I asked her that one time. She said she don't smoke, dip or chaw, and I believe her. Not sure about the vinegar BBQ, but I'll have some flown in if she wants it.@YoDore Any chance Blakes likes chopped vinegar splashed BBQ and cheap tobacco ?
I thought it was a good team win. Standout performances tonight from Blakes, Hidalgo, Stuelke, and Edwards. VanSlooten and Miles probably deserve a shout-out too.
They got away with a lot of non calls. The referees must love “chicken wings” because Dantas and Cardoso were serving them by the family pack. 
Cardoso should have fouled out of this game long before it was over. Dantas is a savy vet although 10 years older than most of team USA. Loved her fade aways after she got separation. However, Team USA was a little too much and overwhelmed them with their speed at all positions. Blakes is a hooper. I was surprised by her defense. Hidalgo was Hidalgo..causing mass chaos as usual and Miles was dropping dimes, again. Shout out to team USA!!This. The coach's goal is to win. That is assignment and they have ~ two weeks to put a winning team together- no time to let players ease into things when others are ready to go and understand their role. These kids are young though, so I don't think they understand that part when they are used to being the star. Emotional maturity is just as big a part of this as basketball skills.
Flaujae looked out of shape and ill prepared. She isn’t gonna make it at the next level.
This is interesting. I thought she looked as if she was injured or still like pacing herself, respectfully. I know she's talked about wanting to be poise and admiring that aspect of Paige game. But Paige is always running, sprinting hard. I just feel like she was playing in burst. Idk if that's an out of shape thing, an injury thing, a playing with so much talent and idk how to adjust thing. The thing I like about FlauJae similar to Hannah Hidalgo is that they have been relatively efficient throughout there career. 47 from 2 and 38 from 3 last year and I feel like she started much better than that. And she does take tough 1 on 1 shots. But I do like her at the next level.
Homer post but proud of how Hannah Stuelke battled Dantas and Cardoso down low, especially late in the game. Gave up 2-5" to those two.
Honestly she was the best counter to Cardoso out of all the forwards/post. It makes me wonder if her prior scouting and playing experience against Cardoso (while she was at South Carolina) helped.
That said, Copper's hero ball saved our bacon in the championship game when (almost) nothing else was working, and major kudos to Reeve for recognizing that early and making the adjustment. Just more proof she's one of the most complete coaches in womens basketball this side of Geno.
