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Hi volleyball fans and welcome back to Volley

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Talk, the podcast created for volleyball lovers

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who want to dig deep into what is going on in

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NCAA and international volleyball. I'm your host

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Sarah Pavan. I'm an Olympian, beach volleyball

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world champion, former Nebraska Cornhusker, and

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longtime pro both indoor and on the beach. And

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I'm Adam Schultz, former indoor player, international

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volleyball coach, and the show's resident stat

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guy. I've just got to say our listeners are showing

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up. We had a great week. And basically creating

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the show for us at this point because you guys

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are sending in some ideas slash questions that

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are so interesting that they could be their own

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segments. Totally agree. We're going to do that.

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We aren't going to dive quite as deep into individual

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matches because I feel like sometimes it just

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kind of. There's so much going on. It's just

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like it's on repeat though. With like MLV and

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Love, I feel like we say the same thing every

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single day. So we're going to just like highlight

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matches that we've watched with maybe trends

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that we're seeing or things that we're picking

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up, but not dive into necessarily individual

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performances or numbers or stats. We'll save

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those for more playoff or more meaningful matches

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and just try and keep you up to date with what's

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happening in those leagues. And instead, we are

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going to do what you guys suggested and use some

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of your ideas as segments. So I'm excited to

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kind of. mix it up, see how it goes. And wow,

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you guys had a lot of interesting thoughts after

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last episode. Love the questions, love the comments.

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We had some stuff going on aside from playing

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that so many people reached out about. So of

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course we have to dive in, obviously. So I'm

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actually, I'm really excited about this episode.

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So let's get started. All right, everybody. The

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question we have to ask each other at the beginning

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of every episode, is your volley fantasy team

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a highlight or just a happening this week? I

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would say a highlight. Gosh dang it. I think

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I'm currently in 44th place overall, which not

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amazing, but not terrible. But all of my players

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have come off the books as of this week, and

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I'm up 10 grand on my budget, which is kind of

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- From the beginning or from last week? From

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the beginning. Okay. Which is what I was hoping.

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Remember, I went three weeks, solid young players

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looking to increase value. I haven't scored the

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most points, but I have good value, I think.

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And so now I can start picking athletes that

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I want and trying to shoot up the leaderboard.

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So I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful. I'm happy for you.

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I started out as a highlight when all of my players

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played on the first day. And then I just became

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a happening. when everybody else's players play

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sarah likes to take a screenshot when she's at

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her highest level and share it with everybody

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actually never happened but sure texted adam

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no just kidding i didn't i did not take a screenshot

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so i actually took a screenshot and then she

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took a screenshot of where i was sitting which

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was below her no again these are lies do not

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listen to this i got up to like 20 something

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and then everybody else's players played the

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next day and then now i'm back to like 84 So

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I'm just a happening. Honestly, Charity Looper

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started strong for me. She had 105 points for

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me after her first match, and then she ended

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the week with 75, which is still, or something

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like that. Don't quote me on that. Which is still

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really good. But she had me so hopeful when she

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was at 105. Are you kidding me? Dang. So we actually

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had a couple questions about the app. This week,

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and I was chatting with the developer to get

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the answers because I didn't have them. We had

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a couple of people who were in some of the Asian

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countries who were wondering about the app. It

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has now been released in a bunch of the countries

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where there's not a lot of hoops to jump through.

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So shout out to the people who reached out. I

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know we got a few new people joining us, which

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is great. And then the other question was, does

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an athlete score more points if they play twice

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in one week versus once in one week? And the

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answer is no. It's still a weighted average of

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all of the sets played. So it doesn't matter

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if your athletes play one or two games in a week.

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It's about how they actually performed in those

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matches. So just some clarification. We had some

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questions. See, the reason I was so upset that

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that game got canceled last week is because a

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couple of my players were really underperformed

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and they were going to be in that game that got

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canceled. And I was like, here's their chance

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to make up some ground. That's why I was mad.

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Yeah. Too bad Charity Looper's second game didn't

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get canceled. He would have been flying. Right.

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But it is so much fun. I'm always peeking in

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on the chat, participating every now and then.

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Keep signing up. Yeah. Keep signing up. Come

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play. I got so many messages this week of people

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saying that it has made them so much more excited

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to follow MLV, which same totally. So join our

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fantasy league for the volley talk podcast at

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play volley .com slash volley talk. It's. V -O

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-L -I dot com slash volley talk. And hopefully

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next week I will be saying that my team is a

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highlight. Maybe. Probably not. Okay. NCAA men's

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side. Hit me with the results. Well, things happened

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pretty much as expected. Ohio State came out

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to the West Coast. They lost to UCLA in three,

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lost to USC in five. We had. Pepperdine -Long

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Beach State, Long Beach State 1 -4, Hawaii had

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a couple good wins. The good teams are trucking.

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Yeah, I mean, nothing crazy happened. There were

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some good matchups, but we didn't see any eyebrow

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-raising upsets, so things are smooth sailing

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there. On the MLB side, Indy is now alone at

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the top. They're followed by Orlando and Dallas.

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I was really disappointed with the Indy -Dallas

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game. Yeah, it wasn't great. I was expecting

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a banger and Dallas just couldn't pass. It was

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frustrating to watch because I also had Tristan

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Savage on my fantasy team and... Couldn't set

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her. That's that. I mean, we're not going to

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get into matches, but Indy did such a great job

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of serving seams and Dallas had to make some

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adjustments in terms of passing and right sides

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and they just... They started playing better

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at the end of set three, but it was too little

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too late. I think if they would have won that

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third set, it would have gone five, but they

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couldn't get it on the rails quick enough, and

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Indy just served them off the court. Yeah, disappointing.

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But I do appreciate the creativity in taking

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Kelsey Payne out, moving Maldonado Diaz over

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to the right side. Because she was struggling

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to pass. Thank you. This is what I'm talking

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about. Let's make some adjustments. Let's be

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creative. It didn't work out for them. But it

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was starting to. Yeah. It was like 29 -27 in

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the third after they got absolutely slapped in

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the first two sets. Correct. So anyway, yeah,

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I wanted that game to be better. Me too. San

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Diego's continuing to suck. They're 1 -6 now.

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Yeah, it's not looking great. They can't put

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it together. Can't put it together. Honestly,

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and I know you guys are going to say it's because

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she's your... MLB Swindle. I don't like their

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setter. She cannot run. Her team is struggling

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to connect with her. Totally. I don't think there's,

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I bet you that if you, they quite frankly should

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have picked up Matty Wack. We're going to talk

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about that in a bit. But they need, they're not

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a bad team. They need somebody to run the offense

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and Alicia Glass must be. Absolutely ripping

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her hair out at night. Dust off those knee pads,

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Alicia. Have we ever seen an individual go from

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coach to starting six in the same season? I mean,

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she could. She could. She's got to be. Whoever

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is managing the roster out of the team needs

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to go, Alicia, find me a setter. She'll be like,

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I'll be a player coach. Yeah, anyway, it's a

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dumpster fire over there. So we'll see if they

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can get it together against Columbus. I'm going

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to say Columbus is going to win, though. I think

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Columbus is going to win that game, too. And

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then on the love side, Salt Lake is still dominating.

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They are 5 -1 now. They look real good. Basically,

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everybody else is fighting for second place because

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every other team has three losses except for

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Atlanta, who is 1 -4. Wonk, wonk. So Salt Lake

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just has to hold it together here. I mean, Houston

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was also winless, but they won a couple games

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this week, so they're back in the mix. They have

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done better. We did watch a few of the games.

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We watched Houston, Atlanta. Yeah. We watched

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Salt Lake play. We watched Nebraska, Austin.

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And we watched a bunch of love. We watched a

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bunch of love. What are your feelings love versus

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MLV? Because I'm honestly still on that MLV train

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right now. It's much more exciting to me. Yeah.

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So there's a few observations from love and I

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will give them some credit because I think they've

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made some interesting. Good changes. And the

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broadcasting teams. They've brought in better

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broadcasting teams, which makes it worth listening

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to. I didn't have to hear 77 times watching Nebraska

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that Jordan Larson is called the governor. Yes.

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I didn't have to hear it. Maybe once. Yeah, I

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think that part is better. I've noticed they're

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doing more teaching in their broadcasts, which

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I think is a really... Good move for them. You

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want to educate your audience. So I'm a big fan

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of that. I don't love the basketball comparisons.

