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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 2519760, member: 1131"] Kia is not the only freshman who made it almost immediately into the starting lineup. I can also think of Caroline Doty, Bria Hartley, Stef Dolson, and Renee Montgomery having done that. I’m probably forgetting a few others. While there were.a combination of factors in each case, what stands out in this list is that all of these players (in addition to being talented) were far more mature and coachable than the average 18-year-old. They made freshman mistakes, but they didn’t keep making the same mistakes, and they didn’t play timidly or with the objective of avoiding mistakes. They could all deal with Geno yelling at them without letting it affect their self-image. This year’s freshmen don’t have that attribute — none of them. That’s why Geno says that they are a step behind the KLS/Pheesa class and the Kia/Gabbby class. But pretty soon, it looks like they will “get it”. [/QUOTE]