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Post by badgerbyproxy on Dec 22, 2023 18:25:46 GMT -5
This is the news I’ve been waiting for all day 🥹
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Dec 22, 2023 18:28:51 GMT -5
With the CC/Carter/Smrek/Devyn squad coming back, any chance we’re bringing in another setter to run a 6-2 for one more year? I would love to see another veteran setter on the roster as insurance. But we will not see the 6-2. 0% chance. This has been my stance for a while now. Im not comfortable with a 2-setter roster.
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Post by swaggyp on Dec 22, 2023 18:35:28 GMT -5
I would love to see another veteran setter on the roster as insurance. But we will not see the 6-2. 0% chance. This has been my stance for a while now. Im not comfortable with a 2-setter roster. If we must, well, then in CC we trust. (I’m sorry not sorry, CC is amazing and I think if you asked her to play offensive tackle she’d figure out a way to make a positive contribution.)
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Post by buckyupbuttercup on Dec 22, 2023 18:37:12 GMT -5
I would love to see another veteran setter on the roster as insurance. But we will not see the 6-2. 0% chance. This has been my stance for a while now. Im not comfortable with a 2-setter roster. A two setter roster is just fine. I could see being hesitant about the only back-up being a walk on freshman though. I just wish charlie was an early enrollie.
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Dec 22, 2023 18:40:18 GMT -5
This has been my stance for a while now. Im not comfortable with a 2-setter roster. A two setter roster is just fine. I could see being hesitant about the only back-up being a walk on freshman though. I just wish charlie was an early enrollie. After Northwester’s debacle in 2022, it just seems safer to have a third setter just in case. We’ve been lucky to not have as many injuries in recent years, but I just like having a bit of an insurance policy.
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Post by buckyupbuttercup on Dec 22, 2023 18:47:26 GMT -5
And, despite being a freshman, with a veteran cast around her, I hope charlie is more 'assertive' than izzy/mj, who may have been a little too nice. Taking a second ball away from the setter should not be acceptable. I would imagine carlini would have taken exception to a few overzealous plays, on 2nd balls, by the troops this year.
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Post by swaggyp on Dec 22, 2023 18:47:37 GMT -5
This has been my stance for a while now. Im not comfortable with a 2-setter roster. A two setter roster is just fine. I could see being hesitant about the only back-up being a walk on freshman though. I just wish charlie was an early enrollie. Yes exactly this. No shade to MVW, I love a Wisconsin kid coming to UW, and hey, bring that Jimmy Leonard walk-on energy, boss. But yeah, I guess I would just prefer a little more depth there with this set of nuclear weapons in the front row.
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Post by hammer on Dec 22, 2023 18:49:47 GMT -5
This has been my stance for a while now. Im not comfortable with a 2-setter roster. A two setter roster is just fine. I could see being hesitant about the only back-up being a walk on freshman though. I just wish charlie was an early enrollie. She'll be playing more in SoCal. She lives very close to the beach and she's out there almost every week playing. Ball control on the beach is very hard, and that translates to the indoor game. It adds to her Volleyball IQ, - being able to get in all these reps.
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Dec 22, 2023 18:51:12 GMT -5
Might have some growing pains but hopefully it pays off by the end of the season. I’m not sure Charlie’s set 6’7” and 6’9” before lol
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Dec 22, 2023 18:51:30 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. YES she blocks! Smrek belongs in the middle, at 6'10, yes she's 6'10, my husband stood next to her. The main reason at 6'9/6'10 with her touch point, she kills teams with her 3-1 ball (hence the 2021 FF MVP honors)... she is a decent blocker, but she's also a former basketball player and ballerina, she has decent foot movement to be domintating the red off one foot... 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. Robinson (maybe Charlie now) is the best athlete in the gym. Her ability alone to rover from middle to right and with her heavy arm, is a very unique tasks...dynamic and unusual. Main reason she was named All American a few seasons ago... unfortunately she had two years of bad setting. With the right setter (we have her) -- she will be lethal again... especially with opposing blockers worried about the 6'4/6'5 OH's and 6'7 and 6'10 middles... I would keep her next to Smrek and have Charlie have a field day with match up's and punking the other side. Appple Thanks for this explanation! My reasoning for keeping Smrek in the right and moving Robinson to middle (is go M1) is the following: 1. OHs are the primary attackers in college ball, so having Smrek permanently on that pin will help stifle the attacks of the more elite terminal players. 2. Smrek’s cross-court shot has been very effective from the right pin, and having a setter who can more consistently set her could make her much more terminal in-system. 3. With Smrek on the right, we could keep her in to serve and hit out of the back row for half a rotation similar to Grace Frohling at San Diego on 2022. We could have her serve from the middle too, but I think it would be better with her on the right so that we can save CC as the serving sub for either Booth or Robinson. 4. If we have Devyn as M1, we could run her similar to how Florida ran Dixon this year. We could utilize her slide but also set her up to hit as an opposite. I wouldn’t be mad with Smrek at middle and Robinson at opposite at all. I just think there are some added bonuses with Smrek on the right.
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 22, 2023 18:54:34 GMT -5
Well. I want Charlie to ease in to Wisconsin winters. Madison in the summer is pretty nice.
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Post by buckyupbuttercup on Dec 22, 2023 19:04:32 GMT -5
Well. I want Charlie to ease in to Wisconsin winters. Madison in the summer is pretty nice. I don't know.......it's chistmas and winter hasn't shown up yet in Wisconsin this year. With that said, the now impending blizzard is entirely my fault.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 22, 2023 19:05:28 GMT -5
A two setter roster is just fine. I could see being hesitant about the only back-up being a walk on freshman though. I just wish charlie was an early enrollie. She'll be playing more in SoCal. She lives very close to the beach and she's out there almost every week playing. Ball control on the beach is very hard, and that translates to the indoor game. It adds to her Volleyball IQ, - being able to get in all these reps. I’m much less concerned about her coming in June because she’s in this environment. She’s going to be playing beach for Mira Costa AND she’ll be playing 18s for Mizuno Long Beach.
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Post by chibadgerfan on Dec 22, 2023 19:08:01 GMT -5
Sounds good, but she’s from Texas — I imagine UT would make a good offer too (though if what you’re saying is true, maybe she wasn’t interested in Texas). sorry but we’re most definitely good. You guys have Skinner and Wenaas at OH, I get that. You already have Alana and Lauenstein at Husker too. Texas doesn’t have an experience Opposite though. Of course you could just go with one of your several younger hitters there. As long as you have Skinner, no worries! Anyway I hope TL chooses Wisconsin.
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Post by robtearle on Dec 22, 2023 19:51:00 GMT -5
A two setter roster is just fine. I could see being hesitant about the only back-up being a walk on freshman though. I just wish charlie was an early enrollie. She'll be playing more in SoCal. She lives very close to the beach and she's out there almost every week playing. Ball control on the beach is very hard, and that translates to the indoor game. It adds to her Volleyball IQ, - being able to get in all these reps. I assume she'll be playing on the highly ranked Mira Costa beach team this spring. She has in the past.
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