10-05-2025, 04:47 PM
I'm a little sour on Hamblys strategy of mixing and matching combinations of IMPORTANT players mid game. I'm all for players battling out who deserves court time in practice and even if needed trying different combos in preseason winnable games but why in a top 6 matchup against the top team in the conference?
Bringing in Yu in the third set puts so much pressure on her to essentially turn the game around and lead the team to a comeback back victory. All the while Parks is slumped and dejected on the sidelines for getting subbed out. The only set this game we WON was the set Kurt played in and not Blyshov yet Kurt gets subbed out in set 2. Was the team in a better rhythm from that point on? No because set 2 and set 3 were not really very competitive for Stanford at all. I don't think Stanford is helping itself by using this strategy. We looked bad at Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, and pretty bad most of today against Louisville. At some point establishing a go-to rotation, chemistry on the court, and consistency has to happen to make a deep NCAA run and it isn't happening so far this season with the constant shuffling.
Bringing in Yu in the third set puts so much pressure on her to essentially turn the game around and lead the team to a comeback back victory. All the while Parks is slumped and dejected on the sidelines for getting subbed out. The only set this game we WON was the set Kurt played in and not Blyshov yet Kurt gets subbed out in set 2. Was the team in a better rhythm from that point on? No because set 2 and set 3 were not really very competitive for Stanford at all. I don't think Stanford is helping itself by using this strategy. We looked bad at Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, and pretty bad most of today against Louisville. At some point establishing a go-to rotation, chemistry on the court, and consistency has to happen to make a deep NCAA run and it isn't happening so far this season with the constant shuffling.