We're all getting frustrated with the current situation of this team, and for good reasons, regarding the lack of confident PG court leadership due to the graduation of Kiana WILLIAMS, which is then exacerbated by the sudden mysterious underperforming of their best player Haley JONES (did not score in 31 minutes vs USF) and weird on-court player combination decisions by Tara (PRECHTEL and BELIBI hardly playing in the USF game while Stanford is completely being outrebounded by a much smaller opponent).
For me, I have decided to significantly lower my expectations for this team and hope that they can iron out their individual and collective kinks and progress well as the season continues to unfold. Never mind if Stanford has 6 former HS McD AAs in its team vs. ZERO from its opponent. And never mind if Stanford has 2 Top 3 and 8 Top 25 overall national recruits in its line-up vs. ZERO from its opponent. Those laurels apparently don't matter at this point.
On a more enthusiastic note, I agree that DEMETRE should continue to be given some good playing time (in the 15+ minute range) as the offensive spark off the bench along with Hannah JUMP, because she really has the best combination of mid-range/3-point range offensive weapons for this team. Hopefully, her defense improves to Tara's liking as the season evolves.
For me, I have decided to significantly lower my expectations for this team and hope that they can iron out their individual and collective kinks and progress well as the season continues to unfold. Never mind if Stanford has 6 former HS McD AAs in its team vs. ZERO from its opponent. And never mind if Stanford has 2 Top 3 and 8 Top 25 overall national recruits in its line-up vs. ZERO from its opponent. Those laurels apparently don't matter at this point.
On a more enthusiastic note, I agree that DEMETRE should continue to be given some good playing time (in the 15+ minute range) as the offensive spark off the bench along with Hannah JUMP, because she really has the best combination of mid-range/3-point range offensive weapons for this team. Hopefully, her defense improves to Tara's liking as the season evolves.