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  1. Just now, TwiceHorn said:

    I had assumed freshman wall, but  . . . .

    and I only say that tongue-in-cheek because Cat McCoy was a spectacular digger when she first came in...she just had uncanny instincts of where a ball would land and get to it before it hit the ground...but I always felt that skill diminished over her playing years....

  2. 13 hours ago, Js1 said:

    Does this matter at Texas? Like, we aren't Nebraska but we get pretty much whoever we want.  We aren't lacking for talent, it's just poorly coached. 

    I mean, I will point the finger at Elliot all day long because he's the guy in charge, but setting has taken a HUGE step backwards with Tonya.  It's time for her to go.  Can we get some ex-coach on as an analyst or something to work on defense/passing?

    My understanding is that Tonya works with the Outside hitters, while Erik works with the MB blocking, back row defenders, and overall defensive schemes/scouting reports.  Jerritt runs the overall offensive scheme, and I believe setter coaching duties were deferred back to him when Salima Rockwell returned to Penn State.

    With Salima in charge of setting, players like Engle, Kocher, Allison, Dalton (when she physically able to) and Collins developed into pretty good setters.  Some may argue that Hannah was a terrible setter, but I think a lot of that had to with the high-jumping players at the time who liked hitting high, slow balls like Haley, Bailey, and Khat.  Even when Salima left Collins' Jr year, she was coached by Evan Sanders (a setter coach), who was a volunteer assistant at the time (and now an Asst. Coach at Colorado).  By her senior season, Chloe already knew what system Elliott wanted to run and was comfortable doing it without needing much technical guidance.

    Unfortunately, we are now seeing what the setting looks like without a coach with technical setting experience.  I really do think Shook has the talent, but she appears to be the type of player that NEEDS someone consistently coaching her up.  SPVB (her club) is known to put out great setters because they are technically drilled and get an obscene amount of reps with their intense training...literally, setters coming out of that club are often called 'SPRI robots'...but it's obvious Shook's training hasn't translated well to the college game.

    Even though it seems we get whoever we want (because we're Texas), that wasn't the case when Jim Moore took over for Mick Haley in the late 90's.  Texas Volleyball was abysmal during the Moore years and it wasn't until several years after Elliott arrived that the program began to prosper again with his recruiting classes.

    But I do agree that Elliott needs to rethink about upgrading his current staff with individuals who can coach setting and improve the defense and ball-control/passing...because those continue to be areas of weakness.

     

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  3. Really miss Chloe Collins....everyone ragged on her 5'7 height...but she could locate the ball and put it where the hitters needed it...even with out-of-system passing.  We went to the National Championship match her last 2 years even with opponents hitting over her block...that's how good the setting was.
     

    Yes, passing was shitastic last year but it's been like that every year....but look at the drop-off Ebony and Micaya had last year because the setting was terrible.  Two 1st-team All-Americans that get demoted because their numbers suck because they had to tip sooo much.

    Overall this year, serve-receive passing actually hasn't been that bad but setting still sucks.  Until we get a setting coach or a setter transfer comes in, this team will never succeed with Shook at the helm.

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  4. Elliott is stupid....all the Freshmen middle blockers on other teams are playing and playing well while our #2 MB recruit is sitting on the bench...

    Morgan is average at best....Asjia should be playing.

  5. Tonya seems worthless as a coach....Elliott needs to get an assistant that can coach SETTING.... Ashley Engle, Michele Kocher, Hannah Allison, and Chloe Collins all improved when Salima Rockwell was here....Chloe was lucky to have Evan Sanders (who was a volunteer assistant coach) and is now an assistant at Colorado as a setter coach...Ashley definitely needs one!

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  6. Just now, TwiceHorn said:

    Luketic isn't overwhelming, but she's effective. 

     

     

    Seems like she is hitting the ball harder tonight....probably heard me say she doesn't have the arm to play at this level....

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    4 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

    Just for fun, I kinda want to see what a 5-2 would look like with Shoot setting on front row and Gabriel subbing to set on the back row.

    Gabriel's defense, coverage, serve, and footwork getting under passes looked somewhat better than Shook, but having a taller block and setter attack option with Shook at the front would be helpful.

    That might work....we would need Logan to play all the way around or we would run out of subs.

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