Comments on: Hawaii men’s volleyball: Patrick Gasman proud of young guns after second sweep of Charleston

By: T103

T103 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 19:14:25 +0000

As in terms of the “neutral site” being LBSU for the final match, schools bid for final 4 matches to be held years in advance. I can’t blame LBSU or say they made it happen that way, they wouldn’t have known their team would have been in the final 4 that far in advance. I DO think, although don’t think this would be logistically possible, once NCAA has picked a “neutral site” years in advance, I think they should have a back=up site near-by that wouldn’t require a huge over-haul of logistics in case the hosting site ends up being in the final 4 or whatever. But I don’t know how that would work with reserving a back up site with paying $ to hold just in case they need it. I think they should book final 4 games in convention centers and NCAA bring in courts and stuff just to ensure a “neutral site” BUT that probably won’t happen.

By: shar

shar — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:32:26 +0000

2. I am a bit salty about last year. I feel the championship should have been played in a neutral gym. We beat LB here and they beat us there. Who knows who would have won the championship in a neutral gym.
Was his name Enroe? He was a good hitter. The setter is an important position but Thelle is different. I love when he kills the ball.

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 07:30:17 +0000

^^^^I meant to say win consecutive SETS in a row as the record we set last season.

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 07:25:54 +0000

BTW…being good as last year?? Last year was an anomaly. There may never be another team for a LONG time that will win this much matches in a row. Even the NCAA champ LBSU did not set that kind of record.

Asking this team(or any future teams) to be better then last year is a fantasy.

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 07:16:07 +0000

We ran this same offense during the fall season when we went up to California and went something like 7-1 vs UC Irvine, UCSB, Long Beach, etc…

I honestly don’t know what you expect. Just because you are in love with the fast set doesn’t mean Charlie have to implement it. He is the coach. He knows his team better than anyone else.

If going fast would make this team better, he would have implemented that style of offense. It it obvious at this time that he rather the set go higher.

This is a different team and a different year. If it is so easy to duplicate what you did in the past, LBSU will win the NCAA title forever by just doing what they did last year.

By: Aiea 7

Aiea 7 — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:36:43 +0000

in the two matches with Charleston, their blocks were just as good as Hawaii’s, the reason is that they could camp out waiting for the set to come down to the hitter. and Charleston is not a very good blocking team, but were successful because they could read the set and hitter. when Hawaii faces a team with tall blockers, they will be blocked. and with Colten who is short for an outside hitter, he has a better chance being successful hitting quick sets. uh has two other setters, maybe they can use one of them as a quick setter. setting the high set to parapunov is not going to help him, he will be blocked or hit out trying to avoid the block. he has a “flat” swing. It is easier to hit without blockers being in position. last year he got a lot of unblocked kills because of the quick set. stin-burg also. I predict that they won’t be as successful as last year without the quick set.

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 01:19:28 +0000

There are many way to win matches. Just because UH went quick last season and UH have changed the tempo this season does not mean they are not better or worse.

Joe was very good with the fast set and was key to winning matches but maybe Thelle is not that type of setter so the staff have decided to go with another tempo that would suit Thelle better. Maybe this offense was what Thelle ran while playing for Norway. Forcing him to go fast when it’s not his game would not be a smart idea.

A good coach would tailor the offense to the personnel he have and not force a setter to do something they are not good at.

By: Aiea 7

Aiea 7 — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:43:53 +0000

while this year’s team is undoubtedly good but I don’t believe they are as good as last year’s team at this juncture. I prefer the quick sets, they are harder to block. long beach state with tuiniga who is a very smart and good quick setter used the quick set and was very successful. they won last year because tuiniga was just a little better than worsely, he was still a great setter. Charleston was not a good test of how good this year’s team is. the team will get better but how much is not sure, and if they can hang on to their number one ranking. there a many other good teams now who will challenge Hawaii. I don’t believe that this year’s team is going to duplicate last year’s team of not losing set.

By: vballfan

vballfan — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:16:34 +0000

Great, positive quotes from Gasman.