25 points & 6 for Kadi.. Its amazing the decline in production, although this game can humble you. The one thing I would say though, is foul trouble every game hurt her mental state, she started to doubt she was a good player, potentially great.. This is probably a more experienced coaching...
Kadi struggled offensively, but she is athletic on the D end.. this game was a terrible matchup for us. I know everybody is like how do you lose to Rutgers, but this was a terrible matchup for us and we made it worse by not playing a more athletic linuep.
.. but Kadi did play 24 min, her stat...
The substitution pattern was crazy bad.. Helgren playing in the third when it fell apart was a head scratcher. This was a game we needed to play Kadi 30+ minutes for matchup reasons. Just a terrible lineup we kept putting out there time after time.
We had 5 days to prepare, with the season...
The reality here is Scalia, Micheaux and Sissoko are back who will play significant minutes. Its a good core, but they desperately need another player like Deja and a 5 like Helgren. We need somebody or two who can score from the portal like Deja did this year. Plus we lose Hubbard and even...
The good:
Energy, resilient, never stopped fighting.
Deja and Sara kept it close.
What didn't go so well:
-I dont think we were patient every 3 or 4 possessions.
-Smith should never take a jump shot without even making a pass to start the O. Smith dosen't see the floor real well
- I'm still...
Lets see what happens...It seems crazy to think we just lost to IA by 56, but with a few injuries, Clark shooting 40 times a game, maybe, just maybe this game could be interesting.
She just seems confused out there. that little pump fake, elbow jumper never goes in..
I can just hear the conversation "but coach I'm open", "do you think there is a reason why your open?"
If we got half of her talent potential, like 15 & 8 every night we would be as good as some of these...
agree 100%.. put the guards on hold, we need a dynamic 3, 4s and 5s otherwise we are right back here next year, we lose Deja who has had some great moments.. We lose Diva, who is solid but not the player she was.. and who knows who transfers out
Unfortunately, CoachJD might be right..
I can't say it was a bad hire at the time, can hardly fault the AD for the selection.
I liked the defensive intensity against Purdue, but we lost badly to a team that fired their coach, players left and the new coach got transfers in to replace the good...
Some people say the guards do to much of this and that, but the reality is we are very limited at the 4 and 5.. Rose is a freshman and is hitting a wall at the 5. I don't think any team honors Baily in the low post so that isn't an option. Kadi was supposed to lead this team this year from the...
Can anybody explain why we play a 3-2 zone on defense, that means bailey or Kayla or Laura or Rose has to defend the corner 3, and if they do they aren't available to rebound, it's just another bizarre coaching call that doesn't put our players in a position to have success
Did we make any adjustments or at least try a different look?
Why not mix a zone in?
Just try something different?
The sub pattern was unique, deja came out 2 min into the game.
Not sure if Powell was in doghouse, i didn't see anything out of the ordinary with her