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Post by coolbean on Nov 9, 2024 23:32:41 GMT -5
I'm also very happy that we have Izzy for another 3 years. Don't forget Transfer portal/NIL |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2024 8:22:46 GMT -5
WI had a good game plan. Smother Jess and and the middles. Over the block swings from WI (they have really tall players). Wi kept looking for and hitting dead spots on the court.
Wisconsin blocks - 19
Penn State blocks - 0 (that's hard to do)
Wisconsin hit% - 465% (they might never see that number again)
Penn State hit% - 117% (we might never see that number again)
Wisconsin momentum 110% and climbing, and at home
Penn State momentum 0
After the first set PSU was in an "out-of-body" dream they couldn't wake up from. It happens. They weren't doing stupid playing. It's one of those matches that it seemed like the other team knew what you were going to do before you did it. None-the less, the ladies have some film to look at and clean some stuff up. They have exceeded way beyond what I was expecting this year. They are a really good team and are still feared.
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Post by nittanye on Nov 10, 2024 9:46:31 GMT -5
I’m looking at 2 factors: travel schedule and KSC health.
- playing at UW on such short rest after an unexpectedly tough NW match looked like it took it’s toll on the players.
- the impact of KSC’s health on her ability to coach - not to mention recover her overall livelihood - seems like a significant impact.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2024 10:15:50 GMT -5
I’m looking at 2 factors: travel schedule and KSC health. - playing at UW on such short rest after an unexpectedly tough NW match looked like it took it’s toll on the players. - the impact of KSC’s health on her ability to coach - not to mention recover her overall livelihood - seems like a significant impact. Southern Cal lost to unranked Illinois. This is about perspective. We lost to a very good Wisconsin at home. We've lost 12 out of 16 Wisconsin home games. Coach Katie would not be so clueless or self aggrandizing to continue coaching to the detriment of the team. |
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Post by nittanye on Nov 10, 2024 10:47:49 GMT -5
I wasn’t suggesting anything of the sort. She’s a strong coach and leader, so missing any part of her contributions is an unfortunate loss for the team.
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Post by cindy on Nov 10, 2024 11:06:03 GMT -5
I was thinking of the emotional impact of her illness on the players whether she’s coaching or not
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2024 11:35:55 GMT -5
I wasn’t suggesting anything of the sort. She’s a strong coach and leader, so missing any part of her contributions is an unfortunate loss for the team. I absolutely agree. |
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Post by dc155 on Nov 10, 2024 22:32:58 GMT -5
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Post by jojonito on Nov 13, 2024 4:50:58 GMT -5
Although this is a royal beatdown by WI, I think that PSU can use this to learn from and do a lot better the next time they play WI. Not entirely sure about that. WI needed to iron out some things early in the season but has superior talent. This looked like the National Champ team. I am still shocked Nebraska swept them. It seems to me that a lot of "not playing well tonight" is going around. Purdue played terribly against PSU. LOuisville played bad against PSU, and according to Emily Ehman, every match on NBC has been a beatdown; (all have been seeps, 3 or 4 matches). Part of the reason that WISC loss to NEB is that they didn't play like they did tonigtht. That may have bben because WISC has gotten used to beating BEN in WISC and therefore were lackadaisical against them. I can guarantee that WISC will play better against NEB in their next game; I still don't think WISC will beat NEB, but I think WISC may take a set.
As the saying goes, "You're never as good as you look when you win, and you're never as bad as you look when you lose." I agree with seeyajohn, that NEB and WISC ate a step ahead of PSU.
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Post by jojonito on Nov 13, 2024 4:55:20 GMT -5
It's really simple. If we can pass and serve, it's over. We have too much power. I was talking to my brother and said that PSU didn't serve ore receive well. That allowed WISC to do whatever they wanted, and allowed WISC to always, or almost always, have 2 blockers up for the PSU attackers.
Edit: And like Coach Katie said to the NBC interviewer, "We aren't competing">
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Post by elliotberton on Nov 13, 2024 8:14:47 GMT -5
It's really simple. If we can pass and serve, it's over. We have too much power. I was talking to my brother and said that PSU didn't serve ore receive well. That allowed WISC to do whatever they wanted, and allowed WISC to always, or almost always, have 2 blockers up for the PSU attackers.
Edit: And like Coach Katie said to the NBC interviewer, "We aren't competing">
I don't think that is quite true. In set 1 Jess had aces and the score was quite close. I felt like the receive was about average. In set 1 we had a good number of block touches. Not so much in sets 2 and 3. As match progressed, I kept thinking even when WI is out of system they are scoring around or over well formed blocks. I also observed WI back row successfully retrieving scoring balls when we did hit through the block. In so many ways WI back row played like Pitts' back row (inspired). I had not seen WI play much before this match so can't compare but the announcers reported that WI was really affected by their NEB match and had something to prove. So obviously they were playing above their norm. We certainly did that against Purdue. I guess coaching staffs everywhere must wonder if there is a way to get teams to pay at such exceptional levels all the time. |
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Post by nyline on Nov 13, 2024 8:37:50 GMT -5
I was talking to my brother and said that PSU didn't serve ore receive well. That allowed WISC to do whatever they wanted, and allowed WISC to always, or almost always, have 2 blockers up for the PSU attackers.
Edit: And like Coach Katie said to the NBC interviewer, "We aren't competing">
I don't think that is quite true. In set 1 Jess had aces and the score was quite close. I felt like the receive was about average. In set 1 we had a good number of block touches. Not so much in sets 2 and 3. As match progressed, I kept thinking even when WI is out of system they are scoring around or over well formed blocks. I also observed WI back row successfully retrieving scoring balls when we did hit through the block. In so many ways WI back row played like Pitts' back row (inspired). I had not seen WI play much before this match so can't compare but the announcers reported that WI was really affected by their NEB match and had something to prove. So obviously they were playing above their norm. We certainly did that against Purdue. I guess coaching staffs everywhere must wonder if there is a way to get teams to play at such exceptional levels all the time.Coaches have been wondering that since the earliest days of prehistoric volleyball, which was called "volleyrock" because it was played with rocks. Jousts were a matter of life and death, literally. |
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Post by 96psu on Nov 15, 2024 7:59:40 GMT -5
I had to rewatch this match to see if my first impression changed. It did not. The players were shell shocked. In over their heads and completely baffled. Coach knew they weren’t competing, yet the in game adjustments to try and change that didn’t happen. Do something. Do anything. Do everything. Just don’t do what we did…watch us play historically bad and not make changes. Yes…. historically bad. Try and find the last time Penn State volleyball recorded ZERO blocks in a loss. Your battery will go dead before you can get through enough box scores to find one.
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Post by elliotberton on Nov 15, 2024 8:56:41 GMT -5
I don't think that is quite true. In set 1 Jess had aces and the score was quite close. I felt like the receive was about average. In set 1 we had a good number of block touches. Not so much in sets 2 and 3. As match progressed, I kept thinking even when WI is out of system they are scoring around or over well formed blocks. I also observed WI back row successfully retrieving scoring balls when we did hit through the block. In so many ways WI back row played like Pitts' back row (inspired). I had not seen WI play much before this match so can't compare but the announcers reported that WI was really affected by their NEB match and had something to prove. So obviously they were playing above their norm. We certainly did that against Purdue. I guess coaching staffs everywhere must wonder if there is a way to get teams to play at such exceptional levels all the time.Coaches have been wondering that since the earliest days of prehistoric volleyball, which was called "volleyrock" because it was played with rocks. Jousts were a matter of life and death, literally. Yes I vividly remember pre historic volleyball. But I can't recall what I ate for breakfast today .... |
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