Comments on: Tuesday checkin: Travel roster

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:42:28 +0000

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=39354
new thread up for Wednesday

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:38:22 +0000

23. as mentioned previously, didn’t want to get into the drama with the coach.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:37:29 +0000

28. not saying that the decision is based on practices. But it’s practices plus what they see on the court.
ultimately, they can’t take everyone and they are leaving 2 freshmen AND a junior at home.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:06:03 +0000

Check the stats: Lose to Wisconsin, UCLA, and Washington (3 top 10 teams) and Kansas State (a very good team). All 4 teams outblocked Hawaii. That’s the main difference, the intimidation factor, when going far in the NCAA. Getting Mitchem back should be big because her velocity, height, and power on her kills is excellent. Balls need to hit hard to get the ball down with an occasional dink as well as hitting smart. I’m looking for Maglio, Castillo, Burns, Mitchem, and Taylor to drastically improve the blocking as the season progresses. Continued improvement will end in more competitiveness by tournament time as Shoji wants to go out with a title. Why not this year!!!! Nothing is easy for sure.

By: tongo

tongo — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 22:00:06 +0000

#12 Gauchos are near the top in BW with 70 aces. They have 3 very good servers. I believe wahines are at 67 aces. Mustangs are further down in the middle.

By: greenthumb

greenthumb — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:48:05 +0000

With the start of conference play upon us, it is urgent that passing to the middles is ramped up. I’ll leave aside the discussion of who should be at that position along with Maglio and just observe that the position needs a lot more involvement. In much the way that having Mitchem in last weekend helped balance things, feeding more balls to the middle(s) will mean more scoring opportunities and will make it harder for our opponents to defend against any one position.

And Cindy, I especially enjoyed two of your stories this week, even though you gave me an earworm that is still playing (Oh, Nikki, you’re so fine…) and made me miss the Harry Potter series (first of the first and first of the last).

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:11:06 +0000

It’s not how you practice it’s how you perform in games, freshmen or not! No one has passed better than Smith in games.

By: connor

connor — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:21:29 +0000

Tongo: i understand your rationale, but last season plus 11 games into this season, she has not improved. let her work it out in practice and use someone else in games until she proves that she can handle the passing. We need the middle attack and that cannot happen with our present passing.

By: tongo

tongo — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:00:46 +0000

For me, leaving Granato to receive is a necessary part of growing her. To be sure in critical moments if she is struggling, a DS can always sub in for her. So if not now, when does she get the necessary reps to improve her receiving, as well as her backcourt attack? In post season, these cultivated skills may pay big dividends especially if Dave runs out of subs.

By: connor

connor — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:36:47 +0000

One more comment re mitchem at OH. Until UH passing does not send Iosia all over the floor to get, mitchem in the middle is wasted. she cannot set mitchem in the middle if she is running sideline to sideline.