Was seriously thinking about what Geno said re:buttons to push." And I found myself wondering if what the coaches needed (or used) was duck tape.
Consider: Bria injures herself in Greece, downplays injury (bad move), and is not herself all season (may even need surgery post season, who knows). Morgan gets a deep bone bruise, so she isn't up to par for a long while. Mo Jeff gets a stomach bug, she's out for a few games. Stef gets sick at St. John's. Kaleena gets a concussion. Doty is iffy each game, depending on the knee. Brianna tears her ACL. That's 7 out of 11 who were not available/up to par at some point (and in B & B's case, much longer).
Not making excuses, but it must be hard to make the team play well together when you don't so much have white and blue squads, you have black and blue squads.
(and please, no ifs about transfers, etc., I am talking about what we have in uniform, not what we coulda/woulda/shoulda had.)
Just thinking out loud.