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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

My guesses - 

Whitney will go elsewhere to find a full time role

With her leaving and Devin graduating, Addy can slot into the double sub OPP position. I assume Texas will continue running it

I wonder if Anja will portal again. Texas needs to find another DS, preferably more of a middle back defender. Gary is very good in left back, so you could run her as L in that position and a DS in middle back.

I’d love to upgrade at MB. Or add more depth 

Will be interesting to see if Henley and AVW have an open competition for the second OH spot 

Biggest ? is if Elliot will find another setter, which would likely force Ella or Binney out. Unlikely we have 4 of them on the roster 

If they're funding 18 spots it's doable. 

I don't have a strong opinion on all of this right now. I'll watch what Elliott does. I know to compete for another national championship we need better serving and more production out of the middle. I know most people would strongly argue better setting. That's not my opinion, but I'm also not trying to say Swindle is the best setter in college volleyball. I just think she's good enough, and she's bringing intangibles that aren't measured in the box scores but end up making a difference in the final score. But again, there's a strong resistance from a lot of quarters regarding that, and I'm not here to pick a fight. I'll just agree to disagree. 

I do know in watching that Wisconsin match it wasn't Fuerbringer that was making the difference in that match to me. It was Colyer and Vajagic terminating on terrible third contacts from beyond the 10' line on roll shots that found the floor. Over and over again. Those should have been excellent transition opportunities, and instead they ended rally after rally. 

I'm also concerned about our littles with Halter departing. Not saying I should be. But she was a constant over the last 4 years and now she'll need to be replaced. 

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39 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

The most damaging thing about the loss is the hit on our reputation as a women’s sports school … 🥸

On the topic of volleyball, aggy winning a natty would effectively end Texas’ monopoly on the sport in the state of Texas. I know we root against aggy in all sports, but it’s imperative they don’t win a national title or those in-state and out of state recruiting battles will get a lot tougher and more costly for us 

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Posted
2 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

If they're funding 18 spots it's doable. 

I don't have a strong opinion on all of this right now. I'll watch what Elliott does. I know to compete for another national championship we need better serving and more production out of the middle. I know most people would strongly argue better setting. That's not my opinion, but I'm also not trying to say Swindle is the best setter in college volleyball. I just think she's good enough, and she's bringing intangibles that aren't measured in the box scores but end up making a difference in the final score. But again, there's a strong resistance from a lot of quarters regarding that, and I'm not here to pick a fight. I'll just agree to disagree. 

I do know in watching that Wisconsin match it wasn't Fuerbringer that was making the difference in that match to me. It was Colyer and Vajagic terminating on terrible third contacts from beyond the 10' line on roll shots that found the floor. Over and over again. Those should have been excellent transition opportunities, and instead they ended rally after rally. 

I'm also concerned about our littles with Halter departing. Not saying I should be. But she was a constant over the last 4 years and now she'll need to be replaced. 

We did the whole replace Swindle thing with Carlson and that was an epic fail. Just have her split time her senior year and use her intangibles to our advantage. We are not far off right now. 

Posted
3 hours ago, Js1 said:

My guesses - 

Whitney will go elsewhere to find a full time role

With her leaving and Devin graduating, Addy can slot into the double sub OPP position. I assume Texas will continue running it

I wonder if Anja will portal again. Texas needs to find another DS, preferably more of a middle back defender. Gary is very good in left back, so you could run her as L in that position and a DS in middle back.

I’d love to upgrade at MB. Or add more depth 

Will be interesting to see if Henley and AVW have an open competition for the second OH spot 

Biggest ? is if Elliot will find another setter, which would likely force Ella or Binney out. Unlikely we have 4 of them on the roster 

I watched highlights of new setter she is smaller but puts up a good ball.   

Maybe we can find a serving specialist that can come and serve for Gary when its her rotation. 

Posted
33 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

The most damaging thing about the loss is the hit on our reputation as a women’s sports school … 🥸

If there's a hit, I think it's only a brief blip on the big picture. As of today, which school is better in women's sports overall?

Making the Elite Eight with a young VB team (as opposed to aggy's 9 seniors) was a decent run. Not the ending we wanted, but we're a blueblood most people see as being on an upward trajectory again. And that new facility can't hurt. 

