I wish Geno hadn't said that publicly. I have to believe he sees that she's lost all confidence and is second guessing herself on the court. Pull aside and have that conversation just to protect her from herself..
The only time anyone is getting to the rim is when they beat the defense down the floor, early in the shot clock. otherwise points in the paint are all pull-ups (Paige) post-ups (Evina), fade-aways (Liv), or put-backs (AE and AG). At least the roles are defined. CW is struggling to hit spot-ups or pull-ups and everything at the rim is contested for her.
She has talent however this has been a recurring CW trait, I'm sure he has privately addressed this with her in the past. Maybe it's time to put his cards on the table and address the obvious in the open, seems all else has failed. As my dear ole Mother said it's time to poop or get off the pot. I would have put that in quotes but she didn't say poop.
Just not sure how you build someone up thru public dismay.
I still think CW was believing; she was to be the star this year. Along comes Paige and CW's beliefs became fantasy, never to be. Hers is not envy but perhaps pressing to regain at least some of the expected adulation. Instead of adulation she is treated as a pariah on boards such as the BoneYard. I am as guilty as anyone. Now I feel sorry and sorry for the kid. I hope she and Geno can get her mind and game right. She may not believe it but she is needed.
Her teammates looked like they were trying hard to get her shots in the 4th.. I still think a big part of the issue is that we cannot spread a packed-in defense without a KML/KLS style sniper.
It is easy to translate what Geno said into "uncoachable" but he never used the word. He said you can try to tell someone what to do again and again until you reach the point where you are not going to try anymore.
we need somebody who can put the ball in the net besides PB so, yeah. No minutes the last two games though....
Perfect.
I think GA already handles her with kid-gloves. He only mentioned the obvious, that she need to hit some shots and then he covered it by saying it is normal that shooters go into funks, etc.
You are right but your solution will not be correct in2021. I think there is little chance Saylor ...whom Geno, correctly, regards as a high school senior....will have a meaningful role. She barely gets court time (with Autumn ) in blowouts...and there wont be too many of those left on the shortened schedule. It has to come from somewhere else. Will Anna return? Will Muhl be better than 1-4? Will Williams ever do anything again? And Evina once hit threes as well. But one thing is clear; until it proves a tactical mistake, Olivia ( and Edwards ) will be given that open 15 footer all day, so they can have 5 players defending the other 4. If Olivia keeps hitting at a clip of 1-6, UCONN will have to go to plan B. Which is; get in the paint and fight for lay-ups and put backs. The best solution would be; Olivia starts hitting that shot at 70%. Let's face it, unless she does, she is not going to be a very good player, as 6-5 post players go. Scoring over a player because you have 6 inches on them and a foot of extra reach, is not a huge accomplishment. It takes more. And you have to beat the other players who are 6'5" and athletic.
It was an unsolicited comment. I think he said, "she was on an Island." Again not sure how public comment helps.
Maybe I don't remember it exactly, but I thought he was asked multiple times about CW and her shooting problems. Anyway, I still think he is softer on her than most kids.
I'd rather have Muhl in there, enough already with Christyn Williams, no more excuses .. besides they play different positions .. I'd like to try Saylor out, for her 3-point shooting, rebounding and [supposed] defense .. there's plenty of time before the tourney in March and something is better than nothing, eh?
Liv has shown she can the FT line jumper. She hit about 50% of them at SH but missed most of them against SC. IF GA is going to have her come out to the high post to get the ball, then she needs to shoot them if she is open. Players are hanging back in the lane on her and AE. But....this actually helped PB go off against SC because Liv would set the pick and then PB was open with no SC rotation on defense to help guard the PB shot.
Agree, she has been passing up tons of shots from right there. They should be automatic for her. She needs to start shooting and hitting those shots. That will open up the offense so much.
No, Geno never said he was unable to coach her. It was one thing that was at issue . And Geno would not tolerate it.So essentially, using what you said above, Geno gave up on AEH, indicating that he wasn't going to try anymore. Thus, the game she played last night, putting up 15 Points against the # 1 Team in the Country, and essentially holding CW [a Pre-Season All-American] (to whom she was guarding most of the game) to ZERO Points, shows that some "Other Coach" was able to get AEH to do the things that she is capable of doing, that Geno decided he couldn't do.
No I disagree [you knew I would] but Liv at the high post is the key to our vastly improved ball movement since the TN game .. most importantly, she sets most of the screens at the high post for Paige's pull-up jumper and step back three .. of equal importance, Liv makes excellent passes from the high post to the back=door cutters .. our shooters get LOTS of wide-open shots off the high-post offense; they just need to make them .. it's not Liv's fault that Evina and CW rated a D+ for the SC game, and CW continued her dreadful play vs Seton Hall.
That is simply not accurate . As I stated in another post Nika, Paige, Evina have all gotten to the rim out of the half court sets in recent games. Christyn herself was extremely effective at doing this against DePaul where she was aggressive and probably played her best game in a UCONN uniform. A return to DePaul version of Christyn is what this team needs right now.
