I'm rather pleased that the addition of a single commit has elicited such a strong positive (mostly) reaction. Usually, we have only had about seven or eight viewers. Recently, we are getting upwards of thirty. Excitement!! Interest!!!
While there may be interest in staff changes and other issues (I've always been a bit concerned about a religious bent, but I've seen no evidence that it has affected anything.), I am a bit more curious about what the recruits say about the direction of the program. I have always felt that Sherri was a bit more like the 2002 team than the team that had four McDonald's All-Americans at the post/power forward positions. She is a guard and seems to know more about what to do with guards.
This year, we have:
Llanusa
Pellington
Williams, Madi
Veitenheimer
Murcer
Robertson
Penzo
EJ
Simpson
Lampkin
Williston
Donica
How do you see that playing out? Most of our quality appears to be in the guards. It is difficult to see any of our interior players as being as good as Llanusa, Williams, Pellington, and Veitenheimer. Even our top reserves will probably be guards.
Will Williston and Lampkin be ready to contribute this year? Given that EJ is our only returnee inside, we will probably play Nydia and Aspen, ready or not. Nydia may end up as a starter.
But, our guards won't exactly be the 5-7 guards that we have had. Our four best are probably 6-1, 6-0, 5-8, and 5-7. Next year, we'll add two that are about 6-1. The guards aren't little any more.
In the McDonald's game, they put Madi on the opponent's post/power forward when she began to score at will. Madi pretty much shut her down. She can also rebound with a power forward. She is a very different kind of guard from what we have traditionally had. Liz Scott and Gabby Gregory will be as well. The Llanusa that I saw in highschool was a bit more physical than she exhibited last year. I watched her play post in the state semi-finals when her own post was ineffective.
I don't know what we have in shooters just yet. I know that Murcer could hit a three. Ana can, although she wasn't all that great as a freshman. They thought she was good enough that they encouraged her to try, often. She just seemed to lose her shot a lot, better in highschool. Taylor is a pure shooter, maybe the best we have ever had. If you have a bunch of drivers, like Madi, Shaina, and Tatum, a kickout can be to a slower, but accurate Taylor.
I think we have had a desire to run. I think we are recruiting the ability. This year is step one. I think Bloom, Gregory, and Scott are more of the completion.
While there may be interest in staff changes and other issues (I've always been a bit concerned about a religious bent, but I've seen no evidence that it has affected anything.), I am a bit more curious about what the recruits say about the direction of the program. I have always felt that Sherri was a bit more like the 2002 team than the team that had four McDonald's All-Americans at the post/power forward positions. She is a guard and seems to know more about what to do with guards.
This year, we have:
Llanusa
Pellington
Williams, Madi
Veitenheimer
Murcer
Robertson
Penzo
EJ
Simpson
Lampkin
Williston
Donica
How do you see that playing out? Most of our quality appears to be in the guards. It is difficult to see any of our interior players as being as good as Llanusa, Williams, Pellington, and Veitenheimer. Even our top reserves will probably be guards.
Will Williston and Lampkin be ready to contribute this year? Given that EJ is our only returnee inside, we will probably play Nydia and Aspen, ready or not. Nydia may end up as a starter.
But, our guards won't exactly be the 5-7 guards that we have had. Our four best are probably 6-1, 6-0, 5-8, and 5-7. Next year, we'll add two that are about 6-1. The guards aren't little any more.
In the McDonald's game, they put Madi on the opponent's post/power forward when she began to score at will. Madi pretty much shut her down. She can also rebound with a power forward. She is a very different kind of guard from what we have traditionally had. Liz Scott and Gabby Gregory will be as well. The Llanusa that I saw in highschool was a bit more physical than she exhibited last year. I watched her play post in the state semi-finals when her own post was ineffective.
I don't know what we have in shooters just yet. I know that Murcer could hit a three. Ana can, although she wasn't all that great as a freshman. They thought she was good enough that they encouraged her to try, often. She just seemed to lose her shot a lot, better in highschool. Taylor is a pure shooter, maybe the best we have ever had. If you have a bunch of drivers, like Madi, Shaina, and Tatum, a kickout can be to a slower, but accurate Taylor.
I think we have had a desire to run. I think we are recruiting the ability. This year is step one. I think Bloom, Gregory, and Scott are more of the completion.
