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Just back to the "Village" after the long drive from St Johnsbury with a pleasant 3-hour stopover in Central Hartford. Been thinking on the drive home of what I had seen.
1. One major pre-game observation: De'Janae and Natalie participated in the warm-ups and looked ready to go. Natalie's cast appears off, The thumb was bandaged, but she went through the workouts and seemed to not have any pain...Should see both of them soon
2. This was as tough a 40-point victory as I can remember...Attests to K-States resilience and UConn's overwhelming skill set. Those K-State kids competed for the entire game, never gave up; a credit to their coach and to their character. They played tough D all evening and got and made open shots including a ton of threes. UConn's 's D in the first half was pretty stifling: quick hands and always in the passing lanes...mucho credit to the Gab who is really tearing up the early season; but K-State made some half-time adjustments and seemed to get the ball into their end and into their sets more effectively than in the first half. Of course with Stewie and Mo deciding to hit a whole lot of shots, it doesn't show up in the score-board but they ran some neat O, throughout the 2nd half.
3. There is just no way to prognosticate just how fine a player Gabby Williams will become. A regular monster of the midway in-training. is taking form before our very eyes. Brings her hometown "Sparks" to every play. Can't remember ever seeing a player who is so effective now and yet one knows that her surface is just being scratched.
4. The canned music all the time didn't bother me as much as some but it seemed to limit opportunities for the band and cheerleaders (or whatever they call them). Should reconsider.
5. It's now time for my gripes: The UConn band obviously practiced some really vulgar pig sounds to go with the K-Sate dribbling. They didn't execute it very enthusiastically (thank god) , but it was still horribly and in terrible taste. We should be all class; crap like that is really beneath the dignity of the program. I'm writing tomorrow to the AD and complaining big time.
6. My second concern is about time...playing time...We're just about to get our two walking wounded back
and they will need (and deserve) playing time...From whom do they take it from? I know, I know, the optimists say it will all work out.But I count on my fingers and think not. My wife noted tonight that you take out the senior stars and the team continues to roll...and much more efficiently than in the past. But it's going to get awfully crowded. And I fret.
1. One major pre-game observation: De'Janae and Natalie participated in the warm-ups and looked ready to go. Natalie's cast appears off, The thumb was bandaged, but she went through the workouts and seemed to not have any pain...Should see both of them soon
2. This was as tough a 40-point victory as I can remember...Attests to K-States resilience and UConn's overwhelming skill set. Those K-State kids competed for the entire game, never gave up; a credit to their coach and to their character. They played tough D all evening and got and made open shots including a ton of threes. UConn's 's D in the first half was pretty stifling: quick hands and always in the passing lanes...mucho credit to the Gab who is really tearing up the early season; but K-State made some half-time adjustments and seemed to get the ball into their end and into their sets more effectively than in the first half. Of course with Stewie and Mo deciding to hit a whole lot of shots, it doesn't show up in the score-board but they ran some neat O, throughout the 2nd half.
3. There is just no way to prognosticate just how fine a player Gabby Williams will become. A regular monster of the midway in-training. is taking form before our very eyes. Brings her hometown "Sparks" to every play. Can't remember ever seeing a player who is so effective now and yet one knows that her surface is just being scratched.
4. The canned music all the time didn't bother me as much as some but it seemed to limit opportunities for the band and cheerleaders (or whatever they call them). Should reconsider.
5. It's now time for my gripes: The UConn band obviously practiced some really vulgar pig sounds to go with the K-Sate dribbling. They didn't execute it very enthusiastically (thank god) , but it was still horribly and in terrible taste. We should be all class; crap like that is really beneath the dignity of the program. I'm writing tomorrow to the AD and complaining big time.
6. My second concern is about time...playing time...We're just about to get our two walking wounded back
and they will need (and deserve) playing time...From whom do they take it from? I know, I know, the optimists say it will all work out.But I count on my fingers and think not. My wife noted tonight that you take out the senior stars and the team continues to roll...and much more efficiently than in the past. But it's going to get awfully crowded. And I fret.
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