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Post by eastcoastbestcoast on Feb 24, 2024 22:38:48 GMT -5
Late in the 3rd set against BYU it is being reported that Jon Speraw said “F*** this” and subbed himself in. It is UCLA’s 17th sub of the game, coming right after Ethan Champlin has left the game with a panic attack after being asked to play every position at once.
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Post by acslater405 on Feb 24, 2024 23:44:25 GMT -5
Late in the 3rd set against BYU it is being reported that Jon Speraw said “F*** this” and subbed himself in. It is UCLA’s 17th sub of the game, coming right after Ethan Champlin has left the game with a panic attack after being asked to play every position at once. Put his jersey in the BYU rafters. |
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Post by VBQ on Feb 24, 2024 23:52:32 GMT -5
There was no thread about UCLA's loss lastnite to BYU. And to find out tonite that they barely escaped this match with a win. They have more depth on the bench, the deepest bench in the country.
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Post by ManapuaSurprise on Feb 25, 2024 0:23:40 GMT -5
There was no thread about UCLA's loss lastnite to BYU. And to find out tonite that they barely escaped this match with a win. They have more depth on the bench, the deepest bench in the country. if there is no specific match thread, assume everyone is in the "Matches to Follow" thread |
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Post by gmu92 on Feb 25, 2024 15:48:22 GMT -5
As crazy as this sounds they have too many great pins. When someone has an off night they are replaced and that replacement hits .500, 2 matches later that person has an off night and the pattern repeats. It is a problem any program would welcome but to make a run to repeat NCAAs they can't afford an off night and need their pins to be battle-tested and resilient.
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Post by VB48 on Feb 25, 2024 17:31:17 GMT -5
Why does UCLA not have a great libero on their roster?
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Post by medusa on Feb 25, 2024 17:34:50 GMT -5
Why does UCLA not have a great libero on their roster? Because he's on LBSU team. lol.... joke. |
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Post by ManapuaSurprise on Feb 25, 2024 17:43:59 GMT -5
Man... look at the tie-breakers if UCLA and BYU are tied at end of the season:
1. Head-to-head results between tied teams - TIE (1-1)
2. Head-to-head set results between tied teams - TIE (5-5)
3. Head-to-head point differential between tied teams - UCLA (217-216)
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Post by sydneyoperahouse on Feb 25, 2024 18:08:10 GMT -5
Why does UCLA not have a great libero on their roster? No idea to be honest. |
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Post by bruinsgold on Feb 25, 2024 18:31:06 GMT -5
Why does UCLA not have a great libero on their roster? IMO they most likely do but history has shown the libero position is not one Speraw lets his players "grow into": Davis Gillett, Sam Jones, Garland Peed, Cole Power. Now we're cycling through Aziz, McDonough, Nakamura. He's also shown a tendency to convert OHs to libero for spurts: Hatch, now Champlin, Knight, and Curci. Granted he stuck with Bantle for a good bit and Pender held down the jersey for more than a year (though he did play OH some matches and was in the L jersey for his passing, definitely not his defense or second contact). |
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Post by bobinmd on Feb 25, 2024 18:54:47 GMT -5
Why does UCLA not have a great libero on their roster? IMO they most likely do but history has shown the libero position is not one Speraw lets his players "grow into": Davis Gillett, Sam Jones, Garland Peed, Cole Power. Now we're cycling through Aziz, McDonough, Nakamura. He's also shown a tendency to convert OHs to libero for spurts: Hatch, now Champlin, Knight, and Curci. Granted he stuck with Bantle for a good bit and Pender held down the jersey for more than a year (though he did play OH some matches and was in the L jersey for his passing, definitely not his defense or second contact). Fours up. |
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Post by blackiechan1999 on Feb 26, 2024 11:55:16 GMT -5
Why does UCLA not have a great libero on their roster? IMO they most likely do but history has shown the libero position is not one Speraw lets his players "grow into": Davis Gillett, Sam Jones, Garland Peed, Cole Power. Now we're cycling through Aziz, McDonough, Nakamura. He's also shown a tendency to convert OHs to libero for spurts: Hatch, now Champlin, Knight, and Curci. Granted he stuck with Bantle for a good bit and Pender held down the jersey for more than a year (though he did play OH some matches and was in the L jersey for his passing, definitely not his defense or second contact). As you said, I'm annoyed he isn't giving a fair chance to the actual liberos on the roster especially McDonough. I feel that McDonough looked great in that one match he played at libero other than one recieve error (conspiracy alert: I think that one error ruined his chances). |
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Post by sydneyoperahouse on Feb 26, 2024 13:17:11 GMT -5
IMO they most likely do but history has shown the libero position is not one Speraw lets his players "grow into": Davis Gillett, Sam Jones, Garland Peed, Cole Power. Now we're cycling through Aziz, McDonough, Nakamura. He's also shown a tendency to convert OHs to libero for spurts: Hatch, now Champlin, Knight, and Curci. Granted he stuck with Bantle for a good bit and Pender held down the jersey for more than a year (though he did play OH some matches and was in the L jersey for his passing, definitely not his defense or second contact). As you said, I'm annoyed he isn't giving a fair chance to the actual liberos on the roster especially McDonough. I feel that McDonough looked great in that match he played a libero other than one recieve error (conspiracy alert: I think that one error ruined his chances). It's gotta be practice right? Like McDonough has spent hundreds of hours in the gym playing libero in front of Speraw. I think it's a bit unfair to say McDonough ruined his chances with 1 error. I'm pretty tough on Speraw but IMO it's clear that he is not happy with what the liberos have been doing at practice. |
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Post by blackiechan1999 on Feb 26, 2024 15:35:34 GMT -5
As you said, I'm annoyed he isn't giving a fair chance to the actual liberos on the roster especially McDonough. I feel that McDonough looked great in that match he played a libero other than one recieve error (conspiracy alert: I think that one error ruined his chances). It's gotta be practice right? Like McDonough has spent hundreds of hours in the gym playing libero in front of Speraw. I think it's a bit unfair to say McDonough ruined his chances with 1 error. I'm pretty tough on Speraw but IMO it's clear that he is not happy with what the liberos have been doing at practice. I guess, but it's still a head scratcher...like none of the 5 or 6 actual liberos are performing well? |
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Post by sydneyoperahouse on Feb 26, 2024 16:51:14 GMT -5
It's gotta be practice right? Like McDonough has spent hundreds of hours in the gym playing libero in front of Speraw. I think it's a bit unfair to say McDonough ruined his chances with 1 error. I'm pretty tough on Speraw but IMO it's clear that he is not happy with what the liberos have been doing at practice. I guess, but it's still a head scratcher...like none of the 5 or 6 actual liberos are performing well? With no offense to Aziz or Garcia Jurado, Nakamura and McDonough are the only liberos on roster who could be answers at the position. Curci/Champlin/Knight are all OHs by trade. So two players not performing well in the practice gym? I think that's feasible enough of an explanation - and we've got enough of a sample size of Nakamura to understand why Speraw said enough's enough. |
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