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Paige with KK..
Maybe he did and if so, her inability to generate any consistent inside offense against size is on her. You're welcome to the rest of your speculation.But how do you know that he didn't give instruction and the player just never capitalized? And is Liv really in the WNBA at the moment but hasn’t learned any post moves? So, if she in the WNBA how is it that she didn't improve? How can she possibly be in the WNBA if she didn't improve a ton?
And when do you know the player you are giving instruction to, just isn't going to produce in the manner you want? Or maybe Geno worked on other parts of her game that you wouldn't have worked with her as much on?
And to add to that, didn’t Geno say once during or shortly after Charde that he said as a coach he used to believe he could transform anyone, but he used Charde as an example that he realized he can’t. Do you agree with that?
My point is, we can talk tough on here about how to be the perfect coach and perfect player, but at what point can we acknowledge that the player you are working with, just doesn’t have those kind of instincts?
And a coach also is evaluated as to if he plays to his team’s strengths. Any coach that doesn’t have a philosophy of coaching to his team’s strengths will only have 5 minutes of fame then fade away. So, Liv had to also be coached on having her strengths improve a ton too,. All this takes time too. Just because she comes to UCONN means she will learn exactly perfectly as Geno has instructed?
And as we know some on here take digs at Geno for being a tough grind it out coach who is too tough on his players. But now he is too lax for not grinding his low posts to be terrific inside low post players? Which is it with Geno; too tough or too lax? To further that, if he is this “brutal grind coach” which some exaggerate that he is, and the player isn’t doing what he says, then wouldn’t it follow that Geno should be benching that player because they aren’t taking the instruction in practice and apply it to the game? Well that’s no good either; Because now you are going to bench the player and they will end up leaving because of the coach being too tough, or they aren’t getting enough minutes.
How about a much simpler answer? That Liv was never going to be much of a low post player and is a lot like Stokes. And we heard how Laimbeer was going to turn her into a post scorer and she wound up being just what Geno had her be at UCONN.
Not sure we needed confirmation that Paige will be here at least through 2023-2024, but that`s my takeaway.
See Doggie, that's where you’d lose. Jeff Walz probably offered her last year. Walz is never late to the party. He’ll offer a potential recruit while they're still in the womb if he thinks they’ll come to Louisville and help him win basketball games. She’ll have her pick of programs. You can bet she's already on the radar of several D1 schools.I’d offer her tomorrow!!
Because Liv herself told us this Carl Adamec article/quote.But how do you know that he didn't give instruction and the player just never capitalized?
Sluconn, love your posts but you`ve lost me on this one. KK is going into her senior year, class of 2023, so I don`t see how she plays with Paige unless Paige stays for her fourth year, 2023-2024.I'm hopeful but not sure how that is indicative. She'll play with Kamorea even if she only stays through '23.
Sluconn, love your posts but you`ve lost me on this one. KK is going into her senior year, class of 2023, so I don`t see how she plays with Paige unless Paige stays for her fourth year, 2023-2024.
Would love to see Paige stay for a fifth year, 2024-2025, but that seems like a bridge too far.
Whether it was Liv or not. How nice would it be if a former post player or a post coach could come in and spend 2 hours a day, 3 days a week with DeBerry and Brady apart from the team and work with them doing drills and moves while also teaching them how to play defense at the elite college level.Prior to Liv, haven't they been showing? Maybe it was Liv????
Geno has been known to run four guards at times he may use five guards. UCONN is not post friendly. Screen, Pass and occasionally get some put backs.Whether it was Liv or not. How nice would it be if a former post player or a post coach could come in and spend 2 hours a day, 3 days a week with DeBerry and Brady apart from the team and work with them doing drills and moves while also teaching them how to play defense at the elite college level.
If they began during the summer school session, they should have made off the charts improvement by the time official practice begins in mid-October. Didn't DeBerry say that she was going to stay on campus the entire summer to work on her conditioning and her game?
Where does it say here that she didn't work on any creative moves with UCONN? And are you suggesting when players go pro that they have nothing to learn? Otherwise if not, then why is your post relevant?Because Liv herself told us this Carl Adamec article/quote.
"I've done a lot of one-on-one, three-on-three, and five-on-five. I've been working on creating moves off the dribble and post play, just working on those individual offensive moves this summer we haven't worked on in previous years.
UConn's Nelson-Ododa making strides, regaining confidence
UConn's Nelson-Ododa motivated after Arizona debaclewww.norwichbulletin.com
The summer Liv is talking about is the summer going into her senior year and came in the advent of the Arizona loss. Somewhere in the archives of the BY you will find a unanswered very good question from @BobbyJ. How is it that Liv who was the primary post player and starter for UCONN for the two previous season, not get around to working on individual offensive post moves until the summer of her senior year?
Paige with KK..
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But don't the other Final Four teams (the only teams that have beaten UCONN over the past 13+ years) also teach offense and defense and work hard over the summer too?Whether it was Liv or not. How nice would it be if a former post player or a post coach could come in and spend 2 hours a day, 3 days a week with DeBerry and Brady apart from the team and work with them doing drills and moves while also teaching them how to play defense at the elite college level.
If they began during the summer school session, they should have made off the charts improvement by the time official practice begins in mid-October. Didn't DeBerry say that she was going to stay on campus the entire summer to work on her conditioning and her game?
Huh????????????????????????????????????????????UCONN is not post friendly.
I don't care who does it. I just want to see improved play from the post position this year. Consistent play on both ends of the court. Is 16 points and 12 rebounds a game from our post player asking too much?Sounds like you are describing Jamelle.
You can't tell a book by its cover, but KK looks like a "BALLER" to me.Paige with KK..
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As far as I can tell, UConn has never had a player average 16 and 12. Not Rebecca Lobo, not Tina Charles (Though both got very close) and not Stewie.I don't care who does it. I just want to see improved play from the post position this year. Consistent play on both ends of the court. Is 16 points and 12 rebounds a game from our post player asking too much?
That breaks down to 4 baskets per half and 6 rebounds a half. Liv had games where she got 4-5 rebounds in a quarter. I'm not going to compare any of our post players to Aliyah Boston (South Carolina) who in my opinion is the best post player in the country. She gets it done on BOTH ends of the court. 5'11" Aneesa Morrow of DePaul regularly gets double digit rebounds. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a 6'5" post player to produce those numbers.