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Message: [QUOTE="WBBTakeover, post: 4936046, member: 13257"] I agree with you. The main reasons why I made the decision to follow Penn State this past season were Owusu and Valladay. I've followed both for a while and was intrigued when they both picked PSU. We all know about Ashley's backstory, but Tay is an interesting case. As you noted, she was recruited by Kieger out of HS but never played for her at Marquette. Then, she gets a chance of a lifetime to play for a P5 at UVA. While it wasn't under the best circumstances (playing for an incompetent coach who really wanted her there and then playing for the popular new coach who didn't), she did get a chance to experience high-level bball in a tough conference. The "full-circle" moment between her and Kieger was cool to witness because that coaching staff developed her and had her playing better than she ever had before (she drove me nuts with the missed lay-ups at UVA). Her career-ending injury was gut-wrenching and it left Penn State without a vocal leader on the court. I'll say now that I'm not a Carolyn Kieger fan whatsoever (she makes head-scratching decisions--like hitching her coaching wagon to Leilani Kapinus, who has not developed as she should've by this point in her career--and is extremely stubborn), so what happens to her specifically does not move me in the least. But I do respect a few members of her staff and realize that her success at PSU is tied to theirs and their ability to advance in their coaching careers. [/QUOTE]

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