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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 8, 2024 17:54:07 GMT -5
Full video of the Baylor/UW match is up. Lola can't control a dig to make it 11-14 Baylor at 1:55:35 in case you're thinking of reliving those last few points. LOL. I remember thinking Smrek released too early given what was happening in front of her. I was thinking "live by the Smrek, die by the Smrek" at the time. I does take a while for her to get set for her approach. Maybe I was too harsh on her in the moment. This was an epic comeback. Really clutch serving by GG, and hitting by Sarah and Smrek. Charlie got these sets to Smrek right on. The ones to Sarah she made work eventually.
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Post by ndodge on Sept 8, 2024 18:00:44 GMT -5
Saw some comments here and there on Facebook where people were discussing Ohio State, that Wrobel hasn't even been dressed Really hope she gets her moments.
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Post by 25or624 on Sept 8, 2024 18:01:04 GMT -5
Lola can't control a dig to make it 11-14 Baylor at 1:55:35 in case you're thinking of reliving those last few points. LOL. I remember thinking Smrek released too early given what was happening in front of her. I was thinking "live by the Smrek, die by the Smrek" at the time. I does take a while for her to get set for her approach. Maybe I was too harsh on her in the moment. This was an epic comeback. Really clutch serving by GG, and hitting by Sarah and Smrek. Charlie got these sets to Smrek right on. The ones to Sarah she made work eventually. GG was all business during the last 4 points; gutsy performance by her.
I've noticed that this team is morphing into a group that is less demonstrative and giving off an "all business" vibe at times. GG has abandoned her leap into someone's arms and Lola has dialed things way back from her UA stint with Charlie. All in all, I see it as a good thing. Soon, we'll be calling them The Steely Badgers.
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Post by swaggyp on Sept 8, 2024 18:06:27 GMT -5
LOL. I remember thinking Smrek released too early given what was happening in front of her. I was thinking "live by the Smrek, die by the Smrek" at the time. I does take a while for her to get set for her approach. Maybe I was too harsh on her in the moment. This was an epic comeback. Really clutch serving by GG, and hitting by Sarah and Smrek. Charlie got these sets to Smrek right on. The ones to Sarah she made work eventually. GG was all business during the last 4 points; gutsy performance by her.
I've noticed that this team is morphing into a group that is less demonstrative and giving off an "all business" vibe at times. GG has abandoned her leap into someone's arms and Lola has dialed things way back from her UA stint with Charlie. All in all, I see it as a good thing. Soon, we'll be calling them The Steely Badgers.
> this team is morphing into a group that is less demonstrative The back row certainly seemed like that yesterday. The bigs still get pretty excited when they get something to hit.
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 8, 2024 18:12:50 GMT -5
Saw some comments here and there on Facebook where people were discussing Ohio State, that Wrobel hasn't even been dressed Really hope she gets her moments. I wonder what's wrong and if it's the same problem as in Madison.
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Post by tablealgebra on Sept 8, 2024 18:30:44 GMT -5
Let's get an opinion from a Badger player. Maybe she can shed some light on this matter:
Senior middle blocker Caroline Crawford, who played throughout the match [TCU], said that versatility is one of the Badgers’ prime assets.
“Anyone on our team can be thrown in at any position at any time,” said Crawford, who finished with a season-high 12 kills. “We run our offense and defense very similar to the women’s national team, where people can rotate in and out. You saw Carter rotate in to block and you saw a 6-2 mixed in. Being able to have any have any player on the bench come off and join the game and automatically contributing I think is a huge part of our game.
This is not going to change, even if the Coaching Essentials For Volleyball Fans Handbook doesn't approve.
Go Badgers
The women's national team....doesn't rotate people in and out, I don't know what CC was watching. The international game has strict subs limitation, so they can't even do it if they want to. Unless she's talking about events like VNL where Karch literally use it to experiment for the big tourneys. Hell, one of the biggest criticism against Karch was not making any changes even when his starters are floundering during some tourneys. During the Olympics, the most they did was situational double sub. Wisconsin doesn't even use the double subs unless Charlie is reaaally struggling, and only then for a couple of plays, not consistently. Otherwise, team USA had a serving sub here, or a backrow defensive sub there lol. Rettke was the 3rd MB and she got to play for like 1 serve. So sure, if Wisconsin is like the women's national team, that means someone needs to sit to make room for regular starters. Thanks CC for the insight. Well, let's talk about Karch's substitution patterns. 1) He basically doesn't sub at all in big tournaments, which he is criticized heavily for. 2) He changes out players VERY liberally in VNL from game to game (and sometimes set to set), which could easily be compared to the non-conference season for college teams. Considering that we are in the non-conference season and, indeed, Sheff is changing lineups, then I'd say we are like the USNT. Also, I love how you throw shade at CC for all this. You really hate anyone who doesn't agree with you, don't you?
