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Post by BeiBei on Nov 18, 2024 8:21:02 GMT -5
I was glad when Sealy was gone but Reft is a big disappointment thus far. Just like Sealy couldn’t teach setting, Reft, a great libero can’t seems to instill good passing skills to the team. In addition, Robinson Trail another great college libero is on staff. He brought in Nicole Davis for mindset improvement but the team collapsed in the fifth set He also can’t recruit well either. Losing Abigail Mullen to USC was shocking. Bringing in Hendrickson who looked lost on the court and Umeh who is too short for front row duties were head scratching. The 2025 pin hitters are underwhelming to me I know Victoria didn’t play this year but she was a .210 hitter at Florida and she wasn’t the top offensive option. Give credit to him for retaining Anna Dodson for two years but she is not playing in the postseason again. Most of the new coaches like Sullivan and J J VN are doing way better than him Most UCLA fans are not asking for a deep run in the tournament but it is not too much to expect the team to make postseason play. Maybe shouldn’t have pushed for Sealy to resign. Err NO！, he has to go. Hindsight is 20/20. Reft is just not as ready as we thought. |
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Post by bruinsgold on Nov 18, 2024 10:25:16 GMT -5
I was glad when Sealy was gone but Reft is a big disappointment thus far. Just like Sealy couldn’t teach setting, Reft, a great libero can’t seems to instill good passing skills to the team. In addition, Robinson Trail another great college libero is on staff. He brought in Nicole Davis for mindset improvement but the team collapsed in the fifth set He also can’t recruit well either. Losing Abigail Mullen to USC was shocking. Bringing in Hendrickson who looked lost on the court and Umeh who is too short for front row duties were head scratching. The 2025 pin hitters are underwhelming to me I know Victoria didn’t play this year but she was a .210 hitter at Florida and she wasn’t the top offensive option. Give credit to him for retaining Anna Dodson for two years but she is not playing in the postseason again. Most of the new coaches like Sullivan and J J VN are doing way better than him Most UCLA fans are not asking for a deep run in the tournament but it is not too much to expect the team to make postseason play. I feel your frustration with how the season has gone. I'm pissed they're gonna miss the tournament again too. But some of these assessments are head-scratchers. Reft came in to a mess. Luper transferred the second Sealy was gone (probably would've regardless), Dodson hit the portal, they'd graduated McCall, Alupei was injured, and Sealy had done nothing with the class of Leverette, Olson, Tufono. He didn't have many options by the time he got hired in terms of talent left in the portal. He had to snatch Hendrickson and Umeh, at least for depth. They were band-aids, not solutions. I don't know if losing Mullen was entirely his fault either. There was no way he was gonna turn this program around in a year. Why would that be appealing to a top recruit? Kellar is a really good recruiter. He's brought in multiple top players since he got the job. Whether he's doing anything productive with them is a different story. What about a program like UCLA would attract Mullen other than playing with her sister? The Bruins haven't been great since 2016 when they made the Elite Eight. Even in the Mac May years, they struggled to be consistent. The passing needs work, so does the setting and attacking. I'd say the latter two more than the passing. It hasn't been a great season but it's year TWO for Reft. Sealy won a national championship with someone else's recruits and then was up and down through the rest of his tenure. Mind you, a majority of Reft's players are still Sealy's recruits. Let's see what he does year three as he starts to build his own program before calling it a total failure. |
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Post by huskersoftroy on Nov 18, 2024 13:58:06 GMT -5
I agree with most of of the sentiments shared by bruinsgold . UCLA was in REALLY bad shape when Reft took over. Something I’m interested in is if Reft keeps the same AC’s on staff. I’m sure Stevi is a great recruiter but I think UCLA can do a little better. I was never exactly sold on Noah either. Maybe they can put together a nice part-time package for Karch lol. Either way, If Reft is able to recreate a fraction of his portal success @ USD in 2022, the program should be in good shape. Also re: Abigail Mullen, I don’t think UCLA was really an option for her. The school that “lost” her was Stanford IMO. |
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Post by bruinsgold on Nov 18, 2024 18:02:22 GMT -5