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That was in one game. And it was one announcer

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that was doing it. I understand that. I was kind

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of cringing though. They tried to compare. Jordan

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Thompson to Kevin Durant. You can't do that.

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You just. Anyway. I think they're still looking

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for ways to try. We were having aftershocks from

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that statement for like the whole match. Yeah.

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They're looking for ways to validate their league

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still without, they don't need to. You just need

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to present the game in and of itself. So they've

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made some changes. I can't fault them for trying

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new things, but that one fell flat for me. They

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also tried to compare setting the middle to establishing

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a run game in the NFL. Stop comparing. Stop using

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just football terms, period. It doesn't have

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to be the red zone. I understand you're trying

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to bring other viewers in and give them something

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to connect to, but allow it to be its own thing.

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My personal opinion on that. I love how Adam

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creates caveats for every single thing he says.

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He has to maintain friends. I'm like, no, forget

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it. I will say one thing I wished MLV and loved

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it better is when we watched the Italian League,

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a lot of their replays they do from a baseline

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camera, which I love. Give me some replay baseline

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action. And I think the quality of the broadcast

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goes up so much. You just see the game from a

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different perspective. Oh, let me see how the

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block was set up there. Like, how did she make

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that shot? And then you see it's like a truckload

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of line was left open. You're like, well, there

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it is. You don't get that with the side view.

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I still am getting exhibition vibes from love,

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which they need to find a way to get rid of that.

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You don't all have to be friends. You shouldn't

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just be happy to be there. Let's fight. Let's

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show that you're competing for something. Yeah,

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but they're all contracted by the Central League.

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You're not staying on your team. It's almost

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as if you're, if you don't make waves and you're

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not absolutely terrible, like the majority of

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the starters are, can be there forever. And it's

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just really hard to drive yourself when you know

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that's the case. And I think you see that in

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love. Those players are playing for contracts.

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They're playing for teams. They're maybe some

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of them will want to go overseas. There's a different

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level of intensity right now in MLV versus love.

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From what I'm seeing. I can't tell you the number

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of times I've been watching a love game and I

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think to myself, if I played in this league,

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wow, I would have no friends and everybody would

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hate me because I see them like joking with each

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other under the, like across the net and like

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smiling and like, you can tell that they're like

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friends and stuff. And I'd be like, I'm out here

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to kill. Okay. This is serious stuff. So I'm

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like, I don't think I would fit in. Okay, we've

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got a few things that are not league related.

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Okay. Number one, the U .S. Department of Education

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has found that San Jose State, if you remember

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from last year, they have the transgendered athlete

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on their team. They found that they violated

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Title IX. By allowing a biological male that

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is an X and Y chromosome to compete on the women's

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volleyball team even after female volleyball

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players complained. I just don't understand why

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it took so long. Yeah, I'm just saying. This

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has happened. Yes. I don't know what the ramifications

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are of violating Title IX. I'm not sure either.

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I don't know if it's like a fine or if... You

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can't take away scholarships because that violates

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Title IX even more. So I don't know. The school

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will probably get a fine or they'll have to maybe

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sit out a year. Can you imagine? Yeah, I don't

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know. I don't know what that would be, but there'll

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be some sort of penalty because they're not going

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to want to deal with this situation again. So

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I think the penalty could be fairly severe. But

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again, the timing is baffling to me. Yeah, like

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all this stuff was happening when literally...

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Half of the team transferred last December. Yeah,

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but that's the result of it. Zarin Sport, the

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team that is sponsoring Champions League and

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in the process of sponsoring Champions League,

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bought their team away into Champions League,

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bypassing the qualification process. And they

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are a team in Turkey. They're having financial

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difficulties. And they're not paying their players.

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So a whole bunch of their players. Have already

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signed elsewhere for next season. But I'm sorry.

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How are you going to sponsor Champions League

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and buy your team away in and then not even pay

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them? Because you have no money. That's baffling.

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How do you make that miscalculation? You know

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what your budget is. That's wild to me. So I've

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heard they're trying to get out of sponsoring

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Champions League. Who's going to pick up the

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slack? The FIVB, they have enough money, but

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still. Well, I'm sure they've already put a down

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payment or some sort of, there's no way they're

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getting that money. Sorry, I can't afford it

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now after I made all this hoopla about getting

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my team in. Nice try. What a joke. I'm curious

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to see how that plays out because those players

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are not going to be motivated to play. Well,

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no, their whole reason of like being a professional

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athlete is to be compensated for your skills

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as a volleyball player. If you're not getting

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paid. What reason do you have to go to practice

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or to games or whatever? This will be interesting

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to see how it plays out. Okay, the final item

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that we have to discuss. I got so many messages

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about this. Basically, it all started when MLV,

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the Atlanta Vibe, waved Maddie Wack only for

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her to get picked up by Love Houston. Going crazy.

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I lost Sarah for half a day down the rabbit hole.

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Again, he's lying. Okay. Do not listen to a word

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this man says because that is not true. And then

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Jillian Grimes gets waived from MLV to get picked

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up by Love Madison. And now rumor has it that

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Indie Ignite is going to waive one of their players.

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And rumor also has it that it's Cara Cressy to

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go to love. Where are you getting these rumors

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from? My sources. My sources on Instagram. I

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wonder where she's going to end up. A, what do

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you think about this? B, we've gotten so many

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questions being like, how is this even possible?

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And is this ridiculous? I mean, you know my feelings.

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I think everybody knows my feelings about Maddie

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Wack. I think she did an outstanding job. Why

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you would waive her is... Beyond me. I'm wondering

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what the mechanics of this are. So obviously

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the MLB players signed contracts because they

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were there. Well, let's keep in mind that Atlanta

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waived Mac Pedraza when they signed Maddie Wack

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too. Fair. But then Maddie started the first

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match of the season. Not sure they used her much

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following that. Well, and Houston has an injured

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setter, right? Micah Hancock. Yeah. So I'm wondering

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if Love is poaching players or going to them

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and saying, hey, we have a spot for you. Do you

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want to play? And then they're going to their

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MLB teams and saying, hey, can you waive my contract?

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I don't want to play. I don't know. That would

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be bogus. Because you're basically. ruining every

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chance you have of playing MLB again. If you're

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like, oh, can you waive my contract? Blah, blah,

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blah. I don't want to play here. No. Why is that

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any different than switching college schools?

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Because you're not doing it in the middle of

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the season. Another option is that there are

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injuries in Love. Houston and Madison do have

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a ton of injuries. I'm wondering if Love bought

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out. those players from their mlv teams i mean

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that's kind of what i was getting at you made

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it sound like you're like yeah the player just

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goes to the team was like can we stop my contract

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now i'm done no what i meant was like there was

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an opportunity in in love and the only way they

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could do that was if their contracts were voided

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by or maybe love or bought out yeah either or

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they were trying to get out i feel like the two

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things are very different okay fair enough my

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point was love had an opening, those players

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want to play in love, and they're working through

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what the contract situation with those two. My

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thing is just like, why aren't... I can't see

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Indy wanting to give up Karakressi. Okay, that

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one is speculation still. Okay. Grimes and Wack

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are for sure. Yeah. But my thing is just like,

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love is being so exclusive, only taking six players

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for like... If roster size is an issue and you're

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not accounting for injuries or whatever, let

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more people join your league. I don't know. I

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think it's a bad look when you are saying that

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you're the better league and then you're taking

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players. I mean, I don't know. Well, that's the

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thing. The impression out there is that love

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is stronger. So now you're bringing people from

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the MLV to fill your... It's just so weird. I

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wish I knew what the situation around those are.

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If you waved, in my opinion, Matty Whack, Okay,

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so Micah Hancock is injured. She is out with

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a neck injury. And Pagani recently, the libero

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for Madison, injured her ankle and is out. I

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understand it from Houston and Madison's standpoint.

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I'm saying I don't necessarily understand it

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from the MLV team standpoint, unless there's

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financial compensation, like you said, going

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back, which would make sense. You see that in

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European soccer. You see it in other leagues

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where players come up and play. Yeah, they're

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like they borrow an athlete for the season or

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whatever. But like as MLB trying to like validate

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yourself as being a like legitimate option for

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strong volleyball players to play in. Why are

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you getting rid of these players? Why are you

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allowing this to happen? I mean, maybe they're

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coming back once the injuries are done. We don't

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know what the arrangements are. Well, like if

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a contract is waived, doesn't that mean that

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they're let go? Yeah, I don't know. I'm not sure.

