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As I asked a few weeks ago, what would LSJU's record be with Tara as coach? Two or three wins better (FGCU, Tenn, UVa)?

The current LSJU WBB talent level might be higher than LSJU MBB, but it's well lower than before and maybe lower than we all thought in November. Tara had at least one All American on the roster for most of 30+ years, starting with Azzi and all the way through Brink. 

There's no one on the current roster remotely resembling an AA, not even all ACC first team. The upperclass players, Tara's last classes, can be solid but have often underachieved and/or been hurt. The freshmen have had some awesome games, but they are freshmen, none as elite as Okorie for MBB. 

Tara also had many great shooters, ~ 40 % on threes, from Azzi through Jump. The current roster's leader is . . .  Lepolo, at 35 % - but on only 34 attempts. (The mysteriously underused Amborn has made 7 of 11). Clardy, Agara and Ogden have made 77 total threes . . .  and missed 174. Somfai and Swain have made 40 total threes . . . and missed 126.

I don't blame Tara for retiring when she did. Declining roster, transfers, NIL, 30+ K miles of plane travel every Jan.-Feb., plus allegedly biased/incompetent ACC refs, etc. All at age 72. It would have been a physical slog and would have seriously tarnished her legacy to keep coaching the current roster in the ACC!

You are right the roster lacks shooters or All-Americans that Tara had.  That said, nobody that I know expected results like Tara had.  Nobody expected more than just make the NCAAs, which is not a very high bar.  How does the roster stacks up compared to Ga Tech, Miami, Va Tech, Virginia, Cal, FGCU, Syracuse, etc?  Is the team more or less than the sum of its parts?  Losing to mediocre teams while going 1 out of the last 8 is the problem.  Looking much worse late in the season is the problem.  16-12 is the problem.  The team seems to play much worse than the talent on the roster, even if the talent on the roster is not at the level that got previous teams to the F4 or E8.  That is what my "giant brain" sees that concerns me.  We lost to effing FGCU, a team we should have beaten by 30+.  That alone is enough to make one doubt the coaching.

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As I asked a few weeks ago, what would LSJU's record be with Tara as coach? Two or three wins better (FGCU, Tenn, UVa)?

The current LSJU WBB talent level might be higher than LSJU MBB, but it's well lower than before and maybe lower than we all thought in November. Tara had at least one All American on the roster for most of 30+ years, starting with Azzi and all the way through Brink. 

There's no one on the current roster remotely resembling an AA, not even all ACC first team. The upperclass players, Tara's last classes, can be solid but have often underachieved and/or been hurt. The freshmen have had some awesome games, but they are freshmen, none as elite as Okorie for MBB. 

Tara also had many great shooters, ~ 40 % on threes, from Azzi through Jump. The current roster's leader is . . .  Lepolo, at 35 % - but on only 34 attempts. (The mysteriously underused Amborn has made 7 of 11). Clardy, Agara and Ogden have made 77 total threes . . .  and missed 174. Somfai and Swain have made 40 total threes . . . and missed 126.

I don't blame Tara for retiring when she did. Declining roster, transfers, NIL, 30+ K miles of plane travel every Jan.-Feb., plus allegedly biased/incompetent ACC refs, etc. All at age 72. It would have been a physical slog and would have seriously tarnished her legacy to keep coaching the current roster in the ACC!

You are right the roster lacks shooters or All-Americans that Tara had.  That said, nobody that I know expected results like Tara had.  Nobody expected more than just make the NCAAs, which is not a very high bar.  How does the roster stacks up compared to Ga Tech, Miami, Va Tech, Virginia, Cal, FGCU, Syracuse, etc?  Is the team more or less than the sum of its parts?  Losing to mediocre teams while going 1 out of the last 8 is the problem.  Looking much worse late in the season is the problem.  16-12 is the problem.  The team seems to play much worse than the talent on the roster, even if the talent on the roster is not at the level that got previous teams to the F4 or E8.  That is what my "giant brain" sees that concerns me.  We lost to effing FGCU, a team we should have beaten by 30+.  That alone is enough to make one doubt the coaching.