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Im not able to look this up, but I imagine winning back to back matches where match points were saved in each has to put us in an elite group. Hopefully we don’t make it 3 in a row this weekend against ASU—my blood pressure can’t take it!

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3 minutes ago, WBT said:

I never really got on board with Skinner, especially following in Logan's footsteps. 

Loved her in 2022 as a complement to Logan and then in 2023, but something felt super off about her in 2024. Her outside of volleyball stuff seemed to interest her a lot more 

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4 minutes ago, WBT said:

Big comeback last night.  I've only been able to catch parts of the Creighton, Stanford, and Louisville matches but I agree that this team is a lot more likeable and fun to watch than the Skinner/Wenaas experience the last two years.  Even in 2023 they weren't thar fun to watch until turning it on in the tournament.

Wenaas was just too maddeningly inconsistent in both hitting and passing.  I'm grateful she pulled it together for the 2023 final four.

I never really got on board with Skinner, especially following in Logan's footsteps.  A big part of it was her being a teansfer.  And not just a transfer but for two years having every broadcast run into the ground the story of her wanting nothing to do with Texas coming out of high school in Katy.  And when she did transfer to Texas (with big NIL I'm sure), she decided Texas wasn't so bad.  Gee...thanks.

Really with you on Skinner.  Also, at UK, she was admittedly a burnout, even with or maybe because of an NC under her belt.  I think last year she was a burnout again.

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Also 84 (!!) digs. By a Texas team??

18 for Stafford

17 for Emma

12 for Ramsey

10 for Binney

9 for Ella

 

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Just now, Js1 said:

Also 84 (!!) digs. By a Texas team??

18 for Stafford

17 for Emma

12 for Ramsey

10 for Binney

9 for Ella

 

JE was "interviewed" and said something like "you can't really contend without at least two elite DS."  I was a little bit orlly?  He's learned a lot.

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2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

JE was "interviewed" and said something like "you can't really contend without at least two elite DS."  I was a little bit orlly?  He's learned a lot.

Well we won back to back titles with stellar little and back row play. Fleck, Barnes, Halter + Logan and Skinner doing enough in those rotations

Texas will have Gary at L next year and the top ranked 2025 libero who is taking a redshirt. So it seems the pipeline will continue 

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Loved her in 2022 as a complement to Logan and then in 2023, but something felt super off about her in 2024. Her outside of volleyball stuff seemed to interest her a lot more 

Skinner absolutely tanked team chemistry last year, starting in the summer before the season.  

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The first RPI Futures has Texas #2.  Whoever posted it on VT didn't post the projected records, but I would guess Texas will be projected at 2-3 losses, considering we have already gotten through Wisconsin, Stanford and Louisville unscathed.  The rest of our non-conf slate (ASU, TCU, Baylor) is at home, as well as Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, OU

The two trip-up spots are road matches at Florida and aggy

Nebraska
Texas
Pitt
ASU
Louisville
Creighton
Kentucky
TCU
Stanford
SMU

Other teams: 11 Wisconsin, 12 PSU, 15 aggy, 19 Florida, 21 Missouri, 22 Baylor, 26 Tennessee, 40 Auburn

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Really with you on Skinner.  Also, at UK, she was admittedly a burnout, even with or maybe because of an NC under her belt.  I think last year she was a burnout again.

Yeah. I don’t think that mentally tough/mentally weak is the correct lexicon any longer, but she definitely seems to be a person that needs breaks and cannot just grind away indefinitely at stressful tasks.  Admittedly that’s based mostly on a couple minutes worth of interviews she has given on transferring, and on mental health, combined with her transfer from UK and then performance at Texas. So scant evidence for sure. 

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9 minutes ago, someguy said:

Skinner absolutely tanked team chemistry last year, starting in the summer before the season.  

I won't lay all the blame on Skinner - Elliot shoulders a lot of blame for last year. 

- Disengaged Skinner
- Constant position battles (setter, RS) with fan/program favorites seemingly getting the shaft for the transfer instead (Swindle/Carlson and Rutherford/Devin) 
- Players seemingly pulled on a whim, often to be replaced by someone who fucked up too or worse (random times JE would yank one of the middles for Bunton, or pulled Madi out of backrow without talking to her)
- Freshmen not really getting any chance when Wenaas or Rutherford were not doing well

That was a shit show of epic proportions, and you saw it when we kept losing all these 5-set matches over and over.  The team didn't fight for each other, like this one does. 

