Minatee out for the year

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Does the U need a more forgiving surface for the players to practice on so they don't over-stress their bodies? Does the U need to change its training/conditioning practices such as less strength training and more flexibility activities? Other?
 

Down to just two MBs on the roster. Can Olivia play MB? Someone else? Gilk? Kinney? Crowl?
 


vonner said:
Down to just two MBs on the roster. Can Olivia play MB? Someone else? Gilk? Kinney? Crowl?
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Not sure about Olivia. I would choose Crowl since her strength is blocking more than getting kills and let Kinney and Gilk develop into RS hitters.
 

Running short of middles and littles. Let's keep Lourdes, Jordan, Kate, and McKenna healthy please.
 


Considering we rarely play the middle this won't hurt as much now, if Acevedo or God forbid Hanson were to to get hurt than that would be all she wrote for the season.
 



Hey Ruffda. You're the official chat room historian. Have we ever had a year in which we lost three starters to season ending injuries before the first Big Ten match?
 

WayOfTheGopher said:
Considering we rarely play the middle this won't hurt as much now, if Acevedo or God forbid Hanson were to to get hurt than that would be all she wrote for the season.
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I would disagree with you on the importance of the middles. Coach Cook is putting a lot of emphasis on middle attacking which I appreciate. Hugh never seemed to be concerned with the middle attack, but he mentioned it in his in game interviews quite often.
 

Hoolio said:
Hey Ruffda. You're the official chat room historian. Have we ever had a year in which we lost three starters to season ending injuries before the first Big Ten match?
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No. And the program has been fairly fortunate with knee injuries over the years. Concussions have/had been a bigger issue.

Mike's first year, that team with 11 players, was held together with duct tape, but nothing like this.

You'd need to go back several years, however, to find a team that didn't have a starter or two who missed significant time. Good luck has not been a thing for this program -- or Minnesota sports for that matter.
 

And I hate to say it, but I have a bad feeling about Hanson. This team does not make a habit of giving players a match off unless there is something serious going on. Hope I'm wrong.
 



(R)uffda! said:
And I hate to say it, but I have a bad feeling about Hanson. This team does not make a habit of giving players a match off unless there is something serious going on. Hope I'm wrong.
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I’m getting that sinking feeling. We should know tomorrow vs Marquette.
 

Nipomo 56 said:
I would disagree with you on the importance of the middles. Coach Cook is putting a lot of emphasis on middle attacking which I appreciate. Hugh never seemed to be concerned with the middle attack, but he mentioned it in his in game interviews quite often.
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But do you think a lot of that has to do with how the sport is changing? I always felt the middle was more focused on blocking but now they open up the game more for the pins by attacking besides heavy on the blocking.
 

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