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  1. 3 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    Yeah and people will call Eggleston and Fields overrated when it’s not their fault at all. 

     

    Logan said in her interview after the Washington match that they are a player-driven team...hopefully, the entire team says they want a better passing/ball control coach to train them in their end-of-the-season evaluations...

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  2. This match shows that defense wins championships.

    Texas pretty much played the whole match out-of-system and Nebraska just camped out on Logan and Skyler. If their block didn't stop them, their back row play would give their offense the opportunity to score on us.  

    First-contact ball control, both serve-receive and transition defense, drastically needs improvement and they need to learn to consistently pass the ball up to the setter in front of the 3 meter line at a MINIMUM. 

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  3. 4 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    Yeah and I would say our regression in passing/defense had a lot to do with losing Morrison. It's not coincidence last year's team was one of the better defensive/passing teams under Elliott. Now O'Brien definitely played a role there too. 

    Point is, go get another Morrison and replace Sullivan.  

    I don't buy the argument this can't get fixed because of Elliott. It can if he would go find another assistant of Morrison's caliber and replace Sullivan. 

    Elliott isn't going anywhere...so I am on board with that...

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  4. 1 minute ago, texasstrong12 said:

    Is Jamie Morrison still with Texas? I haven't seen him on the sideline. 

    I thought Texas was good enough passing/defensively last year to win it all when Morrison was here. Maybe that had more to do with O'Brien. I think with the right assistant Texas can improve as we saw last season with Morrison. 

    IMO we lost to Kentucky last season at the service line. We made serve receive way too easy. That team was good enough defensively last season with O'Brien and Morrison. 

    Morrison is coaching club volley in Houston.

  5. 16 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    I have a hard time believing Elliott doesn't recognize the issue. He knows the problem is passing and serving. 

    The issue is getting it fixed. 

    I think there are probably several reasons why our passing is bad but I have a hard time believing it's because we don't spend time developing it. 

    Eric was the defensive coach at Nebraska before coming to Texas....you think he all of a sudden starting teaching passers to pass behind the 3 meter line?!?!

    It comes up top from Elliott...

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  6. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    One has to think a different assistant could produce different results.

    Also, unlike just about everyone else, we pass to around the 3 meter line, while everyone else strives for two feet off the net.  I wonder if that fucks up defensive players.

    It just teaches them bad habits instead of actually passing the ball up to the setter.... and makes the team rely on the left pins too much.  It's not going to work against elite defensive teams.

  7. 4 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Two words.

    Morgan.

    OBrien.

    I had a pretty good idea we'd regress when I learned she wasn't coming back.  Tried whistling past the graveyard with Iosia, but no dice.

    I said the same thing...

    She kept Texas in-system more than I have ever seen.

    But she was trained in the BIG, that's why she was good!

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  8. 4 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    The defense was bad on all levels in the tournament except for Petersen last night. 

    When your "defensive specialists" in Parra, Petersen, and Iosia are that bad this is the result. I'm starting to think a big part of the issue is playing in the Big 12. They need to be challenged more and they simply don't get that in the Big 12. 

     

    Or Elliott can actually take the time to develop the skill like every other elite program in the country.

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