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Message: [QUOTE="Bald Husky, post: 4032416, member: 11020"] Cori Close is a very good coach, once coming to Storrs with her UCLA staff to observe how Geno conducts his practices, and I'm sure, some coaching tidbits. Coaching a USA team is a crapshoot, trying to formulate a team out of High School kids ( some college players at the U19 level ) into a well oiled all star machine. Aint gonna happen!! I think Azzi played the way Cori wanted her to play after finalizing her team, knowing full well that most of her guards were of the shooting variety. To a certain extent, I think Paopao may have been an exception, but as far as anyone else, no. She needed a facilitator, a guard that could control the ball, and to get it to someone who could do good things with it. I believe that the one month that Azzi spent in Storrs gave her an indication of how team basketball works and all she did was play the way UConn plays, not following the sometimes hectic way her teammates did. I truely believe Cori saw her as the player who could make plays, and someone who could try to control the game, and if necessary, slow it down. Most times it didn't work (LOL), but I believe Azzi played the kind of game that she wanted her to play, hence the number of minutes Azzi did end up playing. I think she did good, and a girl with that kind of attitude is what UConn is all about. [/QUOTE]