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In the NHL, when a player is put on waivers,

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what does that mean? That means they can be picked

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up by another club or they go and play for the

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minors. But they have the ability to come back.

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Yeah, and the practice squad for MLB doesn't

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exist anymore because they wanted a higher budget

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for their main team. Yeah, we'll see. I mean,

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letting those caliber players. It just looks

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so silly to me. Yeah, it doesn't make sense.

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But I'm sure we'll get more clarity in a couple

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weeks about what's actually going on. I don't

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think we will. Love doesn't say anything about

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anything. No, I know. But when the players come

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back and are no longer injured, what's going

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to happen? That's when you'll know what's going

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on. We watched the Scandici -Conigliano Italian

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Cup final out. Outstanding. And we had some questions

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specifically about Skinner. So I thought it'd

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be interesting to spend, you know, what were

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your thoughts on the match overall? What'd you

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think about Skinner? What do you think is going

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to happen in the rematch? Give me your overall

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impression. Cause it was an outstanding game.

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It was interesting. The whole game, we were talking

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about like head to head position wise, each team.

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I think the two setting positions were pretty

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even. Don't talk about the right sides. It might

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be involved later in the show. Oh my gosh. Well,

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:25.240
I was going to. Okay. Talk about the right sides.

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Just try to read my mind. Adam said probably

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double digit times. Sarah Farr is so good. I

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don't care. I don't know what people are saying

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:37.420
that she's no good. She's amazing. So I think.

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The Corneliano middles are better than the Scandici

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middles. Hands down. I think the left side duo

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honestly are better than the Scandici left side

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duo. Yes. You're more of a fan of Zhu Ting than

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I am. Zhu Ting can't get off the ground to save

00:22:57.309 --> 00:23:00.509
her life, but she finds ways to score. She does.

00:23:01.789 --> 00:23:05.359
My... And she shows up when it's like really

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:08.380
important. After 20, she's outstanding. After

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:12.819
20, she's money in the bank. Does she have to

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:15.779
get taken out in the back row once a set? Yes.

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:18.759
Does she work to get more than a one -step approach

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:21.660
in transition? Her approach is one step. Probably

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:25.599
another reason why she's not skying. But she

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:28.099
finds a way. And I have respect for her. Gabby,

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:32.960
so good. So good. Honestly, Skinner. Are good.

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They do a good job. Do I think Skinner is as

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.859
good as the other left sides on the court? No.

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Does she look out of place? No. She runs a pipe

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:46.299
as well, if not better, than anybody on the court.

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Agreed. I think the pipe ball is her best attack.

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I think she's getting better. I do. I think her

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:57.619
passing is improving her. She needs to add a

00:23:57.619 --> 00:24:01.960
few more front court swings to her repertoire.

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:05.920
I think just to hold the defense in place. No,

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:09.440
she's making some good swings. This is so good

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.240
for her. I mean, again, and we're talking about

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:13.920
her playing against the best teams in the world

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:17.680
and hanging and doing her job. No, she played

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:20.220
for Kyrie last year. Kyrie's a good team, too.

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:23.339
She definitely moved up the ranks with Scandici.

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:25.299
Well, I'm saying this is a final. These are the

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.859
best two teams in the Italian League, the best

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:29.859
players in the world, and she's right there.

00:24:30.250 --> 00:24:32.529
Totally. I thought she was good. I think she's

00:24:32.529 --> 00:24:35.809
doing really well. I think she's the US's best

00:24:35.809 --> 00:24:37.890
left side right now. I would agree with you on

00:24:37.890 --> 00:24:40.049
that. Yeah. I can't talk about the right sides.

00:24:40.509 --> 00:24:44.609
Isabel Hawk was unstoppable. She's so good. And

00:24:44.609 --> 00:24:48.049
the thing is, too, is I want to get young volleyball

00:24:48.049 --> 00:24:50.549
players to watch these women or even college

00:24:50.549 --> 00:24:55.630
players and be like, these are strong, solid

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women who are... The best of the best. Okay.

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:04.420
We aren't talking about skinny little girls here.

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Like these women are strong and powerful. And

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:12.539
like it is so great to watch them just be so

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:17.539
dominant. And yeah. I actually thought that I

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:19.740
had two differences in the match watching that.

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:23.380
One was Conigliano knows how to win after 20.

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:28.970
Scandicci had leads in all three sets. When Igliano

00:25:28.970 --> 00:25:33.950
Juteng made plays. Juan Gabi was blocking Antropova

00:25:33.950 --> 00:25:38.250
like crazy. After 20. They've been in those situations.

00:25:38.410 --> 00:25:41.869
They know how to execute when it comes down to

00:25:41.869 --> 00:25:43.569
it. So I thought that was a difference. And then

00:25:43.569 --> 00:25:47.069
the second one is Antropova struggled with her

00:25:47.069 --> 00:25:48.769
connection with the setter. She looked out of

00:25:48.769 --> 00:25:51.470
rhythm most of the night. If they could have

00:25:51.470 --> 00:25:55.670
set her better. I think that match ends differently

00:25:55.670 --> 00:25:57.970
because the team played well enough to give themselves

00:25:57.970 --> 00:26:03.069
a lead, and that piece was off, and I thought

00:26:03.069 --> 00:26:04.769
it was the setting. I don't think they were leading

00:26:04.769 --> 00:26:07.690
her quite enough. No, the back row balls were

00:26:07.690 --> 00:26:10.950
a little too far back. Yeah, those two things

00:26:10.950 --> 00:26:12.490
to me were the difference in that match, but

00:26:12.490 --> 00:26:16.089
it was so much fun to watch. Who do you think

00:26:16.089 --> 00:26:20.690
is going to win the rematch this week? I didn't

00:26:20.690 --> 00:26:22.950
see who the home team was. Does it matter to

00:26:22.950 --> 00:26:25.460
you? I think Conigliano. I think they're finding

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:27.319
their rhythm again. They had a slower start to

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.500
the season and lost some matches that they typically

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:33.220
don't, so I'll say them. Conigliano in four is

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:36.680
my prediction. Okay, this is a listener -suggested

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:40.779
segment, everybody. The question slash segment

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:45.339
idea is, I would love to hear your wildest speculations

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:49.119
or predictions on the future placement, MLV,

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:52.920
Love, or International. and national team potential

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:58.319
of this next year's NCAA senior class. Seven

00:26:58.319 --> 00:27:02.359
athletes were named, so let's do it. Here we

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:06.279
go. Athlete one, Andy Jackson. I think she'll

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:10.039
go to Love. I think she should go overseas. Okay,

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:16.259
seven athletes. This is very much in Love's wheelhouse

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:19.740
to take them all. Yes, I agree with you. Because

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:21.539
especially they're adding a new team. So they'll

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:25.500
need more than just the six. Of six. Okay, so

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.960
should we say what we think is going to happen

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.859
or what we think should happen? I think we should

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:31.980
do both. Okay. So I think Andy will end up in

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:36.259
love, but I think she should go overseas. I,

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:41.559
national team wise, I need to see her in a situation

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:44.900
where she's uncomfortable. We were so high on

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:47.400
her for national team like a year ago, and I

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:50.900
think this last match or the last couple matches

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:54.700
she played, we're like, hmm. No, and you know

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:57.859
what? I'm not down on her at all. I think her

00:27:57.859 --> 00:28:01.180
abilities are there, but we've seen it kind of

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:04.099
time and time again of how do you respond when

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.920
the chips are down? Like you watch Kunigliano,

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:09.759
you know, they're down 22 -19. They're down 23

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:12.960
-20. They're gritty. They find a way to win.

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.819
They find a way to do things when they're uncomfortable.

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:19.319
I need to see how you respond when you're uncomfortable

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:22.140
because the national team is uncomfortable. You're

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:25.440
traveling. You're alone. All of those different

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:29.660
things play a factor. And can you get it done?

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:32.839
Will you be able to learn to get it done before

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:36.119
the Olympics? That's the question. I think she's

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:41.279
good enough. Where's the mentality? Is it there

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:44.339
for 2028? I agree. I think she'll end up in love.

