SFCALBear72 said:
blungld said:
wbbilluminati said:
Meanwhile, in addition to Dugalic, UCLA is also in the mix for the #7, #11, & #12 recruits: https://wbbblog.com/2019/01/14/2020-class-finalists/
UCLA will definitely be focusing on post players for their 2020 class.
Stanford seems to still have some major possibilities on the recruiting front, including 2020 #1 Paige Beuckers and 2021 #1 Azzi Fudd.
Yikes. It seem like we are going to get waxed by the PAC the next few years, and we didn't do the waxing when we had our best team (this year). Really frustrating to watch these 9-0 starts (and there have been some decent out of conference wins the past few years) fall apart into .500 season in conference. When this team hits adversity, it appears to fold, panic, and sulk. This was the year I thought I'd see some toughness and resilience. Could some of this be too nice a couch?
Example(s) of folding and sulking, please? Comebacks against UCONN, UCLA and Arizona with chances to win. ASU game came down to the wire as well.
"too nice a couch?" Maybe a comfortable chair instead?
I don't mean to disparage players or the program, and living as I do now in CT these are not informed observations from being there in person or knowing players/families personally...but what I see on TV is a team that plays very confidently at the start of the season (the past 3-4 years) then loses one and goes into a tailspin.
Additionally, I see some bad body language at times when they hit adversity that does not look like collective gritty determination. And they have not won a lot of the close games, and when they lose there seems to be poor energy at the start of games and nervousness at the end (with a healthy sprinkling of reckless turnovers and missed bunnies).
Together all of this reads to me as panic and sulking--maybe there are better words though.
LG seems like a great person and I have rooted for her all along--but this year I am starting to lose patience for seeing the same things and for not seeing a group of seniors play like it. I have no idea, but I wonder if the always smiling and clapping has an edge elsewhere that we do not see because this team looks like it needs a kick in the pants.
Individually I know these girls are tough and determined, and each has their moments of playing that way too, but as a group they don't play tough and determined--more like a post and a prayer...and sometimes a pout.
"The Bear will not quilt, the Bear will not dye!"