Lost 3 players last three years. Love MM as much as anyone but wonder if tough love approach may not always be ideal.

each of the last 2 years. So the average P5 school is losing over 1.5 players a year in WBB. It is what it is.

Maybe if gave more playing time during the year. But she likes to focus on a narrow group and it works.

Best of luck. We'll survive.

they were aggressive and ready to battle. there is something in common with the tranfers, they were good players but not aggressive and real battlers - more finesse than tough. I think that tells you what Muffet gravitates toward and away from. Novosel, prohoska, diggens, mcbride,lloyd, maybres. jess, turners, ivey, morgan, riley, westbeld, siemen, hainey, ratay, batteast, bustamonte, allen, cable, huffman, braker, achonwa, peters, etc. were all tough, stick your nose in the middle of the fray and go at it players. that is what muffet thrives on. I think sam and peoples will be perfect fits.

given Dani the most improved player award on award night and praised her work ethic. I thought that next year would be her year to recreate her TMLA magic with Jordan Nixon. On the other hand, her sophomore year stats were almost identical to her freshman stats.

Re: Dani leav8ng

Here is my post from March 27

Danny is the answer. This year she has been greatly antimadated by not being a starter.
She appears to be constantly looking to the bench where she hears criticism. When she gets the opportunity to play without fear you will see the star she will become.

Currently Dannny appears to be looking over her shoulder to much. When she plays comfortAble she glides with All American talent she possess. IMHO

Go for it You know you are good release your talents Daniel Patterson.

Can’t blame her for leaving. ND coaches should watch the films on Dani’s expressions when she got in , looking back at the bench barking at her

She did not know what she was doing or lack of confidence. She was
constantly looking over her shoulder.

We need to learn through our mistakes is all I will say.

Good Post Concur with it.

SEG/Chief

Disappointed? Yes. Surprised? No

Her body language never seemed right to me, unfortunately. The shame if it was she paid her dues and would have. seen significant playing time the next two years. A big loss.

She should have received much more PT.

Too bad. I think she will be very good.

bottom line is when the time came for her to step up in the 19/20 season, she bailed

I will only say this. There is 2 sides to every coin. When Dani played. She
played pretty good. Considering the minimum time she saw the court in 2
years. Mistakes that Dani made did not lead to a ND loss.

...What ever happens to Dani, stay or transfer. I will support her. I
just hope she makes the best decision that is for her not everyone else.

SEG/Chief

And seems to love her Film and TV major. Perhaps there is more to this and she needs to be closer to home. Hopefully Muffet can convince her to stay!

Don't see her as the "please don't leave me" type. More like, "don't let the screen door hit you." Maybe (pure speculation) whatever "it" was that kept her off the court is what's now feeding her decision to transfer. Commitment to doing things the coaches way? Belief in herself or what the coaches are asking of her?

Perhaps she didn't like/do well with the way the message is delivered. MM would often be pretty demonstrative with Dani in on-court instructions.
Not Izzo-like, but getting the point across. Some players are fine with that. Others, not so much. Who knows?

Or, as others have suggested, there could be something else to this. But she seemed to like the major, liked the spiritual nature of ND.

Whatever led to this must've been brewing over the lid, because there were some good chances for Dani to help be a major part of the meal next year.

Whew...times, they are a changing.

I also noticed how MM chewed into Danielle on the court and she would
become quite tentative in her play. Danielle never seemed to respond
with better play.