Aggie Volleyball 2022 Official Thread

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B$Weigem
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Great points.
Ag4eva95
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All very valid points and areas we are frustrated as well
Wicked Good Ag
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The reason the right side isn't set or the middles is a lack of confidence by the coaching staff for them to perform which is sad.

The only way they get set more is if they produce early in in the limited attempts they get. If you look at the stats it is clear what the game plan is from the staff. The problem I have is these are all players that were recruited by the staff. So either give them a chance to fail and spread out the offense more. The best game we played all season was against Kentucky and it was the most balanced attack statistically we had all season

browser has the highest hitting percentage in the SEC
Now that maybe because limited attempts make defenses focused on the pins in LL and Meuth but regardless she has the best hitting percentage in the SEC even if it drops even .050 the it is still better than anyone else including Meuth and when healthy Lednicky.

The system we play is 100% on the coaching staff either because that is the game plan or that is the roster they have created. Regardless we will be extremely lucky to hit .500 this season and out conference record is barely better than the football team.

I hated watching every play knowing it is going to two players 85% of the time. Even how good they are.
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Totally agree Wicked Good Ag. Let these players get at least get a chance. Game planning certainly sucks by Staff it would appear as in-match moves or coaching doesn't seem to take place. A lot of talk but what's really said? That's the million dollar question?

Mia is finally getting her shot and heck is getting set and continues to have a hot hand! Good for her!!!

Middle blocker attacks open up right and OH sides which allow ALL of our outsides/right sides to have good night. Not great but GOOD complimentary role will win us a lot of matches!! Very difficult to watch the loyalty to a transfer setter who has less than a full season of rapport w a team Yeah Nisa is a step (or 2) slower but Jeesh give her a shot!!

But since it's senior night coming up Wednesday Vs LSU any player but upper class-women will strictly be an after thought. Yes get them in or heck even let them start but keep on short leash and don't be afraid to still make the change to allow us to win! We can honor them after the match not during when it doesn't give us the best chance for an upset!

BTW let's hope it's not a 5-set match cuz stats show LSU pretty good in those matches.

That's it. Likely last post for season. Let's finish strong and go 3-0!
YaBoyBP
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Bird just confirmed, Lednicky out for the year..
Ag4eva95
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Not sure why, but I read it as Bird is out for the year I got excited for a brief second
Wicked Good Ag
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cbmik95 said:

Not sure why, but I read it as Bird is out for the year I got excited for a brief second


Yeah anyone on a scooter and hard cast isn't playing the last three games for a 4-11 team in conference

Sorry quotes wrong quote. Same message
KBAGOLFER
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Does Ross Bjork fire coaches or does he just extend them?
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KBAGOLFER said:

Does Ross Bjork fire coaches or does he just extend them?
extends them after one average year then hides until their contact is over!
Artimus Gordon
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I think he just lets them rot on the vine. Jo Evans for example.

Bird is making me miss the corebellis!
Ag4eva95
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The sub at the end of set 3, horrendous. Hogan for Meauth. Immediately gets an ace on hogan. Fire Bird.
Ag4eva95
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Order of coaches needing to leave:
1. Fisher
2. Bird
3. G Gurreri
4. McRaven

Time to clean house on all fall sports
Gap
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LSU beat A&M tonight at Reed 3-1 ending the home portion of our schedule.

A&M led both the 3rd and 4th sets 24-22. And in both sets LSU won 4 consecutive points to win the sets 26-24.

Our season will end on the road at Missouri this weekend in a battle of 2 of the 3 teams at the bottom of the SEC standings.

A&M's last winning record in SEC play was 2019.

Hard to imagine we aren't in the market for a new head coach in about a week.
Ag4eva95
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I don't understand how Hogan goes from starting libero to sitting the bench behind fields and Frazier…. The coaxing decisions suck
flintdragon
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Not sure what happened to the team we saw beat Kentucky. There were girls flying around making great digs. Several hitters playing solidly. Entire team had an energy we haven't seen since.
HiddenAg2
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The decision on Bird will tell me a lot about Ross Bjork. This a nearly dead program. We need to make an elite hire with a proven head coach.
flintdragon
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earlier this season I was ok with giving the coaching staff another year since I believed this team is better than last year. They had a few new pieces that would make this season somewhat interesting with some good growth going into next year.

Instead, this team is going to end up worse than last year's which is really hard to believe. It's time to cut this staff loose. Program is in the dumps. It can't get any worse. Might as well try something else.
taylorswift13
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bold of y'all to think Ross Bjork will do anything
YaBoyBP
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Don't know if things have changed as this season has taken a nosedive, my understanding earlier in the year was that Bird should be safe after this season (thanks to the extension she got after Sweet 16). Obv, need to see improved results next year - she knows that too.