Softball and basketball are clearly well entrenched and have even fuller talent pipelines at the moment. They'll likely keep contending. Now throw in rowing, swim/dive, tennis, golf, track/field and beach VB, along with new blood coaching soccer, and most women's sports are either already elite or showing signs of getting there. Aggy and other schools will come and go in certain sports, but CDC isn't going to let any area lag for long. 

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36 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

On the topic of volleyball, aggy winning a natty would effectively end Texas’ monopoly on the sport in the state of Texas. I know we root against aggy in all sports, but it’s imperative they don’t win a national title or those in-state and out of state recruiting battles will get a lot tougher and more costly for us 

I think aggy player their absolute best yesterday, and by a fair margin.  I would be shocked if they advanced on Thursday.

Posted
53 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

If there's a hit, I think it's only a brief blip on the big picture. As of today, which school is better in women's sports overall?

Making the Elite Eight with a young VB team (as opposed to aggy's 9 seniors) was a decent run. Not the ending we wanted, but we're a blueblood most people see as being on an upward trajectory again. And that new facility can't hurt. 

Softball and basketball are clearly well entrenched and have even fuller talent pipelines at the moment. They'll likely keep contending. Now throw in rowing, swim/dive, tennis, golf, track/field and beach VB, along with new blood coaching soccer, and most women's sports are either already elite or showing signs of getting there. Aggy and other schools will come and go in certain sports, but CDC isn't going to let any area lag for long. 

aggy stars had to align for this year to get their experienced players to gel....it does not happen that often.

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Posted
45 minutes ago, Mittens said:

I think aggy player their absolute best yesterday, and by a fair margin.  I would be shocked if they advanced on Thursday.

I think Nebraska was shocked, to put it mildly....think they underestimated them some....and it cost them....bigly.

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Posted
1 minute ago, TexasDPT said:

Ayden Ames in the portal.

IMO the lack of consistent setting to the middle is running off our MBs. 

For whatever reason(s), she didn't get a lot of run yesterday. 

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2 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

We did the whole replace Swindle thing with Carlson and that was an epic fail. Just have her split time her senior year and use her intangibles to our advantage. We are not far off right now. 

The epic fail was not getting an experienced MB in the portal and having to break in 2 new MBs (Singletary and Ames, a true FR)
 

Also should have gone after an elite L/DS. Because of that, we had Wenaas having to pass all 6 rotations and play defense in the back row. 

JE instead went after 2 Opposites in the portal when he already had Byrd, Kahahawai, Tomkinson, and Helmers wasting away on the bench. 

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Posted
13 minutes ago, TexasDPT said:

Ayden Ames in the portal.

IMO the lack of consistent setting to the middle is running off our MBs. 

Welp I hope we have a plan 

Posted
11 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

For whatever reason(s), she didn't get a lot of run yesterday. 

Can’t set the middles if you can’t pass the ball

Posted
19 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Can’t set the middles if you can’t pass the ball

An all-around weak team performance, no doubt. I did think it was odd having Harvey suddenly reappear for long stretches after being a chronic DNP lately. 

Posted
5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Point taken, but we didn't set middles much all year.  

Also fair, but between Stafford and Spears, you were getting those kills 

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They said last night that 45% of Texas points came from freshmen.  Im guessing 30 or so of that from Spears, rest from AVW, maybe a tiny bit from Harvey.

Then what another 30% from Stafford? A few from Devin, and a smaller few from Bunton and Ames?  And random points from Ella throwing over?

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Yeah probably 

280 and 358 for AVW and Spears. 78 for Harvey - 44%

516 for Stafford - 31%

53 for Swindle, 149 for Ames, 33 for Whit, 56 for Devin, 96 for Bunton - 387 is barely more than Spears’ total kills

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29 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Also fair, but between Stafford and Spears, you were getting those kills 

Which worked fine against most all the competition, but a constant threat in the middle is what is needed to open the floor against elite competition. 

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Ayden Ames in the portal.
IMO the lack of consistent setting to the middle is running off our MBs. 

This is one I actually have reliable inside knowledge. she wants to win a natty and doesn't think she can do it at Texas. Also didn't like getting benched earlier in the year.

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