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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 4805532, member: 3834"] I have little doubt that there [B]was[/B] an effort made at the time! People just don’t seem to understand that big girls, any big girls, but especially big girls that would be capable of playing at a UConn level, are very, very hard to find! Guards, with all due respect, are a dime a dozen! Bigs are as rare as hen’s teeth and to think that Geno can somehow snap his fingers at any time of the year and come up with one capable of playing at this level is simply naïveté writ large! Obviously, we will not know until next year but I happen to believe Jana would have been a major player for us! She, imo, would have instantly given us a defensive/offensive anchor in the post, allowing Aaliyah to play her more natural position and giving Ice more time to adapt to the college game rather than being thrown to the wolves as she has. It’s pretty clear she is simply overwhelmed by the pressure and speed of the game. I believe she will be a good player for us but not until the game begins to slow down for her. How long will that be? Who knows? Sunday will give us some kind of indication as to what the potential of this team is going forward. We don’t have to win but we do have to demonstrate progress toward being able to execute some sort of cohesive game plan. If they come out and play hard and together, I’ll be more than satisfied, win or lose. This is going to be a tough game. [/QUOTE]