In Reply to: not distasteful but two things - posted by barrya on April 05, 2025 at 19:00:50
That's good she blamed herself. I need to go watch the post-game. But, of course Kiki and Lauren are going to agree with their coach.
UConn out worked us, but they're built that way. No one on our team can move and work like Bueckers, or Arnold, or Chen. I don't buy for a minute that the ladies didn't try hard enough.
And, if they didn't, that's on Close. She has been talking about effort since the first sc loss. The ladies, have been preached that for at least half the season. Either they are giving every thing they have, or Close isn't the one to coach effort.
I think blaming the player's effort is a much bigger indictment of Close than saying the tactics were off and we need to retool the tactics for next year. Tactics are fixable. If the players aren't giving full effort in a final four game, after Close has talked about since the first sc loss .... that, to me, is an indictment.