[pefloresjr]

That defense was perfect for Nunu and we exploited it biggly. Good for her. I said it 4 mos ago; Eschmeyer is going to be a star. Needs to adjust to speed of the game, take the mittens off her hands and hit the weight room. We aint seen nuthin yet. To be clear, WF was easier for her because they didn't have any tall, big bigs. But she will gain good strength and then...
And, yes, Lepolo didn't have her best game, but she is best at steadying things when the game gets hairy. I feel confident when we are ahead and she has the ball.

I imagine MAS's minutes will continue to be limited, but she is clearly important. The team gravitates toward her. She must be terrific in practice, etc.

This is certainly true.  She is the one leading the discussion and team cheer before and after the games.  I still hope we will get a little scoring out of her.  She does need to fill some minutes to support the team.  Unlike some, I actually like the way that Coach Paye is slowly increasing Eschmeyer's time as she is getting better and adjusting to the college game. It seems to be working really well.  Eschmeyer seems very mature to me.  Even when she has struggled, she keeps working, generally without committing dumb fouls.  It's easy to say that she should be used differently from the sideline but the coaches have a lot of experience.  As Boston Card has pointed out, the coaches have access to the players in all the practices, video review, travel, study sessions, and time in between all those things.  They are in a dramatically better position to gauge the right amount of playing time.  But with Coach Paye, good performance gets more playing time, so she does respond to it.  Just ask Shay.  

As for this game, we clearly still need to do a lot of work on beating an aggressive zone.  We can't really stretch the zone out because we are not a good enough shooting team to shoot over it and force them to come out to create better space and passing/driving lanes.  Inlet passes are a problem for this team.  It feels like the passing is starting to get marginally better except against tight, active zone defenses.  At the game tonight, it just felt like a weird game with a weird vibe.  It felt like a jet lag game for both teams.  Try to learn from it and have a better game on Sunday like last week.  

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

That defense was perfect for Nunu and we exploited it biggly. Good for her. I said it 4 mos ago; Eschmeyer is going to be a star. Needs to adjust to speed of the game, take the mittens off her hands and hit the weight room. We aint seen nuthin yet. To be clear, WF was easier for her because they didn't have any tall, big bigs. But she will gain good strength and then...
And, yes, Lepolo didn't have her best game, but she is best at steadying things when the game gets hairy. I feel confident when we are ahead and she has the ball.

I imagine MAS's minutes will continue to be limited, but she is clearly important. The team gravitates toward her. She must be terrific in practice, etc.

This is certainly true.  She is the one leading the discussion and team cheer before and after the games.  I still hope we will get a little scoring out of her.  She does need to fill some minutes to support the team.  Unlike some, I actually like the way that Coach Paye is slowly increasing Eschmeyer's time as she is getting better and adjusting to the college game. It seems to be working really well.  Eschmeyer seems very mature to me.  Even when she has struggled, she keeps working, generally without committing dumb fouls.  It's easy to say that she should be used differently from the sideline but the coaches have a lot of experience.  As Boston Card has pointed out, the coaches have access to the players in all the practices, video review, travel, study sessions, and time in between all those things.  They are in a dramatically better position to gauge the right amount of playing time.  But with Coach Paye, good performance gets more playing time, so she does respond to it.  Just ask Shay.  

As for this game, we clearly still need to do a lot of work on beating an aggressive zone.  We can't really stretch the zone out because we are not a good enough shooting team to shoot over it and force them to come out to create better space and passing/driving lanes.  Inlet passes are a problem for this team.  It feels like the passing is starting to get marginally better except against tight, active zone defenses.  At the game tonight, it just felt like a weird game with a weird vibe.  It felt like a jet lag game for both teams.  Try to learn from it and have a better game on Sunday like last week.  

Cheers,
Pete F.