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Message: [QUOTE="AndyCT, post: 2040731, member: 2064"] [FONT=Arial]You should've ended your rant a paragraph sooner. What makes you think she's not committed? Here's a reality check...everybody has different attitudes, aptitudes, and abilities. We're all different. Katie Lou has strengths and weaknesses, and at UConn, based on program history she will improve both. As will Napheesa, Gabby, Kia, Saniya, etc. But it is all but certain that no matter how many hours she puts into practicing, Katie Lou will never be the rebounder that, say, the similarly sized Kia Stokes was. On the other hand, Kia Stokes will never be the shooter that the similarly sized Katie Lou Samuelson is. Didffernt people, different capabilities, different development. No amount of practice - or "commitment" - will change that. And here's another reality check...with her current front line, Katie Lou doesn't need to be a great rebounder; and with the front lines she'll be playing with the next two years, there's perhaps even less need. Not that improving her rebounding wouldn't be a good thing for both her overall skill set and the team's as well, but there are only so many hours in a day, and it's almost certainly more productive for her to work on her dribble drive, passing, screening, defensive switching, and other skills with better payoffs than spending the afternoon going after rebounds until she's as good as Kia was - if she ever could be. It's one thing for Geno to tweak his players - he's the coach and that's part of what he does, right or wrong. But it's another thing entirely for you to question any players "commitment"; frankly, neither you nor I are in a position to do that. So don't. And that is the end of this p.m. rant.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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