I'm on CSTV and don't see it anywhere. Am I missing it, or has it not started yet, or????

Yeh, I don't know. It's not listed under the live games or anywhere. Any help?

I think the Aggie press release was written based on an internal misunderstanding. The live broadcast on CSTV probably nixed a separate deal to provide free web video. UT usually shows all home games on their own website but it said the match would be shown on tape delay due to contracts with CSTV.

Looking at the stats. It was probably for the best. Looks like the match was ugly.

"Based on what I saw on the broadcast, a lot of those fans seem to be crazy. Not the too-drunk-to-stand type crazy, but the sleeps-with-his-Colt.45 under the pillow type crazy."
-- A Missouri Tiger Fan describing the 12th man!

Very, very ugly.

i saw it,
it was on CSTV at 7:00 PM but that was on campus so.....yeah...
And from what I saw, the Horns were in control and the Aggies were making ALOT of mistakes!! But hey, lets root for these ladiez til the end because in a few, they will be up there again!!

GIG EM

Exactly, next year when all these freshmen have the experience, the score against texas could be reversed. We need to give the ladies time.

But do we need to give corbelli more time?

of course

Rome wasn't built in a day. Corbelli needs time.

and volleyball coaches aren't as abundant as football coaches

Corbelli has been with us a long time.

give her time,
she seems passionate about bringing A&M back to prominence!!

GO AGGIES

Fightin Texas Aggie Class of 2009
A-A-A-A-A

"From the outside looking in you dont understand it, from the inside looking out you can't explain it" -Texas Aggies "

"For all us Longhorns to discount A&M in our neverending rivalry, we need to realize one thing. Aggieland is a special place with special people" -UT Student Body President Eric Opiela '99 in rememberance of the Aggie Bonfire tragedy.

quote:

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give her time,
she seems passionate about bringing A&M back to prominence!!

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RC, verse two. Except RC won four conference titles.

LC is sinking fast. Another loss via sweep, with being nearly doubled in the last two games. Moreover, note that again there were no quotes from LC in the press release.

Someone mentioned that tu is bringing in the nation's #1 setter and #2 hitter, while still in the running for the #1 hitter. I have not followed recruiting, so I will take the person at his/her word. We won't even be visible in tu's rearview mirror next year.

Yes, our last recruiting class was excellent. However, they have clearly not been developed at all. The stats from the tu match were disappointing, revealing, and, unfortunately, representative of the ongoing miscues on the court.

Dream if you will of some magical turnaround this or next year just because we strongly support the Team, but realize that reality finds us as the doormat of the South with no significant evidence of improvement during the year.

I am convinced that LC is a short-timer, and the Team will be far more competitive next year under new leadership. Given the number of Freshmen on the Team, their development can not be squandered.


[This message has been edited by sharpdressedman (edited 11/9/2006 10:28p).]

If the team doesn't show SIGNIFICANT improvment next season, I feel certain it will be time for a change. We can't continue down this path.

It just feels like team needs a spark. like something to change things up. Whether that is someone stepping up, a new recruit giving the team a new identity, a new coach, or finally just having the team put together against a quality opponent for win, i don't know. This is season seems to have been stagnant, and they need something to change.

"Based on what I saw on the broadcast, a lot of those fans seem to be crazy. Not the too-drunk-to-stand type crazy, but the sleeps-with-his-Colt.45 under the pillow type crazy."
-- A Missouri Tiger Fan describing the 12th man!

Okay.

Wow.

Just.

Wow.

Last night I watched tape of the game in Austin.

It was more than another loss, it was an outright embarrassment.

On National Television.

I felt bad just watching. We looked like a high school team out there. There is no one who can consistently pass the ball. In my opinion Courtnee Rhodes should be the team MVP this year because she is working harder than any setter I've seen on what is supposed to be a top 25 program. It's so frustrating to watch because she has good speed and great set location, and a decent amount of deception in her pre-set hand motion, but no one except Hahn seems to know what to do at the net. All the other attacks behind the setter were awkward, with most of the girls not even bothering to jump and make an honest attempt. A few times Courtnee faked the ut blockers and our hitter had a nearly open net, and they still managed to make an error. There was almost no pass, set, hit. It was shank, scramble, bump over. We provided hitting practice for the horns, and that's all.

IS THERE A CONFIDENCE PROBLEM?
JUST WHAT IS THE DEAL?

There is no excuse for that many tips and freeballs. If you're gonna lose the match anyway, you might as well treat it like practice and get up there and take your best shot at every ball. Who cares if it gets blocked back in your face and you feel foolish - it already looks foolish to give so many points away without any fight whatsoever. At least go down swinging. No, don't try to nail it straight down when the block is ten inches above you, just snap your wrist to roll it into the deep corners. Work on placing and controlling the ball, then when you get that down you can try getting more raw power out of your arm swing.