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:48.259
Athlete two, Harper Murray. I think love will

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:50.700
snag her just because she has a large social

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:53.259
media following. I agree. And I think that she

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:58.740
will, they will want to use that to gain attention

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:03.960
from other people. Yeah, and I think it's a good,

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:06.500
Harper Murray doesn't strike me as somebody who

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:11.099
would do well overseas. I think she would excel

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:15.460
more in an MLV setting than love, but I think

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:19.599
love will... It's like a mutually beneficial

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:23.299
kind of situation with love. Yeah, I agree. I

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:25.180
think she will end up at love. I don't see her

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:28.579
overseas. I think love is a really good fit for

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:31.579
what they both want. Or for what they both bring

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:33.859
to the table. Yes, it's mutually beneficial.

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:37.019
I honestly... I don't see a future for her on

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:39.559
the national team in 2028. I don't either. And

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:43.059
I'll go back to what I said about the international

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:48.880
level women. Like, she's built like a girl compared

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:52.039
to them. Well, again, do you see her blocking

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:56.380
a Hawk, a Ganu, an Andropova? There's some maturing

00:29:56.380 --> 00:30:01.059
physically and mentally to compete at that next

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.970
level. Yeah. And that doesn't, I don't think

00:30:02.970 --> 00:30:05.349
that happens overnight. Next athlete is Bergen

00:30:05.349 --> 00:30:08.930
Riley. I think she will end up in MLV because

00:30:08.930 --> 00:30:13.029
she'll play. I, that was my instinct too. She's

00:30:13.029 --> 00:30:17.609
not going to replace a Micah Hancock, a Lauren

00:30:17.609 --> 00:30:21.369
Carlini. She's not going to replace, you know,

00:30:21.369 --> 00:30:25.450
who they might replace is Jekima. Maybe. Jekima.

00:30:25.589 --> 00:30:28.230
Yeah. For Love Nebraska. And it's a good fit

00:30:28.230 --> 00:30:32.130
for her actually. Fair. She's not going to. play

00:30:32.130 --> 00:30:37.130
over Brie O 'Reilly. No. Love's strongest position

00:30:37.130 --> 00:30:39.990
is setting. That's where they have the most talent.

00:30:40.630 --> 00:30:46.190
And so if she wants to be in the love environment,

00:30:46.490 --> 00:30:49.789
she's probably sitting on the bench. I can see

00:30:49.789 --> 00:30:52.069
them sliding her into Love Nebraska, honestly.

00:30:52.970 --> 00:30:55.650
From a marketing standpoint, that makes a ton

00:30:55.650 --> 00:30:59.279
of sense. I think MLV is her spot, but... Unless

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:01.519
they're making a concession for her to play on

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:03.740
that team, she's not sliding in anywhere else.

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:05.880
She's not better than those other setters. I

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:09.440
mean, we've talked about this before. I'll let

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:12.619
you take it, national team. No. And everybody

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:14.720
also take note that Adam said it, not me. So

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:17.960
please don't get mad at me. Adam said it. Well,

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:21.200
we're talking about 2028, right? She's not setting

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:23.000
in the 2028 Olympics. It's just not going to

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:27.839
happen. Now, again, all of these players. could

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:36.779
play in 3032. In a millennium. They might be

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:41.380
skilled. All of these players are on the radar

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:49.480
for 2032. 3032. If they have not turned into

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:54.740
diamonds by then. Okay. Let me rephrase that.

00:31:55.470 --> 00:31:57.609
Very few of these athletes are going to be ready

00:31:57.609 --> 00:32:01.950
to compete in 2028 with a goal being a U .S.

00:32:01.990 --> 00:32:05.890
medal. Now, does that mean that six years down

00:32:05.890 --> 00:32:09.190
the road, 2032, they're not mainstays on the

00:32:09.190 --> 00:32:11.269
national team? No, but they're just not ready

00:32:11.269 --> 00:32:15.170
yet. Okay, next athlete is Tori Stafford. This

00:32:15.170 --> 00:32:19.069
is the one that I think potentially gets snubbed

00:32:19.069 --> 00:32:22.950
from Love if they're only taking six. Oh, I agree.

00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:27.460
I think... I want her to go overseas. Out of

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:31.359
the majority of those athletes, out of all the

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:33.599
ones we've talked about so far, I think she has

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:36.819
the highest potential to go overseas. I like

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:39.640
her all -around game. She would benefit from

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:41.920
a season of doing what Sarah Franklin is doing.

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.559
I think her ceiling is very, very high. I think

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.799
she has a good mentality. I think she's very

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:52.420
physical. I like what's there, but again, go

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:56.150
be uncomfortable. Train under a different style.

00:32:56.349 --> 00:33:00.730
Go see what you're made out of. I hope she goes

00:33:00.730 --> 00:33:03.950
overseas. Well, we saw like Regan Rutherford

00:33:03.950 --> 00:33:06.769
came from Texas and she went overseas right away.

00:33:07.569 --> 00:33:11.809
I hope she has somebody in her ear helping her

00:33:11.809 --> 00:33:14.630
make that decision because I think she could

00:33:14.630 --> 00:33:17.750
be a very good international player for a decade.

00:33:18.089 --> 00:33:20.930
So you're saying yes to national team? I don't

00:33:20.930 --> 00:33:22.529
think she's going to beat out the current left

00:33:22.529 --> 00:33:27.809
sides. I think she will be on the B team. She's

00:33:27.809 --> 00:33:30.549
not going to the Olympics. Okay, Olivia Babcock.

00:33:31.569 --> 00:33:35.930
Overseas. I agree. I think she belongs overseas.

00:33:36.930 --> 00:33:39.369
I think she will go. I'm wondering if she'll

00:33:39.369 --> 00:33:43.049
drink the Love Kool -Aid, though. Again. I think

00:33:43.049 --> 00:33:45.369
she needs to pull a Kami Minor and just go right

00:33:45.369 --> 00:33:48.009
over there. 100%. We don't know these people.

00:33:48.809 --> 00:33:51.829
But she just seems like she knows what she wants

00:33:51.829 --> 00:33:54.670
and she does what she needs to do to get there.

00:33:54.829 --> 00:33:56.789
That's just the vibe. This is Adam's emotional

00:33:56.789 --> 00:33:58.869
intelligence showing through. He doesn't know

00:33:58.869 --> 00:34:01.890
this woman at all. He's like, I can read you.

00:34:01.990 --> 00:34:08.190
That's the vibe I get. And so I think she will

00:34:08.190 --> 00:34:10.989
go overseas. And she's already been on the national

00:34:10.989 --> 00:34:13.369
team. Yeah. She's in the running to be their

00:34:13.369 --> 00:34:21.530
starting opposite. Kennedy Martin. Oh, man. This

00:34:21.530 --> 00:34:25.670
is the hardest one for me. She would dominate

00:34:25.670 --> 00:34:29.730
in MLV. There aren't a ton of really good right

00:34:29.730 --> 00:34:34.250
sides in MLV. Literally, it is my lowest priority

00:34:34.250 --> 00:34:36.690
pick on my fantasy team because I look at the

00:34:36.690 --> 00:34:39.289
list and I'm like, absolutely not. I don't know.

00:34:39.389 --> 00:34:43.289
I don't know. She doesn't give me that love vibe,

00:34:43.349 --> 00:34:45.760
though. You know what I mean? I agree. Like,

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:47.280
I don't know. I watched Love and I feel like

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:50.599
the players all have the same vibe. She doesn't

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:55.019
fit it for me. I can't articulate it, but I feel

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:58.679
the same way. I'm also not sure she would go

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:01.260
overseas. Oh, yeah. This is a hard one for me.

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:04.980
She's question marks all the way around. I'll

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:07.739
have to admit that. Okay. If you had to pick

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:09.800
something right off the bat, what would it be?

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:14.840
MLV for one year and then overseas. National

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:19.679
team? Who do you put above her or Lidnicki? Lidnicki

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:23.980
for 2028. Really? Yeah. She has more experience.

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:27.760
What, like one summer? Yeah, but I think Martin's

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:31.539
ceiling is probably higher. Olivia Babcock blows

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:33.539
both of them out of the water to me because Olivia's

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:37.039
defensive abilities improved so much and she's

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:39.780
such a good blocker. The other two for me are

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:42.860
more just attackers. Agreed. That's fair. Last

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:46.880
one, Brooklyn Delay. MLV for me. I get an overseas

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:50.739
vibe. I'm sticking to MLV. Yeah. National team?

