[chimera]

I confess I did not see the whole game so take what I say with that in mind.  My general thoughts so far about the season are that we have seen bright spots from several players (Carrington has had brobdingnagian games, Smith, Wilson, Williams, now Coffee, and others have had promising moments in several games like Dodson, Romano, Jerome, etc.) but we have not seen the team put that together consistently. 

I agree with the posts above that we need more scoring from Marta if she is going to play a lot.  If we had the sort of team with experienced scorers at multiple positions we might be fine with a pg who does not look to score.  With a young team and no proven scorers aside from McPhee and maybe Smith (but even she is not super experienced) we need our pg to be a scoring threat.  I think Williams looks very composed out there and should only get better. 

I also think they need to rethink how to use Johnson.  She is a superb rebounder and a good defender but she has consistently been in foul trouble this season and has trouble scoring against good posts.  We need her to play but having her start and get into foul trouble is not good.  We need her experience down the stretch of games. 

Coffee looks much more mobile as far as getting up and down the court.  She shoots well and has great size.  She is clearly not experienced, but she was directing traffic out there and seems unafraid to take charge.  Perhaps more minutes for her?  If she can play well against Baylor she should be able to play well against most teams. 

I think our schedule this season has been a poor fit for the team we have.  Too many games against top 10 level teams that we are just not ready to beat yet, not enough against good teams that would be a challenge but a more reasonable one.  If we don't play better by P-12 season and rack up some good wins, there is a chance we do not make the NCAAs this year for the first time in forever.  I have high hopes for our young players, that they will blossom and become much better individually and as a team.  I'm just not sure it will happen this season...

[chimera]

I confess I did not see the whole game so take what I say with that in mind.  My general thoughts so far about the season are that we have seen bright spots from several players (Carrington has had brobdingnagian games, Smith, Wilson, Williams, now Coffee, and others have had promising moments in several games like Dodson, Romano, Jerome, etc.) but we have not seen the team put that together consistently. 

I agree with the posts above that we need more scoring from Marta if she is going to play a lot.  If we had the sort of team with experienced scorers at multiple positions we might be fine with a pg who does not look to score.  With a young team and no proven scorers aside from McPhee and maybe Smith (but even she is not super experienced) we need our pg to be a scoring threat.  I think Williams looks very composed out there and should only get better. 

I also think they need to rethink how to use Johnson.  She is a superb rebounder and a good defender but she has consistently been in foul trouble this season and has trouble scoring against good posts.  We need her to play but having her start and get into foul trouble is not good.  We need her experience down the stretch of games. 

Coffee looks much more mobile as far as getting up and down the court.  She shoots well and has great size.  She is clearly not experienced, but she was directing traffic out there and seems unafraid to take charge.  Perhaps more minutes for her?  If she can play well against Baylor she should be able to play well against most teams. 

I think our schedule this season has been a poor fit for the team we have.  Too many games against top 10 level teams that we are just not ready to beat yet, not enough against good teams that would be a challenge but a more reasonable one.  If we don't play better by P-12 season and rack up some good wins, there is a chance we do not make the NCAAs this year for the first time in forever.  I have high hopes for our young players, that they will blossom and become much better individually and as a team.  I'm just not sure it will happen this season...