Texas Women's Soccer

[texasstrong12 4668]

Up 3-0 on A&M CC. Terrible competition but defense is starting to look improved with Jett back. 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Goal Berg with 29 minutes to play against Washington. 1-0 Texas.

 This would be a quality result. Need to find a way to finish this. 

Edited September 14, 2019 by texasstrong12

[texasstrong12 4668]

Goal off the header for Hintzen. 2-0 Texas. All created by the Grosso run. Our best effort so far this year. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Texas 2-0 win against Washington. That's a quality result. 3 wins a row with a favorable schedule coming up. They should be able to stack some wins now and get this to 6 straight. 

1) Unsurprisingly, Jett has been a stabilizing force in the back. Since she's been back we've only given up 1 goal in 3 games. We're a much better defensive team when we can put Jett and Reagan at outside fullback. I figured they would slide Brooks inside but they've put Dorsett in the other central fullback role. Jett might be our most important player because she completely shuts down teams on one side of the field. 

2) Billups was back tonight. It would be nice if we could have all our best players healthy for once. 

3) Nobles should never come off the field. So dangerous in attack. 

4) The biggest issue still remains technical ability in the back and certain midfield spots. We're really dangerous when we can get the ball up top to Berg, Hintzen, Grosso and Nobles. We will score 2 or 3 goals a game if they can just maintain possession a little and feed our best players. 

5) I think Madden is more talented than Curry but for whatever reason we don't give up goals when Curry is the keeper. I can't really explain this. Either way, Curry needs to remain the keeper because she doesn't give up goals. 

6) Biggest key is staying healthy which Kelly hasn't figured out yet. We're a much better team with players like Billups and Jett on the field. I don't know what the fix is here but they need to figure it out because every year with have 2 or 3 starters missing substantial time. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

2-0 Monmouth in the first half. This is awful from Texas. Laying an egg after a good performance against Washington.

No Hintzen today with some type of injury. Our support staff is awful because we have a new injury every game. 

[ClubWhatever 12158]

Billups with a poor defensive effort on the last goal.  She’s out of the game. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

3-0 Monmouth. This is just embarrassing. Were we out drinking on a Saturday night? 

[Js1 85573]

Glad to know CDC won’t hesitate to end her sooner rather than later. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

On 9/13/2019 at 8:57 PM, texasstrong12 said:

 They should be able to stack some wins now and get this to 6 straight. 

 

So much for this but Washington > Monmouth by a lot. This is just a terrible effort. Looks like we've been out drinking all night on a Saturday. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

The broadcasters are right we look really heavy legged. It's not even a matter of technical ability in this game. Looks like we're running in sand. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Broadcasters are right describing that first half. That half wasn't about tactics or technical ability. We lost every 1st, 2nd and 3rd ball. You aren't going to win when you get out hustled like that. 

Stay off 6th street on a Saturday night. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

The team and the coaches should feel embarrassed after that effort.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Kelly was definitely embarrassed by the effort. She was in tears talking to the broadcasters but that's on her not having the team ready. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Also, two of Monmouth's goals happened when Jett went to the bench. If that's another injury I'm not sure what to say. It's beyond time to fire the entire medical/support staff. We have 2 or 3 injuries every game. 

Edited September 15, 2019 by texasstrong12

[texasstrong12 4668]

Never seen a team so lethargic. Down 3 goals and we have no desire to even attempt to push forward. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

4-0

[texasstrong12 4668]

4-0 Monmouth and an abysmal effort from Texas. It's one thing to get outclassed but that didn't happen today. A complete no show and zero effort. 

Kelly tries to be too player friendly. After an effort like this all these players should be running sprints until they puke their guts out. When stuff like this happens you have to send a message. 

Jett didn't return in the 2nd half so she must have another injury. Our defense goes to shit when she's not on the field. Tecora Turner, Hintzen, Stroup, Jett, Oliver all out with injuries. Billups has also missed significant time. The amount of injuries has reached a point of being a detriment to the season every single year. Kelly should fire the entire medical/support staff because it's been 3 or 4 seasons since we've even been somewhat healthy. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

3 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

4-0 Monmouth and an abysmal effort from Texas. It's one thing to get outclassed but that didn't happen today. A complete no show and zero effort. 

Kelly tries to be too player friendly. After an effort like this all these players should be running sprints until they puke their guts out. When stuff like this happens you have to send a message. 

Jett didn't return in the 2nd half so she must have another injury. Our defense goes to shit when she's not on the field. Tecora Turner, Hintzen, Stroup, Jett, Oliver all out with injuries. Billups has also missed significant time. The amount of injuries has reached a point of being a detriment to the season every single year. Kelly should fire the entire medical/support staff because it's been 3 or 4 seasons since we've even been somewhat healthy. 

Unfortunately these days with title ix and other student athlete protection coaches can't punish players like that. They can suspend players to deliver a message but forcing them to run sprints until they puke would get the coach fired.