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:53.739
No. No. I really loved this question. It was

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:55.639
an outstanding question. I'm sure all of you

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:59.820
have so many opinions and so many thoughts. Hit

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:01.940
us up. Hit us up. The YouTube is going to be

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:04.900
popping for sure. Can't wait. And thank you to

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:06.599
the person who submitted this question. Loved

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:08.480
it. All right. It's game time on the podcast.

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:14.159
And today. We are playing Would You Rather Volleyball

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:17.340
Edition. So this is why... Have we done this

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:19.579
one before? I don't know if I've called it something

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:22.659
else or... I'm not sure. I don't know what edition

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:24.420
of Would You Rather would be on this podcast,

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:27.539
but I appreciate the clarification. I mean, I

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.860
don't know if I just... I named it something

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:32.440
else. But the thought process is I'm going to

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:35.599
give you two options and you are going to pick...

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:38.079
Which one you would prefer? Oh my gosh, this

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:39.960
is why you didn't want me to talk about the opposites.

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:44.559
Correct. No, skip that one. The very first would

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:48.519
you rather I had was Hawk over Antropova. Oh.

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:52.559
Like forever or from the Coppa Italia final?

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:58.539
In general, as of right now. Oh. Antropova has

00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:02.409
been like. becoming my favorite opposite. I'm

00:37:02.409 --> 00:37:04.369
obviously so passionate about the opposite position

00:37:04.369 --> 00:37:08.090
because I was one. And she has like quickly been

00:37:08.090 --> 00:37:12.090
becoming my favorite opposite. Hawk was so good.

00:37:13.889 --> 00:37:16.849
Okay, okay. I know who I'm going to pick. Okay,

00:37:16.849 --> 00:37:22.809
go ahead. Antropova. What? What? I like Antropova's

00:37:22.809 --> 00:37:25.789
overall game better, I think. But Hawk just,

00:37:25.909 --> 00:37:30.559
she hits the ball. with a different pace and

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:34.639
she comes heavy it's heavy heavy and she's got

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:37.539
a great serve i played against her in her first

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:40.579
year of playing in italy she was what probably

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:44.900
19 at the time heavy ball well and but the other

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:47.980
thing that i really like about hawk is she runs

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:50.900
different back row routes better than any other

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:53.699
her that involves the setter that involves the

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:56.019
team's ball control like it's not just her i

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:59.099
understand that but watching her Do all of that?

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:02.039
Okay, well, this is my game to answer. Can I

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:04.559
tell you why I picked Antropova? Hit me. Because

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:09.780
she's only 22. Okay. She has got a long runway

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:13.300
left. Sarah's building an empire here. Okay.

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:19.599
Her serve is improving. That hybrid serve she's

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:22.780
got going on. Very nice. She plays way better

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:26.559
defense than Hawk. At 6 '7". Totally agree. Okay.

00:38:27.670 --> 00:38:31.409
Blocking, I would say they're similar. Sarah

00:38:31.409 --> 00:38:36.570
sees a kindred spirit. Tall gangler who's building

00:38:36.570 --> 00:38:40.750
an overall game here. And she's so young. I really

00:38:40.750 --> 00:38:45.010
like Isabel Hawk, don't get me wrong. But Antropova

00:38:45.010 --> 00:38:48.750
has been growing in my heart. Fair enough. Dallas's

00:38:48.750 --> 00:38:52.570
middle combination of Savage and Van Buskirk

00:38:52.570 --> 00:38:56.070
or... Indy's middle combination of Lydia Martin

00:38:56.070 --> 00:39:00.730
and Blake Mollier. Dallas. Lydia Martin's doing

00:39:00.730 --> 00:39:04.829
really, really well. But I had Blake Mollier

00:39:04.829 --> 00:39:08.409
on my fantasy volley roster the first two weeks.

00:39:08.489 --> 00:39:11.510
She got me negative points. So I'm harboring

00:39:11.510 --> 00:39:15.889
a serious grudge. Grudge aside, do you still

00:39:15.889 --> 00:39:19.789
pick Dallas's middles? I do. Okay. I would agree

00:39:19.789 --> 00:39:22.260
with you on that one. Tred Rosenthal, who's the

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:26.119
setter for Hawaii on the men's side NCAA, or

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:31.000
Andrew Rowan, the setter for UCLA? This is the

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:33.599
question that's going to break me. Can we come

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:35.980
back to this one? Okay. This is hard. They're

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:37.599
only going to get harder. I picked good ones

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:40.940
this week. The outside core of Salt Lake, so

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:44.400
Alexa Gray, Heidi Casanova, and Claire Hoffman.

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:47.619
Or the outside core for Austin, which is Logan

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:50.219
Eggleston, Maddie Skinner, and Maddie Banks.

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:53.739
Good grief. Well, Alexa Gray's not a prolific

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:56.360
passer. Neither is Eggleston. Alexa Gray's a

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:59.260
better attacker. Much better attacker. Maddie

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:01.320
Banks, I think, is overall better than Hoffman.

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:05.099
Gosh dang it, Adam. I had fun with this one this

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:07.300
week. I'm taking Salt Lake. I think that's fair.

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:10.239
I think overall they're better. I agree. That's

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:13.500
why I picked them. Okay, here we're going to

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:16.300
move in. Actually, a lot of the questions I had

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:18.340
lined up with some of the listener questions.

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:20.599
So we'll get into this a little bit later as

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:25.760
well. But would you take Shannon Windsor or one

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:30.260
of Eric Sullivan, Sonia Tomasovic, or Tamiya

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:34.300
Mearshiro? Shannon Windsor. The other ones haven't

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:37.500
done anything to prove to me that they can build

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:42.380
teams. Be a head coach. Yeah, exactly. Like Shana

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:44.320
Windsor, Canada's women's volleyball team was

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:49.079
like very awful mid before she got there and

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:52.199
she built them. And then I saw this video this

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:55.179
week on Instagram of one of her post game speeches

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:59.360
after they won in five last weekend. And just

00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:02.639
like the way that she went about acknowledging

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:05.800
role players and stuff. I was like, that is.

00:41:06.349 --> 00:41:09.449
So fundamentally important and not enough coaches

00:41:09.449 --> 00:41:12.150
do that. Anyways, I'm going to pick her. I agree.

00:41:12.329 --> 00:41:14.489
And I know culture is a buzzword, but she does

00:41:14.489 --> 00:41:16.949
a really good job of building that team culture.

00:41:17.130 --> 00:41:19.889
Brittany Abercrombie or, and I'm going to run

00:41:19.889 --> 00:41:22.550
you through three options. Oh dear. So it's her.

00:41:22.829 --> 00:41:27.769
Her or Heidi Casanova. Casanova. Her or Maddie

00:41:27.769 --> 00:41:32.989
Skinner. Skinner. Her or Kimberly Drevniak. Abercrombie.

00:41:33.230 --> 00:41:38.269
Okay. And. The last one, and this is... Are we

00:41:38.269 --> 00:41:41.309
circling back? Okay, we'll circle back. Tread

00:41:41.309 --> 00:41:42.909
Rosenthal. Well, I'm not ready for that one yet.

00:41:43.130 --> 00:41:46.449
That one, and we have one last one. Am I picking

00:41:46.449 --> 00:41:48.369
these players today or based on their future?

00:41:48.409 --> 00:41:50.369
Because I kind of did a bit of the future for

00:41:50.369 --> 00:41:52.690
the opposites. You make a choice and tell me

00:41:52.690 --> 00:41:57.010
why, and you can put the reins on it. Can they

00:41:57.010 --> 00:41:59.889
die? No, that's no fun. Okay, can I talk this

00:41:59.889 --> 00:42:04.260
through? Sure. I really like how Rowan... Runs

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:06.199
his offense. I like his out -of -system setting.

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:09.800
I like his distribution. I like his all -around

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:15.099
game, his demeanor, his serving. I think Tread's

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:19.519
height and the things that he'll be able to bring

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:23.119
to the table as far as, like, an international

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:27.059
style of play. Like, I'm thinking Janelli. Yes.

