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Post by pancake74 on Oct 2, 2024 12:55:33 GMT -5
Lola is new, and very talented. It (again IMO) is probably referring to her, but it doesn't mean it has anything to do with insta/SM. The culture at Wisc is "ALL-IN", and maybe she's just not yet taking practices as seriously as Sheff thinks she should. She could be distracted, or not putting in the work that KS expects, etc.
I agree most of it, but I keep asking myself:
Does training count as on-court or off-court? You train on the court, right?
Sheffield specifically mentioned off-court and that's what worries me the most.
Off the court could mean in the classroom. Sometimes freshman struggle with transition to a big university and it has nothing to do with discipline or personal comportment. Coaches get regular updates from the academic advisors so if someone got a D on a quiz or essay, Sheff would know about it.
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Post by Burly Ives on Oct 2, 2024 13:10:26 GMT -5
Through all of your comments you take any opportunity available to prop up GG's play which is not good enough to maintain the libero uniform. Nobody said Lola would be lights out this early on but I contended her or Saige would have been further ahead hadn't Sheffield deferred to the incumbent. Saige Damrow tells us about volleyball life as Saige Damrow as of 9/1/24 [from a Punzel article, emphasis is mine]: Damrow made two more brief appearances before the decision was made to pull the plug on her freshman season and undergo another surgery — her third — to attempt to fix the issue once and for all.
The third surgery, which was pretty much a redo of the first, involved putting an 18-millimeter cadaver bone in her right knee, attached to her femur with three screws. The recovery process is much worse than that for the more common anterior cruciate ligament tear. She couldn’t bear weight on the knee for eight weeks, about twice as long as it takes for a typical ACL injury, and her prognosis was a 12-month recovery period....
"Honestly, when I take the results away, I couldn’t be more proud of myself for pushing to get where I am right now,” said Damrow, who played the serve receive portion of the two libero system used by the Badgers, sharing duties with junior Gulce Guctekin. “I feel like I’m definitely not at all where I want to be. This is not by any means my end result. It’s just the beginning."
Apparently, you know what Kelly is or is not doing for Saige right now. Why don't you outline your plan for getting Saige on the court sooner rather than later. In other words, where is Kelly lacking in his approach to Saige's development?
You are pretty sensitive to any criticism for Coach Sheffield could you be perhaps be affiliated somehow? I merely stated that the two libero experiment was just wasting court time where either Saige or Lola could have benefited from. The greater point is time well wasted especially regarding the ill-fated receiving/serving libero.
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Post by pull3 on Oct 2, 2024 17:29:57 GMT -5
You must have forgot how thin our bench is this season. To say someone can bust into the lineup is whimsical. Smrek, Devin, Booth and CC are interchangeable. They blend in by how they perform on game day. It is the Libero position he is still uncertain. And that's the whole lineup thing he was focusing on in the interview without saying names explicitly. All you said above is nothing short of coach speech, you know better than me. If it was John Cook where Landfair and Pierce are watching on the bench, then I probably wouldn't disagree. Believe what you want to believe though, but don't call others not good listeners. I know everyone wants an explanation for persisting with GG at libero, but the simple fact is that no one has really played consistently enough while in that position to claim it. Based on his presser improving the transition game is what matters most to Sheffield right now. It's been a problem all season when it was a strength last year. What GG offers in D and transition is obviously of value or they wouldn't have been keeping her on as DS while hiding her as a passer - a thing I'm not sure I have ever seen for a proper DS before. Lola has passed below a 2 most of the time she's played at L, while passing great as a DS.
I don't care how inconsistent both Liberos are. Kelly said others play well with her(Lola) next to her. (9:05 mark). And then go on and switch to GG despite a winning streak which could cost us a league title.
Explain.
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Post by swaggyp on Oct 2, 2024 18:11:55 GMT -5
LEAGUE TITLE!?
This team has regressed in every statistical category that matters from a team that didn't win a league title last year in a league that got deeper! I'm enthusiastic about their chances to pull it together but WINNING the B1G?! I don't know what you've seen so far this year that suggests this team is in any way one substitution away from that.
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Post by pull3 on Oct 2, 2024 18:21:42 GMT -5
LEAGUE TITLE!? This team has regressed in every statistical category that matters from a team that didn't win a league title last year in a league that got deeper! I'm enthusiastic about their chances to pull it together but WINNING the B1G?! I don't know what you've seen so far this year that suggests this team is in any way one substitution away from that.
Do I need to remind you that why we didn't win a co-champ?
Isn't that if we were co-champ you would be fine with my argument?
