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I realize that those were highlights, but dang - she moves well, goes AFTER rebounds, and has a very nice handle bringing the ball up the court FAST, especially for a 6'3 or 6'4" player. This kid is going to be special. Oh, and how about the nice form on the mid-range shots? I've seen her make 3's too.
 
EricLA said:
I realize that those were highlights, but dang - she moves well, goes AFTER rebounds, and has a very nice handle bringing the ball up the court FAST, especially for a 6'3 or 6'4" player. This kid is going to be special. Oh, and how about the nice form on the mid-range shots? I've seen her make 3's too.
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You're referring to Brady I assume.
 
oldude said:
While I agree with your comments in general, I have a couple related thoughts. One has to do with watching highlights vs full game videos.

If Saylor had 13 pts in the game, at most she had 6 made shots, and less if she hit more than one 3-pt shot or more than 1 ft. If she was 6/10 or even 6/15 vs tough competition, that’s pretty good. But if Saylor was 6/20+, either Mir did a pretty good job of defending her or she had a really poor shooting night.

My second point has to do with our expectations of teenagers. Many of us here on the BY are senior citizens. Teenagers minds work far differently than old farts like us. Who knows what in the hell Mir might have been thinking about for the handful of sequences when Saylor scored? Thinking back to the dark ages, when I was once a teenager, I was known for a lot of things. Consistency was not one of them.

One last example of what I’m talking about. With Geno in attendance, during Megan Walker’s 3rd straight VA State HS championship with her Monacan HS teammates, Megan was downright pedestrian for 3 qtrs of the game, and Monacan fell behind by double digits entering the 4th qtr. In the 4th qtr Megan woke up, took over the game and scored 20+ pts as Monacan won their 3rd straight state championship.

After the game Geno congratulated Megan and gave her a big hug. He also told her that, “If you can do that in the 4th qtr, you can also do that in the first three qtrs.”

One of the reasons why top recruits come to UConn is because they know that Geno will get the very best out of them. Unlike HS, and many college programs as well, nothing but your best is acceptable at UConn.
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On your first point, two things, from what I see I don't get the sense that SP is a pure shooter and with the lack of defensive fundamentals I saw from MM I believe SP may have just missed shots. On your second point, that's why I pointed the finger at the coach. MM seems to be a very intelligent kid and those kids tend to get the message if you take the time to explain to them why giving total effort at all times in to their's and the team's benefit. That's a competent coach's job. Auriemma will get the fundamentals fixed because of her superior athleticism, but he won't mess around with any lack of effort. He'll have too many alternatives.
 
BobbyJ said:
On your first point, two things, from what I see I don't get the sense that SP is a pure shooter and with the lack of defensive fundamentals I saw from MM I believe SP may have just missed shots. On your second point, that's why I pointed the finger at the coach. MM seems to be a very intelligent kid and those kids tend to get the message if you take the time to explain to them why giving total effort at all times in to their benefit. That's a competent coach's job. Auriemma will get the fundamentals fixed because of her superior athleticism, but he won't mess around with any lack of effort. He'll have too many alternatives.
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Yes. But I’d still like to see the full game video.
 
HopJim said:
Many have talked about leaving Texas. Few did.
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What I wonder when I see the GREAT scoring by HS players:
If a player get an average of say 25 points then typically what does that player average as Jr in college, Soph, Frosh???? Typically it looks like (no stats, no math) those big time scorers are rarely above 10 point average often 6 or less---just a guestimation. STAT FOLKS, what is the TRUTH??
 
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Ozimoto said:
Or Mir could have been dealing with the nasty cold that is sweeping through the Baltimore area. And Saylor may have been spreading the ball around to her team mates because they had more and better open looks. Isn't speculation fun?

Since I don't think any of us were there to watch the entire game we really just don't know now, do we?
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you are absolutely right...............there's no way to make a judgement about a player's work ethic unless you viewed the game in it's entirety...........as a matter of fact I don't think you can make a blanket judgement about any player's effort unless you watch many of their games in full....................
 
Charliebball said:
you are absolutely right...............there's no way to make a judgement about a player's work ethic unless you viewed the game in it's entirety...........as a matter of fact I don't think you can make a blanket judgement about any player's effort unless you watch many of their games in full....................
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Those judgements were made in part because it was in stark contrast to what we were told previously and many of us observed about Mir's work ethic and motor. One of the prior videos of Mir that was posted here showed her very effectively guarding 6'7" Cardosa. She wasn't taking off any plays in this video which featured about half a dozen high D1 prospects.
 
