Zorro
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All of this disrespectful drivel about players “not showing up” just absolutely gravels my posterior. “Not showing up” has definite connotations of a lack of either interest, effort or intestinal fortitude on the player’s part. The fact of the matter is that a player can be determined to win, play her butt off, be absolutely fearless, and still have a bad game. If UConn beats Memphis by 40 or so tonight, and one of our players, say, for example, Chrystal goes 3 for 18, (it could happen) no one is going to accuse her of “not showing up”. It is only when one of our kids has a bad night against a good team, that a lot of posters take it upon themselves to attribute it to a lack of interest or of guts. IMHO, it is damned ridiculous. The other side of that coin is the judgement that the player “tried to do too much. She should relax and let the game come to her.” Well whatthehell does THAT mean? Where is the golden mean between “not showing up” and “trying to do too much”?
Every young woman on our team wants to win, prepares physically and mentally to the best of her abilities, and busts her butt on every play. To imply otherwise is ignorant and sometimes rises to the level of slander. No matter how prepared a player might be, sometimes the shots won’t fall, the rebounds won’t come to her, she gets her pocket picked by some other player who sees an opportunity and takes it, or she just has an all-around bad day (Ever had one of those? Ever have one when you were, say, 19?). When Ann Strother had three freebies against Notre Dame, with time expired and the Huskies trailing by two, she missed two of them, not because she choked, not because she couldn’t stand pressure, but simply because sometimes the shots just won’t fall. It happens. End of screed. And, imho, of course.
Every young woman on our team wants to win, prepares physically and mentally to the best of her abilities, and busts her butt on every play. To imply otherwise is ignorant and sometimes rises to the level of slander. No matter how prepared a player might be, sometimes the shots won’t fall, the rebounds won’t come to her, she gets her pocket picked by some other player who sees an opportunity and takes it, or she just has an all-around bad day (Ever had one of those? Ever have one when you were, say, 19?). When Ann Strother had three freebies against Notre Dame, with time expired and the Huskies trailing by two, she missed two of them, not because she choked, not because she couldn’t stand pressure, but simply because sometimes the shots just won’t fall. It happens. End of screed. And, imho, of course.
