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Was good to see BG pursuing rebounds. She has a tendency to let others grab the board if it looks like they can secure it instead of going for it herself. I did not see that in this game. Geno influence?
 
bags27 said:
I know Whalen is on the team for very specific reasons, but she's sometimes hard to watch. Mostly, it's the jarring difference in how the team moves when Sue is out and she's in. She hesitates a split-second before passing (if she does decide to pass instead of penetrating a packed in defense), while Sue sees where everyone is before they actually are there--like Magic. The team seems to bog down with Whalen in.

Frankly, Mo would be better here. And she's a fantastic defender. But that wasn't politically possible, given all else that happened. And it won't affect outcome this year, and she'll be on the 2020 team and running it then or in 2024.
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I don't find it hard to watch at all. I love watching the contrast between Sue and Whalen. I'm not sure why you are so hard on her. She typically comes in when the other subs come in so the team is not going to look at fluid.
 
easttexastrash said:
Was good to see BG pursuing rebounds. She has a tendency to let others grab the board if it looks like they can secure it instead of going for it herself. I did not see that in this game. Geno influence?
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I suspect so, in the way of, "Everyone give max effort all the time. This is prep, these games are our only chance to practice. Everyone's going to play and we're going to use all the combinations, but for us to get better I need you to play like it matters for the whole game."
 
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j66kicker said:
I suspect so, in the way of, "Everyone give max effort all the time. This is prep, these games are our only chance to practice. Everyone's going to play and we're going to use all the combinations, but for us to get better I need you to play like it matters for the whole game."
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I see little things in her game that she is doing much better. One thing is that she is making quick, decisive moves when she gets the ball instead of trying all of these time-consuming moves that allow help defense to arrive.

Also, the way she is blocking out her opponent. She has had this horrible habit of facing her opponent just to keep her off the boards instead of putting her back on the player to move her out. I haven't seen nearly as much of that, although I saw it once today.

Another thing is that she is not leaving her feet to try to block shots and not trying to block every shot. She actually got called for a foul today when she was standing there and the opponent just ran into her. She really has done a much better job of staying out of foul trouble because of this.

I loved the little story about her having her arms in the air in the hallway and asking Geno if she was doing it right and him telling her to get some deodorant. I think she really likes interacting with him. I can only imagine how much better she would be if she had played for him for four years.
 
I would love to know who is rooming together and if they got to choose or if they were assigned roommates. I think it would be interesting to see how that looks.
 
ThisJustIn said:
So, you're saying Mo, with no professional experience, should have been invited before Sloot and Sims but wasn't because of politics?
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No, not saying that at all. It was just real-time "thinking" (more like reacting while I was watching the game live) and I was just musing about point guards and the fuss over Candice. Maybe I already miss Mo at UConn.
 
[QUOTE="easttexastrash, post: I can only imagine how much better she would be if she had played for him for four years.

Funny you should say that. I wondered the same thing. :rolleyes:
 
ETT some nice comments.
One of the advantages of playing on this team is also knowing you do not have to 'save yourself' for 35 minutes of game play. If you are on the floor for 5 minutes straight you can go all out, because you are going to get the next five minutes at least to recharge. The player who replaces you is not going to be someone trying not to blow a lead - they may be bring a different style, but they will be capable of matching or even improving on your own production. That is not at all true on any of these players professional teams so they are usually trying to pace themselves.
(Sort of the difference between a 4x100 relay and someone running a 400 meter race on their own.)
 
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Even distribution of minutes:

Elena led with 23, then Angel with 20.

Maya, Stewie, and Catch played the least, only 13.

Two players scored more than a point per minute. Sylvia was one. This was the other:

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