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Post by heavenkit on Jun 12, 2024 5:02:18 GMT -5
Oh my. I can't imagine that a coach would cut players mid season for no reason. I wonder what they did to get them cut? I'm still puzzled by this as well. Especially mid-season. It just seemed weird that without any definitive signing of the incoming players, why would you cut those players. Especially those with the team 2+ yrs in Ottmar and Buchanan. In any case... best wishes and much success to all players who stayed and left. You need to find your own happiness. If I remember it correctly, someone here in the know mentioned that they just wanted to focus on the main guys regarding training ect as the season progresses. Regarding Buchanan, someone mentioned he had concussion. I wonder if the coaching staff somehow regretted that decision because Chakas' injury happened right after that, and suddenly their OH options became limited to Justin Todd who did not even see the court. I felt like Ottmar could have been inserted or tested but alas, he was gone.
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Post by bucky415 on Jun 12, 2024 6:24:48 GMT -5
So, not wanting to get in the arguments going on here recently, but a couple of new commitments recently that should add depth, but am I in the general consensus on Hawai'i 2025 at this point being a lot to replace, but a lot of exciting young talent that could do so?
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Post by heavenkit on Jun 12, 2024 6:48:26 GMT -5
So, not wanting to get in the arguments going on here recently, but a couple of new commitments recently that should add depth, but am I in the general consensus on Hawai'i 2025 at this point being a lot to replace, but a lot of exciting young talent that could do so? They badly need impact players on the get go so the freshmen will be tested right away. Personally i have a lot of expectations on the 2 Frenchmen OHs and Opp Kearney as they are badly needed to materialized for this team to contend.
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Post by drroberto on Jun 12, 2024 13:21:56 GMT -5
So, not wanting to get in the arguments going on here recently, but a couple of new commitments recently that should add depth, but am I in the general consensus on Hawai'i 2025 at this point being a lot to replace, but a lot of exciting young talent that could do so? They badly need impact players on the get go so the freshmen will be tested right away. Personally i have a lot of expectations on the 2 Frenchmen OHs and Opp Kearney as they are badly needed to materialized for this team to contend. Don’t forget Kristian Titriyski from Bulgaria coming in.
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Post by babybacksets on Jun 12, 2024 18:04:09 GMT -5
Which players are national team members and which are just foreign players?
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Post by shorty on Jun 13, 2024 15:50:13 GMT -5
I'm still puzzled by this as well. Especially mid-season. It just seemed weird that without any definitive signing of the incoming players, why would you cut those players. Especially those with the team 2+ yrs in Ottmar and Buchanan. In any case... best wishes and much success to all players who stayed and left. You need to find your own happiness. If I remember it correctly, someone here in the know mentioned that they just wanted to focus on the main guys regarding training ect as the season progresses. Regarding Buchanan, someone mentioned he had concussion. I wonder if the coaching staff somehow regretted that decision because Chakas' injury happened right after that, and suddenly their OH options became limited to Justin Todd who did not even see the court. I felt like Ottmar could have been inserted or tested but alas, he was gone. Buchanan did suffer a concussion and he was in concussion protocol for a while - but didn't he participate and was honored on senior night? (could be mistaken) If thats true, then he wasn't cut, he remained on the team till the end of the season, but on the 'injured' list - so to speak if he was honored on senior night.
