze Plummer who is the US's best terminator. But USNT's path to gold is the same as 2021; simply pass better than every other team and run an in-system offense with players who are good enough to terminate in-system. And also yes, basically any thread about the national team brings out a lot of really negative people; it's almost comical. But we're 4-4 and our Olympic draw is getting harder and harder with every loss. That being said, at least the women's team didn't lose to Bulgaria like the men.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 3, 2024 14:22:35 GMT -5
The setter situation is so strange right now. Are they playing Poulter a lot this VNL to get her up to speed and shake the rust off? Or to better assess what her limitations are in her current condition. I don't have a clue what Karch will do.
Since the last quad I haven't been that hopeful of Carlini being called up. I'm reading between the lines here, but my sense from listening to Carlini's interviews over the last year or so is that her body is really beaten up. She intimated in one interview that this quad will be her last attempt at the Olympics because of the cost to her body. The move to Madison may make the mental side of dealing with the physical cost easier, and get her started developing a new role in volleyball that is less physically demanding.
That said, Carlini does not have a big brace on one peg. Poulter is clearly limited in her movement, which makes staying in system a bit harder, offsetting her advantage. The question is whether they take both Poulter and Carlini in some capacity. Hancock being healthy has to go to Paris, I think.
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Post by hopefuldawg on Jun 3, 2024 14:36:35 GMT -5
Seems like the USWNT thread is pretty doom and gloom for Carlini, but that thread is also negative about everyone. Do more knowledgeable badger fans than me have any insight about her Olympic team chances? I really hope she goes. Seems like pretty much everyone agrees Rettke is going to Paris Poulter best fits what they want to do (which is stay in system; Poulter runs a 3/4 option offense the best of any setter the US has) and Hancock provides obvious intangibles and is healthy (which Poulter and Carlini aren't; bringing two setters fighting injury to Paris is a bit scary). I tend to think Carlini only goes if Poulter doesn't and Karch seems committed to getting Poulter ready for Paris. If Carlini and Hancock went, Carlini would have every chance to start, but Hancock is the better backup. In my opinion, the same stylistic choices are also going to squeeze Plummer who is the US's best terminator. But USNT's path to gold is the same as 2021; simply pass better than every other team and run an in-system offense with players who are good enough to terminate in-system. And also yes, basically any thread about the national team brings out a lot of really negative people; it's almost comical. But we're 4-4 and our Olympic draw is getting harder and harder with every loss. That being said, at least the women's team didn't lose to Bulgaria like the men. I mean, the men only sent B and C team players week 1
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