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Message: [QUOTE="cancontent, post: 3992611, member: 10709"] 1) I do (and don't) understand how you are getting that impression. At the same time, any coach who has gotten the Canadian women's team to would most likely get the same treatment. The women's team from what I recall has gone through a huge rebuild to get back to what it was in the early 80s. There are a lot of people, including myself who don't fully understand how good the program could have been if there was the interest in the game that there is now, back then. With the interest in women's basketball growing in Canada, you have a lot of fans who are just learning the history or and the game itself. It will take some time before fans will have a different level of expectation. 2) I agree with respect to Aaliyah's usage in this game and the strategy. I thought the team was functioning better during a portion of the first half while she was on the court. There was a bit of inside-out where ball movement was good, including her assist for a 3. There was a drive where she led the team down, dished out to another team mate who had a better shot, which they converted. Like how Coach Staley stuck with the line up that was working during the 3rd quarter of the USA/BRA game, what would have been the harm in keeping that line up going? [/QUOTE]