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Post by lantern on Mar 5, 2024 20:34:48 GMT -5
Picking up where he left off in Thailand, Chaim has once again hit negative in an elimination set 3. Tri’s partner switch is a huge blunder. All because Trevor wouldn’t let him jump set basically.
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Post by overonone on Mar 5, 2024 21:43:31 GMT -5
Picking up where he left off in Thailand, Chaim has once again hit negative in an elimination set 3. Tri’s partner switch is a huge blunder. All because Trevor wouldn’t let him jump set basically. Welp. At least they won one match. More than I expected. Speculation: what would Chaim’s 2024 Olympic chances have been had he not switched federations?
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Post by VT Karen on Mar 5, 2024 22:26:29 GMT -5
Lupo/Rossi running a new offense in 2024 and it is a joy to watch. Excited to see how the game evolves in the coming years with creative offenses like this coming. I noticed that! Loving these tempo sets and even "1's!"
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Post by guest2 on Mar 6, 2024 0:55:46 GMT -5
Treo have a decent draw. They have beaten the Aussies a few times running. They haven't beaten the other two teams yet, but this is probably their best chance to break pool at an Elite
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Post by guest2 on Mar 6, 2024 0:57:46 GMT -5
Picking up where he left off in Thailand, Chaim has once again hit negative in an elimination set 3. Tri’s partner switch is a huge blunder. All because Trevor wouldn’t let him jump set basically. I think breaking up the partnership was probably the right call, but the choice of Chaim was a disaster. Theo, Chase, either Miles, either Taylor and probably 2-3 other players would have been better choices. Hindsight is 20/20 to be sure but even when he made the decision Chaim was a very old, very slow defender who didn't dig many balls
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Post by ajm on Mar 6, 2024 1:27:27 GMT -5
Hard to quantify exactly but quite bad position now. That qualification projection from Travis' brother in law had them at like 7% before this event and now with Crabb/Brunner and Budinger/Evans both in main draw and with chances to make it out of pool that 7% has to be down to something like 1-2%. Travis had the audacity to compare Tri/Chaim to the KC Chiefs. All they have to do is win when it counts. Big difference is that they’re just not a very good team.
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Post by blackmambabeto on Mar 6, 2024 1:33:24 GMT -5
Hard to quantify exactly but quite bad position now. That qualification projection from Travis' brother in law had them at like 7% before this event and now with Crabb/Brunner and Budinger/Evans both in main draw and with chances to make it out of pool that 7% has to be down to something like 1-2%. Travis had the audacity to compare Tri/Chaim to the KC Chiefs. All they have to do is win when it counts. Big difference is that they’re just not a very good team. when I was watching and listening to Travis, I was thinking it must be weird being there coach but commentating from the US which I’m guessing he’s doing and not flown over like the MX world matches I’m your coach but I can’t coach at the match, beach vb so weird about that And even the NCAA, I think things changed so I’m not sure how much coaching is allowed in between points I guess in tennis the coaches are in the stands usually, just weird
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Post by ajm on Mar 6, 2024 1:48:16 GMT -5
Picking up where he left off in Thailand, Chaim has once again hit negative in an elimination set 3. Tri’s partner switch is a huge blunder. All because Trevor wouldn’t let him jump set basically. I think breaking up the partnership was probably the right call, but the choice of Chaim was a disaster. Theo, Chase, either Miles, either Taylor and probably 2-3 other players would have been better choices. Hindsight is 20/20 to be sure but even when he made the decision Chaim was a very old, very slow defender who didn't dig many balls I’d like to know when Tri started thinking about the split, and specifically about Chaim. Perhaps it wasn’t until Hyden suggested it in that Orlando event, but I’ll bet Hyden hadn’t watched Chaim play an FIVB event in years. Chaim had that 4th at world champs with Theo, but never really did much before that after switching federations. Then basically took 9 months off from playing FIVB. So he played one good event in five years and I guess that was enough for Tri. Yes it’s all 20/20 hindsight now, but I think the lesson here is that you really can’t take much stock in AVP-only performance anymore. It’s just a minor league at this point. If you’re not producing at the highest level of FIVB play against the best players in the world, a partner switch probably isn’t going to make much difference no matter how good you look stateside.