Effort is hard to judge when up big in a game. Easier to judge when behind. Yes you should go hard all the time. Lack of effort when behind to me is just inexcusable.
 
Bellemare said:
What I wonder when I see the GREAT scoring by HS players:
If a player get an average of say 25 points then typically what does that player average as Jr in college, Soph, Frosh???? Typically it looks like (no stats, no math) those big time scorers are rarely above 10 point average often 6 or less---just a guestimation. STAT FOLKS, what is the TRUTH??
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There is a formula. To get the average score for their freshman year, take their HS avg. score and divide it by 3. Then subtract their age. Finally divide their date of birth by the number 2.5. Voilà, there you have it! Calculating their sophomore year is slightly more complicated.
 
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EricLA said:
I realize that those were highlights, but dang - she moves well, goes AFTER rebounds, and has a very nice handle bringing the ball up the court FAST, especially for a 6'3 or 6'4" player. This kid is going to be special. Oh, and how about the nice form on the mid-range shots? I've seen her make 3's too.
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When was the last time Uconn had an athletic and big strong inside player that can shoot like Brady?
 
BobbyJ said:
On your first point, two things, from what I see I don't get the sense that SP is a pure shooter and with the lack of defensive fundamentals I saw from MM I believe SP may have just missed shots. On your second point, that's why I pointed the finger at the coach. MM seems to be a very intelligent kid and those kids tend to get the message if you take the time to explain to them why giving total effort at all times in to their's and the team's benefit. That's a competent coach's job. Auriemma will get the fundamentals fixed because of her superior athleticism, but he won't mess around with any lack of effort. He'll have too many alternatives.
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Several years ago, on another board, a poster with extensive experience in Cal girls HS basketball responded to a post about KLS's lack of effort on defense and it's implications for her in college. What he said was that it is very common for a HS coach to specifically instruct his scoring stars to play soft defense. TThe rarest thing in girls HS basketball, according to this poster, was a prolific scorer, and their teams can't afford to have them on the bench in foul trouble. So if a coach does do that then it is excusable.

I never watched Walker in HS but I noticed in reading reports of her games on this board that she often got most of her points late in games, as was noted in another post. I wonder if team dynamics had anything to do with that. To many in sports, especially HS sports winning isn't everything. There is a social aspect to team sports, apart from winning. Young players who have no chance of a scholarship still want to be involved in their high school games and might resent a star "hogging" the scoring. When I was in HS in CT there was a player for N Britain HS who was a phenomenal guard. He was around 6' tall, handled the ball like a wizard and was deadly from outside. He would average about 40/game when 50 was a lot of points for a team. I learned later when I was in college that his team mates hated him and several quit the team despite the fact that he was the main reason they won. Sometimes I forget that HS kids are very concerned about how they are perceived by their peers. The elite players we follow are usually extremely better than 99% of the players they face and they may worry that if they play too hard it could be viewed by their peers as "rubbing it in" or unsportsmanlike. I am reminded of the film The Hustler, when Newman had his thumbs broken after destroying another hustler in pool. He was told by those breaking his thumbs that "we don't mind hustlers but we hate sharks".
I'm not saying this is the case but I do think it could be a factor.
I'll leave the job of measuring effort to Geno.
 
pvdoggy said:
How soon we forget:) but Brady looks more bulked up than Tuck although it certainly looks like similar playing style. So adding to my wish that Saylor will be at least as good as KLS, Brady to be at least as good as Tuck. Not asking a lot, am I?
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Brady appears to be a very good get but she is class of '22. That's 2.5 full season from now not sure UCONN can afford to wait that long to fill out that big PF position. Edwards is more of a wing & DeBerry and Gabriel are more post players. There is a better Tuck clone available sooner in '21-just sayin.
 
Alydar said:
Several years ago, on another board, a poster with extensive experience in Cal girls HS basketball responded to a post about KLS's lack of effort on defense and it's implications for her in college. What he said was that it is very common for a HS coach to specifically instruct his scoring stars to play soft defense. TThe rarest thing in girls HS basketball, according to this poster, was a prolific scorer, and their teams can't afford to have them on the bench in foul trouble. So if a coach does do that then it is excusable.

