Ashley Arlen would not be contributing this year because her eligibility would have been up last year.
Same with Williams.
Ashley Arlen would not be contributing this year because her eligibility would have been up last year.
A better question might be "How bad is Iowa State?" 15 available scholarships, and we have 4 or maybe 5 players the the skills and athleticism needed to play at this level. Two of the 2 deep lineup are walkons. Below freezing shooting percentage and 15 + turnovers per game seems like a lack preparation, and a lack of focus. Prins and Zimm aren't much improved from their freshman year. Ashley Arens(sp) Whitney Williams, Jessica Scroll and Emiah Bingley could all be contributing, but they (along with several others) have left the program. There hasn't been any infusion of new ideas or abilities into tne coaching staff in 15 years. This team was better in Nov. Where is this program going?
A better question might be "How bad is Iowa State?" 15 available scholarships, and we have 4 or maybe 5 players the the skills and athleticism needed to play at this level. Two of the 2 deep lineup are walkons. Below freezing shooting percentage and 15 + turnovers per game seems like a lack preparation, and a lack of focus. Prins and Zimm aren't much improved from their freshman year. Ashley Arens(sp) Whitney Williams, Jessica Scroll and Emiah Bingley could all be contributing, but they (along with several others) have left the program. There hasn't been any infusion of new ideas or abilities into tne coaching staff in 15 years. This team was better in Nov. Where is this program going?
Kelsey Harris, Jessica Schroll, and Emiah are the only three transfers who have left since this years seniors started.
No infusion of abilities into the coaching staff in the last 15 years, seriously? So since 1998, we've done nothing new, interesting.
Are you forgetting Mellisa Youngblut, (Kicked off the team last yr), Kileah Mays, Kelsey Harris, and Jessica Schroll all three transfered from last yr's team. Attrition and attitude problems for whatever reason have really hurt our team's overall strength.
Not to argue Twisted, but ISU has never been Tennessee and may never be. Their reputation in WBB is at the pinacle. In my preview I suggested and still support putting Brynn on Donahoe. She was their best scorer and Brynn is our shut down defense person. Unfortunately, everyone and their dog wearing an OSU uniform was hitting their shots. This game offensively, IMO, was more about two things - (1) Bias taking Moody to task when we were on offense and (2) the lack of movement on offense. No one was moving to help. No passing. If you watched OSU, they were moving the ball quickly from side to side and no one on two feet can keep up with that. When you stand in one place defense becomes exponentially easier.
I agree with a lot you said. I watched part of the game and thought we played the game well except we shot like pure crap. Prins shooting from outside is a loser. We need her rebounding and forget the three point lazy shots. These gals need to take a lot more practice shots during the week to get better.I would disagree (nicely). The team is much better than November and better than last year. One game doesn't make a whole season. This team is 4-2 in the toughest women's league in the nation. Prins is much better with her inside game, but her 3 point shot is a no-show this year. Her rebounding is much better. Pop has been struggling off and on since her concussion (not sure there is any tie to that). Zimm is a mystery and I agree she has stagnated. Not sure the reasons. We can't dwell on the players that have left any more than we can all the players that transferred in over the years and contributed. Williams is a non-entity at TCU so I can't imagine she would do anything but get a few bench minutes for our team. Bingley and Schroll would def be of help, but again...they aren't here. Irrelevant. So I don't think the question is how bad we are. Its perhaps what kind of team we are. When this team faces someone that is physical and quick (like ATM of the past few years or OSU this year) it typically spells trouble if we don't take care of the ball. The biggest outlier of the OSU game was the miserable shooting. We had open shots. We had bunnies. We just plain missed left and right. It was an perfect storm for OSU. I doubt we'll see it again like we did Sunday.
Prins shooting from outside is a loser.
This is a horribly inaccurate, agenda-ridden post.A better question might be "How bad is Iowa State?" 15 available scholarships, and we have 4 or maybe 5 players the the skills and athleticism needed to play at this level. Two of the 2 deep lineup are walkons. Below freezing shooting percentage and 15 + turnovers per game seems like a lack preparation, and a lack of focus. Prins and Zimm aren't much improved from their freshman year. Ashley Arens(sp) Whitney Williams, Jessica Scroll and Emiah Bingley could all be contributing, but they (along with several others) have left the program. There hasn't been any infusion of new ideas or abilities into tne coaching staff in 15 years. This team was better in Nov. Where is this program going?
OSU may be the second best team in the conference. Think about it. A talented,experienced PG, a long, athletic big I side, and a very good outside shooter. As long as they can all play defense, that would be a nice core to have to work with.
I forgot about Mays but let's be honest she was never going to play significant minutes. As for Youngblat she was a walk-on and was never going to see the court. These two leaving didn't hurt the program.Are you forgetting Mellisa Youngblut, (Kicked off the team last yr), Kileah Mays, Kelsey Harris, and Jessica Schroll all three transfered from last yr's team. Attrition and attitude problems for whatever reason have really hurt our team's overall strength.
I forgot about Mays but let's be honest she was never going to play significant minutes. As for Youngblat she was a walk-on and was never going to see the court. These two leaving didn't hurt the program.
I was at the game so i listened to the osu postgame show. Jack was responsible for the scouting report, they did acknowledge that.
I think the problem with our offense wasn't the pressure, it was the sagging. They weren't really forcing us off the 3 line other than Hallie and Brynn. Try to play triangle post or high low with pop at the key was awful because they were lvg her wide on and double teaming in the post. Brynn should have been on their PG not Donahue. Moody was being run all over the court on defense.
Personally I think our staff our great strstegists but from the horrid zone defense (to protect Pop from fouls) to continuing to run sets for the posts when it wasn't working, this game is clearly to me on them. Many of you know that I watch tons of WBB. Moody when on is the best disher and to the hole PG we have eveir ha. Her dmes are hot and her breakaways show her speed. But she cannot be great when we try to run post dominant offense. Our offense has consistently been more effective when our posts have been in foul trouble and we have Kidd or fall on out there delivering. Personally, I wouldsit pop on the bench and start 5 players who can shoot the three and open the offense up instead of forcing balls into a crowded post where we are getting 75% of our turnover, at that high post position.
Depth is an issue, but I think our recruiting classes the last two -three years and our incoming class are much more Big 12 acliber than before.