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Tara really rips into her team

nwhoopfan said:
I had to dig to find this thread. I think the Card had a long layoff. Playing UNLV today. Sniezek and Romano got benched, Kiana Williams and Anna Wilson starting instead (Fr. and Soph; maybe the future is now). No Carrington in the box score, Shannon Coffee also new to the starting lineup. Still no McPhee. Stanford winning easily 58-23 in the 4th Q. UNLV shooting 22% overall and 13% from 3. Ouch!
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I'm guessing that Carrington must be injured or otherwise unavailable. I doubt she was benched by coach's decision. Tara appears to have pretty much emptied her bench in this game.

I'm somewhat dreading Stanford's upcoming game vs. Tennessee. Yet another overrated opponent for the orange crazies to get all excited about beating.
 
Plebe said:
I'm guessing that Carrington must be injured or otherwise unavailable. I doubt she was benched by coach's decision. Tara appears to have pretty much emptied her bench in this game.

I'm somewhat dreading Stanford's upcoming game vs. Tennessee. Yet another overrated opponent for the orange crazies to get all excited about beating.
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Yes, I'm assuming the same about Carrington. That would be 2 of their 3 leading scorers injured at this point.

Also agree about Tennessee vs. Stanford. Having already lost by 20+ to Ohio St., UConn and Baylor this year, Tennessee beating them wouldn't really mean that much...except to Vol fans.
 
ochoopsfan said:
No mention on the Stanford Board why Carrington was out.
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Attended Stanford-UNLV game and yes Carrington was out so apparently both she and McPhee injured. Good news: Maya Dodson coming out PARTY. 11 points (noone had more than 23 minutes) and very athletic moves. Sheer joy to watch. Prediction by year-end she and Williams both start. Possibly by next game.
 
Scoop said:
Utill recently, VanDerveer has been the "Queen Bee" of the Pac-12. She had the best team, finished with the best record, and won their conference tournament every year. A local sports writer once dubbed it "The Stanford Invitational". Well.....that ship has sailed. She's been dethroned. There's a new sheriff in town. Last year, Stanford finished second to Oregon State in the Pac-12. This year, I look for UCLA and Oregon to jump them in conference standings. Stanford may not make the conference finals this year. The gap in talent that Stanford has enjoyed over other conference programs recently has closed.
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Happy to see the Pac-12 reach greater parity at the expense of Tara's team. She, and her squad, at times, have seriously slowed UCONN'S momentum. Not this year.
 
As I was reading this thread, there were some very good observations, I laud Tara for this “baptism by fire” though I doubt she thought they would be thumped by as much as they had. With such a young team she took the anti-Mulkey/Freese approach and refused to schedule the School bake sale (ie cupcakes). Hopefully they find their sea legs and perform well in the PAC12 by launching their new invigorated lineup by beating Tennessee! We know the committee sees through the facade of lame schedules (even if the voting public doesn’t-i.e. AP and USA Coaches poll). If she wins 20 games, she will get in and deservedly so. ;)
 
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Plebe said:
I feel like the headline "VanDerveer livid, calls team out after Baylor loss" is a bit overdone.

Here are the actual quotes from Tara in the article:
  • "The first quarter was very disappointing,” said Hall of Famer and Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer. “We have an extremely young team who is just learning how to play and this early season has been baptism by fire. The better team beat us clearly and we need to learn from this and have a better shot selection.”
  • “We had no answer for Kalani Brown; she pretty much had her way in the paint,” said VanDerveer.
  • On top of failing to take care of Brown, Cox and Wallace, VanDerveer was not impressed by Kaylee Johnson and Alanna Smith getting in early foul trouble and Johnson fouling out early in the second quarter.
  • "Fouling out in 12 minutes is unacceptable,” said VanDerveer. “It really hurts when your two most experienced players get in foul trouble early. We are going to evaluate our starting lineup and look at people and who is going to give us the best chance to do what we need to do.”
  • Overall, Vanderveer was really proud of her young players and the way they battled such an experienced, well coached, big and highly-skilled team saying that this was a very big task for them.
Do we seriously think Geno would be any more generous in talking about a player who fouls out in only 12 minutes?
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Kaylee Johnson is a bust. I don't think she is going to get a lot of playing time for Stanford going forward.
 
From a Poster on the Stanford forum--Re: Injuries to the top 2 players on Stanford, Carrington and McPhee.

With regard to Carrington Tara said "She is out for a little bit, she should be back." The reporter suggested it was an elbow. Tara said "ya" and as for the time of return "we're hoping soon." With regard to Britt, "her ankle, we're hoping soon." "We're not rushing anything, we're hoping soon, obviously if they are both healthy that helps things a lot." (Kiana was emphatically nodding at that.) "As soon as they're healthy we'll be ready for them. I don't have a timeline." The longer she talked and the more the reporter badgered her the less convincing the act sounded. Unless of course she really doesn't have any idea when the two will be healthy.
 
I watched the Oregon St. Presser and Scott Rueck also pointed out the mistakes and area's that his team needs to improve in. A good coach holds his team accountable. If they don't the team does not improve. There are a variety of good coaching styles. I can not understand why some people think that players can not be challenged and held accountable for their efforts. It isn't personal. Turn in a bad paper and it comes back with red ink criticism all over it. But when players are not up to standards on court some fans want them to be coddled and lauded for their efforts.
 
ochoopsfan said:
From a Poster on the Stanford forum--Re: Injuries to the top 2 players on Stanford, Carrington and McPhee.

