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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5339175, member: 12088"] You don't need to defend Jana to me. I was her earliest adopter, as soon as I heard CD had gone to Egypt for her. I hunted down videos of her in high school, navigated websites in Arabic and games in poorly lit gyms. And I caught a lot of intemperate flak on the BY for reporting what I saw, a strong 5 with ball-handling skills and three-level scoring with a ferocious spirit who wasn't afraid to fight through low post double and triple teams. She often won games from the free throw line, since fouling was all defenders could do to stop her in the low post. That injury was a terrible setback for Jana, as was the unrelated injury to Ice. I really hope to see a second-year-post-injury leap from her. I think Jana is still working on the fitness trajectory and expect her to come back even stronger and leaner than last season. But Ice is already back into great physical shape. I'm still wary of their passing abilities, judging from what we saw last season. I think you're right to say passing can be taught to some extent. But the truly great passers seem to have a gift that can't be taught. Right now, post-Paige, it may only be Sarah who has it, though Morgan and Carol may be close. [/QUOTE]