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Message: [QUOTE="Bjbod, post: 4192732, member: 11196"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://desmoinesregister-ia.newsmemory.com?selDate=20220206&goTo=B001&artid=0[/URL] Wow, this link has really blown up. Lots of really good posts, but also a lot of venom...not what I'm used to seeing on this board. This article (if the link works) came out in yesterday's Des Moines Register. A really thorough insight on her history and what makes her tick. My kids' high school competed with Caitlin's. We played Dowling Catholic 5 times while she was there, and amazingly we won 4 of those games. I'm embarassed to say I'm a bit of an Iowa girls basketball geek, so I've seen ALOT of games. While Caitlin was a senior I went on record as saying I'd prefer Ashley Joens (now at Iowa State) over Caitlin for a lot of the same perceived reasons she's being dismissed in this thread: not a good teammate, taking too many shots, not winning the big game, etc. In retrospect, my reasons proved to be wrong. Caitlin's basketball IQ is very high, and has been for a long time. If your ultimate goal is to win a game you want the ball in the hands of the best player most of the time. If you have multiple players that are highly talented, the ball will be spread around more equitably. If not, then the strategy that has the best chance of working may involve one player dominating possessions. Michigan's roster is more talented than Iowa's overall, Iowa was down 2 starters (Michigan was down one as well), but Iowa only had 7 players even dressed to play. They had girls starting against the #6 team in the country that were role players at best. They were getting their butts kicked but had no choice but to keep playing...there were only 2 others on the bench. Clark knew the only chance they had at winning was to shoulder the load herself. This wasn't a selfish decision, it was an objective one. Her teammates love her, they aren't jealous of or resent her. The display Sunday was newsworthy and highlight reel worthy, but it wasn't self-serving. It was just someone trying her best to win. With a regular lineup and a full bench we never would have been able to witness the craziness we saw Sunday night. Let's just enjoy it and revel in it, not criticize it. Lots of great posts here on the Boneyard...keep it up! [/QUOTE]

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