Although I didn't expect a winning season based on the lack of experience and talent, I expected there to be at least a strong finish as the players developed and came together as a team. But I have seen nothing to indicate that the team has improved from September. I thought maybe it was the loss of Meghan Kainz, and they would eventually settle in with Rhodes or Kelner. But in some ways they look even worse now than six weeks ago. Lost. Disconnected. Fearful.

Well I'm fearful too. I fear the hole we're digging will take half a decade to get out of. I frankly don't see how any potential recruits could watch this kind of performance and not cross "Texas A&M" off their list.

As for the coaches "bringing A&M back to prominence" that's great, but who let us fall out of prominence in the first place? The younger fans won't understand, but do you realize just a few years ago we were ONE match away from reaching the Final Four?

Correction to SharpDressedMan, ut is bringing in:
*the second ranked outside hitter and overall number two recruit, Juliann Faucette. 6'2"
*the top middle blocker and number three overall recruit, Jennifer Doris. 6'5"

After the initial adjustment, I promise you both will start at ut by the end of 2007.

They are still in the running for:
*the number one outside and top recruit overall, Alexandra Klineman. 6'4"

If they get Klineman we will probably see at least two more National Championship banners hanging in Gregory gym before 2010. I've seen her and yes, she's that good. Imagine the hitting power and angles of ut's big girl Destinee Hooker, then add dominant blocking, great backrow defense, and strong jumpserving.

But if you don't want to take my word on these players and how far behind we've fallen, think about the fact that those three recruits are the current starting lineup for the USA Junior National Team.

And even if Klineman chooses UCLA, Washington, or Stanford instead, the very fact that UT could have a chance of sweeping the top recruits, well... what do you say to that?

[This message has been edited by wannaggie (edited 11/10/2006 9:30a).]

Lets not Forget Those same coaches put the program in Prominence.

14 Seasons, 3 Sweet 16's and 2 Elite 8's, 13 NCAA appearances

1st losing season we're trying to run them out of town.

I'm not sure the losing season is what is worrying most of us. I think it the lack of team improvement, team cohesiveness, and inability to recruit the best talent that worries us.

People creating an account and logging in to respond to one specific post are missing the last two years of conversation on this subject.

Where the team is right now is no surprise or accident. It is the end result of a trend that became visible early in the 2005 season. It is precisely BECAUSE of the "14 Seasons, 3 Sweet 16's and 2 Elite 8's, 13 NCAA appearances" that we should never have experienced our "1st losing season". And it's not like we're at .450 or something. We've only won FOUR Big 12 matches.
Four.
Total.

Kansas, Kansas State, Tech, Baylor, Colorado; none of these teams is exceptionally better than they were four years ago when we used them as napkins, and a couple of them are worse.

Contrast that with 2001, when we only LOST four Big 12 matches. And our two only other losses that year both came to national champion Stanford who had Olympian/POY Logan Tom, future POY/Olympian Ogonna Nnamani, and Ashley Ivy.

I'll work on catching up when I have time to kill.

2001 Season: So you think you're a National Contender . Let's recruit the the 5 -Star players, instead of the 4 star players you've been getting. Let's take the program to the next level. The 5 Star recruit can pretty much pick the school they want to go to. So they can wait to the last minute to sign(i.e Ale Klineman), while you wait for the answer from the 5 star recruit , the 4 star player can't wait around they sign with another program (LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma). The 5 Star player finally makes a decision I'm going to Stanford, USC , Nebraska. Now you have to scramble to sign 3-star and below just to have a recruiting class and hope they develop. The coaching Staff took a gamble to take the program to the next level, hey it may be a gamble that cost them their job. You can't fault them for trying.

I don't think you will ever get a 5 star player to go to A&M, without the player having some kind of Aggie ties. There are bigger programs out there. Stanford, Florida, Hawaii, USC, Penn State, UCLA, Nebraska and yes even Texas. Programs with great Volleyball History. I guess you could try to get one of those coaches to leave their program. Mick Haley at USC could get 5 Star players in Aggieland, he has a lot of Texas ties. I believe he would in up back in Austin before here. I'm still not convince that the current Texas coaches know what to do with all of that talent.

The only thing that concerns me about the last 2 Aggie teams is the very high amount of mental mistakes. You expect that this year but not last year.I really would like to know whats going on there. I do agree that it seems we are missing something and need a spark. The team definitley needs a floor leader, they haven't had one since Melissa Munsch left or maybe you guys are right maybe they do need a coaching change to bring in a fresh view.