[TheFarm07]

I will disagree.   Jeanette getting hurt late against Texas A&M cost us the game.  
JJ had an ACL and the team collapsed as she was the leader and heart of the team.

Yet they both played in Final 4 and final finals.

I don't have any info on JJ's dynamics with the rest of the team, so I can't really comment on that aspect

However, if memory serves me correctly and it's been nearly 8 years since that game (how fast time flies...), Texas A&M had already rallied by the time of Jeanette's injury and we were furiously trying to get back in the game. Her injury was certainly the nail in the coffin, having one of our senior leaders gone is never good, but we were already reeling (I'm not sure if Murphy had fouled out by that point, but I remember groaning when she picked up her 5th because she was our main counter against the A&M speedy guards--which was in line with my original point and 2006alum's post) and I remember thinking even if we won the game, we would be at a serious disadvantage in the national title game.

Anyway, my original point was that even if you counted Jeannette as a 1, we still had a noticeable difference at the other guard position, if compared to the All Americans we had at the other spots during that era. I am just saying I, as other posters here, hope that Brown does not acquire Sniezek's aversion to taking jump shots, as having legitimate scoring threats at all 5 positions would make us that much harder to defend.

Our current starting lineup of Williams/Hull/Carrington/Smith/Fingall has shooters at all 5 positions, defenses can't cheat off of one player too much to provide help for someone else, allowing us to find mismatches easier. As we talked about in our recaps last year, some of our offensive troubles came from having Sniezek and Kaylee on the floor at the same time, as the opposing team did not have to worry about them shooting a jumper with the open look and could focus on the other 3 players on the floor.

[TheFarm07]

I will disagree.   Jeanette getting hurt late against Texas A&M cost us the game.  
JJ had an ACL and the team collapsed as she was the leader and heart of the team.

Yet they both played in Final 4 and final finals.

I don't have any info on JJ's dynamics with the rest of the team, so I can't really comment on that aspect

However, if memory serves me correctly and it's been nearly 8 years since that game (how fast time flies...), Texas A&M had already rallied by the time of Jeanette's injury and we were furiously trying to get back in the game. Her injury was certainly the nail in the coffin, having one of our senior leaders gone is never good, but we were already reeling (I'm not sure if Murphy had fouled out by that point, but I remember groaning when she picked up her 5th because she was our main counter against the A&M speedy guards--which was in line with my original point and 2006alum's post) and I remember thinking even if we won the game, we would be at a serious disadvantage in the national title game.

Anyway, my original point was that even if you counted Jeannette as a 1, we still had a noticeable difference at the other guard position, if compared to the All Americans we had at the other spots during that era. I am just saying I, as other posters here, hope that Brown does not acquire Sniezek's aversion to taking jump shots, as having legitimate scoring threats at all 5 positions would make us that much harder to defend.

Our current starting lineup of Williams/Hull/Carrington/Smith/Fingall has shooters at all 5 positions, defenses can't cheat off of one player too much to provide help for someone else, allowing us to find mismatches easier. As we talked about in our recaps last year, some of our offensive troubles came from having Sniezek and Kaylee on the floor at the same time, as the opposing team did not have to worry about them shooting a jumper with the open look and could focus on the other 3 players on the floor.