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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Sept 25, 2024 23:18:48 GMT -5
The question is if you're going to bench a middle which do you bench? Based on performance to this point, I feel like you'd need to bench Booth. If you bench Booth and stop the rotating, will she transfer out at the end of the year? I mean the decision to who doesn’t get playing time has to be Smrek and Booth. Both have been very underwhelming this season. IMO, for the time being, I would bench Smrek and put Devyn on the right. Smrek’s blocking and attacking has been disappointing and ultimately a liability. I 100% believe Devyn has to be on the court one way or another. Anna has more blocks/set than Booth...and .02 (so basically equivalent) less than CC. As a RS being compared against middles. And that stats include sets against TCU and Baylor where she was in for 1 or 2 plays lmao, lowering her numbers drastically.
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Sept 25, 2024 23:19:42 GMT -5
We can't play a player simply because we think they might transfer out. If she does because she's benched due to performance, then so be it. Wardlow and Tosia can start at middles next year and we can completely rebuild. I would pump the brakes on Wardlow. She has been playing pin in high school for this season and 2nd half of last year Sydney Hilley played OH in high school her last two years. Didn’t affect her setter prospects
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Post by Burly Ives on Sept 25, 2024 23:20:19 GMT -5
We will improve if we decide on two MB's and not continue this rotation. We will see considerable improvement from Charlie and tbe setting as she builds more experience with the bigs. GG has not improved, same ole GG. If anything her serving has regressed from last season. Lola or Saige needs to be libero or we are going to get shellacked by Nebraska and Penn State. The question is if you're going to bench a middle which do you bench? Based on performance to this point, I feel like you'd need to bench Booth. If you bench Booth and stop the rotating, will she transfer out at the end of the year? Some have already stated that with the huge senior class departing after this season.Booth is definitely one to watch whether she sticks around for another year. I think Booth clearly has more talent then CC but she is largely underperforming in her role. But CC adds very little offensively so there is your connundrum. I think they need to go with Booth just to speed up the learning curve between her and Charlie.
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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Sept 25, 2024 23:20:30 GMT -5
We can't play a player simply because we think they might transfer out. If she does because she's benched due to performance, then so be it. Wardlow and Tosia can start at middles next year and we can completely rebuild. I would pump the brakes on Wardlow. She has been playing pin in high school for this season and 2nd half of last year Uhhh, high school's position means nothing. I remember Plummer playing S before college lol. In clubs, where the competition is higher, she's a middle. That's going to be her position most likely. Maybe she can become a RS if she's versatile enough like Devyn or Smrek.
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Post by clambinator on Sept 25, 2024 23:24:44 GMT -5
I would pump the brakes on Wardlow. She has been playing pin in high school for this season and 2nd half of last year Uhhh, high school's position means nothing. I remember Plummer playing S before college lol. In clubs, where the competition is higher, she's a middle. That's going to be her position most likely. Maybe she can become a RS if she's versatile enough like Devyn or Smrek. Yeah that’s true. I’m guessing she is a pin in high school because she is good enough to play 6 rotations
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Post by badgerguru on Sept 25, 2024 23:27:22 GMT -5
I just need to see the passing stats
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 25, 2024 23:28:07 GMT -5
We played way much better against Minnie than we did against those two teams. Minnie played way better than those two teams did against us. A truly impressive defensive performance by them. Lterally no one in our passing rotation could handle Grote's serves. No one has been able to handle them all year. We could have won that match anyway, but we have to get better handling the ball in transition, and involving our middle attack. We seem to have forgotten that element of our play after two years in the 6-2. It will take a bit with a freshman setter. Yes, the middle attack is absent, but there were many times tonight in transition where GG couldn't even pass a simple dig to make it easier for Charlie. Not to mention, when on SR you're running marathons to throw balls to the pins, it's also hard to build middle connections. Those are the times when she's supposed to be able to just stand in her spot and deliver to the middles, which will then help with the chemistry during the chaos of transitions. I'm not sure how many good passes we had tonight where we were able to run the middle. My problem was after that, in the time when Charlie was in position to make a set, but made a risky choice she couldn't pull off, or missed a set behind her so a full swing couldn't be taken. (I could also blame booth for always immediately trying to put a slight overpass down and never ever succeeding.) Later in the season when Charlie has more experience, we win those points and the match. But right now she has barely had a month with these hitters in these situations and it's not there yet. I agree GG was not good this match, but Lola was passing a lot worse than her the two or three matches coming in to the match, according to Avid's data, and I didn't see anyone passing well against that serving tonight. It's tempting to point fingers because we like individuals to hold responsible, but I don't think she was the only or even the critical weak link. That is too easy. The badgers had opportunities to win regardless and they did not take them. I have been pro Lola since before the season began. I have argued over the spring and summer that she would play an outsized role this year. But they don't win the NC if they depend on perfect passing. Whether Schumacher takes the L role will not determine if they can win in Dec. They need to pass better, but they also need to take care of situations that present themselves better. They are not doing that right now at the required level.
