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Post by bigtenchamp1997 on Jun 7, 2024 17:06:14 GMT -5
The Route 80 stops one block from the Firsev Forum. Have fun!
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Post by robtearle on Jun 7, 2024 17:54:52 GMT -5
There are two routes that stop at Mitchell Field. The Green Route hits the East Downton side of Milwaukee. Route 80 travels through the West side of Downtown Milwaukee. $2 one way. What Hotel are you staying at? Route 80 is about every 15 minutes the main parts of the day. Not sure you can open this link. Be here goes. www.ridemcts.com/routes-schedules/80#Weekdayi think either will work and route 80 might be the best choice. i'm close to the fiserv forum.
thank you
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Post by badgerfanatic on Jun 8, 2024 21:26:04 GMT -5
Does anyone know when the Badger Season ticket portal opens (was it called Badger Select or something)?
I'm just curious how long before I can be disappointed that I can't upgrade my season tickets. TIA
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honeybadger88
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Post by honeybadger88 on Jun 8, 2024 22:16:21 GMT -5
Charlie is too young. Carlini, Rettke, Booth and Frank in 2028!
If only Smrek wasn't Canadian......... Olympic Badgers team LOL.
Smrek can still be a Badger olympian... Is Smrek even good enough to play for the Canadian team at OPP/MB or is she not experienced enough yet due to not playing overseas. I'm pretty sure Dana played VNL without having played professionally yet. |
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Post by vbbadgirl on Jun 8, 2024 22:37:09 GMT -5
Does anyone know when the Badger Season ticket portal opens (was it called Badger Select or something)? I'm just curious how long before I can be disappointed that I can't upgrade my season tickets. TIA Original info said June 24-28 with email prior giving sign in time. I’m not sure if there have been any changes. I’d love to see a full match schedule soon also! |
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Post by northwoods on Jun 9, 2024 10:00:16 GMT -5
Smrek can still be a Badger olympian... Is Smrek even good enough to play for the Canadian team at OPP/MB or is she not experienced enough yet due to not playing overseas. I'm pretty sure Dana played VNL without having played professionally yet. Smrek could help the Canadian Olympic squad based on talent. Van Ryk has emerged as their go-to opposite but Anna could be a valuable piece as a a backup Opp/MB. That said, Canada is probably being responsible in not pressing her into VNL completion at this point. She is only 20yrs old and kinda wears down by the end of an NCAA season with nagging injuries. Not sure an NCAA-VNL-Olympic-NCAA year would be good for her health. If Canada does qualify, she could be on the roster and take an Olympic red shirt year per NCAA….Not sure that would make sense for her & her aspirations @ Wisconsin this year though. |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Jun 9, 2024 12:08:25 GMT -5
Anna has plenty of time to play for Canada, and they have Van Ryk right now, so they don’t NEED her. She has the rest of her life to play for Team Canada.
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Post by hopefuldawg on Jun 9, 2024 12:32:55 GMT -5
Do you all see Smrek playing MB or OPP at the international level?
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Post by chibadgerfan on Jun 9, 2024 12:43:35 GMT -5
Do you all see Smrek playing MB or OPP at the international level? Clearly she is a force on the front row. She would need to get better in the back row (because international play has far fewer subs) which I think she could if she kept at it. I.e.; Rettke can play international and she’s almost as tall as Smrek, so Smrek’s height disadvantage in the back row is surmountable. |
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Post by stanfordvb on Jun 9, 2024 19:13:13 GMT -5
Do you all see Smrek playing MB or OPP at the international level? I'm really interested to see what the trajectory of her pro career will be. She would have an extremely long way to be a high level 6-ro opp and im not sure if the lateral speed is there to be an elite MB. She can really destroy a 1 ball tho |
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 9, 2024 19:44:22 GMT -5
There was a reason Sheff said Smrek wouldn't reach her full potential in the NCAA. Under international rules, her best position largely rests on whether she can pass. In the NCAA, she's best as a RS (who crosses inside on occasion0 because she doesn't have to pass. That position will require her to pass under international rules.
She could be a MB, but she has to block better. I also wonder if standard coaching advice takes full advantage of her height, as opposed to a shorter, more agile blocker. I feel like you might have different optimal technique as a 6-9 player as opposed to a 6-2 player.
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Post by jwvolley on Jun 9, 2024 19:46:08 GMT -5
There was a reason Sheff said Smrek wouldn't reach her full potential in the NCAA. Under international rules, her best position largely rests on whether she can pass. In the NCAA, she's best as a RS (who crosses inside on occasion0 because she doesn't have to pass. That position will require her to pass under international rules. She could be a MB, but she has to block better. I also wonder if standard coaching advice takes full advantage of her height, as opposed to a shorter, more agile blocker. I feel like you might have different optimal technique as a 6-9 player as opposed to a 6-2 player. Um what? Lol |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Jun 9, 2024 20:08:40 GMT -5
There was a reason Sheff said Smrek wouldn't reach her full potential in the NCAA. Under international rules, her best position largely rests on whether she can pass. In the NCAA, she's best as a RS (who crosses inside on occasion0 because she doesn't have to pass. That position will require her to pass under international rules. She could be a MB, but she has to block better. I also wonder if standard coaching advice takes full advantage of her height, as opposed to a shorter, more agile blocker. I feel like you might have different optimal technique as a 6-9 player as opposed to a 6-2 player. Um what? Lol I think badgerbreath is saying “pass” when he means “dig.” As an international opp, Smreck would be hidden in serve receive and would not pass, but she would play 3 back row rotations where she would have to defend. FWIW I think she projects as a middle internationally. |
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Post by hopefuldawg on Jun 9, 2024 20:52:14 GMT -5
Do you all see Smrek playing MB or OPP at the international level? I'm really interested to see what the trajectory of her pro career will be. She would have an extremely long way to be a high level 6-ro opp and im not sure if the lateral speed is there to be an elite MB. She can really destroy a 1 ball tho This is really what I was trying to ask. Offensively, I think she’’d be strong at either position. Defensively, we haven’t seen her show off the lateral agility needed by a pro middle, and I struggle to imagine her playing 3 rotations in the back row. I guess what I’m ultimately asking is, has any badger fan heard tell/hints that Smrek gets significant reps during practice blocking in the middle or playing 6 rotations? |
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Post by tablealgebra on Jun 9, 2024 23:28:15 GMT -5
I think badgerbreath is saying “pass” when he means “dig.” As an international opp, Smreck would be hidden in serve receive and would not pass, but she would play 3 back row rotations where she would have to defend. FWIW I think she projects as a middle internationally. I've come around to this point of view. A *really clever* team might find a way to put her on the right and then use a libero sub for her instead of the M2 (the middle who stands next to her). I know internationally that with Karakurt playing opposite for Turkiye (who is a bit suss in the back row) that their coach Santarelli has used the libero creatively to give her subs in the back row - the first rotation the libero goes in for the MB and she gets subbed out by a "DS" (who is probably a backup OH) while the second rotation, the libero goes in for Karakurt and a different "DS" goes in for the middle. That way he can sub both positions in two rotations which normally you can't do in international rules. But I've just really come to the point of view that Smrek is not agile enough to be an offensive force from the back row, and she's just not so elite in the front row as a right side player to justify a bad defensive opposite in the back row who isn't helping offensively. Thus, I think she projects professionally as a middle who can be used on the right as a double sub. Sure, her speed to the pins is a liability against an in-system team, but if we're being honest the same is true to a lesser extent with Rettke and yet she's so strong elsewhere that she's going to the Olympics for the US. |
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