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12 hours ago, Js1 said:

If Vandy finishes off Cal (leads 2-0), the challenge will end in an 8-8 tie

Texas, Bama, MSST and OU all had 5 set wins today 

 

I've watched this more than 3 dozen times, and still can't believe it....

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13 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

I've watched this more than 3 dozen times, and still can't believe it....

I didn't think she could get it inside the antenna from that angle.  Incredible effort and execution in the moment.

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I am guessing when they do this again next year (SEC/ACC challenge), we will be playing somebody in a more ACC-friendly neutral site

Texas will probably schedule Stanford again regardless and Kentucky/Louisville already play in the regular season for their in-state rivalry, so I don't think either of those match-ups would happen in the challenge. 

Would LOVE Texas to play Pitt somewhere on the east coast (Charlotte?), and you can pair that with something like Florida/Louisville or Kentucky/SMU (if we play Pitt)

aggy graduates Cos-Okpalla, Hellmuth, Lednicky, Humprey, Underwood, Waak and Perkins, so I would bet Jamie will petition for his very young/inexperienced 2026 team to avoid SMU/Pitt/Louisville/Stanford

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3 hours ago, Js1 said:

Trying to piece together some of our most epic 5 set comebacks in the Elliot era in the 10 years.  Multiple wins when down 4+ points in the 5th set.   And the 3 consecutive years with a 5th set in the NCAAs (Florida, BYU, Utah) 

  • 2025 Louisville - down 11-7 in the 5th
  • 2025 Stanford - down 10-5 in the 5th
  • 2024 Ole Miss - down 13-7 in the 5th (this may have been our only 5-set match win in 2024, that team was super unclutch)
  • 2023 Tennessee - down 24-23 in the 4th set, trailing 2-1.  Won the 5th set in less dramatic fashion, but was in the NCAA tournament and we eventually won it all 
  • 2021 Washington - down 0-2, reverse swept them in the NCAA tournament, winning sets 4 and 5, -9 and -9
  • 2019 UCSB - down 2-1, won sets 4 and 5, -18 and -10 (NCAA tournament)
  • 2018 KSU - won set 5, 19-17, after being up 2-1
  • 2017 KU - down 2-1, won set 5, 18-16
  • 2017 Utah - won set 5, 16-14, after falling behind 2-1 in the NCAA tournament
  • 2016 BYU - down 11-5 in the 5th set in the NCAA tournament
  • 2015 Florida - down tied 13-13 in the 5th set in the NCAA tournament, Texas won 17-15

That's crazy. Minor point: iirc we were down 11-6 last night, no?

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3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Really with you on Skinner.  Also, at UK, she was admittedly a burnout, even with or maybe because of an NC under her belt.  I think last year she was a burnout again.

Yeah that was the impression I got from her all last year. I kinda thought maybe being the poster child for women's college volleyball was weighing pretty heavy around her neck.

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1 hour ago, MirrOlure said:

I've watched this more than 3 dozen times, and still can't believe it....

That play was what turned the 5th in our favor imho. Crazy how much indoor volleyball swings on momentum. That was a huge emotional boost and a bonding moment for the team that imho we'll probably look back at many times throughout the development of this team over the course of the season.

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1 minute ago, wood said:

Crazy how much indoor volleyball swings on momentum.

That definitely gave us momentum. I also thought Louisville's passing broke down a little towards the end of the set and the 3 consecutive errors by Petersen to tie it at 12 were huge. 

Yeah, she got a kill then to make it 12-13, but Texas finished it off on a 4-1 run via a Louisville service error and 3 consecutive kills from Stafford, Spears and AVW

That whole match was nuts - .144 for Louisville, .153 for Texas.  Louisville hit almost .300 in set 1 and then never hit higher than .200 in any other set. Texas didn't hit .200 in a single set until set 5 

28 attack errors for Louisville (15 Texas blocks), 35 for Texas (19 Louisville blocks)

This match was really good experience and tape for when we face another really fucking physical block at aggy on Halloween. 

