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Message: [QUOTE="tkaes, post: 3591674, member: 7514"] I've been reading these "who starts" threads for a couple of months. As I do, I keep wondering how Geno would react if he were forced to read them as well. I think he would just laugh and shake his head because we, especially me, are just fans and not coaches. If I were 53 instead of 73 I would still be the last person on the earth ever to be selected to coach a college team let alone the UCONN Women's team. I have never coached a basketball team at any level. Yet I have an opinion too.. As Yogi once said, "You can see a lot by just observing". Here's some things that I've observed Geno do and/or listened to him say over the years: [LIST] [*]He hasn't played with an announced Center maybe since Stef graduated. [*]He never (or seldom) uses terms like PF, SG, SF, W, and PG. [*]He never (or seldom) uses identifiers such as 1. 2. 3. 4. or 5. [*]He expects his players to move constantly and pass, and pass and move, and find the open man. [*]He expects his players to play tenacious defense and to rebound at both ends. [*]He expects his team to play his way (imagine that). [/LIST] The players he [B]TRUSTS [/B]the most to do it his way are going to start and get the most minutes. I don't believe he will select his starters based on our notions of positions, but rather which 5 execute his vision of basketball the best (read trust). If it were me, I'd start Liv, Anna, Aubrey, Evina, and Paige. Notice the glaring absence of Williams. IMO, she hasn't consistently played like the HS NPOY, she sometimes plays with an absence of energy, she misses too many layups, and she is too selfish. Far too often she has driven a long distance and instead of feeding a far more open teammate, she has taken the ball all the way to under the backboard and then slammed one off the bottom. Fast breaks should be virtually automatic and too often her selfishness has turned the ball over. Having said all that I'm resigned to the fact that Geno will start her. Bottom line: who knows? [/QUOTE]

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