[cardfan1996]

Jeeez, Lepolo is so bad......NOT.

Yes her and Agnes made their shots this game. Nivar was uniquely bad at the things she had been good at in earlier games. It should not surprise you that I still don’t think Agnes or Lepolo play well together. And rebounding was strong because Tara sat Agnes and went back to the 3-post lineup. Hannah looked better rebounding this game and I hope it continues but it was bad vs Utah and 95% of other games she has been in (I still have nightmares of Nika Muhl securing two critical putback shots plus And-1(5 pts) in that low scoring UConn game because Hannah could not box her out). Regardless of whether or not Lepolo and Agnes can make their *wide open* shots game to game (I hope they continue to do so), our offense is still ANEMIC. I cannot convince you since you see a couple of 3s made by each but you don’t see the massive amount of points this “good defensive lineup” gives up. Or their inability to make plays off the dribble or move without the ball or make on time on target passes. You just see makes or misses only.


 Stanford’s anemic offense this year is a combination of poor spacing, not enough shooters on the floor, dumb alignments generally (Ex.Fran, Haley, Kiki, Cam all out above the 3pt line like any sane opponent is following them and then trying penetrate in half gaps that are not open) and yes, the result of your starting point guard not recognizing passing windows (the one I mentioned in the Utah game is more egregious, but this one is more subtle and the subtle ones happen countless times per game and contribute to poor offense, 2nd, 9:46 (again this play may end with a made shot but with so little spacing on the floor, you have to hit these windows on time and on target. We need perimeter players with secondary passing vision that can not only see the play to Fran but can see the second play that leads to the easier shot by Cam).

My post was just reiterating Oregon’s first game summary. And so my assumption is that if Tara went with the same lineup and Oregon did respond with a box and 1 on Hannah (that happened again) then we would have trouble hitting 60 pts. I did not an anticipate an “efficient” offensive performance from Brink, and happy it happened. Because it has been awhile.

I am not picking on Lepolo no more than the other PAC-12 coaches “disrespected” her (as Tara said) by putting her on the same Honorable Mention list as Betts (her teammate that probably played 70-80% fewer minutes) even though Lepolo is the starting guard for the #1 seed. The other coaches watch hundreds of hours of tape and reached the same conclusion that I did in substantially fewer hours.

[cardfan1996]

Jeeez, Lepolo is so bad......NOT.

Yes her and Agnes made their shots this game. Nivar was uniquely bad at the things she had been good at in earlier games. It should not surprise you that I still don’t think Agnes or Lepolo play well together. And rebounding was strong because Tara sat Agnes and went back to the 3-post lineup. Hannah looked better rebounding this game and I hope it continues but it was bad vs Utah and 95% of other games she has been in (I still have nightmares of Nika Muhl securing two critical putback shots plus And-1(5 pts) in that low scoring UConn game because Hannah could not box her out). Regardless of whether or not Lepolo and Agnes can make their *wide open* shots game to game (I hope they continue to do so), our offense is still ANEMIC. I cannot convince you since you see a couple of 3s made by each but you don’t see the massive amount of points this “good defensive lineup” gives up. Or their inability to make plays off the dribble or move without the ball or make on time on target passes. You just see makes or misses only.


 Stanford’s anemic offense this year is a combination of poor spacing, not enough shooters on the floor, dumb alignments generally (Ex.Fran, Haley, Kiki, Cam all out above the 3pt line like any sane opponent is following them and then trying penetrate in half gaps that are not open) and yes, the result of your starting point guard not recognizing passing windows (the one I mentioned in the Utah game is more egregious, but this one is more subtle and the subtle ones happen countless times per game and contribute to poor offense, 2nd, 9:46 (again this play may end with a made shot but with so little spacing on the floor, you have to hit these windows on time and on target. We need perimeter players with secondary passing vision that can not only see the play to Fran but can see the second play that leads to the easier shot by Cam).

My post was just reiterating Oregon’s first game summary. And so my assumption is that if Tara went with the same lineup and Oregon did respond with a box and 1 on Hannah (that happened again) then we would have trouble hitting 60 pts. I did not an anticipate an “efficient” offensive performance from Brink, and happy it happened. Because it has been awhile.

I am not picking on Lepolo no more than the other PAC-12 coaches “disrespected” her (as Tara said) by putting her on the same Honorable Mention list as Betts (her teammate that probably played 70-80% fewer minutes) even though Lepolo is the starting guard for the #1 seed. The other coaches watch hundreds of hours of tape and reached the same conclusion that I did in substantially fewer hours.