Jan Jensen = Angie Lee

[joelbc1]

Its social media. Fans get to say what they want - I get that.

But it does bug me that fans are so reactionary. They watch a few games and then make harsh claims about coaches and players. I just can't get my head around fans being so quick to judge.

EVERYONE thought Jan was a good hire a year ago. In January, it was a mistake to hire her. Oh well .....

Now it’s February and she is “ok”!

 

[cmhawks99]

Now it’s February and she is “ok”!

As I like to say, dumb will always be done.

 

[ghostOfHomer777]

People have awful short attention spans ... and we're also too hooked on instant gratification.

In what should predictably should have been a "rebuilding" year ... we have a team that's proven that it can play with anybody.

We've lost plenty of games this year that we should have won ... but that is part of the learning experience ... both for Jan as a coach ... but also for the players.

It also doesn't hurt that we're finally seeing Syd return to the form that we kinda expected her to exhibit from earlier in the year. I think that it goes without saying that the off-season surgeries for Syd and Hannah made them a little tentative and/or rusty ... and that impacted their play. Furthermore, the coaching staff needed to "feel out" their roster ... and learn that it was likely the best move to opt back to "small-ball" ... despite the fact that we have both Ava and Hannah ... AND, to O'Grady's great credit ... she was arguably the most improved player on the roster!

Anyhow, nobody is perfect ... and I really like our team. I'll be curious to see how roster retention works out for us.

 

[cmhawks99]

People have awful short attention spans ... an we're also too hooked on instant gratification.

In what should predictably should have been a "rebuilding" year ... we have a team that's proven that it can play with anybody.

We've lost plenty of games this year that we should have won ... but that is part of the learning experience ... both for Jan as a coach ... but also for the players.

It also doesn't hurt that we're finally seeing Syd return to the form that we kinda expected her to exhibit from earlier in the year. I think that it goes without saying that the off-season surgeries for Syd and Hannah made them a little tentative and/or rusty ... and that impacted their play. Furthermore, the coaching staff needed to "feel out" their roster ... and learn that it was likely the best move to opt back to "small-ball" ... despite the fact that we have both Ava and Hannah ... AND, to O'Grady's great credit ... she was arguably the most improved player on the roster!

Anyhow, nobody is perfect ... and I really like our team. I'll be curious to see how roster retention works out for us.

Terrific post Homer

 

[cidhawkeye]

And this board is one unexpected B1G tourney loss or an upset in the tourney away from the board swinging 360 again. It is the nature of the internet. Glad we have CM as our justice warrior keeping all of us on our toes and accountable for what we post. I am certain there has been nothing in their posting past that has not aged well.

 

[Randon]

Kudos to Jan! This team lost three starters from last year, two of whom are playing in the WNBA and a first off-the-bench player in Molly Davis. Yet here they are about to notch their 20th win on Sunday. Definitely some growing pains but now it looks like this team can play with anybody in the country. Terrific job accomplished by Jan and her staff.

 

[ghostOfHomer777]

Kudos to Jan! This team lost three starters from last year, two of whom are playing in the WNBA and a first off-the-bench player in Molly Davis. Yet here they are about to notch their 20th win on Sunday. Definitely some growing pains but now it looks like this team can play with anybody in the country. Terrific job accomplished by Jan and her staff.

Nice point ... Molly was the top player on here CMU team before transferring to Iowa ... and she carved out an important role for herself on the team. Last year, Molly started in 27 of our games. So we actually lost 4 starters from the squad. So entering this season, of our top 6 players .... only 2 returned ... but those 2 also were coming off of off-season surgeries. Our #7 player last season was Kylie ... and she was averaging just over 14 minutes a game through our first 32 games.

Also, to go from Bluder-ball ... which is high on elegant offense ... but low on defensive fundamentals ... it's a nice change to see how invested our ladies are in playing strong defense. They're correct in asserting that you cannot always count on your shooting to be "on" ... however, you CAN control your defensive intensity in every game. Of course, I don't entirely believe this old adage ... because you can have disciplined folks like Kobe Bryant and Caitlin Clark who will out-work their counterparts ... and they'll find their O regardless.