I never watched Walker in HS but I noticed in reading reports of her games on this board that she often got most of her points late in games, as was noted in another post. I wonder if team dynamics had anything to do with that. To many in sports, especially HS sports winning isn't everything. There is a social aspect to team sports, apart from winning. Young players who have no chance of a scholarship still want to be involved in their high school games and might resent a star "hogging" the scoring. When I was in HS in CT there was a player for N Britain HS who was a phenomenal guard. He was around 6' tall, handled the ball like a wizard and was deadly from outside. He would average about 40/game when 50 was a lot of points for a team. I learned later when I was in college that his team mates hated him and several quit the team despite the fact that he was the main reason they won. Sometimes I forget that HS kids are very concerned about how they are perceived by their peers. The elite players we follow are usually extremely better than 99% of the players they face and they may worry that if they play too hard it could be viewed by their peers as "rubbing it in" or unsportsmanlike. I am reminded of the film The Hustler, when Newman had his thumbs broken after destroying another hustler in pool. He was told by those breaking his thumbs that "we don't mind hustlers but we hate sharks".
I'm not saying this is the case but I do think it could be a factor.
I'll leave the job of measuring effort to Geno.
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Interesting analysis. But I don't think resentment of a teammate is confined to HS. We need only contemplate the situation with Chennedy Carter at TX A&M a couple years ago when both Anriel Howard and Danni Williams graduated early so they could transfer out to play elsewhere.
 
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Alydar said:
Several years ago, on another board, a poster with extensive experience in Cal girls HS basketball responded to a post about KLS's lack of effort on defense and it's implications for her in college. What he said was that it is very common for a HS coach to specifically instruct his scoring stars to play soft defense. TThe rarest thing in girls HS basketball, according to this poster, was a prolific scorer, and their teams can't afford to have them on the bench in foul trouble. So if a coach does do that then it is excusable.

I never watched Walker in HS but I noticed in reading reports of her games on this board that she often got most of her points late in games, as was noted in another post. I wonder if team dynamics had anything to do with that. To many in sports, especially HS sports winning isn't everything. There is a social aspect to team sports, apart from winning. Young players who have no chance of a scholarship still want to be involved in their high school games and might resent a star "hogging" the scoring. When I was in HS in CT there was a player for N Britain HS who was a phenomenal guard. He was around 6' tall, handled the ball like a wizard and was deadly from outside. He would average about 40/game when 50 was a lot of points for a team. I learned later when I was in college that his team mates hated him and several quit the team despite the fact that he was the main reason they won. Sometimes I forget that HS kids are very concerned about how they are perceived by their peers. The elite players we follow are usually extremely better than 99% of the players they face and they may worry that if they play too hard it could be viewed by their peers as "rubbing it in" or unsportsmanlike. I am reminded of the film The Hustler, when Newman had his thumbs broken after destroying another hustler in pool. He was told by those breaking his thumbs that "we don't mind hustlers but we hate sharks".
I'm not saying this is the case but I do think it could be a factor.
I'll leave the job of measuring effort to Geno.
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Saying you would leave it to Geno to measure effort is an unworthy cop out. Geno does not post here and every posters is perfectly capable of viewing that clip or full game and determining if the level of effort was acceptable. You are also confusing a few concepts specifically these: soft defense is not the same as lack of effort. The latter was what I repeatedly saw in that clip and I will be looking at the full video in a few minutes.
 
Alydar said:
Several years ago, on another board, a poster with extensive experience in Cal girls HS basketball responded to a post about KLS's lack of effort on defense and it's implications for her in college. What he said was that it is very common for a HS coach to specifically instruct his scoring stars to play soft defense. TThe rarest thing in girls HS basketball, according to this poster, was a prolific scorer, and their teams can't afford to have them on the bench in foul trouble. So if a coach does do that then it is excusable.

