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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2023 17:36:33 GMT -5
Unless I'm losing it, I don't see, in that lineup, any departures not already known. Which would make me very happy. 2-in none out? I'll take it! But I'll be very sad if I passed someone over. Kinda quick hitting VT all day while trying to work. I suspect Diva was intimating Sheffield might sign both Landfair and CJ (rather than only Landfair). Signing both would force Robinson into the portal, which she doesn’t want to do. Instead, CJ signed with Penn State, so all is good on that front. How would signing both ever had made sense when they are both gonna want to play. ? Only so many spots on the floor at a time. Landfair an all American who is not gonna want to sit and CJ left Nebraska cause they sat her. She isn’t gonna want to transfer somewhere else to sit. Both never made sense
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2023 17:37:58 GMT -5
I like this lineup, but I’m curious about your reasoning for Robinson at RS and Smrek at Middle. Sheff and Co. had the most basic offense in America, many nights I walked away shocked, and bewildered at the fact it was so basic. Even our serve receive positioning was basic and didn't help at us at times with deception plays or players running decoys to open up gaps... I can go on. Backrow NEEDS to be part of the arsenal. Interesting point. Against vast majority of our schedule Franklin/Smrek with SUS setting was more then enough to win comfortably though. Hammil got much better at setting as season advanced but she was still a defensive liability at times. Super excited to see how opponents contend with Franklin/Smrek with better setting not too mention we can add BIC's and and setter dumps to the equation for when we do go up against teams with equal talent... Nebraska/Texas/Stanford.. Really jacked up about the potential next year and most excited to see how the Libero/DS roles materialize.
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Post by chibadgerfan on Dec 21, 2023 17:50:45 GMT -5
I suspect Diva was intimating Sheffield might sign both Landfair and CJ (rather than only Landfair). Signing both would force Robinson into the portal, which she doesn’t want to do. Instead, CJ signed with Penn State, so all is good on that front. How would signing both ever had made sense when they are both gonna want to play. ? Only so many spots on the floor at a time. Landfair an all American who is not gonna want to sit and CJ left Nebraska cause they sat her. She isn’t gonna want to transfer somewhere else to sit. Both never made sense I agree signing both, or even just CJ alone, wouldn’t have been a great fit for either Wisconsin or CJ, but that doesn’t mean the parties didn’t give it any thought. Moreover I’m just trying to interpret Diva’s hints.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2023 17:55:15 GMT -5
How would signing both ever had made sense when they are both gonna want to play. ? Only so many spots on the floor at a time. Landfair an all American who is not gonna want to sit and CJ left Nebraska cause they sat her. She isn’t gonna want to transfer somewhere else to sit. Both never made sense I agree signing both, or even just CJ alone, wouldn’t have been a great fit for either Wisconsin or CJ, but that doesn’t mean the parties didn’t give it any thought. Moreover I’m just trying to interpret Diva’s hints. All good. I’m happy. I’ve never really cared about landfair because she never made sense for penn state. She can make sense for you guys and maybe a few other schools but CJ was always the right fit for psu out of the portal players. Good luck on landfair. I’ve wondered if Oregon could be a dark horse on that. With all the young players comming in and her 4 years left she could potentially build something special there rather then comming into something already ready to go
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Post by 200backer on Dec 21, 2023 18:12:57 GMT -5
I feel like no one has really mentioned kubik, feel like she fits better than landfair or CJ. I think she is a good passer, cool put her in to try to stabilize passing I think in the final, so he must think highly of her. If orzol stays at L, maybe she’d be a good OH2. Only thing is I feel like she wouldn’t be a sure fire starter and she seems to want playing time. Also would she just be a watered down orzol? Probably make more sense to just move orzol back to oH and have whatever DS passes best be L
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 21, 2023 18:20:23 GMT -5
I like this lineup, but I’m curious about your reasoning for Robinson at RS and Smrek at Middle. As athletic (SHE TOUCHES 11'2!!) the announcers try to make Anna be, she's not. Any ball set off, any ball shanked to the RS, balls over her head etc. she has sloth type reflexes. Hmmm. The very reason I want Smrek at RS is precisely she is a bit slow of foot and can hit over the block without doing anything fancy or needing a perfect set. That is where the height made a really big difference this year. Plus, if Smrek stays RS, she can team up on the block with Booth or for a rotation or two. As the other middle that isn't going to happen. I think Robinson is way quicker laterally, and may actually benefit more from a good setter feeding her quicks and slides (though Booth may end up doing more of the latter if she is M1.) I do get the point about Smrek attacking out of the middle though. I think the lack of a BR attack is because that was supposed to be Franklin, and other teams would always try to put her on the floor on SR in those rotations. We were passing 2 largely in those rotations, so it was easy. I hope a bit more passing help would help resolve that issue.
