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Message: [QUOTE="Adriacus, post: 3852991, member: 10787"] I see Coach Schaefer facing two key hurdles: personnel and scheme. At MSU he was able to play high pressure D with a massive rim protector which created a ton of turnovers/transition points without giving up tons of layups. He doesn’t have McGowan [or anything similar] and I can’t see that D style working efficiently without rim protection [they may get some turnovers/easy transition buckets, but how many layups will they give up to achieve that result?]. Will he adjust the scheme to fit the personnel or keep playing the scheme until he can recruit the players he needs? On offense, he lacks personnel who can routinely beat defenders off the dribble. Harmon & Hunter will help but their size [and low release point on their shots] will allow defenders to play a full step off of them. Harmon is listed at 5’6 but a more accurate height would be 5’3 to 5’4. Hunter is listed at 5’8 but she is about 5’6. Both are chest shooters. Both are super quick but size matters. That issue ties in with the Scheme hurdle. I see Texas women facing what the Kentucky men are facing this year: the dribble drive offense relies on superior speed/athleticism and is no longer “new stuff”. Teams have learned how to best defend the DD offense and the talent differential that made it so effective [for Kentucky men and MSU women] is not as pronounced for UT women. [/QUOTE]