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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3405331, member: 1131"] I think what Geno means (and what Meghan Culmo has been saying on broadcasts, no doubt having picked it up from Geno when she was an assistant coach) is that Crystal and everyone else are not going to get their best passing/assist opportunities unless they aggressively force the defense to stop them from scoring. So when Crystal or Anna drives to the basket, the defense needs to know that she will go all the way to the basket and make the layup unless they take the necessary steps (e.g., a double-team) to stop her. If defenders get the sense that she would prefer to pass, they will not defend aggressively against the score, and the passes will be harder to make. As Meghan pointed out during a broadcast, that also applies to post players. She highlighted a play where Olivia caught the ball in the paint, a few feet from the basket, and with one defender behind her, started looking around for someone to pass to. No other defender felt any need to stop her from a scoring attempt, so they stuck to their primary defensive assignments and Liv was left with no one to pass to. [/QUOTE]