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Message: [QUOTE="WBBTakeover, post: 5057910, member: 13257"] But there are still more variables to consider (substandard coaching decisions, poor personnel choices by selection committee, a nasty bug that has been going around Team USA, etc.) that played more of a role in the outcome than the suggestion that the rest of the world has caught up to the US. At the end of the day, we went 6-0. Every other team in the field had at least two losses or lost prior to the semifinals. This French team lost in the group stage to Australia--the same Australian team that Team USA demolished in the previous round. They very easily could have lost to Belgium in the semis--a Belgian team that has one actual WNBA-level talent (Vanloo, in my opinion, is not a good WNBA player). France is a very good team that is well coached. But they are not particularly talented (Gabby is their best player, and she's barely a WNBA starter while every member of Team USA is/has been at All-WNBA level) and would not come close to beating the winning team (despite its shortcomings) had the conditions been more favorable to Team USA. [/QUOTE]