It's a fair question! Assuming Kim's elite recruits will play over 20 minutes per game and be good shooters, what'll definitely help their WNBA draft prospects is knowing how to defend well. I can think of a few players in the W whose longevity related mostly to their smothering defense, it's an extremely valuable set of skills, and not super common among the elite scorers out there.
Will Jewel be happy with 20 minutes a game if that is the coach’s system? Would a player like RJ be willing to come to Tennessee knowing she might be subbed every 2 minutes and play half the game? I don’t mind the style of play but automatically subbing 5 for 5 every few minutes—No! Maybe if you have 10 5 stars like Dawn Staley you can make that work. Otherwise an elite player is not going to want to forfeit playing time for the system. Not in their DNA.
We don't know that for a fact. That was speculation/rumor when we were waiting on a coach and when we were trying to understand why DW fired KJH right after NIL money had finally opened up. It seemed to make sense. If you remember, there was a ton of speculation about alot of stuff that turned out to be the furtherest things from the truth, like "swinging for the fences" and "home run hire".
Well from what I heard from the radio guy that did Marshall games she mostly subbed 2 & 3 and sometimes 4 and she had even done 5 a few times. The gist I got from his narrative is that she had a couple of players she liked to keep out there together out of 3 main players at least 2 on the court. Of course the deepness of the team will drive the pattern. I assume the tall and the slower less condition would probably flip in and out more and be more conditional. it will be interesting to watch especially vs elite SEC teams.
From Cora's article about Spear, which sounds pretty positive:
