I'm sorry to see this post from you, roc.
I think Sherri knew what to do, and I think she knows Giorgis well enough to counter what he does. But, I also think Sherri has some young players who need to get a message. There are time that you might be willing to just sit back and let them get their brains beat out just to drive home a point. Stay in front of the person you are guarding. We have some very talented and very stubborn players who seem to be determined not to use their feet. We do more reaching than a kid at the family dinner table. Sherri has tried to drive home the point. She began the year by emphasizing feet on defense for a couple of days before touching offense.
If I were Sherri, I would make them sit in front of a screen every morning and watch the Marist game. I wouldn't begin to try to bail them out. I would let them be humiliated until the point was driven home. Move your feet.
I absolutely agree with this point of your post, however, at the same time my post just stated what I saw. A coaching staff that did an absolutely horrible job counter acting to what the Marist coaching staff did to give their players the edge. Being Griffin has proven to be a valuable defensive key in alternating the oppositions shots, having her guarding on the perimeter, IN MY OPINION, is not productive in keeping and preventing Marist from carving our defense apart and getting easy baskets. It didn't help,as you stated, that our kids played horrible fundamental defensive positioning either.