[81alum]

Great report hated to miss the game. Got to watch great Stanford WVB win and the Fire Roman now 49ers lose.

A couple of points.  Bonnie and Kailee back from operations and being eased in I'm told from a good source.

McCall played just 20 minutes to get those stats.

McPhee with her recent injuured will be back soon.

Thanks for that info, Bob.  Yes, it makes a lot more sense now that I know Bonnie, Kailee, and McPhee are all coming back from injuries and that this limited them.

Will be interested to see what you think when you see Kaylee, though.  My impression is that the way she moves and her instincts put her talent level well ahead of any other post than McCall.  Naturally, she has a lot more to learn.  But even Chiney was a bit awkward her freshman year--there is going to be an even greater upside.  For that matter, Kaylee looks much better to me than Erica McCall looked at this point a year ago.  She could use a year of weight training, as could Brittany. 

Some interesting Tara quotes from a post-game presser:

“I think our guards are very fast, very quick and set the tone,” Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer said after the game. “That’s how we want to play. You don’t have to pace yourself because one person can go hard and then another. I call it tag team. We can put some different people in because our bigs are very fast, too, and run the floor really well.”

“We have a lot of work to do,” VanDerveer added on the new offense. “It’s very early and it’s very new, but I think people have bought in. It was a really good first game … (and) it’s not a one-person show. We had four in double-figures and they’re all going to get better. We are just scratching the surface of how good we can be.”

http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.db...M_ID=30600

[81alum]

Great report hated to miss the game. Got to watch great Stanford WVB win and the Fire Roman now 49ers lose.

A couple of points.  Bonnie and Kailee back from operations and being eased in I'm told from a good source.

McCall played just 20 minutes to get those stats.

McPhee with her recent injuured will be back soon.

Thanks for that info, Bob.  Yes, it makes a lot more sense now that I know Bonnie, Kailee, and McPhee are all coming back from injuries and that this limited them.

Will be interested to see what you think when you see Kaylee, though.  My impression is that the way she moves and her instincts put her talent level well ahead of any other post than McCall.  Naturally, she has a lot more to learn.  But even Chiney was a bit awkward her freshman year--there is going to be an even greater upside.  For that matter, Kaylee looks much better to me than Erica McCall looked at this point a year ago.  She could use a year of weight training, as could Brittany. 

Some interesting Tara quotes from a post-game presser:

“I think our guards are very fast, very quick and set the tone,” Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer said after the game. “That’s how we want to play. You don’t have to pace yourself because one person can go hard and then another. I call it tag team. We can put some different people in because our bigs are very fast, too, and run the floor really well.”

“We have a lot of work to do,” VanDerveer added on the new offense. “It’s very early and it’s very new, but I think people have bought in. It was a really good first game … (and) it’s not a one-person show. We had four in double-figures and they’re all going to get better. We are just scratching the surface of how good we can be.”

http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.db...M_ID=30600