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Message: [QUOTE="Stymie, post: 4311087, member: 11176"] Of course, as a fan, I’d like to see UCONN cut down the nets every year. I do believe the season is much more interesting when watching a new edition struggle, attempting to find their identity, tweaking, jelling, learning each other, overcoming injuries and adversity then peaking at the right time. I have no problem taking a couple of losses as long as they are followed by a “growth spurt”. I have witnessed (in recent past seasons) games against top opponents, when crunch time arrived, the team had no answers. And that’s OK- nobody is perfect and you can’t win them all. Having stated that, closer games mid season, may provide situations when the team must rise to the occasion. Playing a short bench and winning by 30+ removes this situation /learning tool. AT THE THE RISK (certainty) OF BEING HAMMERED HERE—absolutely no reason Paige should have still been in the game the day she went down. Up by 20 and physically pounded the entire game. I realize the time the injury occurred may have been much earlier in the contest as discussed here- but still. ( and I don’t care how much Paige complains about playing time) Closer games-more player development-couple of losses-cut down the net at the end—WORKS FOR ME. [/QUOTE]