Highest time to open a new thread. I haven't done yet, as i was still suffering from OQT trauma. It still hurts but it is time to face reality.
Reality for german NT right now consists of World League group 3, ECH qualification (thank you Vital, by the way ), and a deep drop in world ranking due to missing OG and World League points. Furthermore it is still unclear who is going to be the new coach, we have Grozer ending his NT-career (temporarily?), an injured Schöps and a lot of players who are not really motivated to play this years NT season. This state is especially bitter, if you consider that generally, we are looking back to a very successful period for german male volleyball.....
First thing to do should be appointing a new coach. Vital Heynen will still be in charge for World League. I am not a big fan of this solution, probably Vital is neither......
Hosting the final tournament in WL 3, however, looks like a good decision by the federation. Some players (Kampa, Kaliberda, Fromm, Schwarz) could take a longer break after club season and return for the final tournament. Qualifying for group2 would be very important for the future world ranking position.
I will write about possible new coaches and players later.......