[Goodman 3273]

Kelly is a mess. Just a poor leader.

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

Just saw the score and thought it was a typo.  I actually went to Monmouth's site to double-check.  Kelly is such a horrible coach.

[Mile High Horn 11]

I'm sick of Angela Kelly.  She needs to be fired.  Our team played well at the beginning of the year last year, then plummeted at the end of the season and couldn't score goals.  This season, there are too many injuries and our offense is still pretty paltry against decent, but less talented teams like Denver, CU, etc.  We should have beaten Monmouth 3-0 today even without Cyera Hitzen playing.  I'm willing to bet that we finish around .500 in conference play with no NCAA tournament bid.  I'm also not impressed by Kelly in her TV interviews.  

 

Edited September 16, 2019 by Mile High Horn

[Js1 85573]

8 hours ago, Mile High Horn said:

I'm sick of Angela Kelly.  She needs to be fired.  Our team played well at the beginning of the year last year, then plummeted at the end of the season and couldn't score goals.  This season, there are too many injuries and our offense is still pretty paltry against decent, but less talented teams like Denver, CU, etc.  We should have beaten Monmouth 3-0 today even without Cyera Hitzen playing.  I'm willing to bet that we finish around .500 in conference play with no NCAA tournament bid.  I'm also not impressed by Kelly in her TV interviews.  

 

CDC will not hesitate to fire her.  I'm so happy we have an actual leader in the AD position. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Providence beats us in OT 1-0

[Js1 85573]

She’s done. 

[Goodman 3273]

She just received a new contract, recruiting well, non revenue sport....I do hope you are right. We can recruit the talent to play here and the right coach can make us a real program. Same goes for hoops.

[torre 1286]

Watched the 2nd half.    You can tell by the players' demeanor there is no leadership.

[Js1 85573]

10 hours ago, Goodman said:

She just received a new contract, recruiting well, non revenue sport....I do hope you are right. We can recruit the talent to play here and the right coach can make us a real program. Same goes for hoops.

CDC doesn't seem one to sit by and watch us lose to Providence, Monmouth, Denver.  Meanwhile, we continue to be third or fourth best in the state (Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor) and 6th or 7th fiddle in our own conference (Kansas, Ok State, WV, Baylor, Tech).  Is this program even going anywhere? 

Angela Kelly was not his hire either.  She's only paid like $205k, you think he couldn't find an measly $1 million to pay her out for the rest of the contract (through 2024) and just deal with it? (I don't know the buyout terms of her contract or what happens if she's fired before 2024) 

[ClubWhatever 12158]

9 hours ago, torre said:

Watched the 2nd half.    You can tell by the players' demeanor there is no leadership.

I agree with this.  They don’t seem to have an identity and don’t play with intention and purpose.  Their only strategy appears to be to try to get the ball to Berg in the middle front and see if she can beat three defenders.  If that fails they launch shots from 30 yards.  I don’t see much working together by multiple players at once.  The worst thing is there are too many defensive lapses where the effort just isn’t there.  No sense of urgency. 

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

Lol.  I turned it off forgetting about OT in college soccer.  I don't know much about women's soccer on the international level.  That being said, how can UT have several members from Canada's national team pool and be so bad?

[perfectchaos007 6677]

2 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Lol.  I turned it off forgetting about OT in college soccer.  I don't know much about women's soccer on the international level.  That being said, how can UT have several members from Canada's national team pool and be so bad?

poor coaching

[pacman 7371]

Disappointing preconference play for sure, feels like we are limping into Big xii play. We certainly failed to enter with any momentum, or identity.

 

I suspect knox will tell us this looks exactly like the mess at Tennessee before she left.

To me, it looks like many are having trouble finding motivation to play for Kelly, which I understand is an issue that has followed her for a long while. She alienates most while over playing buddy buddy with a few.

Still, with Nobles, Grosso, Berg its hard to not see a good offense if allowed to gell together with increased playing time.

Hintzen needs health. I know training staff can be blamed but so can a complete lack of periodization in your program, which is on the coach.

Edited September 21, 2019 by pacman

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

I don't really have a lot of inside info from my time in Knox.  I was coaching youth-level club soccer, then high school.  I just recall the higher-ups in the club scene as not being particularly fond of her (Kelly).  She did very little to reach out to the local soccer community.  I also played coed with a couple of ex Vol players.  They seemed very meh about her.  It kind of goes with the territory with women's soccer, but the games were very ... uh ... just there.  There never seemed to be a flow to her team.  There never seemed to be anyone that stood out.  There didn't seem to be a lot of energy around the program.  Players showed up, did their thing, then left.  Maybe I'm nitpicking or reaching.  I'll just say that I was very surprised Texas went after her.  

 

[Js1 85573]

Lol Pat called up Plonsky and got Kelly the job. It was that simple. 

[Goodman 3273]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Lol Pat called up Plonsky and got Kelly the job. It was that simple. 