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Post by warriyorcat on Jun 13, 2024 16:15:30 GMT -5
Which players are national team members and which are just foreign players? Here's what I've been able to find so far: - Roure was on the French U19 team in 2023; I haven't been able to find recent U21 rosters yet - Titriyski appears to have been on Bulgaria's U20 team as of 2024 - Hazan's Instagram bio says he's on the Israeli NT, and according to the CEV website he played for them in 2024 I will come back and finish this once I finish backreading all 78 pages(!) on this thread but there's about to be severe storms and my grandma and I are trying to get dinner before they start lol
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Post by brooselee on Jun 13, 2024 16:50:13 GMT -5
Which players are national team members and which are just foreign players? Here's what I've been able to find so far: - Roure was on the French U19 team in 2023; I haven't been able to find recent U21 rosters yet - Titriyski appears to have been on Bulgaria's U20 team as of 2024 - Hazan's Instagram bio says he's on the Israeli NT, and according to the CEV website he played for them in 2024 I will come back and finish this once I finish backreading all 78 pages(!) on this thread but there's about to be severe storms and my grandma and I are trying to get dinner before they start lol Adrien is on the U20 France team with the same crew who won the U19 in Mathis Henno, Joris Seddik, Amir Taziz Oualo, Noah Dufloss,etc… Here is the roster and results www.cev.eu/team/13404-franceI hope we get a chance to get Noa Duflos-Rosssi. The kid as emerged as the second best attacker behind Mathis Henno. He seems to have outplayed Roure in this recent tournament and is one year younger. I wouldn’t mind landing him if we lose out on Stavros. I do wonder if Adrien’s mind is on his upcoming season at UH and not totally focused on his task at hand on the U20 team. He didn’t play at all in one match so he must be going thru some struggles. He is due to report in over two months so maybe butterflies are hitting him.🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Post by practicesafesets on Jun 13, 2024 17:18:03 GMT -5
Here's what I've been able to find so far: - Roure was on the French U19 team in 2023; I haven't been able to find recent U21 rosters yet - Titriyski appears to have been on Bulgaria's U20 team as of 2024 - Hazan's Instagram bio says he's on the Israeli NT, and according to the CEV website he played for them in 2024 I will come back and finish this once I finish backreading all 78 pages(!) on this thread but there's about to be severe storms and my grandma and I are trying to get dinner before they start lol Adrien is on the U20 France team with the same crew who won the U19 in Mathis Henno, Joris Seddik, Amir Taziz Oualo, Noah Dufloss,etc… Here is the roster and results www.cev.eu/team/13404-franceI hope we get a chance to get Noa Duflos-Rosssi. The kid as emerged as the second best attacker behind Mathis Henno. He seems to have outplayed Roure in this recent tournament and is one year younger. I wouldn’t mind landing him if we lose out on Stavros. I do wonder if Adrien’s mind is on his upcoming season at UH and not totally focused on his task at hand on the U20 team. He didn’t play at all in one match so he must be going thru some struggles. Noah and Adrien both played against a tough Italy team and neither did that well. Hope Adrien can reach a higher level and develop consistency. He breaks down in bigger matches
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Post by brooselee on Jun 13, 2024 18:06:21 GMT -5
If UH does not get anymore transfers, that’s OK. UH have basically built their championships with freshmen so as long as we land the talented freshmen, we are good. Historically, transfers are fill ins and role players. Maybe some of the highly touted transfers are reluctant to come due to the history of transfers.
I feel we should be OK in the middle with Kurt and Ofeck. Ofeck is not your typical freshman….have served in the military and being on the Israeli NT. He should be good to go right off the bat.
I think Wade will ride Titriyski at OPP….do or die. Wade offered the kid a full ride so UH has invested big time in him. I think Wade will be hoping for a Alex Nikolov type impact with him. Louis is almost a sure thing to start with him being the only returning OH so the open spot may be between Finn, Clay, JT and Adrien
Depth wise, we should have 3 solid backup at left sides with the 2 of the 5 starting and 3 of the remaining 5 banging it for the B team. Setter, is probably set at Tread on a “A” team and Vlad on the “B” side. Libero…Eleu and Kai Taylor. Middle will be the only Iffy spot. Kurt and Ofeck should start. Reserves are the big ? as I’m not sold in Parks but if JT moves to the middle, maybe there will be good depth there. Not sure Presley Longfellow is anywhere near ready to contribute yet at MB.
The depth at the pins on this team should be of higher caliber. Everyone on the bench were highly recruited players. Last season we had guys like Thiim, Ottmar and Oguz, who were really not up to par. This year we will replace those three with a second team All MIVA player(Wieter), a member of the U19 and U21 US team member(Finn), an U21 alternate(Justin Todd), and a member of the U19 and U20 from France(Adrien Roure). Not to mention another U21 alternate in Kainoa Wade. With the crazy depth, Kainoa could probably RS.
We are one big time MB from being solid at all positions but even if we don’t get another impact middle, i still think we should be fine…until Big Time Roman Payne bring his big time game to Manoa.🤙🤙🤙🤙
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Post by hapaguy on Jun 14, 2024 14:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by shorty on Jun 14, 2024 15:04:23 GMT -5
So are we waiting for anyone else to confirm transferring into UH? Any rumors?
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Post by Psychopotamus on Jun 14, 2024 16:41:41 GMT -5
I'm sure everyone is waiting for the announcement for whomever it was koa was hinting at. I'm wondering if it is still in the works or if the recruit fell through.
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Post by practicesafesets on Jun 14, 2024 21:04:50 GMT -5
I'm sure everyone is waiting for the announcement for whomever it was koa was hinting at. I'm wondering if it is still in the works or if the recruit fell through. It's been 2 weeks already since he commented on that?
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Post by cosmo on Jun 14, 2024 21:29:32 GMT -5
The only rumor left is Josh Aruya, who also fits the hole of the extra impact middle. I think at this point he's on top of the wishlist.
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