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Post by cross5 on Jul 25, 2015 10:38:31 GMT -5
#5 PSU tops last years Hitting percentage of .342
#4 PSU has 100 less service errors than the last 4 years
#3 PSU goes undefeated at home
#2 PSU breaks 60,000 people for home attendance
#1 Coach Rose forgets to flip his pen during announcing of the teams!
What do you all think!?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 11:59:52 GMT -5
I think 1 and 5 are the most outlandish. Numbers 5 and 3 are the ones I most hope come true. Number 4 is quite likely, but will probably be associated with a commensurate drop in the number of service aces.
Nice thought-provoking post. Thanks!
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Post by nyline on Jul 25, 2015 12:48:54 GMT -5
If PSU is going to break 60,000 fans for home attendance, the students are going to have to up their game (meaning, more will need to come on a regular basis). Coach Rose forgetting to flip pen during announcing of teams? Impossible! #5 -- could be. Fingers crossed. #4? See gnu2vball above. #3 -- we'll know better after the opening tournament  |
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Post by bob2061 on Jul 28, 2015 8:57:46 GMT -5
Here is another wild thought -can you imagine the firepower in the lineup if Whitney moved to MH and Novakovic filled in at RS. Then we would have both Courtney and Novakovic hitting from the backrow. We don't know when Reed will be back to 100%.
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Post by tillie1014 on Jul 29, 2015 5:25:33 GMT -5
Hard to break attendance records with all of the Wednesday matches.
I doubt that his will be an undefeated season with all the uncertainties at middle and libero.
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Post by cross5 on Jul 29, 2015 6:01:57 GMT -5
Hard to break attendance records with all of the Wednesday matches. I doubt that his will be an undefeated season with all the uncertainties at middle and libero. 17 potential home games (including hosting 1st two rounds/hopeful thinking) Stanford weekend almost sold out. I expect Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota to near full capacity. It will very very difficult to break that 60,000 mark, I agree, but with a little more student marketing and social media grind we have an excellent group of sophomores that many students can latch onto for the next 3 years. Micha herself, brought a lot of fans to the seats, and we have some pretty electric players her. As far as libero, middle and setter.....it will also be interesting to see how the coaches, team and fans react to the transition there. There were a few games in the past few years where Micha, Dom and Nia (heck most all the postions) were clearly not as sharp as they could be, but patience was shown for deserved reasons. There will be a few growing pains, I'm sure. How the player and coaches deal with this will be interesting. Going undefeated at home is actually possible imo. This practice gym is as competitive or more as it has every been in a long while (in multiple positions) and that is very healthy.....and translates to a ultra competitive product on the floor. |
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Post by phillytom on Jul 29, 2015 13:04:27 GMT -5
#5 PSU tops last years Hitting percentage of .342 #4 PSU has 100 less service errors than the last 4 years #3 PSU goes undefeated at home #2 PSU breaks 60,000 people for home attendance #1 Coach Rose forgets to flip his pen during announcing of the teams! What do you all think!? #5 sounds ambitious -- will depend on passing more than anything. Right now we don't know how much the loss of Dom will affect their passing. And we don't know how well the setter will do with subpar passes. We do know these hitters will be awesome with a well run offense. Frantti and Courtney are very good out of system, and my sense is Washington and Whitney will be too. That strength could be very helpful if there are passing or setting issues. #3 Doable if they get decent passing and setting. Not that losing a home match is the end of the world, as last season showed. #4 Reduction in service errors is not a goal by itself. You want to cut down on bad errors -- lack of concentration or fundamental execution. But a tough, well struck serve that just misses is part of the game. |
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Post by psumaui on Sept 7, 2015 14:45:12 GMT -5
I think they may just accomplish goal #4 if they continue like they are! Service errors are down this year and still have tough serving all around!
Currently we have 30 service errors total. That's 6 service errors a match with an average of 2 per set. Checked stats from last year and we had 7.43 service errors(avg) per match in 2014.
