I am loving her fadeaway shot! Her footwork in the high, mid, and low post area would make Tim Duncan and Hakeem Olajuwon proud.
I don't know what excuse will be made for this game. Yesterday's loss was because of Prince. Utah didn't have anyone close to Prince at center, so ND fans were confident about today's game. Unfortunately, ND didn't show up for the second half. As desultory play as I've ever seen from ND.
Call me judgmental and bitter, but I think her coaching ability is not unanswered - the answer is just not that favorable. She's a top 25ish X's and O's coach, and maybe top 30 player development coach, but now recruiting like a top 5 coach at U$C, and has always been a top 10 mentor. So because she now recruits so well, and has always been very well liked, she will seem to underperform much more than at Cal, where her recruiting ability was pretty limited.
Speaking of which, Triad, your Blue Devils just edged the Deacons, 23-17, for Duke's ninth win. It is Wake's weakest football team in quite a while. That said, I offer you my congratulations. Good luck at whichever bowl you'll be headed.
I agree.
Calling you judgemental and bitter; and you raise very valid points about Coach Gottlieb’s accomplishments at Cal and so far at Southern California. She did manage to land the generational talent Juju along with the transfers All American Iriafen and TVO (who I think benefited immensely from her fit with Scott Rueck’s system). Add to that the #1 recruiting class and one can understand (though you and I remain skeptical) how and why the Media anointed Gottlieb and USC as the new wbb power on the block.
Correct.
You've likely already seen this, Bone Dog, but Sonia was the Irish's best player in defeat today: 22 points on 9 of 14 shooting, five rebounds, four steals and no TOs. She didn't have her best game vs. TCU, but it surely seems she's pretty close to 100 percent... her team, on the other hand, appears to be operating at a somewhat lower rate of efficiency.
Actually she looked the only player on that team who remembered they had a game vs Utah. Good on offense, maybe a step slower than you’d expect on defense, but the whole team looked slow. They all looked tired and checked out. I remember she was still fighting for loose balls at the end when it was clear they were going to lose, which was pointless, but more than anyone else was doing.
This. It's easy to be gleeful about ND losing two in a row but every one of these programs can and will likely have bad games this season. Parity is a heck of a thing. How these teams react and move forward will be the key. Last season UConn had uninspired play during their Thanksgiving tournament and ended up in the Final Four. Which of these teams learn from their mistakes this season to do the same is what I'm focused on.
If UConn defeats ND, USC, along with Louisville and ISU it wouldn’t surprise if the writers vote the Huskies #1 before conference play starts in earnest.
When I ws in college, one of the teams in the IM league had a very effective strategy. They'd leave a cold case of beer by the opposing team's bench a half hour before game time.
That was consumed by benchwarmers. I know a thing or two about warming benches...during pregame drills even. Should write a book.
Humorous will be watching U$C go 33-5 the next three seasons, and we will still be claiming Coach Gottlieb could have done better.
