POSTGAME: Dawn Staley on UConn: It was the ball's fault! [merged]

[Argonaut]

I played fast pitch softball for 20 years. Played about 30 games a year and have used white, yellow, green and orange balls and never had a problem hitting anyone of them. None of the other players had problems either. I also played slow pitch for 27 years and combined played over 200 games a year for 20 of those years. I even played in snowball tournaments with an orange ball and at least 6 inches of snow had to be on the ground. The only ball I had trouble seeing was the orange ball when it was under the snow. Tournament every year for the March of Dimes Charity!

My one sentence disagreement with your statement wasn't just a whim. I know what I am talking about as far as softball. Those were some great times.

As for basketball having played and coached a lot of years. The different brands do have different textures and feel different on your hands. I have played with all the different brands in both Mens and Womens balls. Not an excuse for a lost.Read my previous post.

Your prerogative. Mine (and my teammates) was that it was more difficult to switch between softball colors than basketball brands. I know there are different textures and hand feel and your favorite ball on the rack is always feels better than a new game ball.

But my bigger point was that our piddly little program saw there was an issue (even if from your perspective it wasn’t an issue) and addressed it in practice. Seems like a program like SC, who plays in plenty of gyms with Nike balls, would do the same.

 

[bluedevil]

i wear size 13 footwear. lol.

I knew that

 

[Cuango]

somehow I don't see Geno ever using the feel of the basketball as the reason his team didn't play well.............

That’s because Geno doesn’t make excuses for a loss. He simply praises the other team/coach, gives some analysis and moves on.