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Post by Burly Ives on Aug 23, 2024 4:14:32 GMT -5
You know it's offseason when we're reading into the CC comments that much. Anyone with an eye for volleyball knows exactly what she's saying, and Izzy and MJ surely have an eye for volleyball. Charlie will set you no matter where you're at, this is completely different from the safe (and arguably predictable) way we ran the offense last year. Not many surprises to the middle in last years offense, very pin heavy, especially when passing wasn't great. Good pass, with Booth up, or Dev running a 1, we are going to the middle. There's a lot more added complexity in terms of an opposing teams blocking strategy when going against Charlie, and a lot of that comes from the involvement of CC's position. Oh give me a break, 'anyone with an eye for volleyball'? What CC said about 'never' really having a certain level of setting performance in the past for an observation is what a fan makes, not a current player. Once again if she stopped at the first part of her statement it would have been the same sentiment without the unecessary shade. |
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Post by netninja on Aug 23, 2024 7:28:17 GMT -5
Nice article by Punzel on this year's roster: badgerextra.com/sports/volleyball/wisconsin-volleyball-roster-breakdown-2024/article_11f6c83e-5cee-11ef-8c3f-97c82f7e742a.htmlThis caught my eye - exciting that we could see Una ready to play this season yet: Una Vajagic, whose arrival on campus was delayed by paperwork issues, still is recovering from a torn ACL suffered in February, but there’s a chance she could be able to work her way into the picture by later in the season. “Certainly we’re not pushing that, but she was in a good place when she was in here for her visit and meetings with the doctors, so who knows?” Sheffield said. “She’s not ready to do stuff on the court right now, but she’s close.” |
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Post by Kearney Kingston on Aug 23, 2024 7:30:12 GMT -5
As a Big Ten fan, have concerns about this team - as of now. Smrek is a huge component. She is just built differently. Without her, opponents have far less fears. The passing stinks. Who improves this valuable area. Way too much hype on the new setter. Plus, Badgers will give up more points on the RS blocking in her three rotations. Team’s strength in past few years was giants everywhere. Now UW will have average DI blockers in a couple spots. If healthy, they will have a shot. Just worried about the early pre-con.
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Post by 200backer on Aug 23, 2024 7:35:41 GMT -5
As a Big Ten fan, have concerns about this team - as of now. Smrek is a huge component. She is just built differently. Without her, opponents have far less fears. The passing stinks. Who improves this valuable area. Way too much hype on the new setter. Plus, Badgers will give up more points on the RS blocking in her three rotations. Team’s strength in past few years was giants everywhere. Now UW will have average DI blockers in a couple spots. If healthy, they will have a shot. Just worried about the early pre-con. Aren’t you a ray of sunshine 1. It looks like Smrek will be back very soon 2. Passing didn’t stink last year, wasn’t a strength but far from stunk. They return Saige and add one of the top libero recruits in the class, so yeah they’ve made steps to improve 3. The new setter has a name, and again she looks pretty dang good early and in her prep career |
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Post by batnasterson on Aug 23, 2024 7:41:25 GMT -5
You know it's offseason when we're reading into the CC comments that much. Anyone with an eye for volleyball knows exactly what she's saying, and Izzy and MJ surely have an eye for volleyball. Charlie will set you no matter where you're at, this is completely different from the safe (and arguably predictable) way we ran the offense last year. Not many surprises to the middle in last years offense, very pin heavy, especially when passing wasn't great. Good pass, with Booth up, or Dev running a 1, we are going to the middle. There's a lot more added complexity in terms of an opposing teams blocking strategy when going against Charlie, and a lot of that comes from the involvement of CC's position. Oh give me a break, 'anyone with an eye for volleyball'? What CC said about 'never' really having a certain level of setting performance in the past for an observation is what a fan makes, not a current player. Once again if she stopped at the first part of her statement it would have been the same sentiment without the unecessary shade. Well if the badgers were so worried about it, they probably wouldn't have posted it on their instagram story. |
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Post by 25or624 on Aug 23, 2024 8:59:31 GMT -5
As a Big Ten fan, have concerns about this team - as of now. Smrek is a huge component. She is just built differently. Without her, opponents have far less fears. The passing stinks. Who improves this valuable area. Way too much hype on the new setter. Plus, Badgers will give up more points on the RS blocking in her three rotations. Team’s strength in past few years was giants everywhere. Now UW will have average DI blockers in a couple spots. If healthy, they will have a shot. Just worried about the early pre-con. As a Big Ten Fan, you have 17 other teams to choose from. Pick the perfect team to suit your needs, spread your joy on that thread and we'll struggle along as best we can when our undersized, average team of nameless misfits takes the court.
For what it's worth, here's another take on The Fall 2024 Badgers:
"Kelly Sheffield has called his 2024 version of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team the most talented in his 12 seasons as the Badgers coach. It’s also probably his most experienced, with seven of the top 10 players from last season’s 30-4 squad returning." [From the Punzel article this AM]
When I read this, I had far less fears.
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Post by badgerbreath on Aug 23, 2024 10:03:22 GMT -5
A quote from Sheffield about Charlie that I must admit terrified me with all the injuries...
“She’s very creative, playful," he said. "Even this morning, we’re playing and she’s out there just trying things, juking blockers left and right. There’s a playfulness. Can I make a blocker think I’m doing one thing and do something else? So you see some plays where she’s out there breaking ankles like an elite point guard does.”
I started to think that maybe players rolling ankles is not an accident? LOL.
