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Message: [QUOTE="LwrcasefaN, post: 5142774, member: 11185"] Some thoughts. Sometimes your car makes a noise, but it still runs so you keep driving it. Well, last night the check engine light came on. It's not time for a new car by any means, but repairs are needed. And these thoughts apply to more than the current year. Talent. We have it, have had it in abundance so I'm not feeling sorry for us at all. Injuries. Yep. An abundance, but the way I look at it...it presented opportunities for other players to step up. And many did. Spend that capitol. Shade was obviously on a short leash last night because of shooting, but she's more than her shooting. She's physical, good rebounder for her size and brings energy. One thing I notice that players out of hs who have measurable success their freshman year have in common is that they aren't repurposed or expected to do so many things which they find unfamiliar. They are doing the things you saw when they were recruited. Yea...they make mistakes, but, they aren't losing their confidence. Why am I saying this? If you're on the ropes in a game where you haven't shot the 3 well...what does it matter if you give Allie a shot? Defense, right? Bigs. I don't even know what that means at times. OK- I do...sort of. Here's how I look at it. There's size BIG. And there's BIG SKILLS. What does that mean? Just because you're TALL doesn't make you an effective POST player if you don't have BIG SKILLS. You can get them (BIG SKILLS), but it's such a unique skillset that it's not going to happen overnight or realistically over a season. Last natural BIG SKILLS post at UCONN was Dolson IMO. She was happy in her role and in her home between the foul and baseline. She embraced setting hard pics. It felt good to her. My point? We get BIG players, but they aren't BIG SKILLED. You will not find video of Ice nor Jana as back to the basket post players. Can they with consistency? They both have great footwork, but it's negated in my opinion because now they operate in a crowd. Iowa moved Stuelke to the 4 in their offense because she's BIG, with handles. Bigs Part 2. Start them at the TOP of the offense rather than the baseline in pick and rolls. They are mobile bigs. Give them the ball on cuts more. They are too stationary in the offense. I know a lot of folks don't like Chen driving into the lane and "getting stuck", but if someone cut...she wouldn't be stuck. If Strong gets the rebound...let her bring the ball up instead of waiting on an outlet. Paige can start the offense in the 4 position. Lastly, Ice. From film that i've seen...she's better offensively from a wing not where she often finds herself with the ball...foul line area. I'd prefer to see Strong in that predicament. Summary. We have talent even with injuries. We need some new looks and to try some new wrinkles. Our offense has become predictable. [/QUOTE]

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