Jump to content

2018 Texas Volleyball

texasstrong12

By texasstrong12
in UT Sports

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 1.9k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

sushihorn
sushihorn

I took my nieces to the TCU game in Ft Worth.  The youngest is a 12 year old libero for her school team and a HUGE Longhorn fan.  When it got to 12-12 in the 5th, she said "They're so young and probab

texasstrong12
texasstrong12

My thoughts so far.  1) I hate to say it because I loved Cat but I think we upgraded at libero. Petersen won't make the wow plays that Cat made but she looks to be much more consistent in serve r

Js1
Js1

Screw her. I predict team chemistry is 1000x better this year. 

TwiceHorn

TwiceHorn 32079

Posted
Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, texfan11 said:

I wonder how many tip balls we sent over the net tonight...

Yeah, that was just a microcosm.  Shit set, tip, slow block, set, match.

Shook should not be having this shitty a match at this point in her career.  She's not the answer, and I think the coaching is suspect.

Edited by TwiceHorn
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
texfan11

texfan11 95

Posted
Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I’m not used to seeing Texas volleyball looking like this past the halfway point of the season 

Ehhh if IIRC, there were quite a few road games last year that we should have lost but barely won in 5. Even late in the season

Edited by texfan11
Link to comment
Share on other sites
texasstrong12

texasstrong12 4668

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I’m not used to seeing Texas volleyball looking like this past the halfway point of the season 

It's not really surprising. Maybe not this bad but when you play this many young players there's going to be ups and down. 

We need Yazzie in the worst way because outside of White (who can also be inconsistent) I don't have much faith in any of the other pins. Luketic and Eggleston can be effective at times but they also do shit every match where you say these two aren't ready at all. 

We need White and Johnson to play better on the road because it's been obvious for a couple weeks now that the youngsters are going to be inconsistent at best on the road. 

Edited by texasstrong12
Link to comment
Share on other sites
TwiceHorn

TwiceHorn 32079

Posted
Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

Ehhh if IIRC, there were quite a few road games last year that we should have lost but barely won in 5

We weren't that great last year either, but we had a little leadership from Chiaka and swept the conference at least.

I think this Salima theory has some legs.

Edited by TwiceHorn
Link to comment
Share on other sites
TexasDPT

TexasDPT 338

Posted
Posted (edited)

Really miss Chloe Collins....everyone ragged on her 5'7 height...but she could locate the ball and put it where the hitters needed it...even with out-of-system passing.  We went to the National Championship match her last 2 years even with opponents hitting over her block...that's how good the setting was.
 

Yes, passing was shitastic last year but it's been like that every year....but look at the drop-off Ebony and Micaya had last year because the setting was terrible.  Two 1st-team All-Americans that get demoted because their numbers suck because they had to tip sooo much.

Overall this year, serve-receive passing actually hasn't been that bad but setting still sucks.  Until we get a setting coach or a setter transfer comes in, this team will never succeed with Shook at the helm.

Edited by TexasDPT
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Js1

Js1 87185

Posted
Posted
9 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Wasn’t she supposedly a good recruiter too?

Does this matter at Texas? Like, we aren't Nebraska but we get pretty much whoever we want.  We aren't lacking for talent, it's just poorly coached. 

I mean, I will point the finger at Elliot all day long because he's the guy in charge, but setting has taken a HUGE step backwards with Tonya.  It's time for her to go.  Can we get some ex-coach on as an analyst or something to work on defense/passing?

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
TexasDPT

TexasDPT 338

Posted
Posted
13 hours ago, Js1 said:

Does this matter at Texas? Like, we aren't Nebraska but we get pretty much whoever we want.  We aren't lacking for talent, it's just poorly coached. 

I mean, I will point the finger at Elliot all day long because he's the guy in charge, but setting has taken a HUGE step backwards with Tonya.  It's time for her to go.  Can we get some ex-coach on as an analyst or something to work on defense/passing?

My understanding is that Tonya works with the Outside hitters, while Erik works with the MB blocking, back row defenders, and overall defensive schemes/scouting reports.  Jerritt runs the overall offensive scheme, and I believe setter coaching duties were deferred back to him when Salima Rockwell returned to Penn State.

With Salima in charge of setting, players like Engle, Kocher, Allison, Dalton (when she physically able to) and Collins developed into pretty good setters.  Some may argue that Hannah was a terrible setter, but I think a lot of that had to with the high-jumping players at the time who liked hitting high, slow balls like Haley, Bailey, and Khat.  Even when Salima left Collins' Jr year, she was coached by Evan Sanders (a setter coach), who was a volunteer assistant at the time (and now an Asst. Coach at Colorado).  By her senior season, Chloe already knew what system Elliott wanted to run and was comfortable doing it without needing much technical guidance.

Unfortunately, we are now seeing what the setting looks like without a coach with technical setting experience.  I really do think Shook has the talent, but she appears to be the type of player that NEEDS someone consistently coaching her up.  SPVB (her club) is known to put out great setters because they are technically drilled and get an obscene amount of reps with their intense training...literally, setters coming out of that club are often called 'SPRI robots'...but it's obvious Shook's training hasn't translated well to the college game.

Even though it seems we get whoever we want (because we're Texas), that wasn't the case when Jim Moore took over for Mick Haley in the late 90's.  Texas Volleyball was abysmal during the Moore years and it wasn't until several years after Elliott arrived that the program began to prosper again with his recruiting classes.

But I do agree that Elliott needs to rethink about upgrading his current staff with individuals who can coach setting and improve the defense and ball-control/passing...because those continue to be areas of weakness.

 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
TwiceHorn

TwiceHorn 32079

Posted
Posted

This may be shaping up to be a real disappointing season in terms of not dominating the B12 and going far in post-season.  I suppose if you are Elliott, you might not think much needs changing, but as TexasDPT points out, this may be the first season that there are no remnants of Salima's coaching.  So this may be a big test for Elliott.

 

15-11 blOwU.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... Advertise... COOKIE MONSTER!

×
×
  • Create New...