I thought she had a chance, but I think we would be too small and offensively challenged with her. I was expecting a new body to fill that spot... just didn’t know who... was going with Griffin as she is the only choice right now.
We can all wish for that. Just wouldn’t plan for it.
It's a good thing the games are on replay and the stats are complied because the bolded statements are not correct. The teams best defender was the one that won the conference DPOY. Of the returning players the teams best defender was ONO by a long shot. Molly had a better defensive season than Mikayla did. Since there are two ends of the court I'll just say it one last time Molly had a superior season when compared to Mikayla.
Well he's surely not banking on Mikayla either.
I would say Kayla would probably start over Mikayla. Mikayla is one dimensional, driving the ball. The defense would lay off her and focus on ONO, or Megan down low.
How about Kyla vs Mikayla on defense?
The truth is there’s no really good option, which is why we’re all hoping that Geno has one or two players up his sleeve for next year.
To get this thread back on topic. Westbrook will also help.
Mikayla was not injured at the start of 2018-19 season. You may be thinking back to the end of the 2017-18 season were she was shut down late in the season including the NCAA tournament.
Everyone had a better season than Mikayla on the offensive end. Most of Molly’s points came during mop up time. Geno seldom if ever played Molly against top competition in prime time. Mikayla played real minutes against good teams. So in Geno’s mind, he had more confidence in Mikayla. As for Liv, she’ll be a great defender, but not until she can match up with another top post without fouling out of the game, hopefully this coming season.
Ok so let me try this one more time and then I give up. My original point was that unless Geno has somebody else coming in Mikayla was the best option of his returning players to start. You disagreed. I asked you which returning player would start twice and you danced around the question.
Ok so let me try this one more time and then I give up. My original point was that unless Geno has somebody else coming in Mikayla was the best option of his returning players to start. You disagreed. I asked you which returning player would start twice and you danced around the question.
So if you are now saying that someone else may be joining the team who could be the 5th starter, that was precisely my original point. Time to mercifully end this back and forth with a good stiff drink.
For anyone who knows what UConn demands of their players, freshman or not, if you saw Griffin play a whole game there is no way you would say she will start next season, even if UConn adds no other players. Read some of oldude's post concerning Griffin.
Q: Do we even know if she would be eligible next season?
That is not how it worked in the past nor how it works currently.
Maybe but it sure felt great in the moment! Geno refused to shake hands with Emmert for years afterward. Applying a rule change retroactively to UConn for an event that had already been punished once by the NCAA, and refusing to use up to date APR figures which would have saved UConn is unconscionable.
I haven’t seen more than a few highlight clips of her, but did see Christyn start all year as a freshman. Geno has raved about Griffin’s potential, so I surmised it might be possible for her to start also. Geno’s offense really requires balance. It just doesn’t look right when someone can’t or won’t shoot.
