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Post by avid 2.0 on Jan 8, 2024 12:18:23 GMT -5
Id be surprised if its not Hentz or another middle. but karch does love a third setter whether it’s Hentz or another middle might depend on the outsides we bring if we bring both Larson and KRook, which Karch likely will, I don’t see the point in bringing Hentz. when I suggested bringing Hentz a while back, that was basically me saying instead of someone like Larson. I could see another middle just because we have Ogbogu/Washington/Rettke/O’Neal as really solid options, plus Stevenson too. but I can VERY easily see him just taking Chi, Leigh, and Ke (that’s cute, right?) and calling it a day. take Poulter for the ceiling potential and if she doesn’t seem ready, activate the other setter. I think we should know before the OG roster deadline if Poulter is ready or not. |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Jan 8, 2024 12:20:21 GMT -5
whether it’s Hentz or another middle might depend on the outsides we bring if we bring both Larson and KRook, which Karch likely will, I don’t see the point in bringing Hentz. when I suggested bringing Hentz a while back, that was basically me saying instead of someone like Larson. I could see another middle just because we have Ogbogu/Washington/Rettke/O’Neal as really solid options, plus Stevenson too. but I can VERY easily see him just taking Chi, Leigh, and Ke (that’s cute, right?) and calling it a day. take Poulter for the ceiling potential and if she doesn’t seem ready, activate the other setter. I think we should know before the OG roster deadline if Poulter is ready or not. you don’t think if Poulter is “close” that Karch would take that risk? I feel like he would |
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Post by sleepy on Jan 8, 2024 15:18:59 GMT -5
I think we should know before the OG roster deadline if Poulter is ready or not. you don’t think if Poulter is “close” that Karch would take that risk? I feel like he would no, I feel like with JT and concussion situation at wc’s in 2022 he is not willing to take a risk in terms of finalizing a roster. iirc JT recovered from her concussion like a few days into WC’s |
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Post by Reach on Jan 8, 2024 22:22:28 GMT -5
I wonder if he would’ve subbed Harmotto out in Rio Harmatto shouldn't have been in Rio. lol In terms of the Olympic Village in Paris, the situation is already going to be difficult enough without additional athletes. The Village is in the far NorthEastern part of Paris, and the venue is in the SouthEastern part, and of the 3 proposed transit lanes from the Village, two have been either cancelled or not able to be completed. Yep. It’s a mess. |
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Post by trojansc on Jan 8, 2024 22:28:58 GMT -5
Going through the Olympic grind with 12 is tough. Even if it moves up to 13 (reserve--I assume train and available if injury?), that can still help a lot with rosters. Being outside the Olympic Village would be tough, but if they did, it makes sense to go to 14 (even if only 12 are "active"), to have two reserves ready to go that could change to "active" with injury would be pretty significant. In the current format, those left behind are "alternates" and once play starts, not an option to add. It would be great if an adjustment is made, and ideally 14 in the Olympic Village that are either all active or 12 + 2 reserves. Hope this has a chance! 14 players, even if you can only suit 12 a match, would be awesome. But mostly I'm still upset about the Olympic format. I really liked the 5 match preliminary round. Now it's only 3? So bleh. 8/12 teams will play 4 or less matches in the Olympics. It's a once in a 4 year event. |
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Post by volleyguy on Jan 8, 2024 22:44:12 GMT -5
Going through the Olympic grind with 12 is tough. Even if it moves up to 13 (reserve--I assume train and available if injury?), that can still help a lot with rosters. Being outside the Olympic Village would be tough, but if they did, it makes sense to go to 14 (even if only 12 are "active"), to have two reserves ready to go that could change to "active" with injury would be pretty significant. In the current format, those left behind are "alternates" and once play starts, not an option to add. It would be great if an adjustment is made, and ideally 14 in the Olympic Village that are either all active or 12 + 2 reserves. Hope this has a chance! 14 players, even if you can only suit 12 a match, would be awesome. But mostly I'm still upset about the Olympic format. I really liked the 5 match preliminary round. Now it's only 3? So bleh. 8/12 teams will play 4 or less matches in the Olympics. It's a once in a 4 year event. I like the 5 match format too. I don't really buy the rationale of providing additional rest. The one day off between matches never was a serious issue in the past. Have you heard yet how they will select and seed the pools? I wonder if USA could end up in a pool with France and, like, Cameroon. |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jan 8, 2024 22:46:48 GMT -5
