i'm gonna keep saying it because i like the sound of it, and i think she's deserving. two unreal games for her in a row. i really hope she has a good game at Duke. they have some really good guards that should challenge UCONN...
Prior to the last cpl of huge games by Tiff much was being said about how well she has been playing. I was thinking to myself we need this kind of consistent play and leadership from our Sr for the rest of the season. We need this play from her to have a chance for what to me at the beginning of the season was an" Inprobable Championship Season". Also it was the gap between the 2 UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS and the # of Special Seasons starting in 2012. The End of the Maya Era had her carrying us on her back to the Final Four "without the injured Carolyn, the transferred Walker midseason,and the "NEVERWAS" EDD. Any or all would IMHO resulted in #*. This year I didn't think we had the horses to get #8 and I would root and pray just the same, bu tin the back of mind was wow 2012-++++. Both seasons, 1st with the end of the MAYA ERA<where I became amazed that we actually could win it all and this year with a "less than NC team" it was root,support and WAIT TILL "the 3 young women who will be enrolling this summer"
Inspite of the 2 losses to the Griner led Baylor Team<5 pts on the road and coulda won> and the aganizing Skylar led ND<OT loss we shoulda won> I looked around the other teams and ours and daily read and talked to fellow fans and believed we could win this year. My mantra became 6+,7,8,9,no injuries,and getting the most out of the core 6.
Having been a fan since I was a little kid,when you had to wait till your SO year to play Varsity ball and then everyone stayed thru their SR seasons.<This was both men and women> I did see the SRS raise their game and become the true leaders. How does all that I have typed connect with Tiff
What I am seeing is a SR raising her game and becoming the player we saw glimpses of in earlier years. A player who is pushing herself into the National Limelight,playing the kind of ball we need from our lone SR,playing Consistent good+ basketball. She will end up being a 1st team BE member,but if we are going to get to where we want,Tiff has to play this way the rest of the season!!! In the BIG games,she has to come up BIG. We also need the other core 5 to play well,stay healthy,push,drag,support,give the 7,8,9<LeRoy Jethro Gibbs slaps in the back of the head>. Let them be led individually,and most importantly as a team by that High School/McD All American Senior Tifany Hayes.She has shown us glimpses of leadership and excellence. Now is the time for her to continue to raise her game and leadership to the level we require to achieve what we all want!
If Tiff plays the way she has,Eric's belief that she deserves to be on Awards Lists,will be heard across the continent,around the basketball globe,become the leader of this CT team playing CT HUSKIE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP type ball. Awards will be there,those she does not receive or is not listed on will be a loud "WHAT???" She will achieve what she will have a lifetime to enjoy
Eric here is hoping that what you are expressing becomes a level of play and leadership that results im many HUGE RESULTS for TIFF and.................
A BIG Game resulting in a BIG WIN against Duke will make the Tiff chant become louder
