[DaBears17]

As Haley said last January, she is high risk, high reward, but should work on lowering the risk.  Her play was a big contribution to us winning two games in the Final Four two years ago, but her play helped us lose a game we should have won this year, and it's possible she will contribute to another loss or two this year.

Ever since Chelsea Trotter only played two seasons due to knee issues, I try not to overly criticize players.   I'm a bit frustrated Haley hasn't developed a better 3 point shot and takes plays off on defense.  But she averages the greatest number of minutes on the team.  If she is handling the ball for large portions of the game, she needs to grab some rest at some points.  

She is what she is and so far, the rewards have outweighed the risks.

As a youth softball coach, I learned you need to look at the stats because they help you see things you might not otherwise notice.  Had a player who didn't jump out as anything special but wound up on 1B somehow the most of anyone on the team.   Another year our best player almost always had an error in the 1st inning, but almost never had an error after the 1st one, so you hoped she got it out of the way in a non-critical situation.

+/- is useful for helping understand why the games swing the way they do and provides some information that is useful in determining playing time or finding someone who deserves more playing time.  It helps recognize intangibles but shouldn't be the primary determination of playing time. 
 
SC’s Haley Jones scores season-best 26 points as Stanford beats Cal | Women’s basketball – Santa Cruz Sentinel

To me, if +/- tells you to sit Brink, Jones, and Jump it is not a great stat.  One game is a very small sample size.  Over many games it probably means a lot more.

As I told you Friday night MT I don’t and never have believed in plus minus.  Chimera nailed the reasons.
Jones is a great great player who takes and makes the big shots
Oregon had 51 points with a second left. That’s defense.  If we had a weak defensive player why didn’t Oregon expose it?  Ah because it didn’t exist.

[DaBears17]

As Haley said last January, she is high risk, high reward, but should work on lowering the risk.  Her play was a big contribution to us winning two games in the Final Four two years ago, but her play helped us lose a game we should have won this year, and it's possible she will contribute to another loss or two this year.

Ever since Chelsea Trotter only played two seasons due to knee issues, I try not to overly criticize players.   I'm a bit frustrated Haley hasn't developed a better 3 point shot and takes plays off on defense.  But she averages the greatest number of minutes on the team.  If she is handling the ball for large portions of the game, she needs to grab some rest at some points.  

She is what she is and so far, the rewards have outweighed the risks.

As a youth softball coach, I learned you need to look at the stats because they help you see things you might not otherwise notice.  Had a player who didn't jump out as anything special but wound up on 1B somehow the most of anyone on the team.   Another year our best player almost always had an error in the 1st inning, but almost never had an error after the 1st one, so you hoped she got it out of the way in a non-critical situation.

+/- is useful for helping understand why the games swing the way they do and provides some information that is useful in determining playing time or finding someone who deserves more playing time.  It helps recognize intangibles but shouldn't be the primary determination of playing time. 
 
SC’s Haley Jones scores season-best 26 points as Stanford beats Cal | Women’s basketball – Santa Cruz Sentinel

To me, if +/- tells you to sit Brink, Jones, and Jump it is not a great stat.  One game is a very small sample size.  Over many games it probably means a lot more.

As I told you Friday night MT I don’t and never have believed in plus minus.  Chimera nailed the reasons.
Jones is a great great player who takes and makes the big shots
Oregon had 51 points with a second left. That’s defense.  If we had a weak defensive player why didn’t Oregon expose it?  Ah because it didn’t exist.