12-03-2017, 06:50 PM
(12-03-2017, 03:06 PM)81alum link Wrote:Williams had 34 minutes and Sniezek 6. I think Tara knows what you know.Â
For the season:Â
Williams 11 assists to 3 turnovers.Â
Sniezek 38 assists to 22 turnovers.Â
Sniezek 41 points in 227 minutes shooting 30%, 29% from three.
Williams 52 points in 159 minutes, shooting 28%, 34% from three.
Williams has the fewest turnovers of anyone with a significant number of minutes. Romano and Jerome have a similar number of minutes and more than twice the turnovers,
The real question is why it has taken so long for Tara to know this. It's been evident for years that Sniezek's play is repeated, predictable, and critically-timed high risk and rare, inconsistent, and largely unpredictable high reward. Not a great recipe for running a solid offense. Today, for example, I think she subbed in close to the end of the first half, took the inbound pass, and promptly threw the ball out of bounds for a turnover in less than 2 seconds of playing time. She occasionally throws a brilliant assist pass, but much more often ... doesn't.
Unfortunately, this season it looks like Stanford's best point guard is playing for N.otre D.ame.
That being said, as we convert to an "all threes all the time offense" -- which seems to be our currently most successful scoring strategy when it works -- Williams will be fun to watch.

