Owl 69/70/75
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
VB looks like the least of our problems.
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12-01-2017 03:51 PM |
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Antarius
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
'Frizzy Owl Wrote:Are you content with mediocrity?
Rhetorical question right?
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12-01-2017 04:54 PM |
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Antarius
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
(12-01-2017 03:51 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: VB looks like the least of our problems.
No disagreement there.. But the Rice way is to wait until it becomes one. And that isn't smart.
Not weighing in either way on the VB coach.. But whatever we do it should ensure it doesnt or ne long before it becomes a 4 alarm dumpster fire.
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12-01-2017 04:58 PM |
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temchugh
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
Rice should easily be able to out recruit all the other CUSA schools. All the schools offer equal chance of going on the professional level (i.e., zero). Rice has (by far) the most valuable scholarship to offer. The most of the best volleyball players are from families who could invest a lot of time and $$ putting their daughters into club programs (i.e., upper middle class families; the prime Rice market). We have good facilities and a very nice campus.
Why on earth should we settle for a program that is consistently in the top 1/4 of a lousy conference but never wins the regular season conference title? Why is 100th best volleyball team in the country good enough?
Volpe has been head coach since 2004. The team has not made the NCAA tournament since 2009. Given our advantages, I think that we should expect better. How much longer should we wait?
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12-01-2017 05:23 PM |
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temchugh
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
(12-01-2017 03:36 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: The weird thing is to me is that Volpe has had some good "P5" wins... They beat MS St and Wake Forest this year... Beat LSU and Colorado in 2015... Just seems to wilt late in the season.
MS State - 9-22 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 224
Wake Forest - 12-18 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 177
Rice did not beat a Top 50 team this year and I don't think they beat a Top 100 team. They often struggled to beat really bad teams.
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12-01-2017 06:30 PM |
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ExcitedOwl18
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
(12-01-2017 06:30 PM)temchugh Wrote: (12-01-2017 03:36 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: The weird thing is to me is that Volpe has had some good "P5" wins... They beat MS St and Wake Forest this year... Beat LSU and Colorado in 2015... Just seems to wilt late in the season.
MS State - 9-22 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 224
Wake Forest - 12-18 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 177
Rice did not beat a Top 50 team this year and I don't think they beat a Top 100 team. They often struggled to beat really bad teams.
Gotcha. Yeah, didn't do any kind of deep research.
I generally agree that our volleyball program should be better. I don't know volleyball well enough to watch a game and comment on the coaching.
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12-01-2017 06:51 PM |
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HawaiiOwl
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
(12-01-2017 06:51 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: (12-01-2017 06:30 PM)temchugh Wrote: (12-01-2017 03:36 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: The weird thing is to me is that Volpe has had some good "P5" wins... They beat MS St and Wake Forest this year... Beat LSU and Colorado in 2015... Just seems to wilt late in the season.
MS State - 9-22 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 224
Wake Forest - 12-18 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 177
Rice did not beat a Top 50 team this year and I don't think they beat a Top 100 team. They often struggled to beat really bad teams.
Gotcha. Yeah, didn't do any kind of deep research.
I generally agree that our volleyball program should be better. I don't know volleyball well enough to watch a game and comment on the coaching.
Looking at the apparent trajectory of WBB, would sit down w Volpe and ask her what she needs to do the same. If she hasn’t already she should be talking to Langley herself
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12-01-2017 07:29 PM |
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OldOwl
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RE: WVB @Texas State in NIVC tournament (First round; Thursday, Nov. 30)
Coach Langley will be successful because she knows how to recruit. We have three possible four P5 players on the WBB team. For example, A&M wanted the Ogwumike sisters really bad but Coach Langley convinced them to come to Rice. If a coach excels at recruiting he/she will be successful at Rice. Recruiting just has not been up to par for WVB. It has been good for Conference USA but Conference USA such a poor VB conference to use as a refernece point.
(12-01-2017 07:29 PM)HawaiiOwl Wrote: (12-01-2017 06:51 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: (12-01-2017 06:30 PM)temchugh Wrote: (12-01-2017 03:36 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: The weird thing is to me is that Volpe has had some good "P5" wins... They beat MS St and Wake Forest this year... Beat LSU and Colorado in 2015... Just seems to wilt late in the season.
MS State - 9-22 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 224
Wake Forest - 12-18 on the season. Hero Sports computer ranking = 177
Rice did not beat a Top 50 team this year and I don't think they beat a Top 100 team. They often struggled to beat really bad teams.
Gotcha. Yeah, didn't do any kind of deep research.
I generally agree that our volleyball program should be better. I don't know volleyball well enough to watch a game and comment on the coaching.
Looking at the apparent trajectory of WBB, would sit down w Volpe and ask her what she needs to do the same. If she hasn’t already she should be talking to Langley herself
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2017 08:13 PM by OldOwl.)
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12-03-2017 08:07 PM |
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