A couple of other thoughts.
by Tim Kelley (2018-12-03 15:35:29)

In reply to: Hard to even make lemonade out of this one.  posted by BabaGhanouj


The team has not looked consistently sharp so far this year. Few games where they appeared to put it all together. People can say it’s early in the season or that Turner was rusty or that Marina just got back into the lineup, but this is a team of experienced starters who won a NC,. UConn had youth, but they had it all together. During the game I thought that ND at times looked almost lazy and that Turner needs to play with much more intensity. MM has a lot of work to do before playing some of the better teams and especially any rematch with UConn.


Agree, and a few more thoughts
by oldbender  (2018-12-03 16:36:36)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Agree with your post. In several ways, last year was easy. There was great leadership and "glue" from Kat and spirit and valuable minutes from Coco. Roles were easy to define. Arike was not known across the country by basketball fans. And, yes, you didn't have two low post players to keep happy. Muffet talked about getting the ball to Turner more, but I too felt she didn't look ready for the magnitute of the game. Of course, no one really played well and the other big girl seemed to get pushed ayound like Turner underneath. It's a long year and yesterday should be a wake up call. But, as any old coach would tell you, winning the second is much harder than the first. A challenge has been put down. It's up to this group to relish it.