USA vs Canada | VNL Wk 2 | Sat Jun 8 | 1:30 PM PST
Jun 8, 2024 21:11:55 GMT -5
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Post by wilbur on Jun 8, 2024 21:11:55 GMT -5
I'm sure "disappointing" is a word that all is us USA fans share about this week's results. The VNL tourney is indeed a young and hungry team's tourney. And every team is hungry to beat a USA uniformed team.
It will be interesting to see how we approach week 3. If any guys are not 100% healthy they may stay home and train and rehab and this may open the door to see some new faces again on the floor.
I will not address any particular players play good or bad but I do have a question about our situational defense where we have sooooo many balls deflecting off our blocks at the pins and our defenders are so shallow that we can't pick up anything. It was a ton of balls landing in the blue that old school defense would've picked up.
Again I don't know the analytics on this scheme that we run and I guess if we are serving in and we'll it may work out best to be pinched in....but not this tourney it seems to me.
Just musing.
Agree 100%
Canada played a good match, they are much improved, they have had some off matches too but are improving and it will be fun to see them in Paris, they will not be an easy out for anyone.
I think all the USA players probably feel like they can improve on aspects of their game and they have a some time to do so before the Olympics. Getting into the VNL playoffs would be great for the team leading up to the Olympics but seeing what works on the floor and what doesn't is important to.
MA probably just needed a rest, he was getting a lot OOS and like someone else here has said, teams know him so well and they seem to be defending him well.
USA team defense needs to be better and the USA transition game is not what good enough ATM. I was surprised most of the other teams beat us on this. I like that Christianson had so many reps to feel the offense out. I think week 3 will be telling on what was accomplished this week.
