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3 minutes ago, kmac30 said:

Who is that guy in the stands on the block call??

He runs the Facebook fan & ticket group for the VB team. Good dude.

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Winning point was awesome... Glad to see hitter bang it hard off top of aggy blocker's hands to win point!!!

Aggy hiiters were much better at this tactic earlier in the match...

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1 minute ago, Nueces River Rat said:

We start the week with aggy tears…. Let’s end with aggy tears!

Let’s revise a bit …. Punkin pie last after a second round of aggy tears.

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(Also ignore that Stafford may have netted with her chest before the ball was down, it would have been a legit challenge if Morrison decided to)

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Just now, LTtxfan said:

Winning point was awesome... Glad to see hitter bang it hard off top of aggy blocker's hands to win point!!!

Aggy hiiters were much better at this tactic earlier in the match...

Almost looked like it hit one of them in the head

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3 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

I’ll give the opps props. They not bad. Just not good enough. 

Good team for sure.  Cos-Okpala and Stowers were really impressive.

 

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Just now, Js1 said:

(Also ignore that Stafford may have netted with her chest before the ball was down, it would have been a legit challenge if Morrison decided to)

I was wondering about that 

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Interesting strategy to give Lednicky so many open nets so we could just dig her attack and not let her tool the block 

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Just now, Js1 said:

Interesting strategy to give Lednicky so many open nets so we could just dig her attack and not let her tool the block 

The alternative sure wasn't working. Maybe that's also what needs to be tried against Babcock. 

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See y’all at 6 tomorrow for the finals - Texas and Kentucky are 1-1 so far as SEC competitors and a rematch of the 2020 finals (played in spring 2021)

Each team has a sweep of the other at their home court in SEC play

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2 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Guess they don’t know how ridiculous they look.

If you look up "Lack of Self Awareness" in an encyclopedia you will see a picture of aggy. 

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1 hour ago, Mittens said:

He runs the Facebook fan & ticket group for the VB team. Good dude.

That Facebook fan group has a little Goering of positive vibes going on. He may be a good dude, but on there he's relentless about enforcing a positive only attitude. 

Kind of like surly.

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1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

The alternative sure wasn't working. Maybe that's also what needs to be tried against Babcock. 

Uh...no. 

I don't know what a good comparison for Lednicky versus Babcock is. Quinn Ewers to Vince Young? That's not even an exaggeration. 

I will say it seems obvious we sold out even attempting to block players in favor of quicker close outs and more hands at the point of the attack. We did it versus Ole Miss, too. There were a lot of open looks for different attack options on the A&M side. It wasn't just Lednicky. But we had an amazing night with the block, and we won, so in my mind it was well worth it. Watching our block this year as a Texas fan has been soul killing. 

Kentucky's big weakness is their anemic production from the right side, so the strategy will be viable again, IMO. Sell out to stop the pins. 

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8 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

That Facebook fan group has a little Goering of positive vibes going on. He may be a good dude, but on there he's relentless about enforcing a positive only attitude. 

Kind of like surly.

😂😂😂 Bizarro-Surly maybe! 

He posted on HF and shaggy for years, so I think he is particularly sensitive to negative comments and how that can go.  There's a bunch of player parents/family in that group and mostly older fans, and I think he doesn't want them having to deal w/ that.  I'll say this - he does a LOT of good in making sure Gregory is full, and full of Texas fans, for every game.  But yeah, it's not a place to shit on JE's lineup choices or vent about Wenaas hitting into the block over and over.  That's what this thread is for! 😁

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9 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

Uh...no. 

I don't know what a good comparison for Lednicky versus Babcock is. Quinn Ewers to Vince Young? That's not even an exaggeration. 

I will say it seems obvious we sold out even attempting to block players in favor of quicker close outs and more hands at the point of the attack. We did it versus Ole Miss, too. There were a lot of open looks for different attack options on the A&M side. It wasn't just Lednicky. But we had an amazing night with the block, and we won, so in my mind it was well worth it. Watching our block this year as a Texas fan has been soul killing. 

Kentucky's big weakness is their anemic production from the right side, so the strategy will be viable again, IMO. Sell out to stop the pins. 

Sell out to stop the pins

Gotta be terminal - that floor defense for Kentucky is really good

Whatever new blocking scheme we have used the last 2 days - do again

Dont fucking serve DeLeye and then continue to do so when she proves she’s up to the task

Also agree on Lednicky vs Babcock - Lednicky has been below .200 against most of the top 25 teams aggy has faced -. 309 overall, but .190 against SMU, .159 against TCU, .220 against UK, .154 and .175 against Texas 

Babcock is a beast, period. .322 as a very high volume OH - over 1100 attempts 

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Stowers has 2 more years but this is aggy’s roster to actually make noise - that’s a lot of graduation after this year

Lednicky (OPP) - SR

Cos-Okpalla (MB) - SR

Hellmuth (OH) - SR

Perkins - (MB) SR

Underwood (L) - SR

Waak (S) - SR

Posted
9 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

Uh...no. 

I don't know what a good comparison for Lednicky versus Babcock is. Quinn Ewers to Vince Young? That's not even an exaggeration. 

I will say it seems obvious we sold out even attempting to block players in favor of quicker close outs and more hands at the point of the attack. We did it versus Ole Miss, too. There were a lot of open looks for different attack options on the A&M side. It wasn't just Lednicky. But we had an amazing night with the block, and we won, so in my mind it was well worth it. Watching our block this year as a Texas fan has been soul killing. 

Kentucky's big weakness is their anemic production from the right side, so the strategy will be viable again, IMO. Sell out to stop the pins. 

As you note, after so many instances of weak blocking all season, these past two matches have been quite a revelation. Hopefully our revamped net play continues against Hudson, DeLeye and Kennedy, each of whom abused us in Austin. (I'd especially like to see Hudson stuffed repeatedly.) All just observations as a fan, certainly not as a coach. 

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12 hours ago, Js1 said:

Interesting strategy to give Lednicky so many open nets so we could just dig her attack and not let her tool the block 

So that was the strategy? I guess it makes sense because I was wondering why she had so many open swings.  I assume they do both, set up the block and then pull it at times to fool the high hands tool. I guess it worked overall, but Lendicky didn't hit many out, thought she put it to the floor pretty consistently when she had open looks as opposed to the last set where she got blocked a few times. 

Personally I prefer a strong block.  We have the size to be effective.  Did we make more of an effort to shade the pins with the block?  Thought i heard something about that from one of the commentators. 

From my perspective, they need to get the timing better, which they have done the last 2 matches.  I'm sure their alignment plays a big part in getting that done.  But, there are plenty of times when I see, especially the middles, winding up to jump and just getting off the ground as the ball is flying by from the opposing hitter.  Their late.  Which is to be expected to a certain degree against good teams that play fast. It would be nice to see them get off the ground quicker with their hands already up, instead of the swing block theatrics. jmo

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9 minutes ago, sunset87 said:

So that was the strategy? I guess it makes sense because I was wondering why she had so many open swings.  I assume they do both, set up the block and then pull it at times to fool the high hands tool. I guess it worked overall, but Lendicky didn't hit many out, thought she put it to the floor pretty consistently when she had open looks as opposed to the last set where she got blocked a few times. 

You have to be very careful with your block on the D ball to the OPP, because a lot of them love to tool the block. I think we let her have free swings on those and focused on digging it instead of giving her those juicy hands to target 

We weren’t going to let Lednicky beat us. Stowers and the middles were going to have to do the work instead 

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