Post by nyline on Aug 31, 2017 17:55:23 GMT -5
We've posted a Q&A with Talking Head. Click Here for the full Q&A. Below is a brief excerpt:
We’re speaking today with Talking Head, who played D1 volleyball and has coached the sport for many years, as we look forward to Friday’s match between the Stanford Cardinal and the Penn State Nittany Lions. To start out, all Penn State fans send their thoughts and prayers to those who have suffered and continue to suffer from Hurricane Harvey. This is an epic disaster, and in the coming weeks and months, DigNittanyVolleyball will post ways in which viewers can help with legitimate organizations.
DigNittany: Your thoughts about Stanford and new head coach Kevin Hambly?
Talking Head: Stanford has had a history of great coaches, and the program continues, regardless of who is at the helm. When Coach Hambly arrived, the cupboard was not bare — he’s got some serious talent in the gym, some legitimately All-American type players. I think Stanford is a tested and tempered #1 team. But as for any top team, it’s a long season, and whether it’s the Pac-12 or the B1G, it will be a very challenging season, and being #1 at the beginning of the season is no guarantee of being #1 at the end of the season [Editor’s note: just ask 2016 Nebraska].
They also are coming in a little wounded, with there 6-8 right-side/middle Merete Lutz not having played last weekend. And that’s a bit of a problem for Stanford, in my opinion, because (and no disrespect intended to any of the players on the roster) this is as thin of a Stanford team, in terms of experienced kids who can come off the bench, as I’ve ever seen — although the Cardinal has some incredible talent and is certainly capable of winning it all. To name just a few of their players, they have 6-6 OH/setter Kathryn Plummer, who is terrific, 6-1 setter Jenna Gray, 6-0 Fr. OH Meghan McClure ,an exceptional libero in 5-9 So. Morgan Hentz, and 6-6 So. MB Audriana Fitzmorris. They’re not going to rollover for anyone, that’s for sure. It’s going to be a nice test for Penn State. I imagine the Penn State players are excited for the opportunity and challenge of playing such a talented team, and I would bet the coaching staff is too.
DigNittany: Your thoughts about Stanford and new head coach Kevin Hambly?
Talking Head: Stanford has had a history of great coaches, and the program continues, regardless of who is at the helm. When Coach Hambly arrived, the cupboard was not bare — he’s got some serious talent in the gym, some legitimately All-American type players. I think Stanford is a tested and tempered #1 team. But as for any top team, it’s a long season, and whether it’s the Pac-12 or the B1G, it will be a very challenging season, and being #1 at the beginning of the season is no guarantee of being #1 at the end of the season [Editor’s note: just ask 2016 Nebraska].
They also are coming in a little wounded, with there 6-8 right-side/middle Merete Lutz not having played last weekend. And that’s a bit of a problem for Stanford, in my opinion, because (and no disrespect intended to any of the players on the roster) this is as thin of a Stanford team, in terms of experienced kids who can come off the bench, as I’ve ever seen — although the Cardinal has some incredible talent and is certainly capable of winning it all. To name just a few of their players, they have 6-6 OH/setter Kathryn Plummer, who is terrific, 6-1 setter Jenna Gray, 6-0 Fr. OH Meghan McClure ,an exceptional libero in 5-9 So. Morgan Hentz, and 6-6 So. MB Audriana Fitzmorris. They’re not going to rollover for anyone, that’s for sure. It’s going to be a nice test for Penn State. I imagine the Penn State players are excited for the opportunity and challenge of playing such a talented team, and I would bet the coaching staff is too.