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Post by badgerbreath on Aug 23, 2024 10:42:22 GMT -5
So, if we take Sheffield's comments over the last few days as truth, Dev is going to be the M1 since he clearly thinks she is the best slide hitter. She can play on the RS if Smrek can't go like she did on Tues when I gather Booth was M1, but that is not the default.
Also, I was not encouraged by Sheff's caution regarding Damrow's conditioning heading into the season. Sounds like she is just getting back into gear after being on restricted activity and they will be need to be patient with her. Punzel seemed to tag GG as the clear favorite for libero, at least until Damrow and the new faces bed in a bit.
It will help GG if she has settled partners back there. Sounds like having TSC pass really through the BR off a bit. One of the things that is frustrating about GG is how she doesn't really command the BR in passing situations.
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Post by badgerbreath on Aug 23, 2024 10:48:16 GMT -5
As a Big Ten fan, have concerns about this team - as of now. Smrek is a huge component. She is just built differently. Without her, opponents have far less fears. The passing stinks. Who improves this valuable area. Way too much hype on the new setter. Plus, Badgers will give up more points on the RS blocking in her three rotations. Team’s strength in past few years was giants everywhere. Now UW will have average DI blockers in a couple spots. If healthy, they will have a shot. Just worried about the early pre-con. Aren’t you a ray of sunshine 1. It looks like Smrek will be back very soon 2. Passing didn’t stink last year, wasn’t a strength but far from stunk. They return Saige and add one of the top libero recruits in the class, so yeah they’ve made steps to improve 3. The new setter has a name, and again she looks pretty dang good early and in her prep career I'm really high on the badgers, especially if they can get the ball to the OH with some tempo. They tried to speed that up a bit through the middle of last season, and succeeded a bit after some growing pains, but that was always gonna be tricky in a 6-2. Much easier this year with one setter, especially with a setter of Charlie's capability. I don't see how anyone who saw her play for USA could doubt Charlie. She erased any uncertainty I had. |
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Aug 23, 2024 12:21:46 GMT -5
So, if we take Sheffield's comments over the last few days as truth, Dev is going to be the M1 since he clearly thinks she is the best slide hitter. She can play on the RS if Smrek can't go like she did on Tues when I gather Booth was M1, but that is not the default. Also, I was not encouraged by Sheff's caution regarding Damrow's conditioning heading into the season. Sounds like she is just getting back into gear after being on restricted activity and they will be need to be patient with her. Punzel seemed to tag GG as the clear favorite for libero, at least until Damrow and the new faces bed in a bit. It will help GG if she has settled partners back there. Sounds like having TSC pass really through the BR off a bit. One of the things that is frustrating about GG is how she doesn't really command the BR in passing situations. I definitely think Dev would be the best M1 candidate for a few reasons: 1. Her slide 2. It would give two rotations of the Smrek-Booth wall as opposed to one. 3. Since she also has a lot of experience at Opposite, she could always be run in a similar manner to how Florida ran Anna Dixon last season. Wouldn’t be mad with her at M2 either, but M1 seems like it allows for the strongest overall lineup. |
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Post by tablealgebra on Aug 23, 2024 13:23:26 GMT -5
As a Big Ten fan, have concerns about this team - as of now. Smrek is a huge component. She is just built differently. Without her, opponents have far less fears. The passing stinks. Who improves this valuable area. Way too much hype on the new setter. Plus, Badgers will give up more points on the RS blocking in her three rotations. Team’s strength in past few years was giants everywhere. Now UW will have average DI blockers in a couple spots. If healthy, they will have a shot. Just worried about the early pre-con. Watch any non-top of the table team in the B1G and you will see significantly worse passing than Wisconsin. Heck - even this year I would call Chicoine+new L and Hannah-Mruzik both considerably bigger passing concerns than Wisconsin has. Frank was the best passing OH of the group at NORCECA, Orzol is good, and GG ... well, we have concerns there but if she goes in a funk this year we can sub in a second libero there, and Damrow absolutely looks ready to spot-sub for GG if that's how Sheffield chooses to play it (and I think he should). Last year, I was concerned - but with Franklin having become a good passer, I am confident that we will work out the libero situation and be a good passing team this year. Can Wisconsin's passing hold up through a tournament run? Maybe, maybe not - but "the passing stinks" is ridiculous and speaks to a fan who has paid attention to very few Wisconsin games over the last two years. |
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Post by dbro1970 on Aug 23, 2024 14:02:36 GMT -5
As a Big Ten fan, have concerns about this team - as of now. Smrek is a huge component. She is just built differently. Without her, opponents have far less fears. The passing stinks. Who improves this valuable area. Way too much hype on the new setter. Plus, Badgers will give up more points on the RS blocking in her three rotations. Team’s strength in past few years was giants everywhere. Now UW will have average DI blockers in a couple spots. If healthy, they will have a shot. Just worried about the early pre-con. so negative |
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Aug 23, 2024 15:37:27 GMT -5
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Post by Pepperjack on Aug 23, 2024 15:40:17 GMT -5
I so wish I could attend! I love the Deer District Beer Garden. Sounds like a great event. |
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Post by robtearle on Aug 23, 2024 16:18:29 GMT -5
I have four tickets for Monday Sept 2nd at Fiserve Forum available (but none for Sunday).
Pretty good seats, Section 105, row 9. Courtside, but beyond the endline.
My cost was $56 per ticket. If you go to Ticketmaster, I don't think you'll find anything as good for that, once you figure in the insane TicketMaster fees.
If you're interested, let me know through direct messages.
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