[81alum]

My guess is that for a late Wednesday night game, with the word only getting out recently that the Chalk Talks are back, that there won't be a lot of people at the chalk talk and I might get to ask more than one question.  My guess is that most of the people there will want to ask questions about the players, which I find not very useful, since the coaches are always highly reluctant to say anything critical or specific.  Parents sometimes attend, for instance.

So here are some questions I might try.  Those of you who can't be there to ask your own questions, make some suggestions here and help me figure out what the most productive questions will be.  We can keep asking questions over multiple chalk talks until we get through the list.

1) Our defense this year seems different--there is a lot of switching and players rarely go over or under screens like Anna Wilson did so much.  Has the scheme changed? 

2) Tara is famous for making creative moves on offense, for example moving on from the Triangle offense a few years ago and installing elements of the Princeton.  How is our offense continuing to evolve?  Is there something new this year that the fan should watch for?

3) What does Tara want to see in a point guard?  We fans have some memories of pure point guards in the past who could generate assists but not score, and we can also sense that we sometimes have shooting point guards who are kind of forced to be the floor generals out of necessity.  Where do Jones and Lepolo fit into that spectrum, and how do you see this position evolving over this year?

[81alum]

My guess is that for a late Wednesday night game, with the word only getting out recently that the Chalk Talks are back, that there won't be a lot of people at the chalk talk and I might get to ask more than one question.  My guess is that most of the people there will want to ask questions about the players, which I find not very useful, since the coaches are always highly reluctant to say anything critical or specific.  Parents sometimes attend, for instance.

So here are some questions I might try.  Those of you who can't be there to ask your own questions, make some suggestions here and help me figure out what the most productive questions will be.  We can keep asking questions over multiple chalk talks until we get through the list.

1) Our defense this year seems different--there is a lot of switching and players rarely go over or under screens like Anna Wilson did so much.  Has the scheme changed? 

2) Tara is famous for making creative moves on offense, for example moving on from the Triangle offense a few years ago and installing elements of the Princeton.  How is our offense continuing to evolve?  Is there something new this year that the fan should watch for?

3) What does Tara want to see in a point guard?  We fans have some memories of pure point guards in the past who could generate assists but not score, and we can also sense that we sometimes have shooting point guards who are kind of forced to be the floor generals out of necessity.  Where do Jones and Lepolo fit into that spectrum, and how do you see this position evolving over this year?