Posts by SatanClaus

Quote from Gymnicus

I don't know if you have to read into everything these tensions, which undoubtedly existed. As far as I know, there's a good and friendly relationship between Dresden and Suhl, regardless of the sporting rivalry of recent years. Therefore, it seems quite normal to me that Dresden congratulated Suhl on their victory. I don't know if Suhl did the same for Dresden last year, but I can certainly imagine it.

A couple of other VBL teams liked the posts too and congratulated. So did Stuttgart. IMHO it’s just normal courtesy and sportsmanship. In Suhl there were a considerable amount of people happy for Dresden winning the cup last season because of Sarah Straube.

The mental game was the key. Suhl had so many setbacks when Stuttgart finally found their game, but the way they fought back after 11:13 in the tie break was impressive

Quote from StefanS

I think, there are several options for Foley next season, for example Stuttgart has more than twice the budget of Suhl, Just saying.

Good for them. Winning with money is quite easy. Maybe the points in the standings should be divided by the budget. 😉

Quote from fire_erik_sullivan

Foley right now

Chosing Bamba for MVP silver… I can totally relate to that. But Foley would have been my choice for MVP gold too.

Btw… Suhl games seem to be unhealthy for spectators. The second medical emergency in two consecutive games. Let’s hope the person is okay.

Lara Nagels extends her contract with Suhl for the 26/27 season.

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Interesting guest at the New Year‘s reception in Suhl.

What we are witnessing now is a slow implosion of the 1st League. Best case scenario would be to abandon the 2BLpro and start from scratch and rearrange the clubs from 1st and 2nd leaguers in a new structure

Adria Powell seems to be the last minute reinforcement in Suhl. She was attending todays game on the sidelines wearing a team sweater…

The teams can „rent“ a challenge for their match.

The league needs a good product to sell. And the essential element is competition. There will be no positive effect having 12-14 teams in the league and 8-10 have only semi amateur level. The top teams - who are the ones who control the league one the most part - need to acknowledge that they need healthy and competitive opponents to fill their venues.

Quote from Matthias

It's a really tough situation. The last thing the league needs is losing more teams, so in some way I understand we still haven't heard anything about punishments for Potsdam and Wiesbaden, but OTOH if they get a free pass it's not fair towards the other clubs.

I'm afraid the level of the league might drop drastically in the next years if the American leagues turn out to be a success. A lot of decent players won't be available for European clubs anymore, teams have to sign mediocre players or rely on youngsters like Neuwied to even have a full roster, only the richer clubs might keep their level more or less by getting good European players.

Would be a great moment to implement a salary cap. 😉

Quote from Ricky89

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Potsdam needs 350.000 euros immediately. Or they have to end the season

No matter what happens. I assume that Potsdam won't play a big role in the Bundesliga next year.

How „kindly“ they are blackmailing the city to pay for their fiscal penalty

Quote from StefanS

You should be aware, that Suhl is a center of facism in Germany. So that comes as no surprise regarding this...

This is a horrible quote. You are either ignorant or a liar.

Suhl (Wahlkreis 21) is definitely not a center of facism in Germany. In fact it‘s one of the cities in the region where AfD is significantly weaker than in the region around it.

Yes, there are some problematic fans and the club should be more strict to get rid of them. But from the time I worked for the club I know how hard it is to get them out of the hall. Especially when the soccer fans were joining the games. For the matches against Dresden regularly „fans“ of Rot-Weiß-Erfurt were coming to our games to agitate against Dresden. If they were obviously intoxicated we had some options to deny them entering but if not then there is little you can do. As long as they’re only verbally aggressive it’s difficult to get reasons for a house ban.

At this point the league can’t afford to lose any more teams, so there are limited options for penalties.
But I hope they will not shy away from banning Potsdam from the playoffs. Anything less will have no penalty effect in the actual configuration of the league.

The level of competitiveness isn’t of concern. In a league already this small every team will be missed, not only because of missing revenue from ticket sales. Especially the smaller teams need the games in general to have substantial media coverage.

I think the situation in Potsdam has the potential to become the most threatening one. The possibility of tax evasion is quite a serious thing.

https://www.rbb24.de/sport/bei…e-steuer-toni-rieger.html

Quote from Matthias

Regulations for the new 2nd league Pro were announced: Teams are obliged to accept promotion to 1st league after 3 years in 2nd league Pro, teams that got relegated from 1st league have to accept promotion already in the first year. If I understand this correctly this means Erfurt and Straubing would be forced to play 1st league next season if one of them becomes champion of 2nd league Pro

Besides there are regulations for German players: half of the team registered for a match has to consist of German players, two have to be under 23 and two German players always have to be on court. Clubs will receive financial rewards for letting U23 players actually play.

I do like the second part, but coaches should have their passport knowledge ready when making substitutions. I would have preferred limiting the licences regarding players not eligible for German-NT, so the coaches don’t have to consider passports when working on the best lineup of the team.

I think the whole idea with creating this new 2nd league may start to backfire soon. It kind of cannibalised the 1st league and in the light of the financial troubles with Dresden, Wiesbaden and other teams and now the doom looming in Potsdam: If there is one more team folding in the Bundesliga the domino effect may be taking some other clubs down as well. And with maybe 6-7 teams left in the Bundesliga this „2nd Pro“ won’t make any sense…

I hope none of this will happen, but the next step of the licensing process in September might be very thrilling.

Quote from kenny3999

Now it is official, that the Cup-Finals 2016 will be hosted in SAP-Arena, Mannheim. http://volleyball-verband.de/i…nagnfi2rfv9dk3dv6bn0gj1f1

I think, it's the right step forward to develop the Cup Final. It was reaching limits in Halle/W. although I enjoyed every final there. Was a great venue all these years.

Quote from Matthias

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It's good to know that also the players were asked about their opinions of the candidates and were in favor of Pedulla.

I see this a little bit different. The players own their fair share of the problems with Giovanni, and now the federation is giving them the little finger when it came to decide who will be the new head coach. So far so good. Be positive. But I don't know if that's a good situation the federation put themselves in right now. If the times will get rough again some day...will they ask the players again?

The crowd in Dresden is usually very fair and shows quite good volleyball knowledge... But the larger the crowd, the large the chance of having some idiots among them. Statistically. Also boos are louder then cheers.
But one problem in Dresden is that they tend to make quite bold statements prior to games, so they should not be surprised to have to deal with some frustrated fans after not living up to their own expectations.