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 I rather have our B-team run our offense normally rather than our A-team go through the motions, if a team can't stop our B-team from scoring, then that is their problem, not ours;

I enjoyed the domination we have, when it was a question of how much we would win by, rather than if we won. It was a joy watching our team run roughshed over the competition.

As for today's game, I think Tara had too much respect for ASU to risk putting in significant subs, and the game was too important (face Oregon one game earlier, which likely would impact NCAA seeding).

However, although we slowed things down, the loss of so much of the lead wasn't turtling -- it was turnovers.


As for days gone by, I appreciated that we did so well that we got the best players.  They were fun to watch.

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By the way, in the radio interview with Kevin Danna before the game Tara said, when discussing the grad transfers of Minyon Moore and Ja'Tavia Tapley, that "I am not a fan of that.  I think players should be loyal to their team." 

One could imagine teams (any sport!) specializing in cherry picking grad transfers to add to their teams.  Sure saves on scholarships!  You get to see if a player has developed over (& not been injured) her first 3 years without having to place an early bet.  As I understand it, a coach could tell a under-performing junior scholarship player that her scholarship was going to be pulled to make room for a grad transfer.

To put it another way, I think players and coaches should be loyal to each other.

To counter a player eventually transferring, a coach might make sure that her players play enough each year to burn that year of eligibility.

As we all know, Stanford WVB benefited greatly from an All-American grad transfer this past year.  I have a lot of respect for her because the team did not know that she might come until she was already accepted, AND it apparently didn't matter to her that there was no scholarship for her.   Even so, it seemed like a case of the rich getting richer.

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 I rather have our B-team run our offense normally rather than our A-team go through the motions, if a team can't stop our B-team from scoring, then that is their problem, not ours;

I enjoyed the domination we have, when it was a question of how much we would win by, rather than if we won. It was a joy watching our team run roughshed over the competition.

As for today's game, I think Tara had too much respect for ASU to risk putting in significant subs, and the game was too important (face Oregon one game earlier, which likely would impact NCAA seeding).

However, although we slowed things down, the loss of so much of the lead wasn't turtling -- it was turnovers.


As for days gone by, I appreciated that we did so well that we got the best players.  They were fun to watch.

---

By the way, in the radio interview with Kevin Danna before the game Tara said, when discussing the grad transfers of Minyon Moore and Ja'Tavia Tapley, that "I am not a fan of that.  I think players should be loyal to their team." 

One could imagine teams (any sport!) specializing in cherry picking grad transfers to add to their teams.  Sure saves on scholarships!  You get to see if a player has developed over (& not been injured) her first 3 years without having to place an early bet.  As I understand it, a coach could tell a under-performing junior scholarship player that her scholarship was going to be pulled to make room for a grad transfer.

To put it another way, I think players and coaches should be loyal to each other.

To counter a player eventually transferring, a coach might make sure that her players play enough each year to burn that year of eligibility.

As we all know, Stanford WVB benefited greatly from an All-American grad transfer this past year.  I have a lot of respect for her because the team did not know that she might come until she was already accepted, AND it apparently didn't matter to her that there was no scholarship for her.   Even so, it seemed like a case of the rich getting richer.