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Post by tacojohn on Oct 2, 2024 18:46:39 GMT -5
Sheffield's interview sounded fine to me. He's a cerebral guy. Sounded like typical Sheffield going a layer or two deeper than maybe most coaches would.
Gotta be hard to be a freshman playing volleyball at WI though. Away from home, lots of pressure, a new life basically.
Regardless, I don't understand what sheffield is doing with the lineup and I hope someday in the future he reveals what's been going on overall. Because this team was the bully on the block for most of last year minus the Texas game and the two games without Smrek. Whatever changes have been made this year don't seem to be working well with the players coming back, as a team.
There's a bunch of seniors on the team, 4 all americans, so I would hope that if it is a work ethic or attitude thing, those older players would be able to address that without sheffield.
Hope they figure this out, it is frustrating to watch. The rebuild was supposed to be next year.
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 2, 2024 19:49:45 GMT -5
Carlini was a once in a generation talent. CF is a highly regarded freshman. I think you expected too much too soon. I don't see anything about this team that surprises me at this point (other than Orzol has improved so much).
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Post by badgerbreath on Oct 2, 2024 20:25:42 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't know what people expected. You start your first 3 matches against top 6 teams having barely practiced, with a track star freshman at OH, a brand new setter who wasn't here in spring working with an ever shifting group of middles, playing in a new system (two new systems if you include the swapping liberos) and two other main players dealing with injury, and frankly you are going to lose those matches. I was surprised they were as close as they were.
I feel like since then the problems have been getting a new setter bedded in with a challenging group of hitters to set, establishing a new back row, and figuring out the new RS middle situation. The last has been particularly perplexing, every match it seems like one of the middles or RSs lays an egg and has to get replaced. And other times it almost feels like Sheffield is challenging Charlie with the different combinations.
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Post by badgerbreath on Oct 2, 2024 20:41:16 GMT -5
My take from the Rutgers match
Really flat start. Bad blocking off the bat. Bad passing. Defensive intensity really cued the switch in the first set after going down. Booth came on and still had some issues blocking, but attacked well. Serving is much better. Passing not perfect but it was good enough. Fuerbringer bringing the Fuer on the attack is a good thing Really got the middle attack going, much more balance in the attack than early in the season. Orzol maintaining her really solid early season numbers Lola really solid except for that brief period at the beginning of the match. 15 digs 2 aces 3 assists. Needs to dig more X court attacks. Was the block and defensive position coordinated? GG was solid too with 2 aces to boot. Quiet night for Sarah.
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Post by pull3 on Oct 2, 2024 20:55:28 GMT -5
oh, I expect what the preseason volleyball community expected. Top tier: Wisconsin, Nebraska.
Let go of the first three games when we experienced injuries, setter connection, and other issues. I expected a victory at Minnesota after seeing our dominance over lesser teams and our victories at TCU and Baylor. I was not expecting a change of Libero. Call me enthusiastic, I expect Ws until Nov. 1, when we meet Nebraska.
Perhaps we can grow to a point where we can defeat the Corns at home. We can talk about this later.
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Post by pepperjack on Oct 2, 2024 21:11:38 GMT -5
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Post by robtearle on Oct 2, 2024 21:49:54 GMT -5
Rutgers match #1
Points scored during the serve of server:
Orzol: 4 points scored, 5 times serve lost GG: 9 point scored, 6 times serve lost Franklin: 2 points scored, 8 times serve lost CC: 6 point scored, 5 times serve lost Schumacher: 12 point scored, 6 times serve lost Charlie: 2 points scored, 8 times serve lost
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Sideout percents by server for the year (lower number the better)
Charlie: 0.585 Orzol: 0.556 GG: 0.468 Franklin: 0.542 Schumacher: 0.603 CC: 0.603 Devyn: 0.648 Smrek: 0.714 Chan: 0.429 Carly: 0.550 Van Wie: 0500 Damrow: 0500
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Post by honeybadger88 on Oct 2, 2024 23:01:46 GMT -5
Kelly Sheffield is not a good x's and o's coach (thank Gary for that) - can't coach in a match for damn sure- he's a good salesman and buddy to the girls. He doesn't develop players -- case and point, Anna Smrek. If VT has a thumbs down feature then I would've certainly give you one for this post.
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Post by spicycheesebread on Oct 3, 2024 14:07:45 GMT -5
If you prefer to silence the posts from specific individuals, open that individual's profile, find the gear icon, select the first option. Then make sure to check all four checkboxes (the first one is to hide all posts). I've used this to help preserve my all-year positive mood of BadgerVB. I'm all for discussion, but life is just so much better when you filter out the really angry ones.
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Post by vbdiva on Oct 3, 2024 15:56:52 GMT -5
LOL.
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