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:30.880
You know? That's the direct comparison. I think

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:34.179
as much is very compelling. I think he plays

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:38.699
pretty good defense too. I just don't think that

00:42:38.699 --> 00:42:42.539
his hands are as nice as Rowan's. See him having

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:44.780
difficulty setting players who are smaller than

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:47.019
him, which is like almost everybody, like especially

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:50.500
middles who are smaller than him. Okay. I'm going

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:52.880
to have to pick him there. Talking it through

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:55.179
really helped me. Thank you. No problem. All

00:42:55.179 --> 00:43:00.840
right. And our last one is love Atlanta or indie

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:04.019
ignite. So the bottom of love, Or the top of

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:08.119
MLB. I'm going to have to go with Love Atlanta.

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:12.579
Yeah. I think they're just better. You need me

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:16.500
to expand on that? I do. I mean, Rachel Fairbanks

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:21.300
is better than Tuaniga. Who cost Adam a lot of

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:24.659
money. It's a miracle he's still up 10 grand.

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:27.480
You know, I think Tessa Grubbs is better than

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:32.409
Teeler. I think. Like, across the board. It's

00:43:32.409 --> 00:43:34.210
just position by position. I mean, I could break

00:43:34.210 --> 00:43:37.409
it down. I think, yeah, they're just a better

00:43:37.409 --> 00:43:42.030
team. Yeah, I agree. They're more physical. Yeah.

00:43:42.090 --> 00:43:45.250
They're just, they're bigger. I'm not going to

00:43:45.250 --> 00:43:48.230
say anybody's stronger than Electra Member Meta,

00:43:48.250 --> 00:43:53.150
but they're just more physical. Yeah. I mean,

00:43:53.170 --> 00:43:54.849
that's all there is to it. Yeah, I thought that

00:43:54.849 --> 00:43:56.449
would be an interesting one. Anyway, I really

00:43:56.449 --> 00:43:58.429
liked it. I had a ton of fun thinking about those

00:43:58.429 --> 00:44:01.210
different comparisons. I'm shocked that the Tread

00:44:01.210 --> 00:44:03.389
Rosenthal Andrew Rowan question was the one that

00:44:03.389 --> 00:44:05.329
stumped me the hardest. Well, the interesting

00:44:05.329 --> 00:44:08.469
thing about that is I agree with you. Rowan is

00:44:08.469 --> 00:44:13.710
a setting maestro. Like he is fun. He is fun

00:44:13.710 --> 00:44:18.710
to watch set. He's a true setter. Tread has been

00:44:18.710 --> 00:44:22.099
made into a setter. Similar to Moni Nikolov,

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:24.940
in my opinion. 100%. They're very similar. But

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:26.840
those are the people who you see being successful

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:28.739
internationally currently. Look how big Gianelli

00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:32.900
is. He's a very good setter. And Nikolov. Yeah.

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:38.860
So it was interesting. Good questions. Good questions.

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:43.179
Let's dive into some of our listener questions.

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:45.880
All right. Question one. I was wondering if you

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:49.590
guys could give a rundown on... CEV Volleyball.

00:44:49.750 --> 00:44:53.489
So like Champions League. How does it work? When

00:44:53.489 --> 00:44:56.070
does it start and end? Are all teams in Europe

00:44:56.070 --> 00:44:59.030
a part of it? What is a golden set? Anything

00:44:59.030 --> 00:45:02.150
you would need to know. We did do a little rundown

00:45:02.150 --> 00:45:05.449
last year about this time, but I think our listener

00:45:05.449 --> 00:45:10.250
base has kind of expanded their interests. Agreed.

00:45:10.269 --> 00:45:14.590
And so I feel like usually people come and listen

00:45:14.590 --> 00:45:18.159
to the show. They have like. one volleyball niche

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:20.599
that they're really into, whether it's NCAA women

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:23.320
or Team USA or whatever. And I feel like our

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:26.539
listeners have really expanded their interests.

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:29.019
So I love that you guys are considering watching

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:32.000
Champions League. If you are new and you missed

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:35.380
last year when we kind of did the rundown, here

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:40.099
we go. Champions League generally starts in November

00:45:40.099 --> 00:45:45.840
-ish and it goes until late March, early April.

00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:48.659
Basically, if you are playing in a top league,

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:51.780
so I'll use women's leagues, for example. If

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:54.599
you're in a top league, the league champion and

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:58.420
the cup winner. So it's like a tournament within

00:45:58.420 --> 00:46:02.119
the season. Both of those winners get to go and

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:04.260
be a part of champions league. So that's like

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:08.059
the Turkish league, Italian, Polish, used to

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:11.659
be Russian. Those are the top leagues in Europe

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:14.579
right now. So they get at least two teams in.

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:19.019
If you're in like a step down, like a Germany,

00:46:19.179 --> 00:46:23.739
a France, your winner gets to go. But if you're

00:46:23.739 --> 00:46:26.780
not in like the upper echelon or like the upper

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:30.820
mid echelon, you compete in a separate event

00:46:30.820 --> 00:46:35.780
to qualify your team to go, basically. So that

00:46:35.780 --> 00:46:39.159
prelim round happens like September, October.

00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:41.639
Those teams play each other. And if you win.

00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:45.460
you become a part of the actual Champions League,

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:49.599
which is five pools of four. And then you go

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:51.420
from there. So you'll notice that like Italy

00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:54.940
has four teams. That's because, and actually

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:57.099
Turkey, because those leagues are so strong.

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:59.519
You'll see in the Women's League, for example,

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:04.219
a team from like Serbia or Romania or Czech Republic.

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:06.519
They only have the one team because the leagues

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:09.739
are weaker, but they qualified through that secondary

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:14.139
route. In pool play. You play a team home and

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:16.980
away. So one week you'll play the host of the

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:18.699
team. The next week you'll go to their place.

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:23.559
Winning in three or four, you earn three points

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:26.980
for the win. Winning in five, you earn two points

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:30.340
and losing in five, you get one point. So if

00:47:30.340 --> 00:47:35.659
you win in three, lose in five, you win the head

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:38.059
to head because you have beaten that team four

00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:40.880
to two. If you win in three, lose in four, you

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:44.039
each end with three points. So in a case like

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:47.460
that, when the score is tied, that's when you

00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:51.400
go to a golden set to decide who is the winner

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:54.159
of the head -to -head. A golden set is just one

00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:58.280
set played to 15 points. Winner takes all. And

00:47:58.280 --> 00:47:59.980
it's wild because you will play it right after

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:02.340
one of the matches. Let's say you're at home.

00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:05.440
You win 3 -0. You go on the road. You lose 3

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:09.309
-0. you immediately start the golden set in that

00:48:09.309 --> 00:48:11.949
gym, play to 15, done. So it's like you play

00:48:11.949 --> 00:48:15.289
two matches, quote unquote, back to back at the

00:48:15.289 --> 00:48:17.690
same time. So if you're a higher ranked team,

00:48:18.010 --> 00:48:22.030
you will play away first and then you'll play

00:48:22.030 --> 00:48:24.369
at home so that if it goes to a golden set, you're

00:48:24.369 --> 00:48:27.050
playing the golden set in your own gym. That

00:48:27.050 --> 00:48:30.489
is what the golden set is. If you go and you

00:48:30.489 --> 00:48:32.889
win both rounds, then you straight up win and

00:48:32.889 --> 00:48:36.110
you win that head to head. I believe the golden

00:48:36.110 --> 00:48:40.329
set only comes into account when it's in playoffs.

00:48:40.449 --> 00:48:43.690
I think pool play, they just play it out and

00:48:43.690 --> 00:48:47.409
the top two teams move on. So then you see the

00:48:47.409 --> 00:48:50.070
quarterfinals, the back and forth semis, and

00:48:50.070 --> 00:48:52.269
then the final four all happens in one spot.

