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Message: [QUOTE="Sluconn Husky, post: 2677902, member: 5089"] While KLS has improved immensely on defense she won't likely be guarding interior players and Walker has no particular reputation as a defender of any ilk at this point. Walker, however, may be forced to guard bigger players out of necessity as one of the rare semi-bigs on the squad. Again on Camara, she barely played this year. She certainly has the physique and athleticism to compete. We'll see if she can be a rotation player and help in this regard. Nelson-Ododa is a rail-thin rookie. Her being an x-factor would be huge but that's asking a ton for various reasons. As for Walker replacing Gabby, well, she has a long way to go to achieve that lofty status. Do UConn players often improve from one year to the next? Of course. But it shouldn't be forgotten that by the end of her freshmen year Lou was already an excellent player. Walker never reached that level and Coombs barely played. As a freshmen Collier was chipping in as a solid reserve in the Elite 8 and Final Four. Again, Walker was sitting. Gordon, Camara, and Bent all struggled in "garbage time" situations. And bless Kyla Irwin but she'd get eaten alive by aggressive, athletic starting players. This will be Geno's biggest coaching challenge since 2011, perhaps since 2007, imo. [/QUOTE]