Orangutan
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Orang: so it is a guess, or wild speculation, or you actually saw Shea with the whip and iron boot? Just kidding. Do you have any example of such a recruit with what bad habits. They exist of course, and everyone in WCBB knows Geno et als practices are from the bottom up; plus, his critique of AAU ball is now legendary. We now Muffet could never break a certain big girl from walking and Geno shares that with her in Charde. Got any others?
Y'all watch more UConn than I do, so you can correct me if I'm wrong. I get the sense that Geno has a fairly quick hook if a player is playing poorly or not doing the right things on the court. Seems to me that Muffet is a little more...tolerant isn't the word...willing to let them keep playing anyway, I guess.
I was thinking of how some (more on other boards) have pointed out Ogunbowale and Mabrey2's bad habits. Arike probably should pass more; Marina gambles for steals. I'm sure there are other things but those are noticeable ones for each. Muffet (paraphrasing here, of course) said that she wanted Arike to be aggressive and look for her shot in part because so many ND players are pass-first types. But I'm guessing she still wasn't happy about Cable standing unguarded in the corner while Arike barreled into the paint, which happened a couple of times. I just think that she knew if she got Arike thinking too much, she would compromise her "instant offense" capabilities that ND needed.
Same idea with Marina. Eventually you want those gambles to be more calculated and the hit percentage to be greater. But it's better to have her attacking on D and sometimes making errors than just playing passive.