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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2538596, member: 1220"] Gee what ever gave you that impression!:rolleyes: I'll give you my take on Pivec. At this point in time she is a selfish player,[B] but that can change.[/B] First of all you do not put the ball in the hands of a player who envisions themselves as a scorer when you have other players on the team who can also score. Layshia Clarendon in her first two years at Cal was in a whole league by herself in respect to selfish. In high school she didn't make the McAA game purely because of that rep. As a soph against TAM there was one series where no other player even touched the ball on 5 straight offensive possessions. In her Jr year she did a complete turnaround once she was returned to the shooting guard position. Ironically as the off guard she became a much better distributor than she was at the point, basically running the team from that position. That was the year they went to the final four and her play and assists were a major part of that. . Pivec isn't even close to the level of "selfish that Clarendon was and we all saw what Layshia transitioned into. She made the biggest transition in an off year I have ever seen. It is true that Pivec can play much better than she has recently been playing, but she needs to quite playing outside of her capabilities. Pivec is no different than a lot of other scoring two guards when they transition to the next level. They need to readjust to the competition. Last year with Weisner running the offense, she played more withing the context of her game and did not try to create shots for herself rather taking what was available. This year it is different. The reason she struggles is because she makes bad decisions calling her own number when there are much better options. A blatant example happened in the UCLA game when the team was having a very hard time getting open looks and Goodman wide open on her right she instead drove on two Bruins and had her shot blocked. she does this quite a bit. When she drives she seldom looks for or attempts so kick the ball out to an open player. I think she fell into the trap of believing the early hype that she was another Sabrina. This was reinforced by her success against the lesser opposition that the early cup cake schedule supplied. Good players also have to recognize their own limitations. I personally am not a real fan of ball dominate players. The tend to take the rest of the team out of the offense and when they go cold the team loses. This is what happened to Oregon state last year in the NCAA's. I have always preferred points who were pass first and score second players rather than the other way around. Oregon is diversifying their offense this year so that they are not relying on Sabrina totally. I like players who look to get others involved and pass up their own shots if a better one is available for a team mate. This is why the offense runs better when Mc Williams is running the point despite the fact that her lack of driving too the hoop limits her. The team really needs a true point to maintain a proper offensive flow. I have to go along with jonson that Oregon appears to be the better team. They just have more depth and they actually have multiple point guards. Oregon State did well to gain a split. We will see what a difference Slocum makes next year. Having a real point makes a big difference. They will however really miss Gulich. It will take the new posts at least a year to be ready to compete at this level. [/QUOTE]

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