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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4132340, member: 9844"] I think the reaction of I don't think I can fix this, should be applied mostly to the available roster as it is now. I know some of it goes beyond that, but Geno would not recruit this particular unit for the roles they are asked to play now. There are quite a few problems that he truly can't fix with available players. We didn't have great outside shooting before and now lose Paige. We manufactured good shots with good ball movement and passing, and now have lost our two best passers in Paige and Nika. We have no backup guards now, starters will be gassed by the end of the game, and forwards will be asked to be guards and even if talented, in a role totally new to them. Teams will pack in the defense and dare us to shoot from the outside, while making it very difficult to get the ball inside. Geno can tweak a few things, but it is not simply executing the normal game plan, that doesn't work with the hand he has been dealt, and anything he introduces to fit this group will be new and can't be expected to run smoothly in a short period of time. It is what it is, the same with the schedule. This injury plague could have hit while we were in the conference schedule and we might have survived against Big East opponents by far less margins, but we have a stretch of games against good teams at the worst time. Hopefully this lets Caroline and Amari advance their learning curve faster than it would have been, and in the meantime maybe get Aaliyah and Dorka out of their funk. I haven't given up on a number 1 seed, but am starting to think a number 2 seed is more likely. If everyone is back and performing well by season end we could be as good as ever, and our championship hopes only mildly affected by the seed. I suspect this group will do better than they did against GT, but there are quite a few teams this group would be underdogs against no matter what Geno does. [/QUOTE]

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