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3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

On the other end, something was going on with Emma last night.  They were serving her hard and it was fairly effective at times.  At one time the announcers mentioned an alignment/responsibility problem with her and AVW that may have extended to other rotations.

I'm not going to ever doubt Emma's ability in serve receive or anything else for that matter, but they seem to have scouted something there.

 

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

I mentioned last night it was one of her worst serve receive matches. At one point, she was responsible for 75% of Louisville’s aces 

 

Second and third sets I noticed they were serving her body shots - high, hard, and flat- and she had trouble passing in system when she didn't go to an overhand pass. I watched the Stanford game also yesterday and it made for a stark contrast with how she handled serve receive when the ball wasn't at her and above her waist.  Something to keep an eye on.  

 

Did anyone else notice in the fifth set that serve receive rotation where we hid everyone but Emma and Torrey? It was before the switchover.  

 

3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Really with you on Skinner.  Also, at UK, she was admittedly a burnout, even with or maybe because of an NC under her belt.  I think last year she was a burnout again.

She had hinted on socials she was having anxiety about post college life.  I'm sure that figured into it.

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5 minutes ago, Js1 said:

That definitely gave us momentum. I also thought Louisville's passing broke down a little towards the end of the set and the 3 consecutive errors by Petersen to tie it at 12 were huge. 

Yeah, she got a kill then to make it 12-13, but Texas finished it off on a 4-1 run via a Louisville service error and 3 consecutive kills from Stafford, Spears and AVW

That whole match was nuts - .144 for Louisville, .153 for Texas.  Louisville hit almost .300 in set 1 and then never hit higher than .200 in any other set. Texas didn't hit .200 in a single set until set 5 

28 attack errors for Louisville (15 Texas blocks), 35 for Texas (19 Louisville blocks)

This match was really good experience and tape for when we face another really fucking physical block at aggy on Halloween. 

Louisville had 3 chances at 11-8 in the fifth to take momentum back but couldn't pass on serve receive and ended up setting the outside pin where our two best blocks knew the attack was gonna go. If their receive could have generated better passes on any of those three serves I don't think we win.

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Just now, gsoda3 said:

Louisville had 3 chances at 11-8 in the fifth to take momentum back but couldn't pass on serve receive and ended up setting the outside pin where our two best blocks knew the attack was gonna go. If their receive could have generated better passes on any of those three serves I don't think we win.

Yep, their passing broke down exactly at a bad time when they needed to take control and finish us

I am keeping an eye out on the passing numbers for yesterday's match.  But even near-perfect passing doesn't get you a win - Kentucky passed phenomenally (we'd kill for those numbers), but their freshman setter struggled to locate and they got swept by Pitt. 

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You know what I really liked?  Devin hitting middle.  AA's footwork just isn't there and frankly I don't know if you can learn quickness.  When we stagnate on offense and let teams go on 7, 8, 9 point runs it really helps to have a middle who's a threat. I love AA's presence on the block but I wouldn't be mad if we saw a wrinkle from time to time of Harvey in the front or Devin hitting more out of the middle and not just on that one rotation.

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I also realize it last night, but a few people pointed it out - the team on the right side of the court won the set

Set 1 - Texas left, Louisville right - Louisville wins
Set 2 - Texas wins after switching to the right side
Set 3 - Louisville wins after switching to the right side
Set 4 - Texas wins after switching to the right side
Set 5 - Louisville starts on the right, was the first to 8, then Texas switches to the right and wins the set/match

When they flipped the coin for the fifth set, Ella picked the left side, which allowed us to end up on the right (winning) side for the 2nd half of the fifth set

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Texas was down in the 3rd by like 8 points and I had a kid wanting help with something so I said "well, this looks fucked", turned the tv off and went to do parenting stuff. I'm absolutely stunned Texas won that match. This team looks awesome. 

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3 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

I've watched this more than 3 dozen times, and still can't believe it....

My daughter pulled one of these off in club ball.  She broke the chair when she landed on it.  Had a huge bruise on her thigh/hip for the rest of the tournament.  She said it was totally worth it.

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1 minute ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

My daughter pulled one of these off in club ball.  She broke the chair when she landed on it.  Had a huge bruise on her thigh/hip for the rest of the tournament.  She said it was totally worth it.

