Turhan Douglas
Turhan Douglas
attack explosive helps high hitters hopes juan outside top
Juan is one of the top young outside hitters in the country. He's an explosive jumper and that helps him attack fast. We have high hopes for him in 2006.
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C.J. will help us in a big way. We haven't had a true opposite hitter at USC since All-American Brook Billings (1999-2002). His size and being a lefty are assets, as is his championship experience.
against difficult level prepare team tough
They have some very, very tough international players. Their level of play is pretty high, and they do pretty well against (NCAA) Division-I teams; they're a difficult team to prepare for.
andrew couple fought good guys last middle six vernon
A couple of disappointing things happened, with (sophomore middle blocker) Andrew Vernon out the last six weeks. The guys just fought through it and some good things happened.
balls behind block defense hitting
You play your defense around the block. You don't play your defense over the block or right behind the block normally, and they were hitting balls over us and right behind the block. Our defense wasn't in the right spots.
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There's no doubt Andrew is the most physical middle blocker in the nation and he could be an All-American. When he gets back to 100% after the surgery on his knees, he'll take us to a whole other level. And it's nice to have Jeff back this year. He is our best blocker. His experience will help our young team.
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Sometime last year I realized I didn't know my kids very well, and it seemed I was getting busier and busier and traffic was getting worse and worse. I got a little weary of the grind.
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Right now the side blinders are on and we can't worry about everybody else. If we just win our three remaining (matches), we have a really good shot at making the playoffs. We're fighting for our lives now.