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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 2040369, member: 1131"] I've asked this question of you and other Molly detractors three or four times now, and I have never gotten a specific answer. Just exactly what is the deficiency in athletic ability that you see in her? With Kyla Irwin, it's easy to see that she lacks foot speed and leaping ability. But what is it that Molly lacks in comparison (say) to Saniya? It's not foot speed -- in the practice I watched a couple of months ago, Molly was easily outrunning Saniya on full-court sprints. Shooting form? Molly shoots from over her head, whereas Saniya releases at shoulder height in a set shot, and needs to be completely open (no one in 15 feet) to get it off. Is Saniya's ball handling superior to Molly's? Her decision-making? And that is comparing senior Saniya to freshman Molly. If you compared freshman Saniya to freshman Molly, the only advantage Saniya would have would be in shooting accuracy -- in every other dimension, Molly would be better. I agree that Crystal's talent is at another level in comparison to either Molly or Saniya. Gordon and especially Coombs may be close to Crystal in talent, but probably not quite that good. And just as Crystal is now having freshman issues, so (probably) will Gordon and Coombs. By next year, Molly should be past hers. If basketball were just a matter of raw athletic ability, lots of people (starting with Larry Bird) would not be very good. Fortunately, that is not the case. [/QUOTE]