I never watched Walker in HS but I noticed in reading reports of her games on this board that she often got most of her points late in games, as was noted in another post. I wonder if team dynamics had anything to do with that. To many in sports, especially HS sports winning isn't everything. There is a social aspect to team sports, apart from winning. Young players who have no chance of a scholarship still want to be involved in their high school games and might resent a star "hogging" the scoring. When I was in HS in CT there was a player for N Britain HS who was a phenomenal guard. He was around 6' tall, handled the ball like a wizard and was deadly from outside. He would average about 40/game when 50 was a lot of points for a team. I learned later when I was in college that his team mates hated him and several quit the team despite the fact that he was the main reason they won. Sometimes I forget that HS kids are very concerned about how they are perceived by their peers. The elite players we follow are usually extremely better than 99% of the players they face and they may worry that if they play too hard it could be viewed by their peers as "rubbing it in" or unsportsmanlike. I am reminded of the film The Hustler, when Newman had his thumbs broken after destroying another hustler in pool. He was told by those breaking his thumbs that "we don't mind hustlers but we hate sharks".
I'm not saying this is the case but I do think it could be a factor.
I'll leave the job of measuring effort to Geno.
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I understand your point and that's fine for those coaches who are doing it to win games and trophies. For me it goes beyond that, it's about teaching the game and when you're lucky enough to have a high D1 talent, to teach them fundamentals and prepare them them for the next level the right way. Many HS coaches have managed to do that and still keep their jobs for 25-30 years. If you can't do that and also win then do the right thing for the whole program and the occasional high talent kid. That's just what I believe and how I did it.
 
OK. I just watched the full game video of Roland Park vs McDonough other than some of the 1st qtr when I lost the feed. Here are my thoughts:
  • After watching several of Paige/Hopkins games, this was a little like watching paint dry. Hopkins is an up tempo team that scores a bunch of points. Both of these teams walk the ball up the court. Hence the 49-47 score.
  • Saylor missed a bunch of shots, particularly in the first half, both with Mir getting a hand in her face and several when she was wide open, including a few air balls. To her credit, Saylor kept firing away until she started making a few, including two 3’s & one 2 with Mir up in her face.
  • Again, unlike Hopkins, the basketball fundamentals of both teams were not very good. I didn’t see a single player on either team that understood how to get down in a defensive stance.
  • Mir did a reasonable job of face guarding Saylor, but here again her defensive technique was rough.
  • Mir was clearly the best athlete on the court. One sequence stood out to me. In the 4th qtr, Mir closed on Saylor at the arc to challenge a 3 pt shot, raced back to the paint to grab the rebound, dribbled the length of the court and got fouled on an attempted layup and then sank two foul shots.
  • The potential of Saylor & Mir is evident. But both players have a way to go before they are “college ready.” I’m looking forward to seeing the players they become under the Master.
 
BobbyJ said:
I understand your point and that's fine for those coaches who are doing it to win games and trophies. For me it goes beyond that, it's about teaching the game and when you're lucky enough to have a high D1 talent, to teach them fundamentals and prepare them them for the next level the right way. Many HS coaches have managed to do that and still keep their jobs for 25-30 years. If you can't do that and also win then do the right thing for the whole program and the occasional high talent kid. That's just what I believe and how I did it.
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I respect your POV and was only trying to balance the conversation. If, as you say, coaches have other considerations than winning then do you agree that it's OK for Geno to pull his only post from a close game and risk a loss if it's for her good as a future pro? Should the next level of play for UConn players take precedence at times over the needs of the team in the current game? Should Geno play a star with 4 fouls in the third period to better prepare them for facing that situation in the pro game?
I remember Geno pulling Charles out of important games and sitting her, risking the victory to teach her something. She spent a good deal of her first 2.5 seasons in Geno's dog house and there was a lot of posters on many boards that faulted him for being too hard. I was at the Baylor game and thought that pulling ONO from the game was the right thing for her at the time. She was missing shots from the start of the game that were lucky to hit the rim in the first half when my seat was on the baseline with a perfect view. My opinion then was that she was playing scared from the opening tip. Many both sitting around me at the game and here thought that it was a bad decision to sit her because it led to the loss. IMO the team played like they were trying not to lose from the start, and that is what led to the 4th period meltdown and that ONO was just the worst of the bunch.
 
Just watched most of the game between Mir's team and Saylor's team. Mir's is super athletic, although it seems like she is more than 3 in shorter than Saylor, really aggressive and willing to mix it up inside even though she is much shorter than the other players in there. I really love Saylor's game, fearless shooter whether they are going in or not, SUPER quick release, much much quicker than Lou, which will be hard to block, and her long outlet passes are a thing of beauty, kind of reminds me of Lou who I think is one of the most instinctive passer at Uconn in the past 4-5 years. I can't wait for them to get to Storrs. My updated wish for Saylor is never to lose her shooting aggressiveness when she gets here.
 
Prior to watching the full game video I was concerned about Mir's level of effort in the 53 second video clip. After watching the full game video I'm now alarmed by her lack of effort in this game. I'm honestly hoping she was ill during this game and decided to tough it out and try and play. My new concern is that Mir although a great athlete does not have the required basketball skills (passing or dribbling or shooting or boxing out) nor the motor to achieve the pace of play required to be a UCONN WBB contributor this fall or next.

