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Its patently obvious that this years team is far far worse than last years team. Why?
Possible reasons:
1. changes in assistant coaches- maybe Beth Couture was really running things behind the scenes and now that she is gone, the team is without coaching leadership?
2. Maybe Hardin as "coach on the floor" really was doing a lot of coaching and was the reason this team came to play every game?
3. Even worse chemistry than last year. It was pretty clear Petree and Madison did not play well together last season, to the point they were almost exclusively subbing in and out for each otheer t times at the end of the season. Could it be this years team just not gel at all?
4. Loss of Learn and Woltman drained all the toughness from this squad and our softness inside has infected the whole squad?
Anyone got any other ideas??????
I am at a loss why 4 of the 5 returning players are playing more poorly this season than last, and the 5th is still not playing as well as she did her first two season here. I am REALLY frustrated with Madison only shooting in 1 or 2 quarters and then just taking up space the rest of the game when she is on the floor. I am resigned that Caitlyn will only show out big in big games and will fade against most other teams, especially on the road. In fact this team whole top to bottom apparently cannot get motivated to play away from home as we are 1-8 outside the friendly confines of Mackey, with some real bad performances and losses and the only win against a badly outmatched Dayton team.
Bottom line no matter what the issue is; this is a coaching failure, whatever the reason driving this performance drop, its on the coach making 600k to figure it out and fix it.
Its patently obvious that this years team is far far worse than last years team. Why?
Possible reasons:
1. changes in assistant coaches- maybe Beth Couture was really running things behind the scenes and now that she is gone, the team is without coaching leadership?
2. Maybe Hardin as "coach on the floor" really was doing a lot of coaching and was the reason this team came to play every game?
3. Even worse chemistry than last year. It was pretty clear Petree and Madison did not play well together last season, to the point they were almost exclusively subbing in and out for each otheer t times at the end of the season. Could it be this years team just not gel at all?
4. Loss of Learn and Woltman drained all the toughness from this squad and our softness inside has infected the whole squad?
Anyone got any other ideas??????
I am at a loss why 4 of the 5 returning players are playing more poorly this season than last, and the 5th is still not playing as well as she did her first two season here. I am REALLY frustrated with Madison only shooting in 1 or 2 quarters and then just taking up space the rest of the game when she is on the floor. I am resigned that Caitlyn will only show out big in big games and will fade against most other teams, especially on the road. In fact this team whole top to bottom apparently cannot get motivated to play away from home as we are 1-8 outside the friendly confines of Mackey, with some real bad performances and losses and the only win against a badly outmatched Dayton team.
Bottom line no matter what the issue is; this is a coaching failure, whatever the reason driving this performance drop, its on the coach making 600k to figure it out and fix it.