We have got to stop so much dribbling and 1x1 play. Makes us look like all the other teams in top 20
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Cardoso left, Watkins got hurt, Tac brings nothing. We've got to have an inside PRESENCE without springing a leak someplace else.
Well, "someplace else" hasn't been looking too swift, either. There is no star, no bell cow anywhere.
UConn is good, but is this one of their premier teams? No one ought to eviscerate us like this in Columbia.
The credibility is gone. It will have to be re-earned. It's unlikely to be recouped this year.
Staley teams have not consistently stressed ball movement in the half-court offense.
To answer your question. I believe Uconn is peaking at the right time and they are a premier team.
Need a new coach, she has obviously lost her ability to coach without super stars. Due to her past years she's not allowed such shortcomings. She's had plenty of time to not let this ever happen.
Did not see a loss in this manner happening on our home court.
Sadly, not sure it will motivate this group, and we are lacking the horses needed to make it happen.
Sadly, not sure it will motivate this group, and we are lacking the horses needed to make it happen.
A leader such as Aliyah Boston is what's missing from the group. Shades of baseball since 2013.
If we had a real big, I think we would we be fine. Kitts gets pushed around by a true big.
Agreed. Kitts is very limited offensively. She is a good defender against a small forward.
And they might be compared to the current batch. But I maintain that they have had more than one team better than this one.
Reminiscent of what Iowa did to us in the Final Four two years ago - only worse.
Kitts has a beautiful mid-range shot, but that’s it. She’s weak against bigger women, and is good for 8-10 pts on a good night.
So fire her! Reason…I don’t like the way she dresses, she has no USC passion, and she has lost 3 times this year. Almost every school in the nation will be standing in line to hire her.
I think there are one or two she needs to nudge toward the portal…but she appears pretty loyal…not sure she would do that. And I admire loyalty.
Need to recruit better…Big Posts Oldakare from TX ,Spearman & Hollingshead from Tenn were holding out for a committable offer from USC but were passed over.
Portal recruiting is turning out to be a dud with Walker coming in as a project because we missed out on several centers in the recruiting cycle. Makes you wonder what went into the thinking where the three aforementioned names should been the developmental players on the roster as opposed to scrambling and grabbing Walker out of junior college.
Dauda so far is dud. The 2023 PG from GT was a dud.
Portal recruiting is turning out to be a dud with Walker coming in as a project because we missed out on several centers in the recruiting cycle. Makes you wonder what went into the thinking where the three aforementioned names should been the developmental players on the roster as opposed to scrambling and grabbing Walker out of junior college.
Dauda so far is dud. The 2023 PG from GT was a dud.
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I hope you’re tongue in cheek here. Otherwise you look like a clown
Trying to imitate the Clown posters when they speak of LP.
Too much sky is falling energy in this thread. Adversity has hit us somewhat. You are not going to always have dream seasons where everything went right like last year. Our team looks similar to a Super Bowl winner that has gotten a little full of themselves. Still 9-3 against ranked teams and another SEC Title is still in sight if we take care of these last three games. Other programs, UConn especially, have proud traditions too. We have had control of the series for the past 3 years. They really got us this time. However, let's see if they can do it again.
Got it, but we don't need to lose these important games down the stretch worrying about what UConn did. I have gone back and watched that game a couple of times. Everything we failed to do in that game is correctable (Poor shot selection, Short Closeouts, No Blocking Out Whatsoever). Getting beat on the boards by UCLA was understandable. However, this loss was more enlightening. UConn plays small ball. There is no way they should be outrebounding us like that. It's about us. Do we really want to get back or are we satisfied with what we did last year. If we are satisfied, let's keep on doing what we are doing and we won't have to worry about playing UConn again. Could go out in the Sweet 16 playing like this.
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I'll hold your thoughtful assessment in abeyance. All I know for certain mathematically is that, between the debacle this past Sunday and the next time we play them this season - if it comes about - they have 28 points to play with and we have to manage a 15-point swing. It could happen, but I'm not feeling too peaceful, much the same as I felt before our latest bowl game.
Every game is different and many times one game has nothing to do with the next one. For example, the 85 Celtics beat the Lakers by 40 in Game 1 of the Finals and ended up losing on their home floor in 6. Good teams learn from bad losses and correct the issues. Our girls did that in the 5 game stretch of ranked conference teams. It seems that after that stretch they relaxed and have not been able to get it back. Part of it is we have to fix our offense. I know Dawn is loyal, but how much longer can she keep starting Raven and Bree when they are not even being guarded. I have been calling for lineup changes for over a year, but Dawn's the coach.
Maybe you ought to be the coach. Our lineup vacillations, I'd scarcely call them rotations, have mystified me all year long. None of our most recent transfers have contributed a dime's worth. None of our returnees has developed beyond where they were except Kitts.
Exactly. No real yoy improvement and our hoped for”committee” replacement for Kamills had been a great group of tall cheerleaders. Not a single one of them has stepped up.
Anogther post I hate liking. But I believe you are correct, hence the "like."
We were all expecting Kitts, Tessa, Bree, Fulwiley, and Paopao to absolutely dominate this year, and for the most part they’ve been talented pedestrians. It’s odd. My criticism of Dawn is that she’s hampered these players by indoctrinating them into this “collective” approach. It’s almost like no one wants to stand out or take charge. Fulwiley seems like she wants to break out and then Dawn yanks her. We’ll never get players like Hidalgo, or Juju, or Chavez, because they’re superstars, and Dawn doesn’t have patience for stars other than Centers.
This is the conundrum of having a great coach that was a point guard. Dawn as a former great point guard will always tend to be too hard on her guards. In most cases, they can't be her. They can't see what she sees most times. Even with a guard like Fulwiley, who probably has the ability to see the game on Dawn's level, she's overprotective. Just like a parent has to do with a child, a coach has to allow the player to spread their wings a bit. Dawn appears to have a tough time doing that. It's similar to how Spurrier was with his QB's.
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Hopefully, Staley is mulling over what many are posting in this thread (whether or not she sees the thread).