Michigan at Purdue

[MichaelRR]

Disclaimer, I did not see the game or follow it as I had other plans all weekend.

New starting lineup this game. After not playing at all for a game or two Poole started instead of Amiyah, with similar results: only a couple of points, more turnovers than assists and pulled early to sit at the end of the bench until the second half. Also Puryear started at center instead of McCarthy, which confuses me as it seems Puryear is the more foul prone of the two, but they are pretty equivalent in performance overall.

From looking at the box score:
Collier still a waste of minutes, 21 minutes, 2 points on 6 shots and no free throws once again.0 rebounds two assists and two steals.
Swanson fouled out in only 11 minutes of playing time.
Layden had a poor shooting night, going 2-7. Still once again better than Collier.
Jones played 30 minutes off the bench and is still the only credible point guard we have, getting 3 assists for a team high but also 3 TOs. She was also the leading scorer with 11 points on 2-3 shooting and 7-8 fts.
Too few rebounds, too many fouls and way too many turnovers... all hallmarks of a Gearlds/Versyp coached team against any NCAA level tournament team.

Next up a trip to the pacific northwest for two games against OU and UWash on Plum's jersey retirement night. Guessing two more blowouts.

Creme has 13 teams from the BigTen in the NCAA tournament, so I guess that means we have 4 games we might have a chance in against the other winless in conference teams and UWisc at home.

 

[Gesysp]

The women need a tough lesson on what it means to play hard and compete. I would bench most of these players and take a forfeit. It’s that bad.

 

[purduedavie]

Disclaimer, I did not see the game or follow it as I had other plans all weekend.

New starting lineup this game. After not playing at all for a game or two Poole started instead of Amiyah, with similar results: only a couple of points, more turnovers than assists and pulled early to sit at the end of the bench until the second half. Also Puryear started at center instead of McCarthy, which confuses me as it seems Puryear is the more foul prone of the two, but they are pretty equivalent in performance overall.

From looking at the box score:
Collier still a waste of minutes, 21 minutes, 2 points on 6 shots and no free throws once again.0 rebounds two assists and two steals.
Swanson fouled out in only 11 minutes of playing time.
Layden had a poor shooting night, going 2-7. Still once again better than Collier.
Jones played 30 minutes off the bench and is still the only credible point guard we have, getting 3 assists for a team high but also 3 TOs. She was also the leading scorer with 11 points on 2-3 shooting and 7-8 fts.
Too few rebounds, too many fouls and way too many turnovers... all hallmarks of a Gearlds/Versyp coached team against any NCAA level tournament team.

Next up a trip to the pacific northwest for two games against OU and UWash on Plum's jersey retirement night. Guessing two more blowouts.

Creme has 13 teams from the BigTen in the NCAA tournament, so I guess that means we have 4 games we might have a chance in against the other winless in conference teams and UWisc at home.

At this point Lombard and Bass are the only Sr’s that should be playing more than 10 minutes a game, might as well be bad with Frosh and Soph’s instead of Sr’s. This rinse and repeat strategy where Coach picks up 4-5 portal players from small schools needs to end, get girls from big time school that may have gotten lost on good team benches that have a high pedigree instead of bringing in lower level players that averaged 8 a game. As much a Reynolds has disappointed it’s wise to play her 20 minutes a night, same with Poole, Puryear, McCarthy, maybe Swanson and Leyden as well. Teams lousy, at least be lousy playing youngsters.

 

[purduedavie]

The women need a tough lesson on what it means to play hard and compete. I would bench most of these players and take a forfeit. It’s that bad.

Can’t do that but I understand your point. A lot of that is the Coach bringing in girls in their last season that don’t really care anymore. If she’s bringing in transfers next season let’s bring in former 4 star players that might need a change, not mid level players that averaged 8 a game at a MAC level school. I’m not talking about former 5 star players, I realize those would be tough to get, might be able to get 4 stars that are buried on good teams benches.

 

[Russ Ford]

The women need a tough lesson on what it means to play hard and compete. I would bench most of these players and take a forfeit. It’s that bad.

They definitely don't understand what it means to play hard and compete.

The most disappointing thing about this game to me was that nobody other than maybe Kendall Puryear seemed pissed off. You are losing by 30 points on your home court to a good but not great Michigan team and nobody seems pissed. Just more of an acceptance of the situation. Very disappointing.

I agree with playing the Freshmen and Sophomores the bulk of the minutes with a little Lombard and Bass sprinkled in. Really have nothing to lose at this point. Might as well speed up their development.

 

[MichaelRR]

Can’t do that but I understand your point. A lot of that is the Coach bringing in girls in their last season that don’t really care anymore. If she’s bringing in transfers next season let’s bring in former 4 star players that might need a change, not mid level players that averaged 8 a game at a MAC level school. I’m not talking about former 5 star players, I realize those would be tough to get, might be able to get 4 stars that are buried on good teams benches.

I agree with you in principal, but those 4 stars still have lots of options, and returning a call from a bad program with a (at best inexperienced and at worst awful) coach they never heard of is not going to be high on their list of options when they get calls from schools that are winning programs. CKG is getting the absolute best transfers she can get, which is mostly mediocre to poor players that are not team oriented. And then she plays them to the detriment of the underclassmen who transfer out, lather rinse repeat. CKG is stuck in a downward spiral of her own making and the only real change I see coming is a new coach with a real offense and someone willing to give this team an attitude adjustment.

You cannot sit the whole team, but you can make practices absolute hell. Bring out 1 ball, show it to them and put it in a bag and toss it behind the bench. Then spend the rest of the practice running them and doing burpees or crunches while you sit on the microphone listing out their stats as a team from each game and how pathetic it has been. Tell them until they start playing with heart, intensity and focus, practices will continue just like this.