I feel good about an NCAA appearance. You? I have a lot of questions about what happens to this program post-Coffey, though.
Would like to see a few more NC games before a I am confident about the NCAAs. though.For every Florida game thus far, there has been one like last night against a terrible Evansville squad, a "name your score" game where our bench should have dominated but looked completely lost for stretches as Joe had to play the starters much more than I am certain he wished to play them. ... More depth this year but some nights I feel like we are just one player short or the competitive depth we needed (and we have been as Inman and Coffey have been hurt at times, so perhaps that is clouding my perception).
Whenever one graduates a WNBA player, there is worry, but remember that Joe, unlike Collins, has the current luxury of being able to recruit top classes; we had TWO top-100 recruits this year. He has had trouble in the past with some recruits sticking, but that seems to have abated in the past two years, so I am not necessarily gloom-and-doom about the future, but losing Coffey and so many other pieces (Deary, Inman and Douglas) probably means that next year is a rebuilding year. However, we do have bigs (Hamilton and Wolf are both 6-4), which is something we have not had in recent years, due to transfers and Tuttle not panning out, and capable bigs mean a lot in the women's game. ..