Sounds exactly how decisions were made when Plonsky had women athletics. I'm confident in CDC when he does make the next hire based on what he did for Track and Softball.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Welp, we just beat arguably the top team in the Big 12 on the road. 

Jesus, if only Kelly would realize we're pretty damn good when healthy. When we've had Berg, Grosso, Hintzen and Jett all together we look like a top 15 team. Quality results against Washington and Kansas when all those players are together. 

Beyond frustrating to see results like this against Washington and Kansas when we are close to full strength. Fire the entire damn medical/training staff. We could very well win the Big 12 if we stay healthy which seems unlikely based on our history. We're certainly going to lose 2 or 3 important players here soon. 

 

 

Edited September 27, 2019 by texasstrong12

[Js1 85573]

This team is bipolar 

[texasstrong12 4668]

8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

This team is bipolar 

Meh not really. They're good when they have their best players and they suck when they don't have their best players. It's kind of amazing Kelly hasn't figured this out. 

When we've had Jett, Hintzen, Grosso and Berg all together we're 4-0 and are outscoring teams 9-1. 

Edited September 27, 2019 by texasstrong12

[ClubWhatever 12158]

We are not a good passing team but we made a fluky great pass for the win.  Kansas is so much faster than us that the sagging defense strategy paid off and gave us a chance to make a play.  If we play our normal game they run us off the field.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Not watching because it's on ESPN+ but we're dominating K-State in terms of shots. 15-7 advantage for Texas in terms of shots but still 0-0 in the 2nd half. 

Kelly might be trying to invent another way to lose games if we can't find a goal. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Grosso scores in the 86th minute. Gotta hold on for 4 minutes. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

1-0 victory over K-State. 2-0 in the Big 12 with 5/7 remaining Big 12 games at home. Texas put themselves in a position to challenge in the Big 12 this weekend. 

We're now 5-0 with a 10-1 goal differential with all our starters together. This team is good when they aren't missing critical players like Hintzen, Billups, or Jett. Maybe Kelly will eventually figure this out. 

[idigTexas 2289]

17 hours ago, texasstrong12 said:

We're now 5-0 with a 10-1 goal differential with all our starters together. This team is good when they aren't missing critical players like Hintzen, Billups, or Jett. Maybe Kelly will eventually figure this out. 

There are certainly plenty of reasons to complain about Kelly, but I don't understand this take.  You don't think she knows that the team plays best when the best players play?  Or are you saying she is responsible for her best players not all being fit to play all the time?

[perfectchaos007 6677]

1 hour ago, idigTexas said:

There are certainly plenty of reasons to complain about Kelly, but I don't understand this take.  You don't think she knows that the team plays best when the best players play?  Or are you saying she is responsible for her best players not all being fit to play all the time?

I don’t care what players we put out there, you don’t lose 5-0 to Monmouth on our own field. 

[idigTexas 2289]

3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I don’t care what players we put out there, you don’t lose 5-0 to Monmouth on our own field. 

I definitely agree with that.  As I said, there are plenty of reasons to complain.

[texasstrong12 4668]

4 hours ago, idigTexas said:

There are certainly plenty of reasons to complain about Kelly, but I don't understand this take.  You don't think she knows that the team plays best when the best players play?  Or are you saying she is responsible for her best players not all being fit to play all the time?

I'm saying Kelly is terrible at dealing with injuries and her support/medical staff suck. It's not "bad luck" when you have 4 or 5 critical injuries every year. It's a trend with Kelly. 

Last year, I was bitching about how Kelly handled the Hintzen injury. We had nothing to play for in the final regular season game against Tech and Kelly tried to play Hintzen at 50%. Then she tried to play Hintzen in the Big 12 tournament at about 50%. Guess what happened in the first round NCAA tournament game when we had to keep Hintzen on the bench for most of the game? 

If Kelly knows the team plays best with their top players she sure doesn't show it because every year we're down 3 or 4 starters at critical stretches of the season. Take steps to fix the problem.

[texasstrong12 4668]

3 hours ago, idigTexas said:

I definitely agree with that.  As I said, there are plenty of reasons to complain.

1) There's no excuse for the Monmouth 5-0 loss. That was a shit effort and Kelly deserves criticism. 

2) The thing about soccer is there's not much separating these teams at this level. K-State is probably the worst or 2nd worst team in the Big 12. It took 2 OTs for Baylor to beat them and a late goal from Texas to beat them this weekend. In this sport, 1 or 2 goals separates bad teams from good teams.

1 or 2 players, at this level, make the difference between being bad and good. Especially players like Jett (that limit goals) and Hintzen (that score goals). 

[Js1 85573]

No Grosso tonight or Sunday versus WV. Team Canada duty. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

3-0 in the Big 12 and 2 quality wins over TCU and @ Kansas. This team is good when they have most of their starters together. TCU is receiving votes and Kansas is ranked. 

 

[Js1 85573]

West Virginia Sunday. 

Edited October 4, 2019 by Js1