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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4502432, member: 3535"] 1-- It's not 40 minutes. If I were to say the other players are playing close to 30 minutes other than Nika would that mean they only need a miniscule bench because nearly every team players most of their starters close to 30 minutes or slightly above them for others? Before this game, every one of the UCONN Starters are averaging closer to 30 minutes than 40. Slightly Nika too. But definitely the other 4. So yes mentioning 40 minutes as an average/close to it--it is a big exaggeration. 2-- And I'll mention again imo Kara and Meg - I'll mention again the post I sent you previously I'll recopy in bold below. So you bring up Kara and yet you heard the postgame from Geno and he said kind of what I had mentioned to you in a question previously to you that maybe Geno doesn't think Ines is as good as you think (and probably Kara) in which you said she has been "solid.? And according to Geno she is not "solid," correct? So now it comes down to "Kara’s philosophy" vs “Geno’s,” doesn't it? Kara did say "Come on, Geno" in her preference to play the team more like CD in the St Johns game. So I say this in fun-- you DO support Kara more than Geno on this issue, don't you? After all, you think Ines is solid, so you think she should play more, right? If you don’t fine. But I support Geno’s way much more than Kara/CD and Meg if they want to spread more minutes. [B]"And I did see CD substitutes different than Geno. And I stated that I didn’t like her pattern on past threads. Though it was for so few games I was fine with it. I admit I have a bias though. I grew up in hoop always playing as a guard. But many have biases even imo our UCONN TV Analysts. As a result while I love Kara and Meg (and Rebecca) but they even admit they have low post bias as well. I seriously doubt Sue Bird would have the same view as them. So I tend to think their views have more staying power on a site like this when they support more of what CD was doing, But imo it’s bias but I can still love them even if I think so as I don’t agree. Instead I agree with Geno. I’ve been a fan these many years because I just agree with the “play your best players” and “play fastbreak” which Geno does. He fits exactly how I believe a coach should manage. As a result, I felt he did terrific with ST Johns too."[/B] 3-- As far as Nika- Nika’s turnovers vs GTOWN probably more attributed to not having Azzi on the floor. And yes the more she plays the more turnovers she will get. And in terms of being tired vs Nika just wanting to gamble when making a pass, if you could tell me which is which then we would be able to draw some conclusions. Otherwise to take out your better players because you are guessing isn’t much to go with. But I just want to bring up as I mentioned to you two posts ago that you play Nika to get her to shoot more. You are not on board with that but I am. And I think Geno plays her as many minutes as he does because he knows she has it in her to be "more" whether it be shooting or other than what she is. So I guess then that I have more belief in Nika than you while you have more belief in Ines than I (and you obviously have more belief in Ines than Geno too)? I noticed Nika shot 2-3 from 3 last night which will bump up her 3pt % this year. Her 3pt % I believe is now superior than all of last year than that of Cwill and Evina I believe she is now over 36%. And I think it's also higher than them from the prior year too. And as I posted on the Nika is Rising" thread, I spoke of once Geno began to "believe" in Nika as a frosh and before she got hurt Nika shot 37.3% from 3. That's good. She has shown to be a good shooter in her frosh year and her now jr year. Why wouldn't we want to encourage her to shoot more? You’ve indicated she is what he is, didn't you? I believe she needs more encouragement because the stats show that she can do it. And she is only going to get that type of encouragement through minutes. 4--- As far as Lou she averaged 34 minutes at Fairfield. So she is averaging less at UCONN. So we can dismiss bringing up minutes as an issue with her. 5—I’m asking you to try to embrace that possibly Kara and Meg are wrong, and what would it take to convince you as such, or oyu want to see reduced minutes and that's it?. Also think about how a guard such as Sue Bird might have a different view than them. And me and you have a major difference if I’m reading into your posts right- that you think Nika and Aubrey “are what they are” and am i right to say that you believe no number of minutes will change that? If that is true, you could be right, but if you are wrong, think how much stronger UCONN will be if Geno is right and Kara is wrong. If you think they can be more then wouldn’t it be fun to support more- for example- on here on this site? Come aboard! Hahaha. I just want to also make it a point that she is shooting better than Cwill and Evina from 3 even with more minutes than even what Cwill and Evina averaged. And they are pros. Not saying Nika is a scorer though. [/QUOTE]

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