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Post by 2Close4Missiles on Aug 29, 2024 10:38:03 GMT -5
I genuinely wanna know how Wilson was so good at Oklahoma and also apparently she did really well at USA stuff too what’s crazy is OU was running a fast tempo to her at least in 2022. so it’s not like she just prefers slower sets. also she had an excellent serve at OU so I wonder if Wilson stays in the lineup, do you switch Tuozzo and Thigpen so Wilson can serve and you don’t lose Tuozzo’s? Yeah I'm kind of curious why they didn't do this too. That's what they did in the spring, granted thigpen wasn't there yet. But Lamb did have three aces so maybe it's moot
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Post by uofaGRAD on Aug 29, 2024 10:56:08 GMT -5
what’s crazy is OU was running a fast tempo to her at least in 2022. so it’s not like she just prefers slower sets. also she had an excellent serve at OU so I wonder if Wilson stays in the lineup, do you switch Tuozzo and Thigpen so Wilson can serve and you don’t lose Tuozzo’s? Yeah I'm kind of curious why they didn't do this too. That's what they did in the spring, granted thigpen wasn't there yet. But Lamb did have three aces so maybe it's moot oh Lamb’s serve was EXCELLENT. I kinda forgot you’d be taking that away… hmmm I wonder if Wilson’s is better than Tuozzo’s. Tuozzo went on that run but at the same time she still had 0 aces, 3 errors when Wilson was averaging like half an ace per set at OU in 2022
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Post by floatserve22 on Aug 29, 2024 12:52:39 GMT -5
They won't switch them because Thigpen is the next best pin. When Lamb struggles, Thigpen will go in for her and you cannot switch those 2 apart. The tri Middle offense would be interesting as mentioned above. I think Dailey on the right side would be interesting and giving Hogan a shot at Middle. There's plenty of options and combinations between MB and OPP just not sure how high level of options they are. I think Lamb would be tremendous on the right side because she is 6'3 and has a cannon of an arm. I wonder if she has training over there because everyone seemed to think Benjamin would have been OH2 from Day 1.
Although it is only 1 game in but looking at Wilson's career at UK, it hasn't been too glamourous. Interested to see who gets some time this weekend in the trio of games.
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Post by 2Close4Missiles on Aug 29, 2024 14:02:23 GMT -5
I keep typing up and deleting thoughts but honestly I'm not trying to dwell too much on a game 1 loss to the best team in the country, so I think I'll just say what I would like to see Friday against NKU.
-Better passing. Not sure what we ended up passing but it looked pretty blah live. In theory we have 4 solid-to-great passers, let's see it -Force-feed the middles if you have to. Our two starting middles have a combined 18 collegiate swings. Let's get them going. -Better OOS setting. -Wilson letting it rip. If I'm Craig I'm just telling her to swing as hard as she can every time no matter where it's set. If it lands 40ft out of bounds or gets stuffed that's fine but throwing tissues over the net isn't doing much for us. -And really excited to see the new & improved Memorial Coliseum.
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Post by pepperjack on Aug 29, 2024 14:07:06 GMT -5
Is Hannah Benjamin able to play? I saw a picture of her with a brace earlier
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Post by wildcat403 on Aug 29, 2024 14:21:29 GMT -5
Is Hannah Benjamin able to play? I saw a picture of her with a brace earlier She's out for the year with a torn ACL. Like others have said, I think it was likely she would be OH2 this year. I think that's a huge reason they moved Asia to outside to get another arm out there.
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Post by pepperjack on Aug 29, 2024 14:49:23 GMT -5
Is Hannah Benjamin able to play? I saw a picture of her with a brace earlier She's out for the year with a torn ACL. Like others have said, I think it was likely she would be OH2 this year. I think that's a huge reason they moved Asia to outside to get another arm out there. Gotcha! Thanks for the info, I don’t follow Kentucky and was shocked to see her in a brace. She was really good at UA All American Match.
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Post by donut on Aug 29, 2024 16:11:53 GMT -5
I keep typing up and deleting thoughts but honestly I'm not trying to dwell too much on a game 1 loss to the best team in the country, so I think I'll just say what I would like to see Friday against NKU. -Better passing. Not sure what we ended up passing but it looked pretty blah live. In theory we have 4 solid-to-great passers, let's see it -Force-feed the middles if you have to. Our two starting middles have a combined 18 collegiate swings. Let's get them going. -Better OOS setting. -Wilson letting it rip. If I'm Craig I'm just telling her to swing as hard as she can every time no matter where it's set. If it lands 40ft out of bounds or gets stuffed that's fine but throwing tissues over the net isn't doing much for us. -And really excited to see the new & improved Memorial Coliseum. It's frustrating because it seems like they're coaching Wilson to do the opposite (tip, two-hand tip, tool, etc.). And I blame this man. There's obviously something the coaching staff sees in Wilson, but at this point I'm just not sold. Some of it may be the setting, but she just doesn't seem to have the tools to use her height to her advantage. Which is a problem, given she's not a particularly hard hitter or quick.
I'd really like to see Hogan in the middle and Dailey on the RS.
