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Message: [QUOTE="Littlemin, post: 3428902, member: 10363"] I agree this is a good, not great, team. It is always tough for fans to be realistic, most fall in one of the two extremes "eternal optimists" or "the sky is falling." Neither would seem to fit for this team. I said a couple of months ago when I joined the board I do not think this team has much chemistry and I still feel that way. I don't think the team has a "collective confidence" and that deficiency has shown, obviously, in the Baylor and Oregon games but also at other times throughout the season. It has been pointed out the team lacks an "alpha" player and to some degree I agree. However, to beat a point I have made before, I believe moving Dangerfield off the ball and giving it to Makurat would be their best scenario to resolve that. Dangerfield, IMO, is more than just terrific offensive player, borderline impossible to stop from getting a good shot but it is tough for her to maximize that playing on the ball to initiate the offense. IMO, she is a good, not great passer or facilitator. To put it another way, IMO, she does not make anyone better at the PG position. I believe she could very well enter into the "alpha" category with her main focus on creating offense for herself. Think about the Oregon game, she had to initiate the offense, score, and oh by the way, attempt to face guard the best player in the country. Too much...….. Added, I believe that will somewhat relieve both Walker and Williams the burden of "having to score" in big games, responsibilities that both do not seem up to right now. I realize it is a small sample size and that is one of the problems with UConn, there is such a small sample size with which to really analyze the team. It is one of, but certainly not the only, reasons Auriemma and Dailey have to depend on practice performance so much. Finally, I do believe Makurat's experience, poise and IQ would better help this team with the ball. She appears undaunted by either the opponent or magnitude of the game. Now to be clear, the biggest reason for my belief in this change is the fact it frees up Dangerfield to provide what I feel the team needs the most. I also realize it is not very likely to happen. [/QUOTE]

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