Comments on: Top 25 scores, No. 11 Hawaii 3, Cal Poly 0

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:07:22 +0000

Florida loses at home to Kentucky in 4.

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=33470

new thread up for Sunday

98. then we will agree to disagree. 82-83 very veteran teams. The veterans played. 10 players used in the 82 NCAA match, 9 in the 83 match when they had 7 seniors.
87 championship match, used all 9 players on the roster. including Long who wasn’t very good.

yes, they probably would have swept if Mitchem played in Set 3. I was discussing all the reserves playing in Set 3, 3 of whom are first-year players in Mitchem, Castillo and Granato. But they wanted to get Magill in the flow after just six kills the night before and they want to keep developing Maglio.

As for the comment about Koelsch in Set 5 against Florida. Still feel that was situational, they rotated the lineup back one, Manu-Olevao the first UH server. Usually it’s Kahakai when they open on serve receive. It’s Higgins when they open on serve.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:01:28 +0000

Interesting if somewhat cynical take H-Man. Hard to argue with but it is not necessarily a bad thing. A Nikki Taylor comes along once a decade if you are lucky. It is time to go all in.

By: H-Man

H-Man — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:36:14 +0000

I think Dave Shoji is not looking down the road. The next coach can worry about developing players. He wants to win the national championship this year, maybe next, while he has Nikki Taylor. The subs will play key situation roles. PT is not the priority. Well, that’s what I think.

By: tongo

tongo — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:35:51 +0000

#101 Agree – BW coaches will target Tai based on last year’s performance but this is a new year and UH is 12-1. Part of it is the improved steadiness of Tai in backcourt. Yeah, a DS sub will likely receive and dig better. IMO, Tai brings the leadership, passion, fight, and the pipe set, that the teams really needs. It is a trade-off. I think it is worth it – similar to Brittany Howard at Stanford, not the best player but the clear vocal and emotional leader of the team.

By: connor

connor — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:56:49 +0000

#95 the reason why Tai gets so many serves is that the opposing coaches know that she is so erratic. so using the number of returns as a defense is not really answering my comment.

By: haleiwacrossfitter

haleiwacrossfitter — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:54:15 +0000

sorry, meant to say which she was NOT doing the first few matches. (regarding Annie)

By: tongo

tongo — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:53:58 +0000

#94 Cindy’s article did have Shoji saying that he was trying to send out a message to the conference and the country, that wahines are “legit” with this weekend matches. Guessing, he wanted these “statement” matches to be as clean as possible by keeping the starting unit in play. OC Sport Commentator Ryan Tsuji even hinted at it during intermission break, that Shoji is playing the reserves in set 2 because of the large lead but would not likely start or play much reserves in 3rd set, as he was trying to make a statement. Think Dave knows that Koelsch and Mitchem and others need game time – but it will be according to his goals, and not ours.

By: haleiwacrossfitter

haleiwacrossfitter — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:52:55 +0000

96. That is funny Cindy because that was the year I started to watch them as well. I guess we can agree to disagree on that. Because I feel in the past Dave has given his reserves more of a chance to play during the preseason or against lesser quality opponents. I still think they would have swept if Annie had played in set 3. She seems to be really catching on. The past 2 matches, every set she got she has put down with some authority, which she was doing the first few matches. So, I think she would benefit with some serious game time.

Normally, by this time of the year, the subs has had some pretty adequate playing time. Yes, he has had some players in the past that he has not played much (a name like Amanda Simmons come to mind) , even in the preseason, but this is the first time, at least that I can remember, that the reserves, collectively as a whole, see very little playing time.

By: haleiwacrossfitter

haleiwacrossfitter — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:39:17 +0000

95. Agree with Tai. She has made huge strides from the beginning of this year where she was really inconsistent. But since the Florida match, she has turned the corner. Had a couple bad matches and some bad moments, but still an improvement. She is being targeted constantly by the other teams, so some slack has to be given on some shanked passes. But her play has improved in the last couple weeks.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:34:43 +0000

one thought on subs vs. Florida. it seemed more situational. The passing wasn’t great and Koelsch can do more with tight sets because of her height.

Manu-Oleavo wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t her best night. she did get shaded out of the passing rotation.

IMHO the past two matches have gone very quickly and sometimes tough to get people in.

94. but I do disagree with this is unShoji-like and I’ve been covering them since 1981. against CSUB, especially the first night, he went with what he had, the people who hadn’t been sick and missed practice.
Sure, he might have gotten Mitchem and Koelsch in more but let’s just suppose they dropped Set 3. then people would complain that they lost a set.
They said they wanted to send a message and they did with a sweep.