Jada Gyamfi talent?
- Thread starter Wango Z Tango
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Boy, this thread has completely derailed. I would encourage Jan to make a tough decision and ask Gyamfi to move on.
Iowa's got Gyamfi, Ediger and Johnson, and now Levin. 4 out of 14 that see no minutes at all. That's how you go 10 deep, I guess.
She certainly has some tough decisions to make if she wants to be active in the portal, and this team needs help.
With the way the current struggles are playing out...if they aren't getting an opportunity now...they are not ever getting one.
Time to look for playing time elsewhere.
It's the coaches job to get contributions from everyone.
Keep someone merely because they are not making waves because they don't play isn't helpful to team success.
Why would a coach keep someone like that?
Maybe she contributes more than those of us on the sideline see. And, it's not about playing time for all players. Kia Stokes comes to mind.
Whatever JJ is doing now isn't working.
Not making any meaningful changes doesn't fix anything.
Currently, all the starters are inconsistent as hell. We see 4/5 games with few contributions, then players like Affolter, Feuerbach, McCabe, AOG, and Steulke have one decent game(not at the same time) and then it's back to crap.
The upcoming schedule is brutal, there's likely three wins the rest of the season. Get the freshmen meaningful court time, because nothing indicates the upperclassmen can turn it around.
Jada can stay the bench cheerleader.
We’ve gotten well beyond the point where teams can afford to keep kids who are “great teammates” but nothing else. She’s obviously not pushing anyone in practice enough to be a consideration for more playing time. Go do your social media stuff and good luck with that. Leave the basketball to those who can make a difference—even if all that means is pushing others to get better.
Outlandishly ridiculous for you to suggest, definitively, that he had race in his mind when making the comment. Just so ignorant to spill this thinking over to everyone. Many, if not most, of us see basketball players....period. Plenty of people have referred to white players as being lazy or lacking skills. Stop making the entire world about race. "We all see color and we all form opinions based on it in one way or another, whether we want to admit it or not" does not apply to all of us. Research is nice...but it's not the end all be all. I see people....so take your research and apply it elsewhere.
Tell Jan that. I assume Iowa recruited her and all current players with the idea they would contribute on the court during actual games. You know as well as I do, that that doesn't always happen. Commitment goes both ways, or at least it should.
A REALLY bad analogy. Kia Stokes played at UConn and even without starting she managed to get drafted and is playing in the W. based solely on the depth at UConn. I'm sure when she went there she thought she'd be starting at some point, but it sure didn't keep her from reaching her goals.
Its an issue. At least with Mulvey on the mens team he gives them an active 7fter to practice against.
Bad analogy? Your reply makes no sense. My point was players are recruited and go where they want to play and I assume Jada did that and Kia did that and obviously they were/are both content with the career they had or have. You don't think Kia would have made it to the W if she would have attended Iowa or Indiana or any number of lesser Universities and actually put up way bigger numbers by playing 35 minutes per game?
Your statement said, "its not about playing time for all players", "Kia Stokes comes to mind". First off Kia certainly thought she was going to play more at UConn then she did, so what does, "its not all about playing time" have to do with her. You think when she committed to UConn she thought she'd never start? The reason Kia is content with her choice is precisely because even being a none starter at UConn she still got drafted into the WNBA. As to what she would have done elsewhere, who knows. She doesn't do much for the Aces. I'm not sure she's a better player then Hannah, and she has serious holes in her game also, and will struggle in the league as a 6'2" post player...
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