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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 1999571, member: 1131"] I think if you asked Muffitt, she would say that their game last month against UConn fit into the "lethargic and uninspired" category. In the past, ND teams have had players like Skylar, K-Mac, the Cable Girl, and Achonwa with a very visible competitive edge. I'm not sure that is so visible in Lindsay Allen, Briana Turner, and Marina Mabrey -- although I do see it in Ogunbuwale and Young. I think ND is playing below their talent level this year. Since Muffitt herself is less edgy than Geno, she may not be as good as he is at waking up the competitive echoes in players who are naturally laid back. Geno's recent interaction with Lou is an example -- badgering her in the pre-Tulsa shootaround so that she would be determined to prove him wrong in the game. (And it sounds as if she fully understood what he was doing.) Lou has a laidback personality not dissimilar to those of the ND players mentioned above, but since they don't have Geno to irritate them into playing well, they don't seem to rise up the way Lou and Pheesa have. This is more apparent against unranked opponents than against UConn, but they didn't look like they were functioning on all cylinders in the 4th quarter against UConn either. [/QUOTE]