Nice. She's a gamer, man. Good on her. Can't coach that. Grinding. Groveling. Playing with desperation. Just wearing the other team down. Going after every ball, even when your brain is telling you you have no realistic chance to touch it. Sometimes you surprise yourself. Moments like that were the reason I played volleyball & baseball.  It's all about that W.

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6 hours ago, Js1 said:

Trying to piece together some of our most epic 5 set comebacks in the Elliot era in the 10 years.  Multiple wins when down 4+ points in the 5th set.   And the 3 consecutive years with a 5th set in the NCAAs (Florida, BYU, Utah) 

  • 2025 Louisville - down 11-7 in the 5th
  • 2025 Stanford - down 10-5 in the 5th
  • 2024 Ole Miss - down 13-7 in the 5th (this may have been our only 5-set match win in 2024, that team was super unclutch)
  • 2023 Tennessee - down 24-23 in the 4th set, trailing 2-1.  Won the 5th set in less dramatic fashion, but was in the NCAA tournament and we eventually won it all 
  • 2021 Washington - down 0-2, reverse swept them in the NCAA tournament, winning sets 4 and 5, -9 and -9
  • 2019 UCSB - down 2-1, won sets 4 and 5, -18 and -10 (NCAA tournament)
  • 2018 KSU - won set 5, 19-17, after being up 2-1
  • 2017 KU - down 2-1, won set 5, 18-16
  • 2017 Utah - won set 5, 16-14, after falling behind 2-1 in the NCAA tournament
  • 2016 BYU - down 11-5 in the 5th set in the NCAA tournament
  • 2015 Florida - down tied 13-13 in the 5th set in the NCAA tournament, Texas won 17-15

I was gonna post this, but you beat me to it….as usual….great job.

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14 minutes ago, wood said:

Nice. She's a gamer, man. Good on her. Can't coach that. Grinding. Groveling. Playing with desperation. Just wearing the other team down. Going after every ball, even when your brain is telling you you have no realistic chance to touch it. Sometimes you surprise yourself. Moments like that were the reason I played volleyball & baseball.  It's all about that W.

Where she plays the coaches insist on going after every ball, even if you think you're not going to get it.  You never know unless you try

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6 hours ago, Js1 said:

Trying to piece together some of our most epic 5 set comebacks in the Elliot era in the 10 years.  Multiple wins when down 4+ points in the 5th set.   And the 3 consecutive years with a 5th set in the NCAAs (Florida, BYU, Utah) 

  • 2025 Louisville - down 11-7 in the 5th
  • 2025 Stanford - down 10-5 in the 5th
  • 2024 Ole Miss - down 13-7 in the 5th (this may have been our only 5-set match win in 2024, that team was super unclutch)
  • 2023 Tennessee - down 24-23 in the 4th set, trailing 2-1.  Won the 5th set in less dramatic fashion, but was in the NCAA tournament and we eventually won it all 
  • 2021 Washington - down 0-2, reverse swept them in the NCAA tournament, winning sets 4 and 5, -9 and -9
  • 2019 UCSB - down 2-1, won sets 4 and 5, -18 and -10 (NCAA tournament)
  • 2018 KSU - won set 5, 19-17, after being up 2-1
  • 2017 KU - down 2-1, won set 5, 18-16
  • 2017 Utah - won set 5, 16-14, after falling behind 2-1 in the NCAA tournament
  • 2016 BYU - down 11-5 in the 5th set in the NCAA tournament
  • 2015 Florida - down tied 13-13 in the 5th set in the NCAA tournament, Texas won 17-15

Those are all some great memories. That BYU win in particular stands out to me.

I believe the Florida match is the one that everyone points to that led to replay because of the ball called out of bounds in UT's favor.

UCSB was the Khat Bell speech, lol. Zoe Fleck was on that team!

That Washington match was cray cray. It's like they flipped a switch midway through the 3rd set, and just blasted Washington off the floor. A bummer the next match went the way it did. 