Haven't followed program long enough to say what should happen, just what I've heard.
Ag4eva95
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The voice of reasoning can leave now! Haha kidding
YaBoyBP
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hahah, this team's been a weird watch for sure. Times I see them and think this team is WAYYY better than that record.

but then you see stretches like end of tonight's 3rd/4th set and understand why it's not
aggie-1997
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cbmik95 said:

The sub at the end of set 3, horrendous. Hogan for Meauth. Immediately gets an ace on hogan. Fire Bird.
Honestly Meauth is probably one of our worst defensive players and struggles receiving serves. Putting in a "defensive specialist" seemed like a good move. Unfortunately it didn't work.
Ag4eva95
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But you have to look at that match as a whole. Meuth was having a great night passing. Killing it from the back row. Passing was holding up. Hogan hasn't played all night and then you throw her in at set point. Any smart coach would serve right at her, which they did
Wicked Good Ag
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I would not say she is the worst defender but we did have Hogan as an option and if you don't need the offensive production from the back row it is a viable option if subs remain. We sub Brooke for Lexi when Lexi moved to the right with Logan injury. No question in that sub situation as Lexi isn't ready to pass/ defend from back row at this level.
We also have Fields be a serving sub for whichever middle the Libero doesn't serve for. We should have a couple of subs left and using one for Hogan isn't the issue just didn't work that one time.

We had it in hand in sets three and four and couldn't finish which has happened a lot recently even when Lednicky was on the court.

Surprised CiCi didn't get in the match her senior day. We were 4-11 now 4-12 in conference and didn't let her play. Know if she is injured I understand but she could have started game one or come in to mix it up in game two when nothing was working. If not injured she deserved better.

We did senior night at the end and honored Lauren Davis who medically retired, Karakasi and Allison Fields who have no more eligibility left
Three other players were honored

Destiny Cox
CiCi Heicht
Maddie Browser

All of these players still should have eligibility remaining if Cox was granted a medical redshirt
CiCi has a Covid Year still if she wanted and Maddie is a reshoot junior so still has at least one possibly two years with Covid.

Losing them will not change the direction of the program but Browser had a great hitting percentage this year

Hopefully we win out the last two matches and end on a positive streak but we cannot finish above .500 again this year. Corbellis only had that happen once. The last season when injuries pretty much caused major havoc and played the toughest schedule overall in the country
aggie-1997
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Wicked Good Ag said:

Surprised CiCi didn't get in the match her senior day. We were 4-11 now 4-12 in conference and didn't let her play. Know if she is injured I understand but she could have started game one or come in to mix it up in game two when nothing was working. If not injured she deserved better.

I noticed this also. Was very disappointed that, if not injured, she didn't get more playing time.
Ag4eva95
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We played the toughest schedule in the country last year? How?
Wicked Good Ag
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Corbellis final year
Ag4eva95
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Oh, got it! Misunderstood.
t-rex
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Question for the volleyball experts that were at the match last night. I noticed repeated 'misses' on swings last night by Bowser, almost swings and misses a few times. Seemed she and the setter were just way 'off', or their rhythm was messed up. Was there something else going on or was that the issue. I figured it was Bowser but then happened a couple of times with others so maybe it was bad sets?

Curious to hear from the experts.
aggie-1997
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t-rex said:

Question for the volleyball experts that were at the match last night. I noticed repeated 'misses' on swings last night by Bowser, almost swings and misses a few times. Seemed she and the setter were just way 'off', or their rhythm was messed up. Was there something else going on or was that the issue. I figured it was Bowser but then happened a couple of times with others so maybe it was bad sets?

Curious to hear from the experts.
This wasn't just an issue last night. It is a consistent problem for us.
Wicked Good Ag
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I don't remember numerous times but I remember one with Cos rather than Browser. And the lack of middle swings due to game plan could have something to do with that. We had 100 swings from our two outsides in a four set match. That isn't a balanced offense at all and that has to be the game plan since all we did was replace Lednicky with another attacker for the combo with Meuth.
B$Weigem
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Please refresh my memory. Which AD extended Bird's contract. If it was Bjork, he needs to take the heat for this fiasco. I would love to clean house this year and start a new. This staff will not get us where we need to be.
flintdragon
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just planning my game watching schedule for the weekend and noticed the Aggie volleyball game on Saturday isn't televised. I thought by contract all SEC games are televised?
taylorswift13
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flintdragon said:

just planning my game watching schedule for the weekend and noticed the Aggie volleyball game on Saturday isn't televised. I thought by contract all SEC games are televised?
that's the best volleyball news we've gotten in a while
flintdragon
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taylorswift13 said:

flintdragon said:

just planning my game watching schedule for the weekend and noticed the Aggie volleyball game on Saturday isn't televised. I thought by contract all SEC games are televised?
that's the best volleyball news we've gotten in a while
LOL, knew there was going to be a snarky remark...
 
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