[81alum]

The press conference can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvoZ5p9MYzQ

An interesting Tara observation:  having Chiney out of the game in the first half was less of a problem than having Amber out of the game.  Tara thought that we struggled to run the offense without Amber.  I guess that is a comment on how far along Tara thinks Jasmine is.  Toni could run the offense when required, of course, but I get the impression that playing point guard in Tara's system just requires a couple of years of experience.  Jeanette took some time to learn, too, as I recall.

Amber is a young woman of very few words, as we know, but both she and Chiney are eloquent in their own ways.  Chiney was more subdued than I have seen her.

A rather somber press conference considering the almost miraculous accomplishment this year of taking a team without Nneka or Toni to yet another championship.  Something tells me that this is actually a good result psychologically for us--it will make the team hungrier and wary about relying overly on Chiney in the NCAAs.  Hopefully it will give Amber and Ruef and Bonnie even more confidence going forward.

[81alum]

The press conference can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvoZ5p9MYzQ

An interesting Tara observation:  having Chiney out of the game in the first half was less of a problem than having Amber out of the game.  Tara thought that we struggled to run the offense without Amber.  I guess that is a comment on how far along Tara thinks Jasmine is.  Toni could run the offense when required, of course, but I get the impression that playing point guard in Tara's system just requires a couple of years of experience.  Jeanette took some time to learn, too, as I recall.

Amber is a young woman of very few words, as we know, but both she and Chiney are eloquent in their own ways.  Chiney was more subdued than I have seen her.

A rather somber press conference considering the almost miraculous accomplishment this year of taking a team without Nneka or Toni to yet another championship.  Something tells me that this is actually a good result psychologically for us--it will make the team hungrier and wary about relying overly on Chiney in the NCAAs.  Hopefully it will give Amber and Ruef and Bonnie even more confidence going forward.