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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5211572, member: 12088"] Folks may be doing this. But that wasn’t my point. I love KK. But it is a fair question whether she has the [B]personality[/B] to lead. Just one indicator, she isn’t typically the one who shouts commands on the floor and in huddles. That was Nika last season and Paige this season. Also, it was interesting to see Jaidynn Mason on Marquette out-quick KK on several plays. But quick as Mason is, KK & co contained her handily. This is a fair concern. She hasn’t played PG at UConn, and she isn’t quick enough to guard players like Hannah. I’d merely observe that these are two separate responsibilities, and both are different from the question of who [B]leads[/B] the team. I certainly have no direct evidence that Morgan can lead a top-10 team to an NC. I merely noted that she was the obvious floor leader of a nationally ranked high school team. More than that, she was like a coach on the floor. And against great teams with speedy point guards, like Kayleigh Heckel on LuHi, she was able to engineer major victories. It’s also worth recalling Evina, who led the Huskies in many games over two seasons before Nika and Paige were prepared to do so. She was neither super speedy nor a ball handling wizard. But she was a heads-up floor general who made good passes and provided mature leadership when it was needed. When injuries deprived the team of one star after another, she stepped up and settled the younger players down. Right after Paige’s injury sophomore year, UConn lost to GT because the team had freaked out. Then in the next game against UCLA we almost lost but for Evina’s leadership. Nika had some great games that season, like against Tennessee and Marquette, but she wasn’t quite ready to lead on a regular basis. Azzi and Caroline also had some great games before Paige’s return, but they needed Evina to get the best out of them. Can Morgan do what Evina did? Maybe not. Is KK ready to play that role? Maybe. The whole point of the speculation isn’t to argue that KK can’t do it. It’s to consider what options Geno has. This is a classic ‘slow week’ topic. [/QUOTE]

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