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Message: [QUOTE="BlueSkyGLW, post: 3966327, member: 11281"] I understand the basic premise of UConn's offense and its ramifications. My point remains.....many misses on the way to 1-15 means that the coach had abdicated his responsibility to intervene and direct the flow in a different direction to reverse unfortunate developments and redirect it towards a winning flow. The coach has ultimate power to change the course of any game and reverse any decision-making by his players. Letting Sue continue to put the onus on a freshman's shoulders in her first start at the FF at that, may have been OK initially to rely on personal assessment of what the player can do but foolhardy to continue in the flow of the game. I also understand your idea of reshuffling the lineup of those teams but Maria Conlon as PG would be a fatal weakness. She helped bring up the ball to conserve Diana's strength throughout the game but gave it up to DT at the appropriate moments for the latter to dictate and create what happens next. In the reconfigured team, there is no adequate substitute for that role, let alone equal. From her position, Stewie was not equipped to do this at that time, as outstanding as she was. They were both outstanding in their different roles and that is the point......the one who controls the ball has more influence in the game. Hence, you often hear Geno say that in the playoffs, guard play is the most important, (my addition: especially on offense). Please understand, I have nothing against Stewie, she was - by all means - great. Although Geno often muses about positionless set of basketball players.....even in her junior and senior years Stewie had not developed enough to remotely come close to kind of guard play influencers Sue and Diana were. And thanks, you have made this a bit more fun.... [/QUOTE]

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