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19 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Where she plays the coaches insist on going after every ball, even if you think you're not going to get it.  You never know unless you try

Absolutely. I said 'you can't coach that'. That was a bit of an oversimplification. You can instill the culture, but it's rare to get everyone to fully grasp it.  The real gamers buy in 1000% and lead the way. We used to do a simple drill on the beach that helps you realize how many balls you can get that your brain will tell you can't get. I've done it with my boys and it blows their minds. It's simple. One person tossing balls into different, random spots of varying difficulty, pushing the other player harder and harder, til their tongue is damn near dragging on the court/sand. The other person was required to go after it as hard as they could, no matter where it was. Almost without fail, the player doing the drill would come away amazed at some of the touches they had made on balls they thought were impossible to touch. That was esp true for people who did the drill for the first time. The drill was great for flipping that switch and training a player to 'just go', every time. If you don't touch it, fine, but at least you did everything you could ... but then there were those magic moments when it paid off big time.

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4 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Yeah. I don’t think that mentally tough/mentally weak is the correct lexicon any longer, but she definitely seems to be a person that needs breaks and cannot just grind away indefinitely at stressful tasks.  Admittedly that’s based mostly on a couple minutes worth of interviews she has given on transferring, and on mental health, combined with her transfer from UK and then performance at Texas. So scant evidence for sure. 

Yeah, let's get real, sports is a grind for everyone that plays them at the college level.  It's a wonder more of them don't have mental health problems.

I'd bet they do but guys are probably pressured to push through and be quien es mas macho.

And, women don't really have some glorious and lucrative pro career to incentivize them, and are thus forced and also naturally inclined to stress about school in a way that most male athletes don't.

I did use the term "burnout," with its negative connotations, but I think all athletes deserve some sympathy/empathy on that.  So fuck me for that.

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2 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

You know what I really liked?  Devin hitting middle.  AA's footwork just isn't there and frankly I don't know if you can learn quickness.  When we stagnate on offense and let teams go on 7, 8, 9 point runs it really helps to have a middle who's a threat. I love AA's presence on the block but I wouldn't be mad if we saw a wrinkle from time to time of Harvey in the front or Devin hitting more out of the middle and not just on that one rotation.

For whatever reason, I enjoy Devin having success.  I guess because she's put in the work without a lot of playing time or accolades.

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6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Yeah, let's get real, sports is a grind for everyone that plays them at the college level.  It's a wonder more of them don't have mental health problems.

I'd bet they do but guys are probably pressured to push through and be quien es mas macho.

And, women don't really have some glorious and lucrative pro career to incentivize them, and are thus forced and also naturally inclined to stress about school in a way that most male athletes don't.

I did use the term "burnout," with its negative connotations, but I think all athletes deserve some sympathy/empathy on that.  So fuck me for that.

I don't think burnout always has such negative connotation.

But more athletes should prioritize their mental health over all else.  The Penn State starting setter is a sophomore who just gave up a whole year of playing for her mental health. 

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28 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I did use the term "burnout," with its negative connotations, but I think all athletes deserve some sympathy/empathy on that.  So fuck me for that.

21 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I don't think burnout always has such negative connotation.

Yeah I didn't take it as a negative comment about her as a person either --- more of a commentary on her just simply being emotionally/mentally/physically exhausted. For me, when I hear that someone is burned out, I don't take it as an insult to them but more as a commentaryn on their well-being.

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40 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

For whatever reason, I enjoy Devin having success.  I guess because she's put in the work without a lot of playing time or accolades.

She could have left three summers in a row- any of the times when Molly decided to stay, when we went after Whitney lauenstein, Jenna, or maddie, when we signed cari or Torrey transferred here.  But she chose us and she chose to work hard.  She took the Ella Swindle road and she did it while being supportive of her teammates.  She bet on herself and she chose Texas.

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7 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

She could have left three summers in a row- any of the times when Molly decided to stay, when we went after Whitney lauenstein, Jenna, or maddie, when we signed cari or Torrey transferred here.  But she chose us and she chose to work hard.  She took the Ella Swindle road and she did it while being supportive of her teammates.  She bet on herself and she chose Texas.

And JE has rewarded her with carving out the time for her with Rainbow Double Sub, making sure she plays some capacity for both her block and her attacking. 

She has played in all 5 matches and 18/20 sets. The Rainbow Double Sub is clearly going to be a major part of the rotation going forward.  She only played in 64 sets last year - already almost at 30% of her 2024 playing time, in just 5 matches. 

