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Message: [QUOTE="Ozimoto, post: 4061355, member: 6677"] There is a lot of speculation about Geno adapting his line up to "match up" with opponents. I've also read that Geno prefers to play the game his way and force the opponent to adapt to UConn's play. To me, it would be preferable to develop your team to play in a given way so that the players have a consistent approach to how the game is to be played rather than developing multiple approaches because this week we play A and next week we play B. Generally, the simpler and more consistent you can keep things the better. Of course, problems with this approach can arise when your preferred style of play isn't working. There has to be enough flexibility built into your preferred method of play to address those occasions when the other team is able to dictate how the game is going to be played. To me, this inability to smoothly transition to a different style of play has been a shortcoming for the past couple of seasons. Approach A worked really well for most games, but when the opposition was able to shut down Approach A, there was either no workable Approach B or if there was, it looked rather ugly being implemented. Maybe this was a result of limitations in the number and type of players that were available. With the anticipated skill level and depth on this years' team, it should be possible to make better contingency plans to address those times when the preferred style of play is not working for whatever reason. The question is one of execution and how easily the needed transition in style of play can be implemented. As to the playing time issue, players want to play. Most players would probably be ok with less minutes if their time on the floor is meaningful (Paige may be the exception here) and they are contributing to the overall success of the team. I think this group of kids all have the ability to contribute in a meaningful way so I would hope that we don't have the issue where the same players get only "mop up" time every game. But, that's not my decision to make. That's between Geno and the kids based on their effort and practice performance and could easily change from week to week and game to game. [/QUOTE]

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