Our aces/set are down a little but that is to be expected since Micha is no longer there but our serve% is up.
2014 Serve% - .906 - Aces per set - 1.9
2015 Serve% - .918 - Aces per set - 1.4
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2015 14:59:24 GMT -5
I think they may just accomplish goal #4 if they continue like they are! Service errors are down this year and still have tough serving all around! Currently we have 30 service errors total. That's 6 service errors a match with an average of 2 per set. Checked stats from last year and we had 7.43 service errors(avg) per match in 2014. Our aces/set are down a little but that is to be expected since Micha is no longer there but our serve% is up. 2014 Serve% - .906 - Aces per set - 1.9 2015 Serve% - .918 - Aces per set - 1.4 Number 2 might be in reach. The Wisconsin and Nebraska games coming up ought to be good for 5,000 each.
While not predicted, the number of aces allowed has changed a bit since last year. This year: 0.9/set. Last year: 0.5/set. I'm expecting that to drop.
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Post by phillytom on Sept 7, 2015 15:13:44 GMT -5
I think they may just accomplish goal #4 if they continue like they are! Service errors are down this year and still have tough serving all around! Currently we have 30 service errors total. That's 6 service errors a match with an average of 2 per set. Checked stats from last year and we had 7.43 service errors(avg) per match in 2014. Our aces/set are down a little but that is to be expected since Micha is no longer there but our serve% is up. 2014 Serve% - .906 - Aces per set - 1.9 2015 Serve% - .918 - Aces per set - 1.4 VB statistics (at least the publicly released ones) are so desperately in need of improvement. Aces/errors are only about half of serving effectiveness. The other half should be percent of points won by server. PSU is not racking up aces but their serving was really effective this weekend -- might have been the single most important weapon against Stanford. |
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Post by seeyajohn on Sept 7, 2015 20:06:51 GMT -5
I think they may just accomplish goal #4 if they continue like they are! Service errors are down this year and still have tough serving all around! Currently we have 30 service errors total. That's 6 service errors a match with an average of 2 per set. Checked stats from last year and we had 7.43 service errors(avg) per match in 2014. Our aces/set are down a little but that is to be expected since Micha is no longer there but our serve% is up. 2014 Serve% - .906 - Aces per set - 1.9 2015 Serve% - .918 - Aces per set - 1.4 VB statistics (at least the publicly released ones) are so desperately in need of improvement. Aces/errors are only about half of serving effectiveness. The other half should be percent of points won by server. PSU is not racking up aces but their serving was really effective this weekend -- might have been the single most important weapon against Stanford. I absolutely agree with the serving statistics comment. Have never understood why the "service effectiveness quotient" isn't used. |
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Post by nyline on Sept 8, 2015 4:19:44 GMT -5
VB statistics (at least the publicly released ones) are so desperately in need of improvement. Aces/errors are only about half of serving effectiveness. The other half should be percent of points won by server. PSU is not racking up aces but their serving was really effective this weekend -- might have been the single most important weapon against Stanford. I absolutely agree with the serving statistics comment. Have never understood why the "service effectiveness quotient" isn't used. I think many coaches don't want to provide statistics that make life easier for their opponents. |
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Post by cross5 on Nov 24, 2015 15:09:20 GMT -5
So where are we with all these?
I know #3 is toast. Pretty much league wide.
How about attendance and services errors? To lazy to check.
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Post by nyline on Nov 24, 2015 16:13:46 GMT -5
So where are we with all these? I know #3 is toast. Pretty much league wide. How about attendance and services errors? To lazy to check. Home attendance: 14 matches, 58,206 in attendance. So, if 1,795 fans come to the Northwestern match, total home attendance will be 60,001. Service errors, don't know. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 16:53:15 GMT -5
We are way beyond the 100 service error mark -- 158.
Also, #1) was always a pipe dream. I really don't even know why you put that one; it was Bellevue Hospital crazy!
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