I agree with most of of the sentiments shared by bruinsgold . UCLA was in REALLY bad shape when Reft took over. Something I’m interested in is if Reft keeps the same AC’s on staff. I’m sure Stevi is a great recruiter but I think UCLA can do a little better. I was never exactly sold on Noah either. Maybe they can put together a nice part-time package for Karch lol. Either way, If Reft is able to recreate a fraction of his portal success @ USD in 2022, the program should be in good shape. Also re: Abigail Mullen, I don’t think UCLA was really an option for her. The school that “lost” her was Stanford IMO. UCLA is an option for EVERYONE! We're taking anyone at this point 😭😭😭 (Now who's this setter Alfee has his eyes on???) |
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Post by allballs on Nov 18, 2024 18:20:15 GMT -5
Really great points bruinsgold and huskersoftroy. I think for us casual fans, last season was extremely promising for the Bruins. Non-con was better than expected. Pak, after getting passed over by other recruits and incoming transfers, got consistent playing time and showed viewers just how good she can be—her solo blocks were so fun to watch. Ndiaye displayed why she was a highly touted recruit (honestly the only time I took notice of her was her 10 blocks against UCF in the tourney when Mac May was still around). Leverette and Becker established that they can be major contributors along with Dodson. So maybe some fans and viewers saw this noticeably upward trend and was expecting it to continue? Def expected a 2-0 record against post-Fields SC this year. But I don’t know, I don’t follow all that closely to begin with. Really shows how valuable Jen Malcom is imo |
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Post by allballs on Nov 18, 2024 18:32:00 GMT -5
I agree with most of of the sentiments shared by bruinsgold . UCLA was in REALLY bad shape when Reft took over. Something I’m interested in is if Reft keeps the same AC’s on staff. I’m sure Stevi is a great recruiter but I think UCLA can do a little better. I was never exactly sold on Noah either. Maybe they can put together a nice part-time package for Karch lol. Either way, If Reft is able to recreate a fraction of his portal success @ USD in 2022, the program should be in good shape. Also re: Abigail Mullen, I don’t think UCLA was really an option for her. The school that “lost” her was Stanford IMO. UCLA is an option for EVERYONE! We're taking anyone at this point 😭😭😭 (Now who's this setter Alfee has his eyes on???) any chance we take on Shane Davis? I think many viewers will have eyes on him. |
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Post by bruinsgold on Nov 18, 2024 18:46:00 GMT -5
UCLA is an option for EVERYONE! We're taking anyone at this point 😭😭😭 (Now who's this setter Alfee has his eyes on???) any chance we take on Shane Davis? I think many viewers will have eyes on him. Shane took the men's head coaching job over at Loyola-Chicago that John Hawks left to, ironically, return to UCLA. |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 18, 2024 20:44:52 GMT -5
I agree with most of of the sentiments shared by bruinsgold . UCLA was in REALLY bad shape when Reft took over. Something I’m interested in is if Reft keeps the same AC’s on staff. I’m sure Stevi is a great recruiter but I think UCLA can do a little better. I was never exactly sold on Noah either. Maybe they can put together a nice part-time package for Karch lol. Either way, If Reft is able to recreate a fraction of his portal success @ USD in 2022, the program should be in good shape. Also re: Abigail Mullen, I don’t think UCLA was really an option for her. The school that “lost” her was Stanford IMO. UCLA is an option for EVERYONE! We're taking anyone at this point 😭😭😭 (Now who's this setter Alfee has his eyes on???) Stucky. 😜 |
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Post by VBallLife on Nov 18, 2024 21:10:20 GMT -5
I was glad when Sealy was gone but Reft is a big disappointment thus far. Just like Sealy couldn’t teach setting, Reft, a great libero can’t seems to instill good passing skills to the team. In addition, Robinson Trail another great college libero is on staff. He brought in Nicole Davis for mindset improvement but the team collapsed in the fifth set He also can’t recruit well either. Losing Abigail Mullen to USC was shocking. Bringing in Hendrickson who looked lost on the court and Umeh who is too short for front row duties were head scratching. The 2025 pin hitters are underwhelming to me I know Victoria didn’t play this year but she was a .210 hitter at Florida and she wasn’t the top offensive option. Give credit to him for retaining Anna Dodson for two years but she is not playing in the postseason again. Most of the new coaches like Sullivan and J J VN are doing way better than him Most UCLA fans are not asking for a deep run in the tournament but it is not too much