Does she start? No.  But she is playing.  And she still will have at least 2 rings and a Texas degree when she graduates this year.  

And let's face it - Cari will struggle at times, she's a freshman.  And Devin will be ready to step in. 

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28 minutes ago, wood said:

Yeah I didn't take it as a negative comment about her as a person either --- more of a commentary on her just simply being emotionally/mentally/physically exhausted. For me, when I hear that someone is burned out, I don't take it as an insult to them but more as a commentaryn on their well-being.

Appreciate that from you and js1.  I try not to be a dick on things that I care about and mental well-being is one of them.  But my fingers get ahead of my brain sometimes.  It is surly, after all.

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Yeah, Gary regularly looks like she's heading to the concession stands to go get a ball if that's what it takes.

I mean, she just had the amazing play against Stanford, and then follows it up with this.

I fell in love with Skinner in 2023. Her backrow attack seemed undefendable at times. I believe she was hitting over .400 off the BIC. She played on the national team that summer, the same way O'Neal had done the year before. I don't really blame the team's woes on her. There was a lot going on with that group. The setter stuff especially was an issue. Remember how slow Skinner started in 2023, primarily trying to get adjusted to Swindle and vice versa? 

NIL may have had something to do with her coming to Texas initially, but I can guarantee it wasn't any kind of big payday. Even now volleyball players aren't making the same kind of money other women's sports are bringing in, but back when Skinner transferred the whole NIL stuff was in its infancy.

Also, she kind of saved our bacon. Remember we had just lost Skylar Fields to USC. That had the potential to be a debacle. Instead we really got an upgrade at the position in all kinds of ways.

Look, Elliott has earned all kinds of allowances, so I don't really mean to criticize the guy. But sometimes I feel like we get enamored with who we can bring in, rather than bringing in the right people. Transfers have been such a big part of our success even before the portal was a thing. But I never liked bringing in Wenaas. I hate being critical of her, because she had a really good tournament in 2023, and she always seemed to be a good teammate, but I wasn't in love with her at Minnesota. Watching her as a starter for two years about did me in. And I always wondered about the Carlsen commitment. We just seemed on such a roll at the time. We flipped Ames, which was huge. Got Spears and Vander Wal. Got Harvey. Got Rutherford. Lauenstein announced for Texas. It just seemed like everything was going our way. "In Elliott We Trust." But things just never worked out there with Carlsen, and it seemed to destroy Swindle's confidence. I feel like Elliott took the program culture a little for granted, and thought it would just magically work.

I still don't understand Rutherford's year. That was as big a misuse of talent as I've seen at Texas. We were just never able to get her going. 

I do think handling that NIL stuff can be a distraction. Sometimes Texas kind of puts it on players to create their own NIL opportunities, giving them tools, but expecting them to go out and hustle themselves. Which is kind of how it should work in some ways, but it's tough for anyone to tell when they've overcommitted themselves until after they've done it. In any case, this is the best start we've had to the season since 2022. It's not just about the wins, although those absolutely matter. Those regional host positions are really critical. But it's how the team is playing. Even with the mistakes and errors, it just feels like natural growing pains. There's a joy on the court I didn't always see the last two years - the amazing tournament run excepted in 2023. I missed that. Both Gary and Stafford are home run transfer additions. I don't know how I feel about the Binney/Kahahawai double sub, but it's keeping them involved with the team, and we are having some success there. Binney had a great save on that Louisville play, too, which allowed Gary to do her superwoman act. 

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5 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

I don't know how I feel about the Binney/Kahahawai double sub

The announcers (god I hate Courtney Lyle) mentioned we go on big runs when we do the sub. I like it in small moments and it seems to be working for now 

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Just now, Js1 said:

The announcers (god I hate Courtney Lyle) mentioned we go on big runs when we do the sub. I like it in small moments and it seems to be working for now 

Yeah, I have mixed feelings. I love Kahahawai. I do think she should have transferred if she wanted a post collegiate career. Game reps matter. But she loves it here. I hope it pays all kinds of dividends to her both on and off the court. 

But Spears is a rock star. For long term purposes, I'd prefer she closes out sets. But we have success with it. Dunno. Like I said, mixed feelings. It'd be great to close out her career with a ring. 3 national championships would not be a bad way to spend your collegiate career. 

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