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I wonder if Coach Tara even realizes she singles out Prechtel for punitive PT decisions.

Seriously, the end of Q1 was a joke (and not a funny one).  The team just commits 4 turnovers (none by Prechtel); and then on ASU's last possession, Kiana makes a foolish reach in foul with a few seconds left.  All of those transgressions have no repercussions.  It's only when Prechtel is called for a foul - which was a very dubious call - with .4 seconds left that Tara feels compelled to go to the bench and sub in Belibi for Prechtel's mistake (which, btw, was not a foul).


But even if it were, c'mon . . .

For some reason, Prechtel is in Tara's 'house.

P.S.  Belibi looks great out there.

Noticed that no one here commented on the above - no surprise, really.
But I post the below just so you all know that I'm not the only one who is seeing things a certain way.  
The official reporter on the Rivals site had this today, among other things, after today's ASU game:

"Ashten Prechtel will get an opportunity to take on more minutes in Brink's absence but it's my opinion that her relationship with VanDerveer is out of sync right now.  I think Prechtel is playing with one eye on VanDerveer, waiting to be taken out after a mistake.  I may not be an FBI profiler but my scouting report of Prechtel's body language is that she is not confident and it's hard for her to find a rhythm right now."

That's a delicate (and non-coach-focused) way to phrase it . . . 

I am not going to speculate on the current status of the relationship between Tara and Prechtel or the reasoning behind Tara's willingness to pull her from the game so quickly, but IMO, Prechtel has a high upside that should not sit on the bench. She has shooting ability, but she also has size in the paint on both ends of the court. We already saw glimpses of her potential last year and though Brink has made such a big splash so immediately, I think Prechtel is deserved of playing time whenever the opportunity presents itself.

I am too mystified about why Tara is not giving her more minutes, I think we are a better team with a confident Prechtel. As shown today, when given the chance, she can contribute with her 3/4 shooting.

It's difficult to play agressively and with confidence when you get pulled when you make a mistake. I thought the substitution at end of 1st qtr was overboard

and the reporter said Brink's absence - how long an absence?

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I wonder if Coach Tara even realizes she singles out Prechtel for punitive PT decisions.

Seriously, the end of Q1 was a joke (and not a funny one).  The team just commits 4 turnovers (none by Prechtel); and then on ASU's last possession, Kiana makes a foolish reach in foul with a few seconds left.  All of those transgressions have no repercussions.  It's only when Prechtel is called for a foul - which was a very dubious call - with .4 seconds left that Tara feels compelled to go to the bench and sub in Belibi for Prechtel's mistake (which, btw, was not a foul).


But even if it were, c'mon . . .

For some reason, Prechtel is in Tara's 'house.

P.S.  Belibi looks great out there.

Noticed that no one here commented on the above - no surprise, really.
But I post the below just so you all know that I'm not the only one who is seeing things a certain way.  
The official reporter on the Rivals site had this today, among other things, after today's ASU game:

"Ashten Prechtel will get an opportunity to take on more minutes in Brink's absence but it's my opinion that her relationship with VanDerveer is out of sync right now.  I think Prechtel is playing with one eye on VanDerveer, waiting to be taken out after a mistake.  I may not be an FBI profiler but my scouting report of Prechtel's body language is that she is not confident and it's hard for her to find a rhythm right now."

That's a delicate (and non-coach-focused) way to phrase it . . . 

I am not going to speculate on the current status of the relationship between Tara and Prechtel or the reasoning behind Tara's willingness to pull her from the game so quickly, but IMO, Prechtel has a high upside that should not sit on the bench. She has shooting ability, but she also has size in the paint on both ends of the court. We already saw glimpses of her potential last year and though Brink has made such a big splash so immediately, I think Prechtel is deserved of playing time whenever the opportunity presents itself.

I am too mystified about why Tara is not giving her more minutes, I think we are a better team with a confident Prechtel. As shown today, when given the chance, she can contribute with her 3/4 shooting.

It's difficult to play agressively and with confidence when you get pulled when you make a mistake. I thought the substitution at end of 1st qtr was overboard

and the reporter said Brink's absence - how long an absence?