I've looked time and again. Can't find it. Likewise I had some old Canes tapes from that time frame with Jim Kelly at quarterback, including the nationally televised victory over Penn State in 1981. I lost that tape also.
Southern Reg. Coaches Noticed Gesicki's Work Habits Long Before Nfl Did
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I've looked time and again. Can't find it. Likewise I had some old Canes tapes from that time frame with Jim Kelly at quarterback, including the nationally televised victory over Penn State in 1981. I lost that tape also.
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Yea. They reduced the full compliment skill level to allow the giants to dominate. Back in the day -- I was only 6ft but big jump and used to abuse lesser athletes (speed/quicks) in the back court. The "all or nothing" spike jump serve takes away from the beauty of the game -- as it was. But hey -- I'd still watch Monday Night VBall!
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Bottom line -- Gesicki bringin' some kudos to Vball!
Gotta luv 'em just for that.
Gotta luv 'em just for that.
There was so much room for variety like that. Every team had the lightning quick energetic guy who would jump through the roof while making vital plays and saving balls off the floor. They were always crowd favorites. Sophisticated crowds would anticipate and chant the name for situation substitution, once the side out pattern called for it.
Yeah, the jump serve has become a joke. Often each team will take turns giving away cheap points. But I can understand the need late in a game while trailing in rally scoring, because otherwise you're stuck anyway. Might as well blast away and hope for 3 or 4 in a row.
The Brazilians were the ones who started to use it effectively back in the '80s. I remember they confused the USA reserves with jump serves in the 1984 Olympics, in a game the USA really didn't need and rested some guys including the setter Dvorak. Brazil won handily. The game was nationally televised on ABC so many goofs thought it was representative of the two teams. I drove to Las Vegas briefly and walked into Gary Austin's sportsbook. I was stunned to see a line on the gold medal match between USA and Brazil. Beyond that, Brazil was a substantial favorite at -200. I nearly fell over. I was thinking to myself...these idiots watched that round robin match and somehow think Brazil is superior. I unloaded on USA at +160 odds (every 10 to win 16). Then I drove back to Los Angeles. I didn't attend the match since I had tickets to Saturday track and field going on simultaneously. But we followed on ABC with a small portable TV. USA won handily in straight games. I rejoiced but I basically expected it.
When I returned to Las Vegas I found out the book was happy that I won, because after my wager moved the line down other bettors had jumped in on Brazil and shoved the favoritism even higher than it was originally. What fools. So the sportsbook was rooting for USA since it was heavy on Brazil money.