[MV72018]

I would like to see a pity verbal to help us heal from this loss.

Juju? Olivia? Joyce? Kendall? Hidalgo or Briggs? Be our silver lining...

A "pity verbal"? What does that mean? 

IMO, a good way of dealing with a tough loss is to get as clear as possible about what went wrong and about what resources the team lacked so that those problems can be definitely corrected instead of repeated the next time. Stanford's recruiting strategy hasn't changed in decades, nor has its related in-game strategy: feed bigs and hoist treys. We always have serious problems with teams that play our wings tightly since we usually don't have wings who can take it to the hoop and finish or a point guard to break down the D at the point, force the perimeter D to help stop the driver, and dish to the wings for open looks. I doubt we'll change either recruiting or the strategy.

[MV72018]

I would like to see a pity verbal to help us heal from this loss.

Juju? Olivia? Joyce? Kendall? Hidalgo or Briggs? Be our silver lining...

A "pity verbal"? What does that mean? 

IMO, a good way of dealing with a tough loss is to get as clear as possible about what went wrong and about what resources the team lacked so that those problems can be definitely corrected instead of repeated the next time. Stanford's recruiting strategy hasn't changed in decades, nor has its related in-game strategy: feed bigs and hoist treys. We always have serious problems with teams that play our wings tightly since we usually don't have wings who can take it to the hoop and finish or a point guard to break down the D at the point, force the perimeter D to help stop the driver, and dish to the wings for open looks. I doubt we'll change either recruiting or the strategy.