00:48:53.250 --> 00:48:55.570
Again, I will repeat. I'm pretty sure the golden

00:48:55.570 --> 00:48:58.510
set only happens when you're in the playoffs

00:48:58.510 --> 00:49:01.170
head to head with one team. I believe you're

00:49:01.170 --> 00:49:03.260
right. That's how it works. It's actually really

00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:06.400
exciting because they like happen. Those games

00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:09.480
happen midweek. So you'll play like your country

00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:13.699
league at the weekend. And then on like a Tuesday,

00:49:13.780 --> 00:49:16.480
you'll go to a different country for a couple

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:18.800
of days, play another match, come back. It was,

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:21.340
it's pretty cool. Now, are there tiers to the

00:49:21.340 --> 00:49:23.280
European champions league? Like, is there a champions

00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:26.500
league and then a Chev cup and then a something

00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:29.300
else? I think it's a challenge cup. Yeah. So

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:33.079
if you're not, It gives the opportunity to lower

00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:35.639
leagues and lower teams in the higher leagues

00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:38.320
to have the same thing. So Champions League is

00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:42.059
the top of the top, best of the best. Chev Cup

00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:46.539
or CEV Cup is like the next tier. And those are

00:49:46.539 --> 00:49:49.400
for teams like in the Italian League teams ranked

00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:52.179
five and six or, you know, something like that.

00:49:52.239 --> 00:49:56.070
And then Challenge Cup is the step below. CEV

00:49:56.070 --> 00:49:58.090
Cup. Because something a lot of people may not

00:49:58.090 --> 00:50:00.869
know is Czech has a league, Spain has a league,

00:50:00.969 --> 00:50:03.230
the Scandic countries have a league. So those

00:50:03.230 --> 00:50:05.409
teams aren't competing with the top Italian teams,

00:50:05.510 --> 00:50:08.670
but they are competing within Europe against

00:50:08.670 --> 00:50:11.710
teams of similar caliber. So hopefully that helps

00:50:11.710 --> 00:50:15.489
with a bit of a rundown. Teams in all over Europe

00:50:15.489 --> 00:50:18.510
are a part of it. It just matters if you qualify

00:50:18.510 --> 00:50:21.510
or not. Okay, question two. What do you think

00:50:21.510 --> 00:50:24.789
of the MLV coaches in comparison to the Love

00:50:24.789 --> 00:50:30.630
coaches? I understand where the question is coming

00:50:30.630 --> 00:50:36.630
from. It's hard to answer because you don't see

00:50:36.630 --> 00:50:40.010
any of them coach. I will say Love has hired

00:50:40.010 --> 00:50:44.949
coaches with better resumes, but even still.

00:50:46.079 --> 00:50:49.940
The only legitimate head coaches in love are

00:50:49.940 --> 00:50:55.639
Coco and that might be it. Like the rest of them

00:50:55.639 --> 00:50:58.280
have been assistant coaches on national teams.

00:50:58.320 --> 00:51:00.280
Eric Sullivan is obviously the head coach in

00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:01.719
the national team, but that's... I was like,

00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:04.940
acknowledge it. No, but that's brand new. Like

00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:06.519
he doesn't have any clout yet. They haven't done

00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:09.000
anything. They haven't... Sonja Tomasovic has

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:11.659
been an assistant coach. Burbringer was an assistant

00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:14.519
with the men's team. Exactly. De Libero, who's

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:17.619
coaching Salt Lake, maybe? Yeah. It was also

00:51:17.619 --> 00:51:22.079
an assistant coach. So you have a lot of experience

00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:26.139
in volleyball in love, but not necessarily a

00:51:26.139 --> 00:51:29.519
lot of head coaching experience other than in

00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:33.300
love. In MLV, I think it's, again, you have a

00:51:33.300 --> 00:51:37.090
little less experience internationally. minus

00:51:37.090 --> 00:51:39.389
shannon windsor i would say like alicia glass

00:51:39.389 --> 00:51:42.110
obviously played a ton but doesn't have a ton

00:51:42.110 --> 00:51:44.449
of coaching experience i would say the resumes

00:51:44.449 --> 00:51:47.349
are better but that doesn't make you a better

00:51:47.349 --> 00:51:51.590
coach okay question three as an indoor player

00:51:51.590 --> 00:51:54.530
what would you do to transition into the beach

00:51:54.530 --> 00:51:57.070
game what are some things to train and new skills

00:51:57.070 --> 00:51:59.429
to develop i believe the person who sent this

00:51:59.429 --> 00:52:04.530
is um was a middle indoor okay so if you're a

00:52:04.530 --> 00:52:09.449
middle indoor I mean the passing. Passing. Passing.

00:52:10.670 --> 00:52:14.869
The games are not similar whatsoever. Not at

00:52:14.869 --> 00:52:17.469
all. Once you get into it. I think the two biggest

00:52:17.469 --> 00:52:21.250
things that come into mind is the approach. Everything

00:52:21.250 --> 00:52:24.409
about the attack approach is different. We won't

00:52:24.409 --> 00:52:29.510
get into the details or the nuances. set up your

00:52:29.510 --> 00:52:32.349
defensive strategy is just so much different

00:52:32.349 --> 00:52:34.849
than okay i'm not gonna go a completely different

00:52:34.849 --> 00:52:37.130
direction if you want to win in beach volleyball

00:52:37.130 --> 00:52:39.889
and you're making the transition learn to pass

00:52:39.889 --> 00:52:43.889
and set yeah okay pass and set if you can deliver

00:52:43.889 --> 00:52:47.429
a consistent set and if you're you were a middle

00:52:47.429 --> 00:52:49.610
indoor i'm assuming you'll be a blocker transition

00:52:49.610 --> 00:52:53.280
setting is so important and there are very few

00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:55.719
people who do it well I would say if you can

00:52:55.719 --> 00:53:00.980
dial in a consistent set as far as like tempo

00:53:00.980 --> 00:53:05.159
and consistent location from all over the court

00:53:05.159 --> 00:53:10.940
especially in transition yes those are the difference

00:53:10.940 --> 00:53:12.500
makers when I watch people play beach volleyball

00:53:12.500 --> 00:53:14.840
the thing that frustrates me the most is watching

00:53:14.840 --> 00:53:18.369
them set each other true story I would say dial

00:53:18.369 --> 00:53:20.989
in that, and if you played middle or opposite

00:53:20.989 --> 00:53:24.070
or center, just work on your passing fundamentals.

00:53:24.289 --> 00:53:26.170
And the thing about Beach is you can get away

00:53:26.170 --> 00:53:30.389
with not really being a good passer because you're

00:53:30.389 --> 00:53:33.289
not running a complex offense. I took that question

00:53:33.289 --> 00:53:35.170
from a technical standpoint, but your answer

00:53:35.170 --> 00:53:37.369
is much better than mine. I was like, wow, Adam's

00:53:37.369 --> 00:53:39.269
getting into the nitty -gritty here, like tactics.

00:53:40.889 --> 00:53:43.170
Question four, can a coach be replaced during

00:53:43.170 --> 00:53:45.650
an Olympic cycle? If Sullivan's coaching style

00:53:45.650 --> 00:53:47.909
turns out to be unsuccessful in love and we have

00:53:47.909 --> 00:53:50.530
another underwhelming finish in future VNLs,

00:53:50.530 --> 00:53:52.610
could this cause enough concern to reconsider

00:53:52.610 --> 00:53:56.030
the head coach for the national team? 100%. You

00:53:56.030 --> 00:53:58.469
can fire a coach whenever you want. The only

00:53:58.469 --> 00:54:02.869
question is, would they? What are the clauses

00:54:02.869 --> 00:54:07.650
in his contract about getting fired? Would they

00:54:07.650 --> 00:54:11.889
buy him out if they have to? I'm sorry, LA is

00:54:11.889 --> 00:54:16.650
the US's... time to shine 100 you don't mess

00:54:16.650 --> 00:54:19.090
around with an olympics period but you extra

00:54:19.090 --> 00:54:21.590
don't mess around with a home olympics totally

00:54:21.590 --> 00:54:24.469
especially when you have been dominant in the

00:54:24.469 --> 00:54:27.889
sport for and one yeah four what is it they've

00:54:27.889 --> 00:54:32.329
won five medals in a row yeah something at least

00:54:32.329 --> 00:54:35.750
listen again if we're not taking politics or

00:54:35.750 --> 00:54:39.039
contracts or any of that into consideration If

00:54:39.039 --> 00:54:41.260
they don't show marked improvement this year

00:54:41.260 --> 00:54:43.840
and perform at Worlds, I think there's a very

00:54:43.840 --> 00:54:45.579
high likelihood that they find a replacement.

00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:49.440
Question five. If a teammate isn't playing well,

00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:52.199
how do you balance being supportive and encouraging

00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:56.000
and telling them to pick it up? Like, what do

00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:58.360
those huddles look like from a player perspective?