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Strange discussion. I certainly take the scouting abilities of boneyard posters as being far superior to the scouting of Geno, CD and the assistants. Time and again Geno signs these lazy, barely skilled HS kids with no effort and complete disinterest in anything but their own scoring stats. It really is a wonder how Uconn wins any games. :eek:
 
UcMiami said:
Strange discussion. I certainly take the scouting abilities of boneyard posters as being far superior to the scouting of Geno, CD and the assistants. Time and again Geno signs these lazy, barely skilled HS kids with no effort and complete disinterest in anything but their own scoring stats. It really is a wonder how Uconn wins any games. :eek:
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You are clearly not following closely enough if you think that is the direction the discussion is going in.
 
TheFarmFan said:
Geno, CD et al. also probably have a better capacity to assess on an expectations-adjusted basis. If your comparison point for the average highly recruited point guard is Sabrina Ionescu, or your comparison for a top big recruit is Lauren Cox, of course they will seem disappointing by comparison. Every spring that I watch the McD's A-A game and the Jordan Brand Classic I am reminded of how much Geno, Tara, Kim, etc. transform their players year after year. Even with the advent of traveling teams, there is a big, big leap between being a top HS athlete and a top NCCA D1 for all but a handful of players per year.
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Probably? Try definitely!
 
Alydar said:
I respect your POV and was only trying to balance the conversation. If, as you say, coaches have other considerations than winning then do you agree that it's OK for Geno to pull his only post from a close game and risk a loss if it's for her good as a future pro? Should the next level of play for UConn players take precedence at times over the needs of the team in the current game? Should Geno play a star with 4 fouls in the third period to better prepare them for facing that situation in the pro game?
I remember Geno pulling Charles out of important games and sitting her, risking the victory to teach her something. She spent a good deal of her first 2.5 seasons in Geno's dog house and there was a lot of posters on many boards that faulted him for being too hard. I was at the Baylor game and thought that pulling ONO from the game was the right thing for her at the time. She was missing shots from the start of the game that were lucky to hit the rim in the first half when my seat was on the baseline with a perfect view. My opinion then was that she was playing scared from the opening tip. Many both sitting around me at the game and here thought that it was a bad decision to sit her because it led to the loss. IMO the team played like they were trying not to lose from the start, and that is what led to the 4th period meltdown and that ONO was just the worst of the bunch.
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All good points, however I was speaking strictly about HS coaching. Upper level college coaching is a whole 'nother thing to me. Those people are in most cases coaching for their jobs, CYA coaching. Auriemma has the luxury of doing whatever he wants with no fear of job security. I thought the whole team played tentatively because they're not ready to handle physical, in the face defense. As far as next level coaching, I doubt that many college coaches other than Auriemma give much thought to preparing kids for the pros.
 
CocoHusky said:
Prior to watching the full game video I was concerned about Mir's level of effort in the 53 second video clip. After watching the full game video I'm now alarmed by her lack of effort in this game. I'm honestly hoping she was ill during this game and decided to tough it out and try and play. My new concern is that Mir although a great athlete does not have the required basketball skills (passing or dribbling or shooting or boxing out) nor the motor to achieve the pace of play required to be a UCONN WBB contributor this fall or next.

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There were several sequences during the game that made me wonder about Mir’s health, including the one you illustrate here where she squated down on the foul line. There were numerous breaks during the game when Mir was hunched over with her hands on her hips. She was also taken out of the game twice, once each during each half. During the 1st half, Mir clearly left the bench and headed into the locker room. After several minutes she reappeared and was subbed back into the game.

I don’t think this was a fitness issue. The pace of play by both teams was so slow, I might have been able to keep up with them. In addition, I know that Mir is a track athlete, so I would suspect she’s used to interval training.
 
CocoHusky said:
Prior to watching the full game video I was concerned about Mir's level of effort in the 53 second video clip. After watching the full game video I'm now alarmed by her lack of effort in this game. I'm honestly hoping she was ill during this game and decided to tough it out and try and play. My new concern is that Mir although a great athlete does not have the required basketball skills (passing or dribbling or shooting or boxing out) nor the motor to achieve the pace of play required to be a UCONN WBB contributor this fall or next.

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Is that former mens player John Gwynn in the stripes?
 
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