Do the players who played for Geno and are now coaching have similar success as Geno in turnovers?
Could it be that Geno recruits players with less propensity to turn the ball over.
Are we getting as good a players?
Sometimes there is more to talent than just ratings.
I am intrigued how Geno gets top rated posts that we don't get. We get athletic post and he gets post players who seem to play smart and have well rounded games. Now there are exceptions to this but as a rule I think this is true.
There are drills that I am sure most teams run that work on ball handling but I think this goes beyond drills.
I don't think we can just run certain drills to help prevent our turnovers. It has to be a mindset and I don't have that answer.
If we were getting the same talent then we need to fire some coaches because they are not developing. I don't think we are getting the same level of players(my opinion).
I also don't think we do a good job of developing players. Don't know if it's bad enough to fire someone. Someone has to decide if we won't to attempt to get to the next level and that might require a change.
I am struck by the confidence level his players play with. I know there are sometimes players who don't live up to hype but overall they have been doing it.
The success they have enjoyed and they lost one f the best in Delle Donne.
I don't want this to be a tribute to UConn but if we want to talk about being on their level then we must speak of their success.
Looking at the last few Uconn recruiting classes, is there any reason to see a drop in their level of play. If not then we need to get much better.
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Gabby Williams, G (knee surgery)
POS Rank G #2
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Sadie Edwards, G
POS Rank G #3
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Courtney Ekmark, G
POS Rank G #5
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Kia Nurse, W
POS Rank W #10
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Breanna Stewart, F
POS Rank F #1
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Moriah Jefferson, PG
POS Rank PG #1
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Morgan Tuck, F
POS Rank F #3
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Katie Lou Samuelson, W
POS Rank W #1
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Napheesa Collier, W
POS Rank W #2
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De'Janae Boykin, F
POS Rank F #2
Add these players to the already outstanding juniors:
Stokes
Stewart
Banks
Another strong player coming in who was ranked #47 at her position and was Big East Player of the year. yuch.
I think Natalie Butler has the potential to be a great player, Bruno said. Shes strong at the basket, a great rebounder. She catches anything thats thrown to her and she finishes extremely well. And shes a solid interior passer.
Now we can play what if and look at
Kaela Davis & Delino Deshields & Tucker all playing for us last year and then things could have been different.
We are not the only team trying to get there. Notre Dame, Stanford and others are trying and I am sure they are asking similar questions about what can we do that they are doing.
Right now Geno is the Nick Saban of WBB. He is getting great talent and developing that talent. It is a sad time for this Lady Vol fan.
I think we have some very good talent and we could get to the final 4 with the right contributions from the newcomers and with better coaching.
We can only hope and ask these kind of questions. Hopefully the coaching staff is doing the same and hopefully they can find the answers.
If not we may have to learn to accept the situation. We don't have the right to think we deserve to be the best again. It will be something the coaching staff and Administration will have to work very hard to attain.
We have to have a better inducement than we were the best back when.
I for one do not like giving any props to UConn but it is true right now, they are by far the best program and we need to narrow the gap.