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Post by OHVBKING on Aug 29, 2024 22:12:25 GMT -5
In general the team needs better passing and improve their blocking. Even if they can't get a clean block, they have to get their hands on more balls and not allow so many clean hits. They have the foot speed on the court to get to a lot of balls and I think all of this is going to really improve over the course of the season. Grome is a 3 time all american and she can run a great offense
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Post by blue10 on Aug 29, 2024 22:14:03 GMT -5
In general the team needs better passing and improve their blocking. Even if they can't get a clean block, they have to get their hands on more balls and not allow so many clean hits. They have the foot speed on the court to get to a lot of balls and I think all of this is going to really improve over the course of the season. Grome is a 3 time all american and she can run a great offense I don’t think passing is a significant problem. There are plenty of times Kentucky passes perfectly and Grome makes either a horrible decision or misses on location. She makes plays that are absolutely elite at times but god it’s so frustrating to watch
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Post by wildcat403 on Aug 29, 2024 22:52:54 GMT -5
In general the team needs better passing and improve their blocking. Even if they can't get a clean block, they have to get their hands on more balls and not allow so many clean hits. They have the foot speed on the court to get to a lot of balls and I think all of this is going to really improve over the course of the season. Grome is a 3 time all american and she can run a great offense I don’t think passing is a significant problem. There are plenty of times Kentucky passes perfectly and Grome makes either a horrible decision or misses on location. She makes plays that are absolutely elite at times but god it’s so frustrating to watch I feel like this happens at the beginning of the season every year for Grome then she turns it up in SEC play. Also, am I the only one surprised we've basically heard nothing about Sarafa? She was a top setter recruit, but isn't even the back up currently. Jenkins who I think is a walk on gets all the reps it seems.
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Post by OHVBKING on Aug 30, 2024 3:21:37 GMT -5
In general the team needs better passing and improve their blocking. Even if they can't get a clean block, they have to get their hands on more balls and not allow so many clean hits. They have the foot speed on the court to get to a lot of balls and I think all of this is going to really improve over the course of the season. Grome is a 3 time all american and she can run a great offense I don’t think passing is a significant problem. There are plenty of times Kentucky passes perfectly and Grome makes either a horrible decision or misses on location. She makes plays that are absolutely elite at times but god it’s so frustrating to watch Grome isn't missing too many sets. It is more of the case the hitters are not getting to the ball quick enough. But seriously, the passing still needs a lot of improvement. Grome is one of the best setters in the country which is why she keeps making the All American List. She is a three time All American. That doesn't happen when Setters are screwing up.
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Post by murphyjones on Aug 30, 2024 8:38:51 GMT -5
From what I have seen in the past couple of seasons, passing is the biggest wart. I absolutely love the thought of DeLeye being a 6 rotation player but she is still a liability back there and is targeted for a reason. She is just one game into her sophomore season and is still improving. I know Beavin gets more than her share of digs but way too often she has a bad pass off of a routine play. As for Grome's sets, I feel like DeLeye is the only one she really trusts at this time (hence the 58 swings). The timing and getting on the same page as your setter takes a bit of time (Bultema, Dailey, Thigpen). I see Bultema becoming a very effective scoring middle (Slide in particular) in the next few weeks and Dailey being a strong defender at the net. Obviously, Craig is wanting this team to serve aggressively. That said, we are going to get frustrated with all of the serving errors that come with that.
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Post by OHVBKING on Aug 30, 2024 9:11:16 GMT -5
From what I have seen in the past couple of seasons, passing is the biggest wart. I absolutely love the thought of DeLeye being a 6 rotation player but she is still a liability back there and is targeted for a reason. She is just one game into her sophomore season and is still improving. I know Beavin gets more than her share of digs but way too often she has a bad pass off of a routine play. As for Grome's sets, I feel like DeLeye is the only one she really trusts at this time (hence the 58 swings). The timing and getting on the same page as your setter takes a bit of time (Bultema, Dailey, Thigpen). I see Bultema becoming a very effective scoring middle (Slide in particular) in the next few weeks and Dailey being a strong defender at the net. Obviously, Craig is wanting this team to serve aggressively. That said, we are going to get frustrated with all of the serving errors that come with that. I agree with all of this. In watching this team play against Nebraska they have a higher ceiling than any of teams since the National Title squad.
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Post by stanfordvb on Aug 30, 2024 10:46:25 GMT -5
In general the team needs better passing and improve their blocking. Even if they can't get a clean block, they have to get their hands on more balls and not allow so many clean hits. They have the foot speed on the court to get to a lot of balls and I think all of this is going to really improve over the course of the season. Grome is a 3 time all american and she can run a great offense I don’t think passing is a significant problem. There are plenty of times Kentucky passes perfectly and Grome makes either a horrible decision or misses on location. She makes plays that are absolutely elite at times but god it’s so frustrating to watch its the same thing every year, Grome is always really rough in non-con matches for whatever reason. She usually starts playing very well a couple weeks in through the rest of the season, which is why people rightfully hype her up and consider her one of the best in the country. I dont know what it is but this happens every year with her at the start
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