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Post by uwvbfan on Nov 4, 2024 23:09:10 GMT -5
Penn St has the same situation - 2 matches in 24 hours. And they have to travel after playing at NW. 1 hour up I94, not bad as far as travel goes. And Northwestern shouldn't put up too much of a fight for PSU. Wow! You drive pretty fast. Google Maps has it closer to 2.5 hours. The Penn State/Northwestern match starts at 6 pm. If they could be on the bus by 8, they would not get in Madison until 10:30 at the earliest. So they have less time to rest then the Badgers do. (And Iowa isn't the toughest team to play either.) |
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Post by honeybadger88 on Nov 5, 2024 0:45:28 GMT -5
So what? You really don't think Devyn hits over 0? 🙄 Crawford is NOT it. Sorry, but robinson is a potential future MB Olympian. Once she goes pro as a MB she will soar and make the National team, I'm calling it. For sheff to ignore that development is criminal for her and the team Crawford is unimpressive in important moments. Always the errors. She definitely has potential but Sheff doesn't seem to rate her higher than Carter at middle and Anna at OPP. Not helped by the injuries she has. If she actually did get more opportunities, do you think she would've surpassed other MB/RS for the national team because I'm sure they are better players than Devyn. |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 5, 2024 5:06:51 GMT -5
1 hour up I94, not bad as far as travel goes.  And Northwestern shouldn't put up too much of a fight for PSU. Wow! You drive pretty fast. Google Maps has it closer to 2.5 hours. The Penn State/Northwestern match starts at 6 pm. If they could be on the bus by 8, they would not get in Madison until 10:30 at the earliest. So they have less time to rest then the Badgers do. (And Iowa isn't the toughest team to play either.) Yeah, Evanston is a pain to get to, unless you're coming from the city of Chicago on the El. You have to drive about 30 min just to get to an expressway. |
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Post by bucky415 on Nov 5, 2024 5:43:04 GMT -5
So what? You really don't think Devyn hits over 0? 🙄 Crawford is NOT it. Sorry, but robinson is a potential future MB Olympian. Once she goes pro as a MB she will soar and make the National team, I'm calling it. For sheff to ignore that development is criminal for her and the team Crawford is unimpressive in important moments. Always the errors. Um, did you check the play by play after Illinois was up 24-22 in the second set? |
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Post by bballin on Nov 5, 2024 7:15:54 GMT -5
Crawford is NOT it. Sorry, but robinson is a potential future MB Olympian. Once she goes pro as a MB she will soar and make the National team, I'm calling it. For sheff to ignore that development is criminal for her and the team Crawford is unimpressive in important moments. Always the errors. Um, did you check the play by play after Illinois was up 24-22 in the second set? Illinois, is a lot different than the big matches of Pitt, Texas and Nebraska. She's prone to flopping in big moments. Net violations and hitting errors, etc. I'll never forget her regional finals flubs a few years ago. |
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Post by northwoods on Nov 5, 2024 7:58:26 GMT -5
So what? You really don't think Devyn hits over 0? 🙄 Crawford is NOT it. Sorry, but robinson is a potential future MB Olympian. Once she goes pro as a MB she will soar and make the National team, I'm calling it. This take on Robinson beamed in from 2021…. Her game has plateaued for a couple years now, while other collegiate players have surpassed her. I see an AU/PVF career in her future. |
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Post by dragan11 on Nov 5, 2024 9:54:42 GMT -5
This take on Robinson beamed in from 2021…. Her game has plateaued for a couple years now, while other collegiate players have surpassed her. I see an AU/PVF career in her future.[/quote] I totally agree. Additional comment, Sheff&Wisconsin is responsible for this with the stupid systems they used her. I hope she didn't have pro-ball or long NT aspirations and played college ball for good time in Wisconsin and free education. She had potential to be next slide attacker of Senior Team USA in youth international games. |
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Post by badgersinsix on Nov 5, 2024 10:22:06 GMT -5
This take on Robinson beamed in from 2021…. Her game has plateaued for a couple years now, while other collegiate players have surpassed her. I see an AU/PVF career in her future. I totally agree. Additional comment, Sheff&Wisconsin is responsible for this with the stupid systems they used her. I hope she didn't have pro-ball or long NT aspirations and played college ball for good time in Wisconsin and free education. She had potential to be next slide attacker of Senior Team USA in youth international games.[/quote] Hahaha. Ok, this year is a weird system. Won't argue with that. What other "stupid systems", to use your language, has she played in at Wisconsin? The one that got her a national championship? Or the 6-2 that got her to a final 4 and 2 points away from another final 4? |
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Post by northwoods on Nov 5, 2024 10:24:55 GMT -5
This take on Robinson beamed in from 2021…. Her game has plateaued for a couple years now, while other collegiate players have surpassed her. I see an AU/PVF career in her future. I totally agree. Additional comment, Sheff&Wisconsin is responsible for this with the stupid systems they used her. I hope she didn't have pro-ball or long NT aspirations and played college ball for good time in Wisconsin and free education. She had potential to be next slide attacker of Senior Team USA in youth international games.[/quote] I’ll meet you half way on why Devyn’s game hasn’t progressed. She has been back & forth between MB & RS her whole career based on Wisconsin’s needs which hasn’t facilitated her being a better MB. On the other hand, she wasn’t good enough to beat out Dana or Danielle early or Booth/Smrek/CC now. I am looking for her serve, which is not ready for prime time (in year 5?), and who knows if she can defend left back if she ever does serve… I don’t see a lot of development in her shot repertoire on the right either. When Sheffield was critical of some players work over the summer in developing their game, I think she was one of the targets. |
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Post by badgerguru on Nov 5, 2024 11:04:44 GMT -5
