Men's volleyball dream team 2020 (original) (raw)

I agree with almost everything. Nimir and Grebennikov couldn't be challenged. It is a routine for Jenia but this is new for Nimir, what a year he had ! I would probably choose him as the year's MVP. (what do you think @Volleybox maybe add this to next year's dream team ?).

Simon and Lisinac were also the two best middle-blockers I don't see anyone else taking their places in a dream team. Concerning the setters it was between Christenson and De Cecco for me, with Christenson slightly winning for having this capacity to finish points regularly.

Wilfredo Leon is obviously the best outside hitter even if I don't like his style of play. For the other one it is more complicated, it seems that no other outsider hitter than Leon standed out from the crowd this year. Why not Bednorz, I also voted for him as the second O/H. It could also have been N'Gapeth, Leal, Juantorrena or maybe Plotnytskyi.

The only point I disagree is the coach. What did Vital Heynen do ? He leads Perugia to the top of the rankings yes but with an incredible team he is not as dominant as excepted and his team also had some nasty defeats like Trentino and Monza. He also lost his two most important matches of the year : the Italian Cup final and the Champions League pool match, both against Lube. Why is he the best coach of the year for you ?

I would have chosen a coach which makes something special, for example Valerio Baldovin (my pick) who brings Vibo Valentia to the third place of the Superlega, Nikola Grbic who is 16-0 in PlusLiga with a team which doesn't seem amazing on paper, or even Laurent Tillie for such ballsy substitutions which led France to the Olympic ticket in semi-final and final.