Comments on: Hawaii men’s volleyball: FINAL No. 2 BYU 3, No. 1 Hawaii 0

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:12:45 +0000

7. Re: the schedule
you get who you can get, who you can afford to bring out and who will come out. 2 teams pulled out of their contracts with UH (think it was pepperdine & USC)
Hawaii had to work around M&W basketball.
9. not sure if it was the players doing all the social media or the athletic department. The latter wanted to hype the game.
10. Sheward struggled because the passing was horrid. Don’t think subbing him out would have changed things. They can’t run the offense if they can’t pass. And they couldn’t. BYU served really really well.
15. what’s in it for this group? they finished second last year and want to win it all this time.
16. they did get better. quote from Wade alluded to that, saying best of seven would have given them a chance at keeping the winning going.
Agree with all that UH looked shell-shocked. IMHO they have been able to rally when they were down this season. And they couldn’t last night, which played a bit into the psyche.
They have survived 1 or 2 players having an off night. Seemed everyone did.
Cowell said after he had a bit of food poisoning and did feel a little weak. surprised they didn’t go with another option.
we’ll see what happens tonight.
BTW, it is officially sold out.
new thread up
https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=53164

By: H-Man

H-Man — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:38:35 +0000

Wake-up call. Let’s see what coach Wade does. Win tonight and it will quiet all the negatives.

By: Bleachercoach

Bleachercoach — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:16:32 +0000

Can’t take nothing away from BYU
Looked like an Olympic National Team vs a college team. Just outplayed and outcoached in every area! Gabi Garcia Fernandez phenomenal service was a sight to behold! He is the best player in the country hands down although BYU has great overall balance. I hope our team will put up a better effort but in all honesty. BYU seems untouchable! Hope I am wrong?

By: Aloha73G

Aloha73G — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:10:40 +0000

One thing I noticed is that UH’s hitting % improved thru the match while BYU’s went down. UH actually hit better than BYU in the 3rd set, but serving made the difference (UH -6, BYU -1).

Set 1: UH .000 BYU .706
Set 2: UH .269 BYU .684
Set 3: UH 556 BYU .455

It really felt like UH had a bit of momentum at the very end, especially with the couple extra points after the match point review. If UH can pass better tonight, I think the result will be different. BYU is VERY good.

BTW, only 80 tickets left for the rematch!

-Aloha!

By: Beauston

Beauston — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:30:30 +0000

Hawaii had played the last couple of seasons with a chip on their shoulders. 2018 snubbed by the committee and went with UCI instead to go to the big dance, 2019 it was against LBS. For this year, what’s in it for the boys? I sure hope it’s winning it all at the end. Last night’s play did nit show that, but I sure hope they realize quickly before it’s too late. Last night was an utter embarrassment and I feel for the boys. You can see in their eyes the desperation and I put that game on the coaches. No support there at all.

By: Aiea 7

Aiea 7 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:12:54 +0000

the type of setting is one of their problems, they have to go back to the quick set; the buy blocks who are good and big were just camping while the hitter was getting to hit the high set. byu uses the quick set and they were very successful. their pass-receive broke down badly, so man aces. hope they do better tonight but don’t believe the can win even if they solve the pass-receive problem. need to change to the quick set, long beach was so successful and they won national championships. Hawaii used it with worsely and were very successful. why can’t wade see that?

By: WaWa

WaWa — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:01:34 +0000

Charlie Wade is famous for saying, “It aint depth unless we use it,” after he empties the bench against Southeastern McKendree Tech A&M. When it comes time to making mid-game adjustments, NADA. I thought Dimi could’ve gone in for Rado at some point in Set 2. Thelle could’ve been used earlier as well.

We were definitely out-coached, out-prepared, out-everything. BYU has been improving every with each match. Hard for UH with a wonky schedule like they have had. Hoping for a respectable showing tonight.

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:27:45 +0000

Thelle was the starting setter during the fall swing to So Cal where UH went something like 7-1 beating LB, UCSB, Irvine, etc….

Did Charlie Wade forget what Thelle can do? This one is much on the coach as it’s on the players. Players looked ill prepared and coaches didn’t help by not trying a new setter….who was the starter at the beginning of the year.

By: vballfan

vballfan — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:20:26 +0000

Yes, why so few substitutions????
Based on the quality of play, there was really nothing to lose by letting other players give it a shot. Baffling.

By: Famlb

Famlb — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:13:00 +0000

Disappointed with Coach. The setter struggled all evening and was not effective with his block. Why no substitutions?