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Post by maigrey on Sept 8, 2024 18:49:30 GMT -5
CC is a hard one because she is so good all around but isn’t a stand out at anything except blocking, but all the other options are also good blockers so her advantage there isn’t very big. That being said, she has been playing very well this year and looks a lot more dynamic as a hitter. She is getting more opportunities from the setter then she had last year for instance. I mean she had 12 kills against TCU. Has she ever went double digits previously? Carter Booth has more elite athletic ability she just needs to up the IQ part of her game otherwise CC will continue to play a sizeable role and cut into Carter's time especially when Smrek gets back to full strength ( which will send Dev back over to a logjam and middle at that point). CC also (in general) has a tough serve, great hands for 2nd sets, better in the BR for her .5 rotation, as well as leadership skills. You can see (if you watch for it) how CC is helping Charlie adjust to the college game by helping her with block positioning, etc., much like Asija did for Swindle. Also her slide is looking vicious! Obviously, I don't coach and I'm not Kelly, and CC is my favorite, but there are a lot of reasons for her to stay in, and have Booth/Dev work out the other spot, especially if Dev's shoulder is still giving her issues. Maybe later in the year, when Charlie has adjusted, and Booth / Dev are healthy/on fire, then she takes a back seat, but for now I think she's pretty much got that starting spot.
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Post by maigrey on Sept 8, 2024 18:50:55 GMT -5
How many folks subscribe to a streaming service for Badger volleyball? For those that do how many total Badger volleyball games can I see and what is the breakdown? Should I get BigTen+ and Espn+? Does that get me all the games? Are any Badger volleyball games supposed to be on MyNetwork affiliates to air over the air on digital subchannels at all? TY. Once non-conf is over, ESPN Plus wouldn't do any good. In fact, all the rest of the non-conf is home matches. That means everything until the NCAA tournament will be either on 'regular' TV or BTN Plus. And those that aren't on BTN Plus live will be there as a replay the next day. Yeah, right now I have both espn+ and b1g+, but I'll cancel espn+ at the end of the month or so (if I don't switch to hulu for live tv)
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Post by SportyBucky on Sept 8, 2024 18:53:11 GMT -5
The women's national team....doesn't rotate people in and out, I don't know what CC was watching. The international game has strict subs limitation, so they can't even do it if they want to. Unless she's talking about events like VNL where Karch literally use it to experiment for the big tourneys. Hell, one of the biggest criticism against Karch was not making any changes even when his starters are floundering during some tourneys. During the Olympics, the most they did was situational double sub. Wisconsin doesn't even use the double subs unless Charlie is reaaally struggling, and only then for a couple of plays, not consistently. Otherwise, team USA had a serving sub here, or a backrow defensive sub there lol. Rettke was the 3rd MB and she got to play for like 1 serve. So sure, if Wisconsin is like the women's national team, that means someone needs to sit to make room for regular starters. Thanks CC for the insight. Well, let's talk about Karch's substitution patterns. 1) He basically doesn't sub at all in big tournaments, which he is criticized heavily for. 2) He changes out players VERY liberally in VNL from game to game (and sometimes set to set), which could easily be compared to the non-conference season for college teams. Considering that we are in the non-conference season and, indeed, Sheff is changing lineups, then I'd say we are like the USNT. Also, I love how you throw shade at CC for all this. You really hate anyone who doesn't agree with you, don't you? Not true. Double subs. It was what got us to the finals. 🙄
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Post by fightingminime on Sept 8, 2024 19:05:33 GMT -5
LOL. I remember thinking Smrek released too early given what was happening in front of her. I was thinking "live by the Smrek, die by the Smrek" at the time. I does take a while for her to get set for her approach. Maybe I was too harsh on her in the moment. This was an epic comeback. Really clutch serving by GG, and hitting by Sarah and Smrek. Charlie got these sets to Smrek right on. The ones to Sarah she made work eventually. GG was all business during the last 4 points; gutsy performance by her. I've noticed that this team is morphing into a group that is less demonstrative and giving off an "all business" vibe at times. GG has abandoned her leap into someone's arms and Lola has dialed things way back from her UA stint with Charlie. All in all, I see it as a good thing. Soon, we'll be calling them The Steely Badgers.
My thoughts are the coaching staff warned them off jumping in arms to save backs .. can't afford for any hitters to be hurt! Kidding aside, the Minnesota bro was doing the same thing .. and stopped after about the first match as well. As a teammate I would find the jumping in arms thing obnoxious.
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Post by Burly Ives on Sept 8, 2024 19:22:49 GMT -5
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 8, 2024 19:44:21 GMT -5
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Post by Burly Ives on Sept 8, 2024 19:58:04 GMT -5
One never knows with all the snark on these boards after all the user is a GG stan.
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Post by pepperjack on Sept 8, 2024 21:33:41 GMT -5
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 8, 2024 22:02:08 GMT -5
Lots of ice on the knees!
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