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Post by blackmambabeto on Mar 6, 2024 2:12:34 GMT -5
I think breaking up the partnership was probably the right call, but the choice of Chaim was a disaster. Theo, Chase, either Miles, either Taylor and probably 2-3 other players would have been better choices. Hindsight is 20/20 to be sure but even when he made the decision Chaim was a very old, very slow defender who didn't dig many balls I’d like to know when Tri started thinking about the split, and specifically about Chaim. Perhaps it wasn’t until Hyden suggested it in that Orlando event, but I’ll bet Hyden hadn’t watched Chaim play an FIVB event in years. Chaim had that 4th at world champs with Theo, but never really did much before that after switching federations. Then basically took 9 months off from playing FIVB. So he played one good event in five years and I guess that was enough for Tri. Yes it’s all 20/20 hindsight now, but I think the lesson here is that you really can’t take much stock in AVP-only performance anymore. It’s just a minor league at this point. If you’re not producing at the highest level of FIVB play against the best players in the world, a partner switch probably isn’t going to make much difference no matter how good you look stateside. In 2019 Trevor and Tri we’re not the top team on the AVP your but USA1 on the international tour so funny how that played out But watching Miles Partain 2019-2022 on the AVPs as the best player (IMO) on the sand and watching Andy Benesh win several events with different partners seemed like pairing those 2 would make a good team so going have to disagree with you about your last point cuz seeing them dominate on the AVP tour hinted that they’ll do good internationally.
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Post by guest2 on Mar 6, 2024 4:08:35 GMT -5
Tough one for Mudinger. Made it to the third and down the stretch Losiak hit two balls down the line at Miles, exactly like the balls he was digging off Chaim in the Q. He missed both digs and they lost. Not much give in that pool, this may have been their best chance
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Post by swift on Mar 6, 2024 4:10:41 GMT -5
Chaim just isn't good at anything. At this point in his career he isn't above average in any skill and most of his skills, particularly his defense and mobility are way below average. you always seem to blame Chaim for their lack of success. But Tri hasn't done anything to help this team either. In fact most teams serve him and he hasn't been able to sideout on a consistant level. Yes, Tri has a higher ceiling but he's also very error prone.
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Post by guest2 on Mar 6, 2024 4:21:32 GMT -5
Chaim just isn't good at anything. At this point in his career he isn't above average in any skill and most of his skills, particularly his defense and mobility are way below average. you always seem to blame Chaim for their lack of success. But Tri hasn't done anything to help this team either. In fact most teams serve him and he hasn't been able to sideout on a consistant level. Yes, Tri has a higher ceiling but he's also very error prone. Tri isn't 1989 Randy Stoklos or anything but he is a solid player at the FIVB level. In the match I watched yesterday he was dominating Miles at the net and siding out at a high rate. Chaim was getting dug on every ball he hit over the net and was not doing anything on D. Looking at the stats, I didn't see the match, seems like Chaim was better against Canada. That said, a player who is also a very poor defender just can't hit .200 against a team with a weak blocker - which Chase is.
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Post by ajm on Mar 6, 2024 7:32:18 GMT -5
I’d like to know when Tri started thinking about the split, and specifically about Chaim. Perhaps it wasn’t until Hyden suggested it in that Orlando event, but I’ll bet Hyden hadn’t watched Chaim play an FIVB event in years. Chaim had that 4th at world champs with Theo, but never really did much before that after switching federations. Then basically took 9 months off from playing FIVB. So he played one good event in five years and I guess that was enough for Tri. Yes it’s all 20/20 hindsight now, but I think the lesson here is that you really can’t take much stock in AVP-only performance anymore. It’s just a minor league at this point. If you’re not producing at the highest level of FIVB play against the best players in the world, a partner switch probably isn’t going to make much difference no matter how good you look stateside. In 2019 Trevor and Tri we’re not the top team on the AVP your but USA1 on the international tour so funny how that played out But watching Miles Partain 2019-2022 on the AVPs as the best player (IMO) on the sand and watching Andy Benesh win several events with different partners seemed like pairing those 2 would make a good team so going have to disagree with you about your last point cuz seeing them dominate on the AVP tour hinted that they’ll do good internationally. Fair point about Andy and Miles. But Miles was 20 and had never played FIVB. Andy a bit older, but still pretty young. And I wouldn’t say they’re dominating the AVP just yet, and certainly not the FIVB. Chaim is 37 and other than Rome in 2022, he hasn’t really had a strong finish internationally since 2017. Even considering he had to sit out two years, that’s a pretty long drought.
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Post by blackmambabeto on Mar 6, 2024 8:23:51 GMT -5
Threo take set 1 vs Volley ViQueens1!!
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Post by guest2 on Mar 6, 2024 8:27:53 GMT -5
Nice game for Treo. Norway looking very vulnerable, wind is obviously bothering them and their ball control looks awful
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