11-08-2022, 11:25 AM
“This thread makes me a bit sad.”
You shouldn’t be but we all have different POVs. In sports, I like when people don’t see the world as I do and push back. It’s just basketball and we all have our different opinions. It’s not a cheer squad and I think everyone here wants the team to live up to and surpass their #2 ranking while a player as talented as Haley is still here. I’d love to be wrong about Lepolo and Agnes. I got enthusiastic push back on my quick judgment on Agnes after the Vanguard game too. I didn’t take offense or get the sads. Though not too much push back after San Diego. I lean heavily into first impressions and very rarely does something unpredictable happen. I am open to it.
“Nor do I see the point of complaining about what Tara may or may not do with the point guards . . .”
Why not? It’s just a fan board and like other fan boards the fun is in the speculation. Tara is not infallible and like most humans, she has her patterns - most are good, some are bad.
“As for Lepolo being a non-shooter or not, does anyone remember that last year we were worried about basically the same things - who would play point guard and if we played Lacie Hull and Wilson together would their lack of offense be a problem.”
Am I the only one that watched Tara’s postgame interview after the UConn loss? But beyond that, Lacie was never a reluctant shooter; she was just spending so much time learning a new position that she wasn’t able to focus on her strengths - 3pt shooting and lockdown defense (I’d argue she was a good as her sister on defense before last year but fell off a lot with split focus (still better than everyone else on perimeter defense except Lexie)). Sahil Bloom would say she and Anna were operating outside of their “zone of genius.”
“She doesn't have to be a big scorer.”
Yes she does if other good coaches say, “Haley, Cam and Hannah will not beat me, so I will make sure that Lepolo and Agnes take every offensive shot.”
You shouldn’t be but we all have different POVs. In sports, I like when people don’t see the world as I do and push back. It’s just basketball and we all have our different opinions. It’s not a cheer squad and I think everyone here wants the team to live up to and surpass their #2 ranking while a player as talented as Haley is still here. I’d love to be wrong about Lepolo and Agnes. I got enthusiastic push back on my quick judgment on Agnes after the Vanguard game too. I didn’t take offense or get the sads. Though not too much push back after San Diego. I lean heavily into first impressions and very rarely does something unpredictable happen. I am open to it.
“Nor do I see the point of complaining about what Tara may or may not do with the point guards . . .”
Why not? It’s just a fan board and like other fan boards the fun is in the speculation. Tara is not infallible and like most humans, she has her patterns - most are good, some are bad.
“As for Lepolo being a non-shooter or not, does anyone remember that last year we were worried about basically the same things - who would play point guard and if we played Lacie Hull and Wilson together would their lack of offense be a problem.”
Am I the only one that watched Tara’s postgame interview after the UConn loss? But beyond that, Lacie was never a reluctant shooter; she was just spending so much time learning a new position that she wasn’t able to focus on her strengths - 3pt shooting and lockdown defense (I’d argue she was a good as her sister on defense before last year but fell off a lot with split focus (still better than everyone else on perimeter defense except Lexie)). Sahil Bloom would say she and Anna were operating outside of their “zone of genius.”
“She doesn't have to be a big scorer.”
Yes she does if other good coaches say, “Haley, Cam and Hannah will not beat me, so I will make sure that Lepolo and Agnes take every offensive shot.”