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Post by dbro1970 on Dec 18, 2023 19:37:44 GMT -5
Her name was the first name on the portal tea thread from last year. She announced early. She was quick. TTA announced Feb 1, I believe. Booth was early and fast. Booth announced Wisconsin as her next school on Dec. 25, 2022. Yep, a Badger Xmas present.
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Post by dbro1970 on Dec 18, 2023 19:40:31 GMT -5
So with the exit of Wrobel, Badgers currently have 1... that's 1... healthy '22-'23 recruit. I'm going to ask Coach Sheffield at the clinic next summer why the low recruiting numbers for '22 & '23. Obviously things have been fixed for '24 & '25 and hopefully beyond. I like the transfer portal from the standpoint that I don't think a kid who makes a decision in high school should be stuck with it throughout their college career (especially if there's a coaching change,) but I'd like to see top end recruiting as a way to build a team and fill in with transfers. I'd like to have transfers mostly be depth, not top end players (but wouldn't turn them down should we have to have one.) I won't beat the dead horse on the topic anymore on this forum, and look forward to coach's response. I think a big part we forget about is that it was hard to evaluate players for the 2022/2023 classes in person or to have visits with them because they would have been recruited during COVIDs shutdowns.
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Post by dbro1970 on Dec 18, 2023 19:41:21 GMT -5
Can we just get to January so we can watch Lola and Charlie at the UA game? And Hilley and Hart play for the Omaha Supernova. And Loberg and TTA play also.
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Post by Wiswell on Dec 18, 2023 19:42:43 GMT -5
All this "team" speak coming from them and then they head for the hills when the season is over?
Is it, well I didn't get an NC so I might as well just play how I want? That seems weird, because you have people coming in dying to... sit on the bench just to be in that competitive environment.
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Post by ndodge on Dec 18, 2023 19:45:44 GMT -5
Regarding that "we are #2" discussion of a few pages back, well, we are on VT's final poll anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2023 19:46:25 GMT -5
What sources does everyone use to track the transfer portal? I follow @collegevbtransfers on Instagram but is there anywhere else?
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Post by dbro1970 on Dec 18, 2023 19:58:30 GMT -5
With Ella leaving does that mean there's definitely somebody coming? But, even if there is, wouldn't competitive spirit make you want to stay and beat them out? Unless that player coming in is a former Big Ten player of the year and first team AVCA All American.
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Post by dbro1970 on Dec 18, 2023 20:00:48 GMT -5
If Wisconsin is turning to a 5-1 next season, there would be an odd-woman-out between Booth, Smrek, Crawford, and Robinson. I would have thought it would be Crawford, though maybe Robinson made her choice first. Plus I feel that Tosia could be good enough to compete for playing time at MB.
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Post by 25or624 on Dec 18, 2023 20:03:27 GMT -5
Punzel summarizes Ella's Badger career for us:
"Wrobel’s career with the Badgers was limited because of injuries, primarily back problems. She played in nine matches as a freshman in 2022, recording 11 kills (0.92 per set) and hitting .182. She had a career-high five kills against Maryland.
She redshirted the 2023 season and will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. She is the only Badgers player currently in the portal."
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Post by exit237a on Dec 18, 2023 20:05:16 GMT -5
Who are the major OH's out there right now? Landfair and...? Rutherford's an Opposite... Could certainly use a backup setter from the portal. Maybe Kelly doesn't bring in OH with Shadd-Ceres and Quest coming in? I suspect we won’t see any more big names until the next semester starts. TTA was amongst the ones who didn’t announce until early in 2023, IIRC. (Forgive my lurking) My understanding is that this first portal window this season is closing January 1. Grad transfers could enter after that but everyone else needs to enter by that deadline. Or they wait until the second window in May. This is entirely based on what people have posted on VT and I may have misremembered so there’s the potential that I’m wrong.
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Post by Wiswell on Dec 18, 2023 20:14:12 GMT -5
I suspect we won’t see any more big names until the next semester starts. TTA was amongst the ones who didn’t announce until early in 2023, IIRC. (Forgive my lurking) My understanding is that this first portal window this season is closing January 1. Grad transfers could enter after that but everyone else needs to enter by that deadline. Or they wait until the second window in May. This is entirely based on what people have posted on VT and I may have misremembered so there’s the potential that I’m wrong. Thanks! You are a nice lurker! 😃
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Post by exit237a on Dec 18, 2023 20:18:04 GMT -5
(Forgive my lurking) My understanding is that this first portal window this season is closing January 1. Grad transfers could enter after that but everyone else needs to enter by that deadline. Or they wait until the second window in May. This is entirely based on what people have posted on VT and I may have misremembered so there’s the potential that I’m wrong. Thanks! You are a nice lurker! 😃 : ) You’re welcome!
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Post by savannahbadger on Dec 18, 2023 20:25:35 GMT -5
I suspect we won’t see any more big names until the next semester starts. TTA was amongst the ones who didn’t announce until early in 2023, IIRC. (Forgive my lurking) My understanding is that this first portal window this season is closing January 1. Grad transfers could enter after that but everyone else needs to enter by that deadline. Or they wait until the second window in May. This is entirely based on what people have posted on VT and I may have misremembered so there’s the potential that I’m wrong. That sounds about right. Some dates and times have changed since last year. IIRC the window is much narrower now.
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Dec 18, 2023 20:28:13 GMT -5
So with the exit of Wrobel, Badgers currently have 1... that's 1... healthy '22-'23 recruit. I'm going to ask Coach Sheffield at the clinic next summer why the low recruiting numbers for '22 & '23. Obviously things have been fixed for '24 & '25 and hopefully beyond. I like the transfer portal from the standpoint that I don't think a kid who makes a decision in high school should be stuck with it throughout their college career (especially if there's a coaching change,) but I'd like to see top end recruiting as a way to build a team and fill in with transfers. I'd like to have transfers mostly be depth, not top end players (but wouldn't turn them down should we have to have one.) I won't beat the dead horse on the topic anymore on this forum, and look forward to coach's response. I think a big part we forget about is that it was hard to evaluate players for the 2022/2023 classes in person or to have visits with them because they would have been recruited during COVIDs shutdowns. Then what explains top end recruits at other schools. I thought of COVID too, but Nebraska and other schools who had top, top, freshmen this year and last had the same issue.
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Post by robtearle on Dec 18, 2023 20:28:51 GMT -5
(Forgive my lurking) My understanding is that this first portal window this season is closing January 1. Grad transfers could enter after that but everyone else needs to enter by that deadline. Or they wait until the second window in May. This is entirely based on what people have posted on VT and I may have misremembered so there’s the potential that I’m wrong. That sounds about right. Some dates and times have changed since last year. IIRC the window is much narrower now. fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/Transfer/DIUG_Windows.pdf
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