One reminder. Please pick a user name and stick with it.

as for the replay challenges: It is supposed to be used in the Big West this year as they try to improve the game. But some venues are not set up for it. Other than UH and I believe Long Beach State.

I have long found Shoji open to ideas from other coaches and programs. He really enjoyed being at the Olympics watching the international play.

anyway, new thread up for Saturday

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=39477

Thought, Cal State F, played great defense; they picked up lots of balls and made hustle/effort plays. They’ll be tougher in their gym.

All Wahine, be humble, keep working hard and stay healthy.

Having Annie in the middle makes the Wahine a better team. Heck when she came back at left outside hitter the team became better. In the middle looks like another notch up. Sure the opponent last night was lacking, however looking at her physic and her play, reminds me a lot of Heather Bown.

Thus when the left OH hitter emerges and can show the steady play in that position this team will be hard to beat.

On the wahine match, I too thought the serve was kind of low and a little faster to the hitters. I thinks it is good thing and is necessary especially in post season. For now, our hitters are still adjusting to it and not quite sync up. Hopefully, it will be better against the Beach.

For Hawaii, most notable on the plus side was only 1 serve receive error, no ball handling errors, nice distribution between the pins and middles, with the middles getting 39% of the sets and hitting a combined .353. I thought the passing was pretty good, no overpasses that I can recall, and the setter wasn’t having to chase ’em down. Blocking was strong. Everyone got a chance to play, that’s always a positive. On the down side, too many service errors against a team that was struggling to get out of it’s own way and not hit negative. Granato hit .000. Although Sibs eventually put up some good numbers, it was a sputtering start.

Agree with Mav, the left OH position is still a search/work-in-progress for consistency/production. If they are going to keep Annie in the middle, likely we will be wondering if Casey can help at OH. Whatever they are going to do with the lineup, it’s time to figure it out and stick with it.

Long Beach State is next week, and although they were inconsistent out of conference, they at times looked good. In conference play, they have been playing very well. Last night LB comfortably handed Cal Poly in three straight sets. LB had only 14 attack errors to CP’s 25, they had only 3 service errors and 4 service aces, and only 1 reception error and no ball handling errors. CP hit .106 vs. LB’s .255. LB had 14 blocks to CP’s 6. LB appears to be gelling in time for Hawaii next week. Are the Wahine ready?

Just read Shoji’s book. In it he says that he would have loved to have worked with other coaches, to see how they do things. Unfortunately, neither the opportunity nor his job allowed for it. Consequently, he is open to new ideas or observations that his coaching staff may have missed.

Know that he has used ideas/suggestions sent to him; especially if there is ample justification for the change. (Like changing from OH dominant to OPP dominant.)