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Post by skolgophers on Aug 1, 2024 15:11:35 GMT -5
Franklin not being unanimous is concerning. Either she was mistakenly forgotten or she was purposefully excluded. Mistakenly forgotten is believable. I mean, these same people think BOTH LA schools will finish in the top 8. We'd like to think that they have more insight and put more thought into these decisions, but yet...... Purposefully excluded should have badger fans VERY nervous. It means that these coaches DO have insight and SOME are concerned that she will not be playing at an all-conference level by late September. If that IS true, it means she probably won't be playing much in the non-conference, which means Wisconsin is going into battle to start the season against Louisville, Texas, and Stanford without their leading scorer.....Yikes. But do they? Do they have Sarah on their speed dial? She looked so good in NORCECA and the injury doesn't seem all that severe. Is it some shade on Fuerbringer as the new setter at Wisconsin? I highly doubt it’s shade at Charlie considering 2 others also made the all B1G team. And unless you have Franklin on speed dial, can you really say the injury isn’t that severe? There can be a lot of speculation around this, but regardless, it’s just a poll….. some players may have a down year and some may have a breakout season that aren’t on the list.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2024 15:26:21 GMT -5
Hear me out here...maybe it's just Kelly Sheffield not voting for his own players to "motivate" them, and he's sitting back laughing at us! Or possibly he just didn't know he could vote for his own players.
Last year, Wisconsin didn't have any unanimous selections on the preseason All-Conference Team either, even though Sarah Franklin, Devyn Robinson and Temi Thomas-Ailara were all on the team after being unanimous First Team All-Big Ten at the end of 2022, and even though Wisconsin was the favorite to repeat as champions.
So those 3 players were good enough to be voted by every single head coach to the All-Big Ten First Team at the end of 2022, but in August 2023 someone randomly decided that each of the 3 of them were no longer All-Conference players, even though the coaches at the same time voted Wisconsin #1 in the league?
I call BS.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 1, 2024 15:35:00 GMT -5
Hear me out here...maybe it's just Kelly Sheffield not voting for his own players to "motivate" them and make them feel "disrespected" by the league, and he's sitting back laughing at this fake narrative against Sarah Franklin. Last year, Wisconsin didn't have any unanimous selections on the preseason All-Conference Team either, even though Sarah Franklin, Devyn Robinson and Temi Thomas-Ailara were all on the team after being UNANIMOUS First Team All-Big Ten at the end of 2022, and even though Wisconsin was the favorite to repeat as champions. So those 3 players were good enough to be voted by every single head coach to the All-Big Ten First Team at the end of 2022, but in August 2023 someone randomly decided that each of the 3 of them were no longer All-Conference players, even though the coaches at the same time voted Wisconsin #1 in the league. I call BS. All Conference teams are usually set up so you can't vote for yourself/your own players.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2024 15:37:30 GMT -5
Hear me out here...maybe it's just Kelly Sheffield not voting for his own players to "motivate" them and make them feel "disrespected" by the league, and he's sitting back laughing at this fake narrative against Sarah Franklin. Last year, Wisconsin didn't have any unanimous selections on the preseason All-Conference Team either, even though Sarah Franklin, Devyn Robinson and Temi Thomas-Ailara were all on the team after being UNANIMOUS First Team All-Big Ten at the end of 2022, and even though Wisconsin was the favorite to repeat as champions. So those 3 players were good enough to be voted by every single head coach to the All-Big Ten First Team at the end of 2022, but in August 2023 someone randomly decided that each of the 3 of them were no longer All-Conference players, even though the coaches at the same time voted Wisconsin #1 in the league. I call BS. All Conference teams are usually set up so you can't vote for yourself/your own players. Postseason, correct. I know for a fact Big Ten VB coaches are able to vote (or not vote) their own players in preseason.
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Post by n00b on Aug 1, 2024 15:39:54 GMT -5
All Conference teams are usually set up so you can't vote for yourself/your own players. Postseason, correct. I know for a fact Big Ten VB coaches are able to vote (or not vote) their own players in preseason. Or maybe Sheffield just forgot the rules were different and didn’t think to list his own players. It’s a meaningless preseason poll. I doubt coaches put too much thought into it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2024 15:44:56 GMT -5
Postseason, correct. I know for a fact Big Ten VB coaches are able to vote (or not vote) their own players in preseason. Or maybe Sheffield just forgot the rules were different and didn’t think to list his own players. It’s a meaningless preseason poll. I doubt coaches put too much thought into it. Maybe he forgot. But if he did it's two years in a row and maybe the Big Ten should have reminded him. Sarah Franklin and Devyn Robinson were the top two hitters on the Big Ten Champions in 2022 and were unanimous All-Big Ten selections by all the head coaches. And they returned in 2023 and weren't unanimous on the preseason team...head scratching. Oh well.
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Post by NYCHusker on Aug 1, 2024 16:40:29 GMT -5
This conversation is such a signal of how thirsty we are for the season. We all know what Franklin's capable of and what she's likely to do again this year. This little oversight is going to mean absolutely nothing at first whistle in a few weeks.
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Post by bborr on Aug 1, 2024 17:38:04 GMT -5
Franklin not being unanimous is concerning. Either she was mistakenly forgotten or she was purposefully excluded. Mistakenly forgotten is believable. I mean, these same people think BOTH LA schools will finish in the top 8. We'd like to think that they have more insight and put more thought into these decisions, but yet...... Purposefully excluded should have badger fans VERY nervous. It means that these coaches DO have insight and SOME are concerned that she will not be playing at an all-conference level by late September. If that IS true, it means she probably won't be playing much in the non-conference, which means Wisconsin is going into battle to start the season against Louisville, Texas, and Stanford without their leading scorer.....Yikes. It looks like they had 8 votes for OH. SOMEONE thinks there are 8 better OHs in the B1G. Not possible.
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Aug 1, 2024 21:37:15 GMT -5
Umm, there was a typo. Someone forgot to use the caps lock when typing Sarah Franklin.
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Post by mediawatcher on Aug 1, 2024 21:51:27 GMT -5
Huskers are back again. Wow, the line up is amazing.
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Post by jeepers on Aug 2, 2024 4:58:29 GMT -5
You're the Video Coordinator for a bottom 3 B1G program, you just started 3 weeks ago. The coach hands you the ballot for All B1G because he/she doesn't care enough.
You fill it out in 5 minutes while you're on the toilet.
You forget Sarah Franklin.
You unleash Volleytalk conspiracy theories.
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Post by vergyltantor on Aug 2, 2024 7:18:41 GMT -5
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Post by bprtbone on Aug 2, 2024 9:21:42 GMT -5
Around the B1G horn...
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Post by buckypete on Aug 2, 2024 10:16:05 GMT -5
Welp, if this doesn't make it official....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2024 12:34:55 GMT -5
If only that monstrous trip from the west coast was that fast.
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