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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2024 14:27:23 GMT -5
You mean the week many folks thought USA was going to go 1-3 (myself included) and they ended up going 4-0? Haha I remember when you thought that. Not a chance in the world USA goes 1-3. Not in the history of the VNL has USA ever had that poor of a week. USA staff specialize in competing in this format, even with a B/C squad roster they will at very worst go 2-2. I was definitely in a negative headspace when it came to this team. 2022 was such a let down season. 2023 wasn't much better. I was ready for this team to be dominant after Tokyo but that definitely didn't happen. I think that was why I had a pretty pessimistic outlook for that first VNL leg.
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Post by volleyguy on Mar 24, 2024 14:29:06 GMT -5
I remember when you thought that. I was definitely in a negative headspace when it came to this team. 2022 was such a let down season. 2023 wasn't much better. I was ready for this team to be dominant after Tokyo but that definitely didn't happen. I think that was why I had a pretty pessimistic outlook for that first VNL leg. USA got lucky that the Tokyo Olympics got disrupted by Covid.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Mar 24, 2024 15:10:13 GMT -5
I was definitely in a negative headspace when it came to this team. 2022 was such a let down season. 2023 wasn't much better. I was ready for this team to be dominant after Tokyo but that definitely didn't happen. I think that was why I had a pretty pessimistic outlook for that first VNL leg. USA got lucky that the Tokyo Olympics got disrupted by Covid. What made it disruptive? Did teams not send their best teams? Did that extra year benefit us?
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Post by volleyguy on Mar 24, 2024 15:16:20 GMT -5
USA got lucky that the Tokyo Olympics got disrupted by Covid. What made it disruptive? Did teams not send their best teams? Did that extra year benefit us? The games were delayed a year. Covid was extremely disruptive to all the National Teams--financially and operationally, and the money the US spent to facilitate testing, etc. really benefitted the US NT (they got a huge PPP loan (Paycheck Protection Program) that was eventually forgiven).
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Post by avid 2.0 on Mar 24, 2024 19:38:28 GMT -5
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Post by bruinsgold on Mar 24, 2024 19:39:43 GMT -5
A 2.23!!! On 53 passes!!
Mac May. LA. Make it happen!!
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Post by avid 2.0 on Mar 24, 2024 19:44:32 GMT -5
A 2.23!!! On 53 passes!! Mac May. LA. Make it happen!! does that mean mike sealy is replacing karch?
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Post by bruinsgold on Mar 24, 2024 19:47:28 GMT -5
A 2.23!!! On 53 passes!! Mac May. LA. Make it happen!! does that mean mike sealy is replacing karch? LOL if so, he's gonna find a way to naturalize a foreign setter so he doesn't have to train them!
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Post by uofaGRAD on Mar 24, 2024 20:17:24 GMT -5
A 2.23!!! On 53 passes!! Mac May. LA. Make it happen!! doing what we knew she could do🥲🥲
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Post by avid 2.0 on Mar 24, 2024 20:18:55 GMT -5
A 2.23!!! On 53 passes!! Mac May. LA. Make it happen!! doing what we knew she could do🥲🥲 protect britt from gennari
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Post by udubhuskiefan on Mar 25, 2024 7:01:50 GMT -5
Once again gonna plug skinner for the Olympics…
If she can do it with Malinov, she can do it with USA setters. Plummer, I’m not sure.
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Post by joetrinsey on Mar 25, 2024 9:48:38 GMT -5
What made it disruptive? Did teams not send their best teams? Did that extra year benefit us? The games were delayed a year. Covid was extremely disruptive to all the National Teams--financially and operationally, and the money the US spent to facilitate testing, etc. really benefitted the US NT (they got a huge PPP loan (Paycheck Protection Program) that was eventually forgiven). I think that’s a bit far. USA was having limited practice with coaches in beekeeper suits while (some) National teams were all in a full training camp bubble with full training. You could argue that the biggest benefit the USA had in the Olympic postponement was that they were able to get back to normal training and play by ‘21 whereas if the Olympics stayed in ‘20 that China and Brazil would have had big advantages. But I don’t think the facts support the USA NTs training being less disrupted than other competitors.
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Post by volleyguy on Mar 25, 2024 10:19:31 GMT -5
The games were delayed a year. Covid was extremely disruptive to all the National Teams--financially and operationally, and the money the US spent to facilitate testing, etc. really benefitted the US NT (they got a huge PPP loan (Paycheck Protection Program) that was eventually forgiven). I think that’s a bit far. USA was having limited practice with coaches in beekeeper suits while (some) National teams were all in a full training camp bubble with full training. You could argue that the biggest benefit the USA had in the Olympic postponement was that they were able to get back to normal training and play by ‘21 whereas if the Olympics stayed in ‘20 that China and Brazil would have had big advantages. But I don’t think the facts support the USA NTs training being less disrupted than other competitors. This is substantially the same thing I said.
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Post by SportyBucky on Mar 25, 2024 10:26:34 GMT -5
Glad she is passing well...but if the serving is the same quality as the defense...
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Post by Disc808 on Mar 25, 2024 10:45:52 GMT -5
How was Zhu’s wrist in 2020? Lol
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