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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4327649, member: 12088"] Paige is the floor leader, no doubt -- I agree with everyone about that, and it's been true since day one. But there's another kind of leadership, the kind where you're the one who tells hard truths to teammates, like that they're not working hard enough, and then there's the leader who provides emotional support in a crisis. This last one was Evina the past two years, and you could really see it when Dorka got hurt and Evina was the one to stay with her until help from the bench arrived -- that's who Dorka talks about when she remembers the event. And we know she was the one to bring everyone together socially two seasons ago when 5 freshmen showed up in Storrs. She could also lead on the floor when no one else was emotionally ready, like in the first half of the UCLA game. But leading outside of games was her province. Azzi talks about how Paige is constantly telling her what she can do better, likes she's another coach. Can Paige do that for everyone, or is she only able to do that for her best friend? Amari is the queen of the cheerleaders on the bench, and you can see Paige and Olivia liked to sit next to her during the long injury hiatus. Caroline seems quite reserved, and Geno said in an interview that she came to Storrs last year with something to prove. I wonder if that will mean she has the voice to tell teammates they have to do more. Given what she's already demonstrated hen the team really needed her, she's earned the authority to speak up in those ways. [/QUOTE]

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