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Message: [QUOTE="Martin, post: 4132973, member: 8866"] So now what I mean you can sit around and wait for Nika but there’s really no guarantee that she’ll be back and affective as that foot injury can nag all season. And she needs to get back into game shape since she’s not in game shape. There’s no guarantee Paige will be back either and it’s unfair to put it on Azzi to save this team. Assuming she can stay healthy. She’ll have her share of growing pains. For this reason I hope there’s a long-term focus on developing Westbrook to be the best point guard she could be. I’m not optimistic that this is natural for Westbrook even if she played that role her first year at Tennessee. But the focus on developing her attitudinally to accept the role is critical to the team’s success. Playing point may mean attitudinal changes. I can’t believe thats an easy thing even if you are a competitive high performing D1 basketball player. It will come with lots of mistakes and more losses but if the goal is Final Four you can’t wait for reinforcements instead they have to work with what they have. Senior leadership from Westbrook and Williams will be important in helping the young players gain confidence, get better and be aggressive and be involved. They won’t go far without them. And maybe even shield them from Coach. And just like John Blutarsky said, “When the going gets tough…,”. This really could be the best year of their lives. Make it a good weekend everybody. [/QUOTE]

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