Fortunately, I didn't get to/have to watch this one. Though the postgame comments are pretty telling - and not in a good way. Regurgitating some version of "we were bad, and we need to be better/more consistent" is annoying when it's not followed by sustained movement in that direction. When a team is inconsistent long enough, then that's just who they are, and there's no pretending that a bad game didn't happen. I also have to wonder why this team so often seems to be in a reactive - rather than a proactive mode. If the scout is solid, why can't the Storm be the aggressors, rather than being the team dictated to?
I would like to see the Storm force more teams to play their game. Instead of matching when other teams go big or go small. Make teams match up with your height and athleticism. Put Dom and Ezi out there together. See if other teams can deal with the size. Be aggressive, attack the rim, force other teams to foul, etc.
I knew this game could possibly be a let down also bc it's been the trend of the season for the storm. They have to find a way to not get flustered in the zone defense. We miss jordy and I really wish we had kls. The roster construction in the off season wasn't terrible. But with major injuries the holes are glaring. Skylar has to get more than 2 assists a game. An automatic 3 point shooter is necessary. There were so many wide open 3s that weren't made and cost us the game. All of the top teams have at least 2 players that you know if they're open they are going to make those 3s. This was ACs best game. We need everyone else to have their best game at the same time. Lexie did ok. I understand why she got more minutes.
Mack is Back! Hopefully they use her correctly. Primarily as a Dennis Rodnan type scappy rebounding machine. If she can. Develop that mentality and focus on defense and reducing second chance scoring that will help out this team tremendously. Storm are not a great rebounding team.
What a disappointing game for us. It's hard to believe when we controlled our own destiny as far as the Commissioner's Cup goes, but that's no longer the case. Why did we allow an expansion team to run all over us and just waltz to the hoop anytime they wanted to score a layup? Where was our defense that's supposed to be so strong? It was piss poor! There's no excuse for playing this poorly.
Definitely not unheard of that decent teams drop a stinker right after having a great game. But that’s usually not a characteristic of championship teams.
We need to start rebounding much better. Since we're a player short now, I hope that we will be bringing back MacKenzie Holmes. She can shore up our low post defense and get some of those defensive boards that we are currently letting our opponents snag as O-boards. That should definitely not be happening if we are going to compete for a WNBA Championship. We have the talent to do it but do we have the WILL to do it?
Fortunately, I didn't get to/have to watch this one. Though the postgame comments are pretty telling - and not in a good way. Regurgitating some version of "we were bad, and we need to be better/more consistent" is annoying when it's not followed by sustained movement in that direction. When a team is inconsistent long enough, then that's just who they are, and there's no pretending that a bad game didn't happen. I also have to wonder why this team so often seems to be in a reactive - rather than a proactive mode. If the scout is solid, why can't the Storm be the aggressors, rather than being the team dictated to?
I would like to see the Storm force more teams to play their game. Instead of matching when other teams go big or go small. Make teams match up with your height and athleticism. Put Dom and Ezi out there together. See if other teams can deal with the size. Be aggressive, attack the rim, force other teams to foul, etc.
Exactly!
That last part!
I knew this game could possibly be a let down also bc it's been the trend of the season for the storm. They have to find a way to not get flustered in the zone defense. We miss jordy and I really wish we had kls. The roster construction in the off season wasn't terrible. But with major injuries the holes are glaring. Skylar has to get more than 2 assists a game. An automatic 3 point shooter is necessary. There were so many wide open 3s that weren't made and cost us the game. All of the top teams have at least 2 players that you know if they're open they are going to make those 3s. This was ACs best game. We need everyone else to have their best game at the same time. Lexie did ok. I understand why she got more minutes.
Mack is Back! Hopefully they use her correctly. Primarily as a Dennis Rodnan type scappy rebounding machine. If she can. Develop that mentality and focus on defense and reducing second chance scoring that will help out this team tremendously. Storm are not a great rebounding team.
What a disappointing game for us. It's hard to believe when we controlled our own destiny as far as the Commissioner's Cup goes, but that's no longer the case. Why did we allow an expansion team to run all over us and just waltz to the hoop anytime they wanted to score a layup? Where was our defense that's supposed to be so strong? It was piss poor! There's no excuse for playing this poorly.
Definitely not unheard of that decent teams drop a stinker right after having a great game. But that’s usually not a characteristic of championship teams.
We need to start rebounding much better. Since we're a player short now, I hope that we will be bringing back MacKenzie Holmes. She can shore up our low post defense and get some of those defensive boards that we are currently letting our opponents snag as O-boards. That should definitely not be happening if we are going to compete for a WNBA Championship. We have the talent to do it but do we have the WILL to do it?