10-30-2021, 11:57 AM
I can imagine concussion protocol or minor injuries (ankle tweak). I didn't notice anything about the players that suggested any injuries (casts, boots, crutches, etc.) so I hope these are all minor.
At some point before a broadcast, an announcer talks to a coach by phone to prepare. Apparently at that point, nothing was brought up about any of the three. The announcer indicated he found out when he went over to say Hi to the coach about an hour before the game.
Like the infamous WBB game, the team clearly wasn't prepared to play with this line-up (or substitution pattern). Too many cases of players not knowing who was to get the ball. Then, to make up for it, they were trying too hard and so making mistakes. A real disaster of a match. Worse, I'm not sure they learned a whole lot from the match. I honestly expected them to adjust and come together better, but it seemed they fell apart more as the match went on, but I guess that's because Xu wasn't in there.
(And, whoever compared the announcer to Walton was exactly right. Same motor mouth, same kind of personal focus, same everything. but less knowledge about the sport. I imagine being a solo announcer is tough. I have to say he was trying.... And, for me, he was very trying. I kept muting the TV. Obviously, the first (successful) challenge was about the ball hitting the net, not the Stanford players. I couldn't see why the call stood on that last challenge when the ball was a foot over the player's hands.)
At some point before a broadcast, an announcer talks to a coach by phone to prepare. Apparently at that point, nothing was brought up about any of the three. The announcer indicated he found out when he went over to say Hi to the coach about an hour before the game.
Like the infamous WBB game, the team clearly wasn't prepared to play with this line-up (or substitution pattern). Too many cases of players not knowing who was to get the ball. Then, to make up for it, they were trying too hard and so making mistakes. A real disaster of a match. Worse, I'm not sure they learned a whole lot from the match. I honestly expected them to adjust and come together better, but it seemed they fell apart more as the match went on, but I guess that's because Xu wasn't in there.
(And, whoever compared the announcer to Walton was exactly right. Same motor mouth, same kind of personal focus, same everything. but less knowledge about the sport. I imagine being a solo announcer is tough. I have to say he was trying.... And, for me, he was very trying. I kept muting the TV. Obviously, the first (successful) challenge was about the ball hitting the net, not the Stanford players. I couldn't see why the call stood on that last challenge when the ball was a foot over the player's hands.)