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Post by nyline on Oct 23, 2019 22:21:36 GMT -5
We have been winning a lot of matches this year with our defense. The smalls on our team coming up with some good passing and great digs. The DS's are MVP's IMO. They saved 2 match points in set 4.
I agree. I keep thinking of something Coach Rose says frequently: "I'm not going to worry about what I don't have [players], I'm going to focus on what I do have." It's no secret that he doesn't have a terminal hitter like Megan Hodge or Nicole Fawcett or Simone Lee or Nia Reed. But he does have alot of good players who play hard and compete. That's how they won tonight. Focusing on what they don't have doesn't seem like much fun to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 22:45:52 GMT -5
We have been winning a lot of matches this year with our defense. The smalls on our team coming up with some good passing and great digs. The DS's are MVP's IMO. They saved 2 match points in set 4.
I agree. I keep thinking of something Coach Rose says frequently: "I'm not going to worry about what I don't have [players], I'm going to focus on what I do have." It's no secret that he doesn't have a terminal hitter like Megan Hodge or Nicole Fawcett or Simone Lee or Nia Reed. But he does have alot of good players who play hard and compete. That's how they won tonight. Focusing on what they don't have doesn't seem like much fun to me. You forgot Ariel Scott and deja McClendon Psu has had a lot of them. That’s why it’s so frustrating at times now because as fan was accustomed to always having great hitters for so long and I miss it |
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Post by nyline on Oct 23, 2019 22:54:26 GMT -5
I agree. I keep thinking of something Coach Rose says frequently: "I'm not going to worry about what I don't have [players], I'm going to focus on what I do have." It's no secret that he doesn't have a terminal hitter like Megan Hodge or Nicole Fawcett or Simone Lee or Nia Reed. But he does have alot of good players who play hard and compete. That's how they won tonight. Focusing on what they don't have doesn't seem like much fun to me. You forgot Ariel Scott and deja McClendon Psu has had a lot of them. That’s why it’s so frustrating at times now because as fan was accustomed to always having great hitters for so long and I miss it I didn't forget anyone. I said "terminal hitter like . . . . " There have been even more than that. But that's my point -- Coach Rose isn't going to worry this season, in terms of coaching, about players he doesn't have this season. I suggest all fans take the same approach, ease up a bit, and enjoy this season for what it has been and will be. I understand this team has some issues (although almost every team does), but if one is consumed by those, and obsesses on those, how much fun can it be to watch the team? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 23:01:57 GMT -5
You forgot Ariel Scott and deja McClendon Psu has had a lot of them. That’s why it’s so frustrating at times now because as fan was accustomed to always having great hitters for so long and I miss it I didn't forget anyone. I said "terminal hitter like . . . . " There have been even more than that. But that's my point -- Coach Rose isn't going to worry this season, in terms of coaching, about players he doesn't have this season. I suggest all fans take the same approach, ease up a bit, and enjoy this season for what it has been and will be. I understand this team has some issues (although almost every team does), but if one is consumed by those, and obsesses on those, how much fun can it be to watch the team? Scott was pretty terminal |
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Post by elliotberton on Oct 24, 2019 10:37:05 GMT -5
Cathy hasn’t done much all season. Why he doesn’t try someone new is beyond me. They couldn’t be worse While certainly Allyson has not hit for a high percentage, she has come up with big kills at the end of several matches. Moreover, both Gabi Bailey and Lauren Clark got some time but each seemingly need to improve to earn more playing opportunities. |
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Post by elliotberton on Oct 24, 2019 10:49:41 GMT -5
Why do they keep serving the libero of Ill? Cause she kept shanking-PSU won the serve receive battle in this match. |
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Post by elliotberton on Oct 24, 2019 10:59:48 GMT -5
One of the best coaching jobs I have seen. Totally changed the blocking assignments, putting the middles on the outside when Gabby was front row slowed Ill OH's just enough to get some errors in set 3. As Coach stated in the recent presser, this team is more challenging to coach than others. It is evident that he will do whatever he can think of to give the ladies their best chance to succeed.
I kept thinking through out the match that our group has very little margin for error. Every pass, every set, has to be just right, to score. As Coach said before the season started, some teams win more with will than skill. This team is showing a lot of will.
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Post by yogi on Oct 24, 2019 13:53:26 GMT -5
Missed the match as I was away on business trip to west coast. However, it looks like it was quite the gritty win. This type of experience should be invaluable come tourney time. Quite the far cry from the Wiscy match. Great job ladies!
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Post by KittanningLion on Oct 24, 2019 14:14:09 GMT -5
Why do they keep serving the libero of Ill? Cause she kept shanking-PSU won the serve receive battle in this match. I just thought it would make more sense to target Quade. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 14:56:26 GMT -5
Just watched this on YouTube! Great spirit and heart to come back from two sets down and match points in the 4th to win it in the decider. It's why I love watching those Lions!
