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Message: [QUOTE="hjoerring, post: 3435320, member: 3630"] Tonyc, you are a true fan of our program, and your ever positive thoughts are soothing. But there is the team we have in our head-- the one we are accustomed to seeing, and there is the 'actual' team that have played since the season started. We are not alone with this duality. I have watched a replay of the SC game and it struck me that the two commentators kept talking about 3 teams on the floor-- SC, a Uconn team and another Uconn team that was there in expectation; that is, "this is how we that Uconn team would have played." In fact, they seemed a lot more interested in that version than the one on the floor. I have never seen this team as a top 5, but more towards the bottom top 10. So I am not distraught. What I am surprise about is their seeming lack of ability to move. So I went back to older games with these players and voila: individually, they have not been quick and perpetually moving players. That is not their game. All of this was lost last year and the years before because those other players excelled at moving thus hiding the current ones. They are all talented, but their style clashes with the standard flow-offense. To this must be added the question of how much sophistication they have with the plays, spacing, etc., in the Uconn system. I'm not convinced that this is a problem only for the two freshmen. As for the latter, Anna may have played professional in Poland, but we shouldn't confused that with professionals in other parts of Europe and may I say USA. I seriously doubt she has experienced players so quick, skilled and tall. Aubrey needs a longer rope. She probably has more shot-making skills than shown. If SC can develop their Freshmen to the level they are now, we should learn something. If we played BU, OR and SC as if we were afraid, as the coach and others here are saying, it is because we cannot play the style of play that is necessary to compete-- moving. What happened to ND and Uconn this year? Have we spend too much time on getting the right bouquet (of flowers/roses) instead of cultivating fruits and vegetables? [/QUOTE]

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