00:54:59.820 --> 00:55:02.599
You or me? I'm probably not the person to ask.

00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:07.159
Why don't you go? I feel like you're the diplomat

00:55:07.159 --> 00:55:09.809
of the group. It depends on who your teammate

00:55:09.809 --> 00:55:14.429
is. You have to know that person. Some people

00:55:14.429 --> 00:55:18.329
need a kick in the pants and some people need

00:55:18.329 --> 00:55:19.969
you to rub their back and tell them they're the

00:55:19.969 --> 00:55:21.869
best and that they're going to get the next one.

00:55:21.909 --> 00:55:23.449
I mean, it's the same thing with coaching, really.

00:55:23.949 --> 00:55:28.230
It's exactly. You need to know what fires up

00:55:28.230 --> 00:55:29.889
your players. Somebody looked at me and told

00:55:29.889 --> 00:55:31.650
me I couldn't do something and that I was sucking.

00:55:31.769 --> 00:55:33.829
I played better, period. And some people can't

00:55:33.829 --> 00:55:37.769
handle it. Yeah, it's. individual and that comes

00:55:37.769 --> 00:55:41.650
down to just knowing your teammates i feel like

00:55:41.650 --> 00:55:44.449
there is a way because i have played with people

00:55:44.449 --> 00:55:48.289
i have not played with many people that since

00:55:48.289 --> 00:55:53.610
college that or sorry since indoor because like

00:55:53.610 --> 00:55:57.829
indoor i would say it's more a more conducive

00:55:57.829 --> 00:56:03.010
environment to being real beach not so much so

00:56:03.010 --> 00:56:05.599
i've played with both types of people. And I

00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:10.039
think there is a way to get your point across

00:56:10.039 --> 00:56:15.019
or offer suggestions or say like what you're

00:56:15.019 --> 00:56:18.599
observing without getting in their face and being

00:56:18.599 --> 00:56:22.000
like, you suck. Yeah. You know what I mean? So

00:56:22.000 --> 00:56:26.059
it's like, if it's, if it's very clear what the

00:56:26.059 --> 00:56:28.199
other team's strategy is against a certain player

00:56:28.199 --> 00:56:29.900
and they are not figuring it out, just like,

00:56:30.320 --> 00:56:33.760
offering observations of like hey they're leaving

00:56:33.760 --> 00:56:37.159
you a lot of line and you have a tip open like

00:56:37.159 --> 00:56:41.219
the defender's deep i find that information is

00:56:41.219 --> 00:56:44.760
often received best yeah i would agree with that

00:56:44.760 --> 00:56:46.659
coming back to something you've talked about

00:56:46.659 --> 00:56:50.159
before like hey the game plan is X, let's make

00:56:50.159 --> 00:56:53.340
sure we execute this on the next play or man,

00:56:53.420 --> 00:56:54.900
their serves are coming real fast. I'm going

00:56:54.900 --> 00:56:57.380
to take a step back on the pass. You can drop

00:56:57.380 --> 00:57:00.219
hints and things like that without being overly

00:57:00.219 --> 00:57:03.119
critical. Again, you start there and then if

00:57:03.119 --> 00:57:05.199
they still stink, then you become a little more

00:57:05.199 --> 00:57:08.840
direct. But yeah, that's the guy who's so nice.

00:57:10.619 --> 00:57:12.960
Okay, last question of the day. Do you know why

00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:14.780
a player like Lindsay Ruddens is not getting

00:57:14.780 --> 00:57:17.400
looks for Team USA? She's the backup opposite

00:57:17.400 --> 00:57:20.400
to Antropova at Scandici and has done well when

00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:23.400
she gets a chance. Maybe she's turned them down.

00:57:24.280 --> 00:57:26.159
I don't know if they've approached her or not.

00:57:26.219 --> 00:57:29.539
I don't know what the details are there. I haven't

00:57:29.539 --> 00:57:31.599
heard anything. I don't know if they've approached

00:57:31.599 --> 00:57:34.440
her, if she said no, but in the last couple seasons

00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:37.079
when I have seen her get in for Scandici, she's

00:57:37.079 --> 00:57:41.340
done a good job. yeah and the opposite position

00:57:41.340 --> 00:57:46.960
for usa in my opinion is wide open i would have

00:57:46.960 --> 00:57:50.000
10 opposites in the gym if i was sullivan and

00:57:50.000 --> 00:57:53.440
go somebody show me that you can be terminal

00:57:53.440 --> 00:57:56.880
and you can be our go -to i mean like do i think

00:57:56.880 --> 00:57:59.800
ruddens is your answer to like a vargas or an

00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:02.579
agonu no but they don't have an answer but you

00:58:02.579 --> 00:58:06.829
don't have anybody right now Totally. I think

00:58:06.829 --> 00:58:08.989
that she should be getting a look again. She's

00:58:08.989 --> 00:58:11.630
got a little fire too. Yeah, which is good. We

00:58:11.630 --> 00:58:13.309
don't know whether she said yes, whether she

00:58:13.309 --> 00:58:15.389
said no, if there's any history there, blah,

00:58:15.469 --> 00:58:18.369
blah, blah. But I think she deserves a chance

00:58:18.369 --> 00:58:21.050
based on what I've seen. Thanks so much for everybody

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who submitted questions. I loved reading them

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all this week. There were so many. We'll get

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into them over the next couple of weeks. But

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we always appreciate the comments and the messages.

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So thanks for sending those in. Looking forward,

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as always, there is a ton of volleyball to scratch

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whatever itch you're feeling. I had trouble picking,

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so buckle up. There's quite the list coming.

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Wednesday, 10 p .m. Eastern, NCAA men's CSUN

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versus USC. CSUN coming on. USC has a good team.

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That'll be a good game. Thursday, 8 o 'clock

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p .m. Eastern, Omaha versus Dallas. That's on

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Roku. I'm very curious to watch this match. I'll

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be watching that one for sure. I'm a big fan

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of Dallas right now, FYI. Same. Friday, 10 p

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.m. Eastern, NCAA men's UCLA versus Long Beach

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State. One versus two, baby. Let's go. That is

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maybe the must -watch match of the week. And

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if you watch the NPSF Men's Volleyball Media

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Days, I straight up asked UCLA players, who do

00:59:21.369 --> 00:59:23.210
you have unfinished business with? And they straight

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up said Long Beach State. So here we go. This

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one's going to be fun. Also at 10 p .m. Eastern

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on Friday, you got to make your pick. MLV Columbus

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versus San Diego. I figured it would be a good

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game. I know they're at both of the bottom of

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the MLV, but I thought it would be a good game.

00:59:40.269 --> 00:59:43.889
That game actually heavily influenced my choice

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of athletes for my fantasy team this week, so

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I will be following the stats at least. I definitely

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won't be watching it over the men's game. That's

00:59:50.949 --> 00:59:53.849
just me, though. Saturday at 5 p .m. Eastern,

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Love Nebraska versus Salt Lake. That's on Victory

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Plus. That's free. I think we said you can find

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that. on your smart TV. And then men's Coppa

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Italia Final Four is on VBTV this weekend. Trentino

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versus Piacenza and Verona versus Perugia. And

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then the finals will be the next day. So let's

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go. That'll be great. And Italian women's Sunday,

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10 a .m. Eastern. Milano versus Navarra. Sunday

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at 11 a .m. Eastern. Conigliano versus Scandici.

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Rematch. We talked about that game. It was so

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good. You have to tune in and watch this rematch.

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It's going to get... Eat it, I think. There is

01:00:30.469 --> 01:00:32.510
so much good volleyball this week, you guys,

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particularly on NCAA men's and overseas. I'll

01:00:37.170 --> 01:00:38.730
be calling in sick this week. So if you have

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VBTV, definitely just, like, post up on your

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couch this weekend and tune in. Just watch them

01:00:47.389 --> 01:00:49.730
back to back to back, you know? Milano versus

01:00:49.730 --> 01:00:52.449
Navarro on the laptop. Canigliano versus Scandicci

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on the TV. That's how it's going to be. And then

01:00:53.869 --> 01:00:57.710
I'm guessing a Trentino Perugia final for Coppa

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Italia men. which was great when they played

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in the regular season last week. So you're welcome.

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Check it out. That concludes this week's episode

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of Volley Talk. There's always something shaking

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