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  1. Agree. Singletary is good but she wasn't putting up All-American numbers. Mari can hammer the ball when she has an open net, but she really didn't have much shot selection variation as a middle hitter. And I always thought she hit the slide attack on the way down from her approach, instead of hitting it at the apex. She never hit over the block with the slide attack like McCage, Chiaka, or Asjia. Her blocking was good when the other team was out-of-system, but she was so slow to read the opposing setter in in-system plays. Ames looked much improved in her footwork in closing the blocks this spring. Bunton was probably the quickest out of all them moving laterally, but her offense is still a work in progress. But it may not matter that much as I think the pins will carry the team offensively next season. We just need the MBs to block well.
  2. Rumor is Mari wanted a comparable NIL deal to what Stafford is getting… We’ll be young again in the middle unless Elliott goes after an experienced MB in the portal but don’t know if there is anyone. If not, Bunton is finally healthy and looked much improved in the spring matches. Also FR Taylor Harvey will be coming in the fall.
  3. Mari Singletary in the portal
  4. Texas hired its new Associate Head Coach, Ben Josephson. He's the former AC from Kentucky and a former setter, so hopefully, we'll see improvements from Swindle.
  5. If FL setter Alexis Stucky hits the portal, I hope Texas goes after her. She would excel with the ball control and passing we now have.
  6. Dan Meske was my first choice for the Associate Coach position right after Sullivan was announced as the USWNT coach. Getting Meske from Louisville and OH Stafford from Pitt would be a major coup by JE.
  7. Yeah, I know Sullivan was in charge of scouting opposing offenses and setting up schemes for the block and backrow defense. So whoever is hired will have similar responsibilities. Just would be an added bonus if that person also had actual experience in improving setting and ball control techniques.
  8. Need a coach that can continue the MBU legacy (especially in blocking) and improve backrow defense/ball control. If s/he can also coach up setting technique, I'd be ecstatic.
  9. Honestly even if we don't get Stafford, I think we'll still be pretty strong at the pins with Whitney, Devin, Cari, and AVW. The ball control was really the issue with the pins, but getting Gary has definitely alleviated some of the concerns. The biggest issue next season IMO is improving Ella's setting to all the hitters, especially to the MBs.
  10. We need the best backrow players on the court. Emerick will have a year of collegiate experience over incoming freshman Krueger...so if she is good enough, she will see the court since we'll be utilizing the 3 defensive "littles" again.
  11. Yeah, it would be stupid for any program not to go after Stafford, regardless of what they currently have on their roster or what incoming recruits they are bringing in. I still think it's imperative to get an experienced DS/L from the portal as well. With how the Carlson transfer went down, I doubt there will be a setter wanting to compete with Ella for the starting position.
  12. Another fun fact. Louisville’s setter is the little sister Naomi Cabello who was a setter at Texas for 2 years (Jhenna Gabriel beat her out) before transferring to NC State.
  13. Fun fact. Penn State’s NFOY setter Izzy Stark, her mom played volleyball at Texas. I doubt there was any interest since we had Ella coming in the year before, but was just really impressed with her setting and overall play last night.
  14. Rumor on VT is that Nebraska's volleyball NIL collective landed Eva Hudson from Purdue...gonna be interesting to see the fall out that occurs with his Cook's current roster and incoming recruits
  15. Really impressed with PSU's Jess Mzurik's overall play. And Harper really cursed her team saying they were gonna win the next 3...
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