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Message: [QUOTE="ABCDFE, post: 3434791, member: 9410"] I think most of us are down because we have hope that the talent that we believe the players have will all come together on that basketball court. We've seen flashes of brilliance from almost everyone on the team in one game or the other. Knowing how highly recruited some of our players were coming out of high school and the tremendous games they've played in the past (i.e., CW at ND), we as fans build up our hope that each big game we have the stars might align and we will play that incredible game. Then reality sinks in and we realize, maybe our players aren't as good as we think. This could be true, although I don't believe it at the moment (still holding out). But irregardless, the facts thus far have shown us that our players when playing strong defensive and athletic teams cannot execute on offense consistently. This is because we really only have one true consistent offensive elite shooter and creator, and that's CDangerfield. Can Meg and CW ever get to be that, I think probably CW has more potential than Meg, but her shot is so erratic. Meg is a very good player, but when she plays elite talent she has difficulty making shots (give credit where credit is due) because she to me is more of a spot shooter, and plays with heavy feet. She's also probably playing out of position right now, where if she could be a 2 or a small 3, she may have more success, but she's asked to play bigger for our team right now. Liv is a tremendous talent, but her inability to play tall in the post, where she brings the ball from her body up to the basket gives defenders easy chance to block or affect the shot. She needs to establish better position down low catch at high point and release at high point while jumping to the basket. She showed she has some moves down low at the moment, but she doesn't have anything elite for the team to hang its hat on when they need a bucket in crunch time. Because so many of them don't have that elite skillset, they've been passing and passing and passing and ultimately, the give it to CD to create. This is a recipe for disaster as the game against SC has shown us. Everyone needs to move better, cut harder, establish better position and execute better so that we're not relying on someone trying to do something they are not capable or at least not consistently capable of doing. [/QUOTE]

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