11-25-2014, 12:20 PM
On Taylor:
I think A LOT of the reason she is getting playing time is just Tara's and the coaching staff's familiarity with her game. They'll take the known pattern of problems, because it is known. A young player coming in makes mistakes they haven't seen before, so they seem more obvious. It's a theme going back to Martha Richards and others who played a bit more aggressively/out of control - those errors are somehow more salient when they come from players who haven't been on the floor as much.
I also think we're going to have to figure out some more offensive options for the bigs. The way UNM defended was to simply switch all screens, and we're going to see a lot of that going forward, especially if only Lili and Amber are willing to drive against bigs who switch onto them. As one person put it, there has to be a regularly utilized "roll" option in the pick and roll, or it just doesn't work. Also to be fair, the constant switching of screens looked like it opened up the offensive rebounding for Stanford a lot; the bigs had switched onto perimeter players, allowing Johnson to get matched up with a smaller player on the o-board.
And one other positive: I didn't notice any totally egregious Missy-caliber calls last night. Although a Lobos fan might have :).
VG
I think A LOT of the reason she is getting playing time is just Tara's and the coaching staff's familiarity with her game. They'll take the known pattern of problems, because it is known. A young player coming in makes mistakes they haven't seen before, so they seem more obvious. It's a theme going back to Martha Richards and others who played a bit more aggressively/out of control - those errors are somehow more salient when they come from players who haven't been on the floor as much.
I also think we're going to have to figure out some more offensive options for the bigs. The way UNM defended was to simply switch all screens, and we're going to see a lot of that going forward, especially if only Lili and Amber are willing to drive against bigs who switch onto them. As one person put it, there has to be a regularly utilized "roll" option in the pick and roll, or it just doesn't work. Also to be fair, the constant switching of screens looked like it opened up the offensive rebounding for Stanford a lot; the bigs had switched onto perimeter players, allowing Johnson to get matched up with a smaller player on the o-board.
And one other positive: I didn't notice any totally egregious Missy-caliber calls last night. Although a Lobos fan might have :).
VG