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I just got two PMs.  Blutarsky says he thinks the comparison is unfair to his reputation.  Parks says she can accept criticism as long as her name is spelled correctly

LOL.  Now I'm re-reading to see where I misspelled her name.

BC

You spelled it Parker in 3 places.  :-)  I edited your post to fix it, after paloalto had already replied.

Thanks for the assist.

BC

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1. Neither Kurt or Blyashov have clearly claimed the spot.
2. If the plan is to do this at some point in the tournament when it’s do or die, you better try it now in games that matter and see if it works.

Do it a few more times over the next 7-8 games, and if it doesn’t work at all shelve it and name a starter. If I had to pick right now though, I would go Blyashov just because I think she has more upside - better athlete, bigger and has been showing decent improvement through the first half of the season.

Statistically, Blyashov is having the better season so far.
Blyashov: 94 kills, 31 errors, 231 attacks for a .273 hitting percentage and 2.85 kills/set
Kurt: 64 kills, 31 errors, 199 attacks for a .166 hitting percentage and 2.13 kills/set

Kurt is doing a little bit better on serve (10 aces to 15 errors vs. 4 aces to 16 errors for Blyashov); they are about even in digs and receiving errors.  Blyashov has 10 block assists versus 6 for Kurt.  Blyashov has played a couple more sets than Kurt but it is pretty even (33 vs. 30).

None of this takes opponent into account, but the stats favor Blyashov.  Still, we will need both of them next year when Rubin graduates.

BC

[BostonCard]

I just got two PMs.  Blutarsky says he thinks the comparison is unfair to his reputation.  Parks says she can accept criticism as long as her name is spelled correctly

LOL.  Now I'm re-reading to see where I misspelled her name.

BC

You spelled it Parker in 3 places.  :-)  I edited your post to fix it, after paloalto had already replied.

Thanks for the assist.

BC

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1. Neither Kurt or Blyashov have clearly claimed the spot.
2. If the plan is to do this at some point in the tournament when it’s do or die, you better try it now in games that matter and see if it works.

Do it a few more times over the next 7-8 games, and if it doesn’t work at all shelve it and name a starter. If I had to pick right now though, I would go Blyashov just because I think she has more upside - better athlete, bigger and has been showing decent improvement through the first half of the season.

Statistically, Blyashov is having the better season so far.
Blyashov: 94 kills, 31 errors, 231 attacks for a .273 hitting percentage and 2.85 kills/set
Kurt: 64 kills, 31 errors, 199 attacks for a .166 hitting percentage and 2.13 kills/set

Kurt is doing a little bit better on serve (10 aces to 15 errors vs. 4 aces to 16 errors for Blyashov); they are about even in digs and receiving errors.  Blyashov has 10 block assists versus 6 for Kurt.  Blyashov has played a couple more sets than Kurt but it is pretty even (33 vs. 30).

None of this takes opponent into account, but the stats favor Blyashov.  Still, we will need both of them next year when Rubin graduates.

BC