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Post by robtearle on Sept 25, 2024 23:29:58 GMT -5
Minnesota match #1
(Lydia Grote was 16 points won, 11 times serve lost)
Points scored during the serve of server:
Orzol: 11 points scored, 8 times serve lost GG: 7 point scored, 11 times serve lost Franklin: 11 points scored, 11 times serve lost CC: 1 point scored, 2 times serve lost Schumacher: 5 point scored, 11 times serve lost Charlie: 2 points scored, 9 times serve lost Devyn: 4 points scored, 5 times serve lost
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Sideout percents by server for the year (lower number the better)
Charlie: 0.615 Orzol: 0.542 GG: 0.482 Franklin: 0.536 Schumacher: 0.646 CC: 0.621 Devyn: 0.638 Smrek: 0.714 Chan: 0.429 Carly: 0.529 Van Wie: 0500 Damrow: 0500
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Post by pepperjack on Sept 25, 2024 23:31:31 GMT -5
I would pump the brakes on Wardlow. She has been playing pin in high school for this season and 2nd half of last year Sydney Hilley played OH in high school her last two years. Didn’t affect her setter prospects I feel like I’ve heard this before… who was her HS setter and why wasn’t it her? Was she just trying to learn a new position?
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Post by robtearle on Sept 25, 2024 23:33:33 GMT -5
Sydney Hilley played OH in high school her last two years. Didn’t affect her setter prospects I feel like I’ve heard this before… who was her HS setter and why wasn’t it her? Was she just trying to learn a new position? Her setter was Izzy Ashburn. I assume because their coach thought it made them a better team overall.
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Post by maigrey on Sept 25, 2024 23:33:33 GMT -5
Sydney Hilley played OH in high school her last two years. Didn’t affect her setter prospects I feel like I’ve heard this before… who was her HS setter and why wasn’t it her? Was she just trying to learn a new position? Izzy was her setter!
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Post by wiguy94 on Sept 25, 2024 23:33:43 GMT -5
Minnesota match #1 (Lydia Grote was 16 points won, 11 times serve lost) Points scored during the serve of server: Orzol: 11 points scored, 8 times serve lost GG: 7 point scored, 11 times serve lost Franklin: 11 points scored, 11 times serve lost CC: 1 point scored, 2 times serve lost Schumacher: 5 point scored, 11 times serve lost Charlie: 2 points scored, 9 times serve lost Devyn: 4 points scored, 5 times serve lost ----------- Sideout percents by server for the year (lower number the better) Charlie: 0.615 Orzol: 0.542 GG: 0.482 Franklin: 0.536 Schumacher: 0.646 CC: 0.621 Devyn: 0.638 Smrek: 0.714 Chan: 0.429 Carly: 0.529 Van Wie: 0500 Damrow: 0500 So we basically have 3 acceptable servers this year among players with real service reps in Orzol, GG, and Franklin?
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 25, 2024 23:35:29 GMT -5
Anyway, this season is going to be a ride. Better buckle in people.
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Sept 25, 2024 23:35:51 GMT -5
Sydney Hilley played OH in high school her last two years. Didn’t affect her setter prospects I feel like I’ve heard this before… who was her HS setter and why wasn’t it her? Was she just trying to learn a new position? It was Izzy 😁 From what I know, High Schools will pretty much always put the best athletes on the left pin
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 25, 2024 23:36:44 GMT -5
Minnesota match #1 (Lydia Grote was 16 points won, 11 times serve lost) Points scored during the serve of server: Orzol: 11 points scored, 8 times serve lost GG: 7 point scored, 11 times serve lost Franklin: 11 points scored, 11 times serve lost CC: 1 point scored, 2 times serve lost Schumacher: 5 point scored, 11 times serve lost Charlie: 2 points scored, 9 times serve lost Devyn: 4 points scored, 5 times serve lost ----------- Sideout percents by server for the year (lower number the better) Charlie: 0.615 Orzol: 0.542 GG: 0.482 Franklin: 0.536 Schumacher: 0.646 CC: 0.621 Devyn: 0.638 Smrek: 0.714 Chan: 0.429 Carly: 0.529 Van Wie: 0500 Damrow: 0500 So we basically have 3 acceptable servers this year among players with real service reps in Orzol, GG, and Franklin? Yeah. It's problem. But Franklin has taken a step up. Maybe some others can too.
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