to expect the team to make postseason play. I feel your frustration with how the season has gone. I'm pissed they're gonna miss the tournament again too. But some of these assessments are head-scratchers. Reft came in to a mess. Luper transferred the second Sealy was gone (probably would've regardless), Dodson hit the portal, they'd graduated McCall, Alupei was injured, and Sealy had done nothing with the class of Leverette, Olson, Tufono. He didn't have many options by the time he got hired in terms of talent left in the portal. He had to snatch Hendrickson and Umeh, at least for depth. They were band-aids, not solutions. I don't know if losing Mullen was entirely his fault either. There was no way he was gonna turn this program around in a year. Why would that be appealing to a top recruit? Kellar is a really good recruiter. He's brought in multiple top players since he got the job. Whether he's doing anything productive with them is a different story. What about a program like UCLA would attract Mullen other than playing with her sister? The Bruins haven't been great since 2016 when they made the Elite Eight. Even in the Mac May years, they struggled to be consistent. The passing needs work, so does the setting and attacking. I'd say the latter two more than the passing. It hasn't been a great season but it's year TWO for Reft. Sealy won a national championship with someone else's recruits and then was up and down through the rest of his tenure. Mind you, a majority of Reft's players are still Sealy's recruits. Let's see what he does year three as he starts to build his own program before calling it a total failure. You still have to develop them and I don’t think that’s occurring. And the two classes he has coming in aren’t barn burners,no pin depth. So they definitely need to be more assertive in their recruiting. Jen Malcom is definitely missed . |
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Post by allballs on Nov 19, 2024 22:24:09 GMT -5
any chance we take on Shane Davis? I think many viewers will have eyes on him. She took the men's head coaching job over at Loyola-Chicago that John Hawks left to, ironically, return to UCLA. oh nice! Back to his winning ways hopefully. |
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Post by bucky415 on Nov 19, 2024 22:33:42 GMT -5
Finally watching the replay of the Wisconsin-UCLA match. Frustration and trying to do Eastern Normal Person Time led me to bed midway through the first set Saturday night. Cripes, Leverette was so, so good against the top Badger block. Hudson did well against the Badgers in a loss, but Sheffield actually went a different direction and did not match up Smrek against her much, hoping to slow everyone else. The Bruins are a quality team everyone else hopes does not qualify for the NCAA Tournament due to record and tough scheduling. The one "huh?" loss to Michigan at home looms huge.
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Post by exit237a on Nov 20, 2024 14:38:48 GMT -5
Hey UCLA fans! I'm planning to put together a match thread for this week's Illinois/UCLA match and would like to add UCLA's likely lineup on the first post of the thread. I'd very much appreciate your help in telling me which Bruins you're expecting will play regular rotations, all the way down to serving specialist. Here's an old example of the lineups that I add to the post, just to show you all the positions I like to add to the lineup. Thanks! |
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Post by Norah Sus on Nov 20, 2024 15:22:20 GMT -5
UCLA wouldn't be half bad if they had a B1G-level opposite.
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Post by huskersoftroy on Nov 20, 2024 15:34:45 GMT -5
Hey UCLA fans! I'm planning to put together a match thread for this week's Illinois/UCLA match and would like to add UCLA's likely lineup on the first post of the thread. I'd very much appreciate your help in telling me which Bruins you're expecting will play regular rotations, all the way down to serving specialist. OH: Cheridyn Leverette OH: Kiki Horne OPP: Grayce Olson S: Audrey Pak MB: Anna Dodson MB: Leilani Dodson L: Peyton Dueck DS: Kate Reilly DS: Sydney Breon SS: Kat Lutz |
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Post by exit237a on Nov 20, 2024 15:37:39 GMT -5
Hey UCLA fans! I'm planning to put together a match thread for this week's Illinois/UCLA match and would like to add UCLA's likely lineup on the first post of the thread. I'd very much appreciate your help in telling me which Bruins you're expecting will play regular rotations, all the way down to serving specialist. OH: Cheridyn Leverette OH: Kiki Horne OPP: Grayce Olson S: Audrey Pak MB: Anna Dodson MB: Leilani Dodson L: Peyton Dueck DS: Kate Reilly DS: Sydney Breon SS: Kat Lutz
Awesome, thanks!
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