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Message: [QUOTE="tchalla1, post: 4242928, member: 9866"] [I]However, I was really disappointed with the loss to ND the following year. We had Azura Stevens instead of Natalie Butler, so big improvement, right? In the back of my mind, Geno didn't have full trust re: Azura on defense and went to the extent of playing Gabby even when she was less than 100% in crucial moments. I never really figured out why he was unable or unwilling to play them together..[/I] I have to agree--the ND semi remains a complete vagary to me. Azura was killing them and the TV analysts were pointing out her plus/minus in the game, yet Geno played Azura sparingly the rest of the way. To this day, that is the most puzzling decision of Geno's and as you pointed out, why he felt he couldn't play Gabby and Azura together is mystifying as well....Yes, we should have beaten MS, but you have to give then credit--they won that game. Conversely, we LOST the game following year against ND. They had no reason beating us especially if we had played Azura more... [/QUOTE]