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 21, 2023 18:26:18 GMT -5
I feel like no one has really mentioned kubik, feel like she fits better than landfair or CJ. I think she is a good passer, cool put her in to try to stabilize passing I think in the final, so he must think highly of her. If orzol stays at L, maybe she’d be a good OH2. Only thing is I feel like she wouldn’t be a sure fire starter and she seems to want playing time. Also would she just be a watered down orzol? Probably make more sense to just move orzol back to oH and have whatever DS passes best be L Kubik decided at the last second to go to Nebraska when she was being recruited. Sheff was in for her and seemed pretty keen, as I remember.
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Post by bballnut90 on Dec 21, 2023 18:58:34 GMT -5
I feel like no one has really mentioned kubik, feel like she fits better than landfair or CJ. I think she is a good passer, cool put her in to try to stabilize passing I think in the final, so he must think highly of her. If orzol stays at L, maybe she’d be a good OH2. Only thing is I feel like she wouldn’t be a sure fire starter and she seems to want playing time. Also would she just be a watered down orzol? Probably make more sense to just move orzol back to oH and have whatever DS passes best be L Kubik decided at the last second to go to Nebraska when she was being recruited. Sheff was in for her and seemed pretty keen, as I remember. I think she was ranked the #1 recruit for a hot minute. When USA volleyball played overseas though, it was clear that Wucherer was the stronger OH and Hayden dropped consideraly in HS rankings after. Solid player though who just picked a school too loaded with size/talent. I don't think Wisconsin makes a ton of sense for her but I wish her the best. I think Wisconsin either picks up a hammer on the left or a top level DS/libero.
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Post by maigrey on Dec 21, 2023 19:10:19 GMT -5
Love to see it too! Also love to see fellow Iowa fans supporting our players who leave for the entirety of their careers! Unlike other programs who will not even appreciate what they have while they have it, and are even happier to trash their kids who transfer out. What kills me is some of the ones who go after other programs fans for doing it, their own fan base does it too Im not naming names but there are at least four programs fans who do this (hawaii not really, theyre just mean to the CURRENT players which is even worse) I don't think Wisconsin fans are one of those programs. When we had a bunch of people leave last year, everybody was like oh my gosh I love you look we'll follow you at your school :-) same thing with Ella
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 21, 2023 19:11:30 GMT -5
What kills me is some of the ones who go after other programs fans for doing it, their own fan base does it too Im not naming names but there are at least four programs fans who do this (hawaii not really, theyre just mean to the CURRENT players which is even worse) I don't think Wisconsin fans are one of those programs. When we had a bunch of people leave last year, everybody was like oh my gosh I love you look we'll follow you at your school :-) same thing with Ella I agree. I mean there are some irritating wisconsin fans, but for the most part yall are ok Im thinking of others.
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Post by maigrey on Dec 21, 2023 19:17:33 GMT -5
Is everyone ok? Do I need to pass out Xanax? I'll take 2, they're small.
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Post by ladyfan on Dec 21, 2023 20:01:12 GMT -5
I don't think Wisconsin fans are one of those programs. When we had a bunch of people leave last year, everybody was like oh my gosh I love you look we'll follow you at your school :-) same thing with Ella I agree. I mean there are some irritating wisconsin fans, but for the most part yall are ok Im thinking of others. Don’t the circumstances of the leaving make a difference? It’s pretty easy to be supportive of players who aren’t getting time on your court moving to a place where they can play more. But if your program is constantly losing key players to a higher ranked school I doubt it feels the same. Imagine Carlini leaving Wisconsin to go set Penn State or Texas or Nebraska. Would she have been showered with ‘oh my gosh I love you, we’ll follow you at your school’? Seems unlikely…
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 21, 2023 20:03:23 GMT -5
I agree. I mean there are some irritating wisconsin fans, but for the most part yall are ok Im thinking of others. Don’t the circumstances of the leaving make a difference? It’s pretty easy to be supportive of players who aren’t getting time on your court moving to a place where they can play more. But if your program is constantly losing key players to a higher ranked school I doubt it feels the same. Imagine Carlini leaving Wisconsin to go set Penn State or Texas or Nebraska. Would she have been showered with ‘oh my gosh I love you, we’ll follow you at your school’? Seems unlikely… They should be. You don’t have to be happy they’re leaving to support them.
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Post by swaggyp on Dec 21, 2023 21:13:30 GMT -5
I mean there are some irritating wisconsin fans Jeez @ me next time.
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Post by mnwis20 on Dec 21, 2023 21:16:47 GMT -5
Kubik decided at the last second to go to Nebraska when she was being recruited. Sheff was in for her and seemed pretty keen, as I remember. I think she was ranked the #1 recruit for a hot minute. When USA volleyball played overseas though, it was clear that Wucherer was the stronger OH and Hayden dropped consideraly in HS rankings after. Solid player though who just picked a school too loaded with size/talent. I don't think Wisconsin makes a ton of sense for her but I wish her the best. I think Wisconsin either picks up a hammer on the left or a top level DS/libero. She could be a great addition but we might have the same challenges for her here at least for this season that she faced at Nebraska: a lot of talent at the pins. She could push for an OH spot but I’m gonna guess she’ll end up elsewhere partially with our depth, particularly if Landfair does end up here.
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