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Message: [QUOTE="ABCDFE, post: 4109346, member: 9410"] A few thoughts after watching the replay. [LIST] [*]Paige is still Paige but she’s human and missing some open shots. I don’t worry about it as long as she’s taking them because there isn’t a shot she takes that I don’t like. I can live with her missing. What Id like to see more of is her being a bit more selfish (other than passing to Azzi) [*]CW - I thought she was ok. The problem with CW is when she catches the ball and wants to go one on one she holds the ball a little too long, the offense stagnates a bit and allows her defender to set up and then that’s when she can get a bit out of control with forcing drives or trying to do too much. I’d rather see her catch and move within the flow of the offense or being set up by a teammate. Whenever she’s in one on one mode it’s just bad outcomes mostly. She’s a step slower at this point in time on defense compare to end of last season. [*]Liv - we should not throw it into Liv in the list unless it is an absolute mismatch. Against ranked teams she just doesn’t have the moves or coordination to be effective. I saw several time she catches it and it takes her three seconds to make a move, it’s just not working against good players or even mediocre ones. Liv should be a facilitator and a weak side help defender to help protect the paint and also a rebounder. The days where guards are throwing it in there should be done with. Maybe during BE play against lesser competition. It’s a shame she couldn’t develop a better inside game. But no need to wait on her, she’s a senior she is who she is and we shouldn’t waste possessions where she will turn the ball over or stall the offense. [*]Evina - thought she was ok, she needs to be a more aggressive. She has a nice floater and mid range game. We need that from her against the top teams that have good bigs. She also is a decent three point shooter (rarely air balls like we see on occasion from CW or Nika). I know she wants to facilitate but right now we need that third consistent shooter and I trust her a bit more than CW. [*]AE - I’m not sure if starting her is causing her to be a bit anxious, but I don’t see that dogged style of play. She’s just moving around out there some times and I don’t see her impacting the play defensively or getting offensive rebounds which she should be really good at. I hope she can be that junk yard dawg that will score not just on her own but cleaning up others misses. [*]Azzi - she’s efficient. Has amazing timing and flow to the game. You can see she’s staring to get comfortable and I believe Geno is going to start running plays for her and Paige a lot more as the season moved forward. If teams are going to focus on Paige the Azzi can take over and vice versa. That will be an element that we didn’t have last year. [*]Caroline - I don’t know but I haven’t really seen any type of play that I can point to where she can really contribute against top competition other than to peel a starter for a few minutes. Hoping that she proves me wrong like Nika did last year. [*]Nika - I don’t know but she may be a pLayer that isn’t good coming off the bench. She may have to have starter minutes to really get going because right now she reminds me of the first half of freshman year Nika. Driving without reason and can’t make an open shot. I really hope she can find her niche with this team because I do believe if she can hit a few shots, her defense will be much needed. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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