Comments on: 11-8 Beach postmortem

By: wildcard

wildcard — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:20:37 +0000

someone also complained about tai in the back row. yeah probably shoji should of brought ginger in for defense rather than sub tai for kahakai particularly in set 5. ginger may as well be the better counter against reid and then some.

i guess also na wahine cant win against anyone who is or is made nationally ranked this season can they? is there really lack of priority there?

good job on some of the ‘smurfs’ with their tricky aces, sarah and ana.

now onto vs csun. wahine better be ready.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:14:30 +0000

20. you cannot block a serve. used to in the old days but they decided that it gave an advantage to taller players.

By: zzzzzzzzzzzzi

zzzzzzzzzzzzi — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:09:03 +0000

It is illegal to attack the serve.

By: wildcard

wildcard — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:44:57 +0000

2. you know those drop over the tape balls? higgins had her back turned against one and its not the first time that existed also none in the front row got ready to attack the ball in case that should happen. forget digging or trying to dig and then set but slam it down just like an overpass (or reverse overpass).

By: heluhelu

heluhelu — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:41:06 +0000

Totally agree re upref. Blatant lifts by Hudson on several occasions. And they weren’t even close. Too bad crowd didn’t react as expected. Some boos, but not enough.

By: AdmrVT

AdmrVT — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:16:23 +0000

IMHO, LBS and UH are very close — witness two 5-set matches. But, LBS has more experienced upperclassmen — result of Croson and Waber (among others) not panning out. The Manu-Olevao and Ginger Long class also have not met optimistic expectations. So, we are relying on freshmen and sophomores playing key roles, while they are honing their game and improving in their craft.

Both UH and LBS had good recruiting classes this year, but UH’s are playing and learning on the job this year, while LBS takes advantage of their upper classmen – 3 seniors & 1 junior starting, I believe. May be a role reversal next year. With UH having a good class next year, and Iosia’s commitment in 2016, things are looking up. But, Shoji now needs to add a MB and OH to Iosia’s class. Maybe Plummer will be in the mix. That would mean 3 good classes back-to-back to-back.

By: haleiwacrossfitter

haleiwacrossfitter — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:03:49 +0000

Iosia is a game changer, folks. If Hawaii wasn’t already an established program I would call her a program changer. She is big time. Dave got the best setter not just of her class but the best setter, other than Carlini of Wisconsin, in probably the past decade. Super excited to see her play 4 years in a wahine uniform. And yes, I do believe she could beat out a senior Higgins when she arrives on campus. Of course all depends on how both progress over the next 2 years, but this comment is just because of how good Iosia is. Wow…..

By: Hapaguy

Hapaguy — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 02:49:34 +0000

blunite not sure what your point is regarding #1 but I think you are suggesting a setting change. Our setting is NOT our #1 problem. Passing (ball control defense) is.
#2 I agree that a number of Okpala’s kills (attempts) were throws (lifts) and some should have been called because the ball rested way to long in her hand and in one instance she even changed the direction of the ball! I’m not sure why BG should be given credit for that. Actually the R1 should be calling that.
#3 LBSU’s defense including their libero was very good last night and their wing players picked up a lot of those. You have to give them credit for playing good “d”.
#4 Our middles were actually more effective and hit for a higher percentage than LBSU’s middles. They just didn’t have enough attempts due to our poor passing. LBSU’s middles had 62 attempts to our 37. This stat is a perfect example of how poorly we pass. We pass so poorly Taylor is unable to set our middles…..

By: blunite

blunite — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 02:27:16 +0000

Examples of Brian Gimmillaro’s coaching:
1. LBSU never once even attempted to block Taylor Higgins dumps. It was imperative to stop Magill & Adolpho (together they had only 16 kills). If Koelsch was inserted she could have dumped all night and no one would have touched her.
2. Majority of Chisom Okpala’s (MB) kills were throws, not hits. When the ball goes straight to the floor a few feet in front of her it’s obvious. This is one call that is rare, and to Brian Gimmillaro’s credit it was never called.
3. LBSUs back row played back in order to better dig balls. Hawaii’s ineffective dinks (apparently Hawaii never practices dinks) were so high, none of them hit the floor.
4. LBSU middles had 30 kills, LBSU pins had 31 kills (Hawaii middles had 16 kills, Hawaii pins had 41 kills).

By: Hapaguy

Hapaguy — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 02:25:22 +0000

IMHO LBSU’s defense is better than ours. Their transition from defense to offense is better than ours. When LBSU digs a ball its goes right to the setter. When we dig a ball Taylor Higgins has to chase it down which limits who she can set to. That’s the bottom line….