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Message: [QUOTE="PAHuskeyFan, post: 2984842, member: 7880"] You are right, ND blew out PITT. But, a Funny Thing... ND's production dropped every quarter from the 1st to the 4th... and they "[B]lost the 4th quarter"[/B] to a Team that was clearly over matched. BUT, ND did win the game vs PITT... Just as UCONN won their game over Houston, and the only quarter lost was the 4th. I admit when I coached Baseball, I told my players we were going to "Win every Inning"... whether it was a 7 or 9 inning game...if we won every inning, of course we win the game. In all my years of playing, coaching and watching sports, the only thing that mattered was the FINAL Score... I'm sure We all get that you are not happy with the level of play that comes from the bench, none of us are, We all want it to be better. Today, Geno did what you suggest (almost as if he read your post)... he played ONO with 4 starters, and later played ONO and Mikayla with 3 starters. He kept a starter on the court pretty much all game. He can either keep the pedal to the metal and run up the score or, he can try to work the bench players into the rotation in a real game, with real referees, against real opponent, in their real gym, with real people in the stands and TV cameras recording/broadcasting every minute...the good, bad and ugly. I believe this was an attempt to help develop confidence and cohesion with the long run goal in mind...rather than burying a team when the only thing that really mattered was (1) winning the game and (2) getting bench players on the court with starters. [/QUOTE]

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