[81alum]

I just saw this quote from the GW coach:

"They’re the best team we’ve played,” Rizzotti said. “I don’t think individually they’re as good as some of the players Syracuse had — and even some of the other teams we’ve played.  What we said in the locker room is what sets Stanford apart from those other teams is that they’re a team. So the whole is much better than its parts. . . . We want to be in a position where we’re able to do the same thing once we step into Atlantic 10 play [and] be the stronger, fitter, more disciplined team. So I think it’s a good lesson for us to see that, hey, they might not player-for-player be more talented than us, but they worked harder as a team to make things work for them.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/co...9098f28e66

My gut is to say she is wrong in a couple of ways--we are more talented than she gives us credit for, and we are not playing all that well as a team.  But is there a chance she is right?  If she is then we are probably peaking and the league is going to be brutal.

[81alum]

I just saw this quote from the GW coach:

"They’re the best team we’ve played,” Rizzotti said. “I don’t think individually they’re as good as some of the players Syracuse had — and even some of the other teams we’ve played.  What we said in the locker room is what sets Stanford apart from those other teams is that they’re a team. So the whole is much better than its parts. . . . We want to be in a position where we’re able to do the same thing once we step into Atlantic 10 play [and] be the stronger, fitter, more disciplined team. So I think it’s a good lesson for us to see that, hey, they might not player-for-player be more talented than us, but they worked harder as a team to make things work for them.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/co...9098f28e66

My gut is to say she is wrong in a couple of ways--we are more talented than she gives us credit for, and we are not playing all that well as a team.  But is there a chance she is right?  If she is then we are probably peaking and the league is going to be brutal.