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I obviously can't speak with any certainty in terms of how much playing time Sadie Edwards might have received this year and in the next few. Ain't no kid getting in front of Moriah and Kia, so forget that. Looking ahead, perhaps she saw Kia as our shooting guard for these next three years (correctly so) and was discouraged. Perhaps Sadie saw Saniya (when healthy) as a helluva shooter and another kid with excellent skills (and experience) who could also plant Edwards on the bench. Not sure what she might have thought about Geno signing a relatively unknown guard from Massachusetts- but Edwards had to figure regardless of her non-ranking, this Bent kid had something UConn liked a lot- so that, too, had to be unnerving. Might freshman sharpshooter Katie Lou get minutes at the two? That's possible, and now Edwards' minutes are vaporizing by the second, in her mind. And though Sadie was never a lead guard, with Dangerfield soon to arrive, the point guard slot would be locked up tight anyway. A supremely confident player might have accepted these challenges and fought like the Dickens to force coach to play her, earning it through great practices. Other kids might just shrug and walk away.
So where and when would Edwards get her minutes? I think she saw the handwriting on the wall and got the heck out of Dodge ASAP. Maybe she didn't have sufficient confidence in her own ability to successfully vie for playing time, or perhaps after getting a first-hand look at just what she was getting herself into, she had second thoughts and chose to compete at a less challenging, more comfortable level of play out West, where minutes would seemingly not be so difficult to come by.
Every athlete dreams of playing for championships and to be on the 'best' teams...Until they realize how damn hard it is and that what is demanded of them is more than they are willing or able to do.
So where and when would Edwards get her minutes? I think she saw the handwriting on the wall and got the heck out of Dodge ASAP. Maybe she didn't have sufficient confidence in her own ability to successfully vie for playing time, or perhaps after getting a first-hand look at just what she was getting herself into, she had second thoughts and chose to compete at a less challenging, more comfortable level of play out West, where minutes would seemingly not be so difficult to come by.
Every athlete dreams of playing for championships and to be on the 'best' teams...Until they realize how damn hard it is and that what is demanded of them is more than they are willing or able to do.
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