With regard to Carrington Tara said "She is out for a little bit, she should be back." The reporter suggested it was an elbow. Tara said "ya" and as for the time of return "we're hoping soon." With regard to Britt, "her ankle, we're hoping soon." "We're not rushing anything, we're hoping soon, obviously if they are both healthy that helps things a lot." (Kiana was emphatically nodding at that.) "As soon as they're healthy we'll be ready for them. I don't have a timeline." The longer she talked and the more the reporter badgered her the less convincing the act sounded. Unless of course she really doesn't have any idea when the two will be healthy.
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The fact that Tara is so extremely vague about their timetable for return makes me none too optimistic. "We're hoping soon" is just another way of saying nothing.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Yes, I'm assuming the same about Carrington. That would be 2 of their 3 leading scorers injured at this point.

Also agree about Tennessee vs. Stanford. Having already lost by 20+ to Ohio St., UConn and Baylor this year, Tennessee beating them wouldn't really mean that much...except to Vol fans.
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Stanford is a much, much better team at home than they are on away games. I'm not so sure that this is a sure win for Tennessee, and the lady vols haven't beat Stanford at Maples since 2005.

The injuries to Stanford's top scorers might be to much for them to top a Tennessee team playing pretty good ball, but i expect a better game out of them at home then what they have shown against the other ranked games they've played, especially if that one guard they have can continue to light it up behind the arc..

To bad this game isnt being shown on espn, bc it is a very compelling matchup
 
Stanford is currently playing the Leathernecks of Western Illinois.
Free live stream: Stanford Live Stream

No sign of McPhee or Carrington yet. It appears that neither is in uniform.

WIU is up 14-9 at the first media timeout. Stanford already has 5 turnovers.
 
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This is a poor effort in the first qtr for the Cardinal
WIU up 21-14
 
Stanford has mounted a comeback to take the lead and is playing better, but more than anything they're just fortunate that WIU has gone cold, still scoreless in 2Q.

Stanford leads 28-21 with 3:00 left in 2Q.
 
Wow a 19-3 second qtr for Stanford has then up by 9 at the half. 33-24
Horrid shooting for WIU. Didnt make a basket until 3 secs left in 2nd qtr.
 
There's a weird discrepancy in the score shown on the live stream vs. the official stats: Basketball Live Stats

Live stream says halftime score is 33-24. But the live stats are showing 30-27.
 
Stanford leads 37-32 at the 3Q media timeout.

WIU is a decent mid-major but this is just not a good showing by Stanford.
 
The Leathernecks have started hitting some shots again and have made this a very interesting game. Stanford leads 47-45 at end of 3Q.

I must say I'm impressed with WIU as a team, and especially their point guard Emily Clemens. She has 17 points, 4 assists and 4 steals already in this game.
 
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Brace yourselves - there's no way this depleted shell of the team formerly known as the cardinal is going to beat T.
 
This is pretty unbelievable.

WIU is up 61-55 with less than 2:00 to play.

Stanford's horrendous free throw shooting is a major story here: 5 of 16 from the FT line!

Give some credit to Western Illinois, but Stanford looks dreadful.
 
Looks like Wilson and Williams started again for Stanford. Both in double figures but not shooting the ball very well, and only 2 assists combined. Gotta have more than that from a pair of supposed PG. Sniezek off the bench is scoreless but has 5 assists. Johnson still starting, only has 1 point but 16 rebounds. The make up of this team is kinda strange. They have some players that are fairly limited but are good at least one aspect of the game. Smith has 18 points and 13 boards. W/ McPhee and Carrington both out, Smith is their best player left by a fairly wide margin.
 
Who was saying they are a much better team at home? They haven't played many home games this year and no noteworthy opponents, so it's kinda hard to say how much of a home court advantage they really have.
 
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Plebe said:
This is pretty unbelievable.

WIU is up 61-55 with less than 2:00 to play.

Stanford's horrendous free throw shooting is a major story here: 5 of 16 from the FT line!

Give some credit to Western Illinois, but Stanford looks dreadful.
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Bad shooting all around--32% from the floor, 25% from 3, 31% from the line. It's hard to believe how bad Stanford has been so far this year. They need to get McPhee and Carrington back pronto.
 
WIU leathernecks win 71-64 Stanford 8 for 19 from charity stripe.
Stanford is now 6-5 with home games coming up against Tenn, UCLA, and USC before 2017 ends.
7-7 or 6-8?
 
I was thinking that the refs really swallowed their whistles for the last two minutes to let them play but more likely they just wanted it to be over, too.
 
The Leathernecks mauled the Trees

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Plebe said:
This is pretty unbelievable.

WIU is up 61-55 with less than 2:00 to play.

Stanford's horrendous free throw shooting is a major story here: 5 of 16 from the FT line!

Give some credit to Western Illinois, but Stanford looks dreadful.
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Yikes..i guess i spoke to soon. Will stanford even make the ncaa tourny? Im seeing at least 14 losses..
 
nwhoopfan said:
Who was saying they are a much better team at home? They haven't played many home games this year and no noteworthy opponents, so it's kinda hard to say how much of a home court advantage they really have.
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That was me..generally stanford is a super tough home team to beat, well for tennessee at least. Looks like a rough season ahead for the ol cardinal.
 
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