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Message: [QUOTE="CBus13, post: 3155497, member: 2999"] This will cause some excitement for the fans in Columbus but with such a big class, I fear the same issues with recruiting will happen for Ohio State that happened during the Kelsey Mitchell years and in turn put them in the precarious spot last season where they needed 5 grad transfers. Where they couldn't pay high school kids to come play for them or stay past one season. With the addition of Madison Greene, who is a very calm under pressure type of player, this class now has 5 guards, 6 if you include Braxtin Miller in the group. The team last year improved throughout the season, just kind of puttered at the end when it mattered most, which seems to be a trend for McGuff's teams at OhSU. I thought his coaching was better last season compared to Mitchell's last two seasons. Seemed engaged during the games and was calling plays. He's still got a ways to go to become a mid-tier coach...maybe he'll hire a out of the park new assistant coach to help with Defense?! I don't know. Crooms, Juhasz, and Patty made good strides throughout the season. Crooms hit a patch near the end where she was playing a bit out of control, trying to do too much and the team started to lose. She does, however, have a real joy when playing the game, which was nice to see during a tough season. In the past, not sure if McGuff has tended to play one big at a time because of lack of front court depth or if it's just his preference to do four guards, but I think Patty and Juhasz would benefit from having the other on the court, or one of Mikulasikova and Wone out there, to relieve some of the physical load of being the only big. You could see the wear and tear of the college level contact slow Juhasz down during games. Interestingly, while Juhasz was the leading scorer, when she was in the game the guards rarely looked to her but when Patty was in the game there was a lot more inside passes. I'm interested to see how Bell and McGuff work. She'll be his first big time player since Mitchell. Hopefully it's not more of the same thing. She seems a bit more dynamic overall than Mitchell. Have to imagine OhSU will be expect to finish runner-up or better every season now...not that that's too hard in the Big Ten. Out of Conference will be another story. I assume you mean Kierstan Bell and aren't just trying to throw salt in the wound of Columbus/OhSU fans. ;) haha [/QUOTE]

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