Our strongest position group going into the season is severely underperforming, & the flip flopping of middles also is probably a reason we don’t see a single Wisconsin middle on this list
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Post by badgerbreath on Nov 5, 2024 11:59:28 GMT -5
Our strongest position group going into the season is severely underperforming, & the flip flopping of middles also is probably a reason we don’t see a single Wisconsin middle on this list But the team is still clear at the top in conference play for B/S and top in the B1G for opp HP. Those topline numbers suggest there is a lot going right. Where they are not doing as well is in attacking from the middle, except for Smrek. CC and Booth both hitting under 0.300 when booth hit 0.440 in conference last year. Clearly, the connections on the quicks have not been that dependable. Also, adding in the slide has been a challenge. They are really trying to get a connection to Booth on the slide going before the end of the year. If they could work that out, she would be hard to stop. But it is not natural for her. Dev, by contrast, is 5th in conference play in HP at 0.383. Looks to me like adjusting back to blocking in the middle has been hard for her after being on the RS for 2 years. |
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Post by ndodge on Nov 5, 2024 12:04:54 GMT -5
Um, did you check the play by play after Illinois was up 24-22 in the second set? Illinois, is a lot different than the big matches of Pitt, Texas and Nebraska. She's prone to flopping in big moments. Net violations and hitting errors, etc. I'll never forget her regional finals flubs a few years ago. Well, I think Sheff is more concerned with counting number of effective block touches overall and things like that, not "remembering" some errors in big moments. If you don't see the number of things she does right I don't know what else to say. |
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Post by uwbadger03 on Nov 5, 2024 14:50:50 GMT -5
Does anyone have 1 extra for Penn St on Saturday they are looking to sell?
Please DM me if you do!
Was supposed to be out of town this weekend, so got rid of my ticket. Trip has since been cancelled, so now I'm in need of a ticket.
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Post by chibadgerfan on Nov 5, 2024 17:51:02 GMT -5
Our strongest position group going into the season is severely underperforming, & the flip flopping of middles also is probably a reason we don’t see a single Wisconsin middle on this list But the team is still clear at the top in conference play for B/S and top in the B1G for opp HP. Those topline numbers suggest there is a lot going right. Where they are not doing as well is in attacking from the middle, except for Smrek. CC and Booth both hitting under 0.300 when booth hit 0.440 in conference last year. Clearly, the connections on the quicks have not been that dependable. Also, adding in the slide has been a challenge. They are really trying to get a connection to Booth on the slide going before the end of the year. If they could work that out, she would be hard to stop. But it is not natural for her. Dev, by contrast, is 5th in conference play in HP at 0.383. Looks to me like adjusting back to blocking in the middle has been hard for her after being on the RS for 2 years. Wisconsin is now #1 in NCAA Division I for blocks per set, so it’s difficult to say blocking is still lacking from the team as a whole. Let’s call that problem solved. Meanwhile CC’s attack percentage is about the same as prior years, while Robinson’s is way better this year. It’s Booth’s and Smrek’s attack percentage that is way down. Given the strong correlation between height and attack percentage improvement/decline for these pairs of players, one can conclude the issue is Fuerbringer having to get more proficient at setting very tall hitters. Fortunately Smrek in general has been better, and last match was great for Booth, so maybe we are about to enter the time where it’s clicking. |
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Post by tablealgebra on Nov 5, 2024 18:08:47 GMT -5
But the team is still clear at the top in conference play for B/S and top in the B1G for opp HP. Those topline numbers suggest there is a lot going right. Where they are not doing as well is in attacking from the middle, except for Smrek. CC and Booth both hitting under 0.300 when booth hit 0.440 in conference last year. Clearly, the connections on the quicks have not been that dependable. Also, adding in the slide has been a challenge. They are really trying to get a connection to Booth on the slide going before the end of the year. If they could work that out, she would be hard to stop. But it is not natural for her. Dev, by contrast, is 5th in conference play in HP at 0.383. Looks to me like adjusting back to blocking in the middle has been hard for her after being on the RS for 2 years. Wisconsin is now #1 in NCAA Division I for blocks per set, so it’s difficult to say blocking is still lacking from the team as a whole. Let’s call that problem solved. Meanwhile CC’s attack percentage is about the same as prior years, while Robinson’s is way better this year. It’s Booth’s and Smrek’s attack percentage that is way down. Given the strong correlation between height and attack percentage improvement/decline for these pairs of players, one can conclude the issue is Fuerbringer having to get more proficient at setting very tall hitters. Fortunately Smrek in general has been better, and last match was great for Booth, so maybe we are about to enter the time where it’s clicking. Blocks per set doesn't tell the whole story. For one, teams tend to rack up blocks in some games while going quiet in others, but if you're using the mean as your average the big block games are going to be way overrepresented. Guess what? Those are the games you would have won anyway. Also, stuff blocks are not the be-all end-all of blocking. Block touches are just as important, if not more so - I'd be interested in what the stats people say, but I'd guess that, on three attempts, you're better off with three positive block touches than one stuff block and two with no block or positive block touch. And when you're slow to the pin, you're not getting those positive block touches - it tends to be all or nothing (and when the other team is in system, it's nothing). So no, being #1 in blocks per set does NOT put me at ease. It is a nice number, however. |
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