[jonnyss]

In 2022 Stanford was a top ranked team with an embarrassment of front court riches and returning champions. Betts was playing behind some serious WNBA level competition - I miss those days.

Seriously:
Cameron Brink - Jr
Kiki Iriafen - Soph
Ashten Prechtrl - Sr
Lauren Betts - Frosh

Could TVD have shown more patience and handed out more PT in blowouts and against lesser teams-sure, but there weren’t a lot of minutes to go around for a frosh big learning the game and how to play on an NC contender

How quickly it all disappeared, right?

Exactly.  Also, Betts was dealing with real personal issues related to her mental health and UCLA had a person dedicated to her to help.  Even with that, Betts wrote that her first year at UCLA was plagued by the same issues.  It wasn’t until the last two years that she really found her way.  Being close to home probably helped.  I don’t think we can say that playing time had any real impact on her departure.  Some of her family members didn’t like her playing time but, as noted, there was a lot of talent ahead of her.  
Cheers,
Pete F.

in the one brief conversation i had with tara about player health, she said she entrusted players to the experts in sports medicine and sports psychology. it seems cori close and the ucla teammates chose instead to help out directly with betts's depression in addition to using professionals. betts's time at stanford would seem not a great period for stanford sports psychology as katie meyer killed herself the previous march.

[jonnyss]

In 2022 Stanford was a top ranked team with an embarrassment of front court riches and returning champions. Betts was playing behind some serious WNBA level competition - I miss those days.

Seriously:
Cameron Brink - Jr
Kiki Iriafen - Soph
Ashten Prechtrl - Sr
Lauren Betts - Frosh

Could TVD have shown more patience and handed out more PT in blowouts and against lesser teams-sure, but there weren’t a lot of minutes to go around for a frosh big learning the game and how to play on an NC contender

How quickly it all disappeared, right?

Exactly.  Also, Betts was dealing with real personal issues related to her mental health and UCLA had a person dedicated to her to help.  Even with that, Betts wrote that her first year at UCLA was plagued by the same issues.  It wasn’t until the last two years that she really found her way.  Being close to home probably helped.  I don’t think we can say that playing time had any real impact on her departure.  Some of her family members didn’t like her playing time but, as noted, there was a lot of talent ahead of her.  
Cheers,
Pete F.

in the one brief conversation i had with tara about player health, she said she entrusted players to the experts in sports medicine and sports psychology. it seems cori close and the ucla teammates chose instead to help out directly with betts's depression in addition to using professionals. betts's time at stanford would seem not a great period for stanford sports psychology as katie meyer killed herself the previous march.