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Geno
It's funny but his remarks had the effect of heightening my expectations. He spoke less ironically than usual, more like the straight skinny today. When he said the team is not like March-ready, but October-ready, that was a sober, realistic statement. They're at the beginning of a long building process for a young group and he was quite upfront about it. My sense is Geno only speaks like this when he thinks he's got lightning in a bottle.Geno's interview did temper my expectations on the team a bit.
Five second-year players; Ice and Yanna plus KK, Ash and Q.No team with four 2nd year players plus a transfer and four 1st year players could be March-ready in October. He's got 14 players and 3 of them will be out early. So it's 11 players and 9 of them are new or have 1 year.
Strong talked about finding her role and Geno talked about roles. I think they will score from day one and that by March they will be playing March defense.
Big reason “I” wanted Nika at the point to initiate the offense and Paige as 2-3.Paige being more of a "ball hog" is a double-edged sword. I recall a time when Maya was asked to do something similar and while Maya was great, the team had a tendency to stand around and just watch Maya instead of continuing to move and run offense. While I hope Paige does up her offensive output, I don't want the other four players on the floor to become spectators. That is our (i.e., Boneyard denizens) job.
Love Paige, but she's got a lot of catching up to do this season.Geno would like to have more balls on Paige's hand. He fell not let Paige to have more balls in her hand last year.
Yes, I think Paige is the next Maya.
Your point about Paige slowing the pace and Nika pushing it is accurate, and the analogy with your daughter is a good one too. IMO the main reason Nika was on the point last year was she was pretty much a one position player, at least offensively. She will never be very effective as a 2 or a 3. Paige could be the best player on the team 1-3 for sure and maybe even at the 4.Big reason “I” wanted Nika at the point to initiate the offense and Paige as 2-3.
Paige starting the offense there’s 4 player standing around watching to see what she’s going to do.
Nika starts the offense and everyone’s moving. The rocks passed to Paige. . . Everyone’s still moving! I know it was crazy. It’s like once the offense gets initiated no one’s Paige watching.
That’s how I saw it. That’s why I think Paige will be handling the ball a lot but not bringing it up & iniating the offense. I think with all the young players on this team it’s going to be just like Paige’s freshman year. 4 players watching.
I could be totally out of my mind on this but my recollection is that Paige really slowed the tempo when she brought the ball up. Where as Nika would be getting up court quickly.
NOTE: first paragraph. Four years ago I told the story about my daughter in junior high here in the BY.
Our daughters junior high teams point guard was probably the best player in the conference/league. Our daughter was simply a really good ball handler and passer.
The team was headed for a loosing season. The coach switched the best player to the 2. Moved our daughter to the point. They started winning games. The best player still got her points but there was a noticeable point production increase for the other players on team.