Comments on: Girls Volleyball: MVAL, Rankings, Standings

By: Be

Be — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:51:57 +0000

Has the all league MVAL for girls volleyball for 2012 season been determined yet?

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:47:27 +0000

Loud fan
Please define your definition of talent. Thanks

By: TS

TS — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:49:42 +0000

First to Dragoneer: No intentions to besmirch BOD at all. I am just one who feels that “strength of schedule” should be a primary consideration as a season progresses. a “best of three” match early in the season should not overshadow several wins against strong opponents afterwards. Let’s hope they cross paths again before NCS. It would be a great match.
Second to Loudfan: No offense to LL, but I do not know how you can make those statements comparing the rosters. LL may have one, perhaps two DI caliber players and perhaps a few that have the talent to play in college at a lower level (no insult at all). But to say that they have better players than Campolindo is ridiculous. Campo has three players from their State Championship team of two seasons ago (all DI caliber), several sophomores with upsides and potential college opportunities, and a 6’1″ freshman that is starting and definitley has the potential for DI. By your thought process, LL has never been beaten; they have only beaten themselves. I guess perhaps you missed the good serving, multiple blocks, and powerful kills Campo that I saw. Lastly, it is a team sport and how well a player can mesh with her teammates, perform her duties at any given time, and hold up under pressure is a key part of analyzing a players “talent”. I have been watching LL players self-destruct under pressure for the past few years. Unfortunately, you seemed to have forgotten that they still need to actually “play the game” and when you lose, usually your opponent had something to do with it!

By: DFALFAN07

DFALFAN07 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:07:28 +0000

Loudfan perhaps you can scan up and see how Matt assesses teams, and does a very good job at it. Head-to-head tells a lot, and the simple factor the matter is that LL could not even take a single set off Campo on their own home court. Performance matters. Results matter.

Campo is deeper, more talented and I’ll grant you — they are also more consistent (a mark of a better team). LL has several losses to mediocre teams. Campo has lost twice to very good teams. This one is not even close if you are objective about it.

Agree that LL may do alright in D2 NCS because it is a much weaker division than D3

By: A

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:45:19 +0000

Loud fan
Beside LL middle (Borge?) I don’t know who at LL are good. Campo setter is better, campo outside hitter is better campo DS is better. Not sure what skills you are looking at. Just saying and u r in title to ur opinion. Dont get me wrong. LL will do well in NCS in D2 because of the level of competion in that division.

By: Loudfan

Loudfan — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:21:38 +0000

Apparently my comments were misunderstood by a few of you. I guess I did not do a good job of expressing my view.

The replies from “A” and “What?” are great because they prove the point I was trying to make.

“A” noted that LL lost to an unranked team (Liberty). “What?” noted that Campo’s bench beat LL in game 3 of their match. This shows that it does not matter who is on the other side of the net when LL loses. LL loses when they beat themselves with unforced errors and mistakes. (I think “DubC” understood what I was trying to say.)

This year LL is more talented than Campo. (Think of it this way… if a college volleyball coach has watched the match, she/he would be interested in more LL players than Campo players.)

But having more talent does not mean that LL is the better team. It takes focus, and determination, and chemistry, and coaching to be the best team. Campo did a better job than LL in all of these other areas last week.

BTW.. “What?”… I watch high school volleyball because I enjoy the sport. My daughter graduated years ago. I generally watch DFAL or EBAL matches and I know parents at many schools. If I have any bias it is that I root for Dusty Collins at Foothill. He’s a great coach and I always like to see his teams do well.

By: DubC Vball

DubC Vball — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:58:59 +0000

Matt…you do a great job ranking the teams…rarely do I disagree with you, especially with the top 10. Loudfan, I also agree with your comments regarding Las Lomas and Campo. While the Knights have a lot of talent with their starters, Campo is more consistent and much deeper and that showed last week. LL did tweak the lineup a bit after that match, and they looked very strong at the Concord tournament, culminating with a raucous victory over San Ramon Valley in the final.

By: A

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:45:52 +0000

Loud fan
Ll lost to Liberty and other teams that are not rank. Campo two losts to a very good teams. St Francis and Odow. I agree with What? LL is not in the same league as Campo. Campo gas too many talents.

By: What?

What? — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:09:57 +0000

Loudfan,
Not sure what you were watching at LL match. LL cruised in the first match? I thought LL had to comne back to tie at 24. therefore they were catching up to Campo. Both team had a rough first game. Unforce errors and lack of defense on both side. second game, Campo gained control the hole game and the third game they threw in their third strings to finished game three. How is Campo has less talent then LL when LL hasn’t prove they could win big games. who did they beat at Concord that worth mentioned? You must be LL parents.

By: Loudfan

Loudfan — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:35:29 +0000

Maybe the most interesting team in the top group is Las Lomas.

Has anyone actually beaten Las Lomas his year? Yes, I know that they have lost 5 matches. I saw two of those losses and Las Lomas beat themselves both times.

Last week’s match with Campo was a great example. Las Lomas was cruising 20-16 in set one and promptly fell apart. Service errors into the net, service errors long, failures on serve receives, etc. Campo won the first set 26-24 and proceeded to play with reasonably consistency while Las Lomas repeatedly committed unforced errors. Campo won the match in 3. I left the gym realizing that Campo was less talented than Las Lomas, yet was much more steady in its performance.

Las Lomas put a run together in the DII NCS playoffs last year — and again last Saturday at the Concord tournament When they do not give a lot of points away, they are very tough to beat.

And they are a tough team for Matt to rank. You never quite know what you are going to get from the Knights.