14 players, even if you can only suit 12 a match, would be awesome. But mostly I'm still upset about the Olympic format. I really liked the 5 match preliminary round. Now it's only 3? So bleh. 8/12 teams will play 4 or less matches in the Olympics. It's a once in a 4 year event. I like the 5 match format too. I don't really buy the rationale of providing additional rest. The one day off between matches never was a serious issue in the past. Have you heard yet how they will select and seed the pools? I wonder if USA could end up in a pool with France and, like, Cameroon. they'll be drawn into pots Pool A will be France, B will be Team ranked #1, C will be team ranked #2 Pot 1 will be 3-5 Pot 2 will be 6-8 Pot 3 will be 9-11 (11 will be the african team) or at least i think thats how theyre doing it... maybe im wrong lol |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jan 8, 2024 22:49:19 GMT -5
so interesting... im reading into it... and Paris2024 asked FIVB to change it... not FIVB...
i wonder if they'll revert back for LA...
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Post by volleyguy on Jan 8, 2024 22:50:06 GMT -5
I like the 5 match format too. I don't really buy the rationale of providing additional rest. The one day off between matches never was a serious issue in the past. Have you heard yet how they will select and seed the pools? I wonder if USA could end up in a pool with France and, like, Cameroon. they'll be drawn into pots Pool A will be France, B will be Team ranked #1, C will be team ranked #2 Pot 1 will be 3-5 Pot 2 will be 6-8 Pot 3 will be 9-11 (11 will be the african team) or at least i think thats how theyre doing it... maybe im wrong lol It makes sense. Basically the same serpentine with an additional loop. |
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Post by Reach on Jan 8, 2024 22:53:09 GMT -5
so interesting... im reading into it... and Paris2024 asked FIVB to change it... not FIVB... i wonder if they'll revert back for LA... Ha weird… maybe the men’s teams has something up their sleeve … viva la Ngapeth |
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Post by trojansc on Jan 8, 2024 22:56:52 GMT -5
#1, #3, #6, and #9 could all be in the same pool. Right now, that would be Turkey, Brazil, China, and Japan.
With that setup, the other 2 pools could look like this:
A: France, Italy, Dominican Republic, Kenya.
C: USA, Serbia, Poland, Netherlands.
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Post by volleyguy on Jan 8, 2024 22:57:22 GMT -5
Serpentine seeding (the old way) would be:
1, 6, 7 and 12
2, 5, 8 and 11
3, 4, 9 and 10
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jan 8, 2024 22:59:26 GMT -5
so interesting... im reading into it... and Paris2024 asked FIVB to change it... not FIVB... i wonder if they'll revert back for LA... Ha weird… maybe the men’s teams has something up their sleeve … viva la Ngapeth i didnt think of that... would make sense... im curious if this format will be better for A1 in the QFs.... i think they'd prefer B4 than whichever 3 seed they're gonna get... |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jan 8, 2024 23:00:17 GMT -5
#1, #3, #6, and #9 could all be in the same pool. Right now, that would be Turkey, Brazil, China, and Japan. With that setup, the other 2 pools could look like this: A: France, Italy, Dominican Republic, Kenya. C: USA, Serbia, Poland, Netherlands. I would rather switch places with brazil/china than be in C lol |
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Post by Fe Gaslay on Jan 8, 2024 23:21:21 GMT -5
#1, #3, #6, and #9 could all be in the same pool. Right now, that would be Turkey, Brazil, China, and Japan. With that setup, the other 2 pools could look like this: A: France, Italy, Dominican Republic, Kenya. C: USA, Serbia, Poland, Netherlands. That Pool A is actually a joke lmfao |
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