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[QUOTE="Crossover, post: 5330102, member: 1067"]
Thanks so much for schooling me.  I had no idea that there was such a thing as coaching.  I took your advice and looked into it, and came across someone named Tara VanDerveer.  Apparently she was the head coach at a place called Stanford when Lauren Betts was a freshman there.  Betts did not play much that year, probably because VanDerveer was too dumb to recognize her talent (or her height), or lacked the ability to develop talent.  (Pay no attention to rumors out of Palo Alto that Betts was un-coachable).  Thankfully, Lauren had the good sense to transfer.  During my research I learned that she landed at UCLA where she played for a coach by the name Cori Close.  Did I get that right?  Close must be terrible at her job since her team lost to UConn in the Final Four this past Spring.  (Geno Auriemma would beg to differ with that evaluation of Close, but what does he know?)  So yes, Betts has been victimized by lousy coaching up until now, and will undoubtedly blossom under the superb tutelage of Dallas Wings coach Chris Koclanes.  Plus, I bet she can't wait to escape UCLA's heliocentric style of play, and is eager to be in a system that does not revolve around her.
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