NOTE: The SWARM CEO has stated that he made calls to WBB bigs who were in the transfer portal, so it's not like attempts were not made to land a big in the off season.
In addition, the big dollar NIL deals are going to football players. The most SWARM can offer men's and women's BB players is getting paid to volunteer.
Her postgame comments follow. I can see why Lisa is frustrated with her backup bigs but these are her recruits and I don't think she should be publicly implying that her options are not good and that it's a flip of the coin on who they should be playing.
Full text of the tweet:
Lisa Bluder's biggest frustration entering the stretch run: Getting more out of Addison O'Grady, Sharon Goodman and/or A.J. Ediger.
Bluder:
“I still would like more consistency out of our backup post player. The one thing that coaches just cringe about is inconsistency. Be consistently good or consistently bad, but be something. Now, it’s like we’re almost gambling on who to put in between the three of them, and that’s hard. It makes indecision, and it doesn’t give you enough reps with that person. That's the one thing that I think that we're still battling with.”
This quote seems out of character for Coach Bluder; she's got to be really frustrated to put this out there. I've seen a number of logical posts that have posited reasons for this, but in reality none of us have all the information. I personally don't think she wants to play Hannah at the 5 as much as she has, but in her mind that gives us the best chance to win. Like many of you, my biggest frustration is the lack of development of any of the 3 as far as being able to corral a pass and get it in the basket. We have been spoiled by Megan and Monika's talent for quite awhile. Hannah can do it too. Doubt we'll see any of them improve this late in the year.