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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4723123, member: 12088"] And just to flesh out the thought about Kiah. What the stat sheet may not reflect is that having her in the game closes down parts of the court for the opposing team’s offense. She won’t get any stat for it, but it means the others can play defense knowing that they won’t go Kiah’s way. That’s tangible, not just about emotions. But emotions or morale flow from it. If the rest of the team knows they can count on you to allow them to shine, they approach everything differently. Barbara Turner was absolutely this kind of player too. She could step up and carry a scoring load on occasion, and especially when it really mattered. But that wasn’t her main contribution across an entire season. Kaleena too. She could shoot the lights out, but maybe wasn’t as quick on D as the others. But what she did counted and her team knew they could count on her. I think of Iowa in these terms. Sure, Caitlin and Czinano carried the scoring load and the stat sheet showed it. But they were able to rely on three glue players to hold everything together and help them get their chances. Martin Warnock and Marshall were the real “law firm” on Iowa. Interesting how few announcers caught in to it. Of the three it’s hard to choose who was most important. But I’m inclined to lean toward Marshall because she had this mischievous unpredictable side to her that would come out on defense. Also worth noting about those three (and especially Marshall): they were very kind to fallen opponents, helping them up, conciliating players who got upset about calls, etc. That speaks to the team culture Lisa Bluder encouraged over there. [/QUOTE]

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