03-29-2011, 10:05 PM
One positive and one negative.
A&M winning means we don\'t have to hear about "the Griner effect" ad nauseum for the next week. Â She\'s a great physical specimen, and a potential game-changer. Â But she doesn\'t move really well on defense, and has a fairly limited array of offensive moves as yet. Â And, as I mentioned, for a 6\'8" player, she\'s not a great rebounder. Â They were gushing tonight about her 40 point game. Â Yes, against Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she had what, 7 inches on most of her defenders, and was shooting with her arms a foot clear of the defenders\' hands from about 4 feet?
OTOH, we WILL be subjected to endless stories on Maya Moore, the UConn dynasty, can she "will her team to victory" and compete with Diana Taurasi, etc. Â Expect that most of the stories about the games this week will be pitched as "UConn, and of the other teams, who has the best chance to stop the Huskies?" Â I\'d expect a media coverage breakdown of about 50% Huskies, 30% Stanford, 15 percent Notre Dame and 5% A&M.
VG
A&M winning means we don\'t have to hear about "the Griner effect" ad nauseum for the next week. Â She\'s a great physical specimen, and a potential game-changer. Â But she doesn\'t move really well on defense, and has a fairly limited array of offensive moves as yet. Â And, as I mentioned, for a 6\'8" player, she\'s not a great rebounder. Â They were gushing tonight about her 40 point game. Â Yes, against Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she had what, 7 inches on most of her defenders, and was shooting with her arms a foot clear of the defenders\' hands from about 4 feet?
OTOH, we WILL be subjected to endless stories on Maya Moore, the UConn dynasty, can she "will her team to victory" and compete with Diana Taurasi, etc. Â Expect that most of the stories about the games this week will be pitched as "UConn, and of the other teams, who has the best chance to stop the Huskies?" Â I\'d expect a media coverage breakdown of about 50% Huskies, 30% Stanford, 15 percent Notre Dame and 5% A&M.
VG