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Post by traveler on Oct 24, 2019 16:05:47 GMT -5
Parker may not have the best hitting ave but she's sure good. My take: looking back at our OH hitting av over time (meaning over the last 10 years) IIRC they lag the middles and maybe OPPs too. I used to refer to Courtney's job as taking out the garbage. When the setter would get a bad/1 pass, or the L had to set from who knows where in the back, who would they set to? OH. The number of swings the OH1 takes on av in a night far exceeds all others. The poor set ups can lead to errors and hits that just don't have the best effect compared to those dished out to other hitters. Of course, what we live for are the sets that are planned, when the OH is ready and locked-in. So I don't worry about Jonni's Attack %. I worry about her shoulder  |
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Post by stillkicking on Oct 24, 2019 17:16:36 GMT -5
Just watched this on YouTube! Great spirit and heart to come back from two sets down and match points in the 4th to win it in the decider. It's why I love watching those Lions! Yes I agree, Just hope they take Maryland seriously, And don't let it be a trap game. |
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Post by jojonito on Oct 24, 2019 18:08:48 GMT -5
Parker may not have the best hitting ave but she's sure good. My take: looking back at our OH hitting av over time (meaning over the last 10 years) IIRC they lag the middles and maybe OPPs too. I used to refer to Courtney's job as taking out the garbage. When the setter would get a bad/1 pass, or the L had to set from who knows where in the back, who would they set to? OH. The number of swings the OH1 takes on av in a night far exceeds all others. The poor set ups can lead to errors and hits that just don't have the best effect compared to those dished out to other hitters. Of course, what we live for are the sets that are planned, when the OH is ready and locked-in. So I don't worry about Jonni's Attack %. I worry about her shoulder I wasn't complaining. I understand that because Jonni is the one they mostly go to when the sets aren't as good and /or totally oos that her average isn't going to be as good as it could be. Especially because their other OH hitters are not real high percentage hitters. Also, on the occasional times when the middles aren't doing well, Jonni is going to get a LOT of attacks (50 and up). Jonni is sometimes like Plummer in that respect. As you said, you wonder about their shoulder. I must say, Gabby will set the middles more aggressively than the average setter. She will sometimes set the middles when she is 7-10 feet off of the net. So Jonni may not get quite as many attacks that are oos as Gabby will take some of those oos balls and still go to the middles. |
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Post by elliotberton on Oct 25, 2019 16:45:34 GMT -5
My take: looking back at our OH hitting av over time (meaning over the last 10 years) IIRC they lag the middles and maybe OPPs too. I used to refer to Courtney's job as taking out the garbage. When the setter would get a bad/1 pass, or the L had to set from who knows where in the back, who would they set to? OH. The number of swings the OH1 takes on av in a night far exceeds all others. The poor set ups can lead to errors and hits that just don't have the best effect compared to those dished out to other hitters. Of course, what we live for are the sets that are planned, when the OH is ready and locked-in. So I don't worry about Jonni's Attack %. I worry about her shoulder I wasn't complaining. I understand that because Jonni is the one they mostly go to when the sets aren't as good and /or totally oos that her average isn't going to be as good as it could be. Especially because their other OH hitters are not real high percentage hitters. Also, on the occasional times when the middles aren't doing well, Jonni is going to get a LOT of attacks (50 and up). Jonni is sometimes like Plummer in that respect. As you said, you wonder about their shoulder. I must say, Gabby will set the middles more aggressively than the average setter. She will sometimes set the middles when she is 7-10 feet off of the net. So Jonni may not get quite as many attacks that are oos as Gabby will take some of those oos balls and still go to the middles. Jonni is not a typical college OH. I believe we recently were told that she takes a substantial percentage of her swings from the back row. Gabby's willingness to set back row right as often as she does demonstrates the level of confidence. Traveler's comments about OH challenges are very well taken as general propositions. Each team has player who will get most of the slow, out of system swings. By their nature, those types of swings are much more difficult to score. Often the best choice is to "tool the block." I thought that Tori had her best match on the left taking those kinds of swings. She did not always score, but she did keep a number of plays alive by hitting into the block in a manner that gave the team another try at it. That is a difficult skill to master. |
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Post by elliotberton on Oct 25, 2019 16:58:52 GMT -5
Cause she kept shanking-PSU won the serve receive battle in this match. I just thought it would make more sense to target Quade. Understood. Maybe Coach thought that would be too conventional Quade is just an excellent all around player, and receives serve quite well. I was surprised at how much difficulty the Ill Libero had getting good passes to the setter. However, even with the below standard passing, much of the time, Quade was able to clean up the mess the Libero was making. |
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