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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4011660, member: 9844"] I think Geno's difficult decisions with Liv is not that she is inconsistent, but in fact that she has shown a very predictable pattern. She is consistently good against smaller, weaker and less physical opponents, and consistently bad against larger talented bangers and good defensive teams. She has been very good against "the little sisters of the poor" so to speak, and helps us increase our margin of victory in the 90% or so of the games that are decided before the tip off. The problem is the success or failure of a season depends on those relatively few games we could lose, where she has often come up short. Suppose Geno thinks against most opponents Liv is better, but against the best teams with talented size, Dorka is better? I suppose Liv has first dibs on the starter position and probably would be the slightly better player against most opponents, but maybe one of the keys to the season is who is the best choice to start against South Carolina, Stanford and all the top teams. Practice could confirm or change those views. Going against Dorka every day could help in the assessment of Liv's role in big games. Geno will see how Liv is doing against another talented big. He mentioned Liv's confidence appeared to be higher. If she has success against Dorka it could lead to success against better teams and players and start to erase her reputation in big games. If not I wonder if he should change the starting lineup depending on the matchup. [/QUOTE]

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