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Message: [QUOTE="PhillyCoach, post: 2611239, member: 6136"] mr2cents - come on! Big Petunia was just funnin. You took the bait. Anyway, after reading the other post about Z and her turn-around--it became clear to me about Megan and her part on this team. Remember in the beginning of the season when Z went in and it was Keystone Cops. It took almost 30 games for Z to find her role and "blend in" with the flow. Z is at AA level today and she is in her 4th year of playing top ball. Z was not practicing with the starters last year at all and not much at the beginning of the season. Little by little she got her time in with the starters (practice and big games.) It takes time to be in sync and learn each others moves and what they like. She had to understand her new role, try the new role, make mistakes with the new role, accept her new role, and finally "blend in" with her new role. Megan is in the early stages of that process. No time with starters at practice, little time in big games, and --here is the kicker--What the heck is her role? We can all see that she is not comfortable with the new role, she might not understand fully what the new role is, she might not fully accept her new role, and she does not get enough time (practice or games) fine-tuning that new role. IMHO Geno has determined that Megan had to learn multiple skills this year and that puts extra burdens on her. Remember, Lou had one role as a frosh---stand in the corner and shoot. KML did the same as a frosh--she was the shooter. They did very little defensively, nary a rebound, and rarely, if ever, attacked the rim as frosh. Megan is expected to do all of those today. Geno always pushes the great one more than the rest. IMO the Sophomore leap comes because of the clarification of a players role. IMO Geno sees Megan as the 5th starter next year and she has to have multiple skills developed by then. Megan has the physical skills to be great. Geno's system has worked well so far and he is the Man. The glass is more than half full. [/QUOTE]

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