Clark
Mitchell
Smith
Fagbenle
Boston
I'll expand:
Clark PG- This has been obvious from Day 1. I get that they work her off ball, especially when they're essentially face guarding her full court, and just let everyone else play 4 on 4 in the half court....but that's just not a viable long term option, and they are so much better when she's the one distributing and using her threat as a scorer to set up others.
Wheeler is too erratic and wants to play 1 on 1 street ball every time she touches the ball. She's the best they have as a sub, but it should've been apparent that Caitlin was taking her spot in the lineup and certain people need to accept it sooner than later. Caitlin can also be spelled with some of their other guards, but nobody should be taking the ball out of her hands at the Point in important parts of the game..........period.
Mitchell- Tonight we got to see a glimpse of what she is capable off playing off Clark. If teams aren't giving enough attention to the 3rd leading scorer in womens NCAA history, she can make them pay. She can handle the ball, but she is much better off spotting and attacking off the catch. She is not the greatest at iso create off the dribble, and in fact gets pretty reckless when she does that. But when she plays within her role, she can and should be a 15+ a night scorer.
Smith- She is the one that has benefitted the most from having CC on the team. She is probably the most versatile player on the team and the most ready to breakout, now that she has a PG that can feed her and draw attention away from her. She can handle the ball but doesn't try to force it too much. The one drawback is that she isn't much of a 3 pt threat.
But when 90% of your team couldn't find the ocean if they were thrown from a plane over the Atlantic, then it really isn't that big a deal, and as a coach you should just adjust to the roster you have until you can add another 3 pt shooter. Wallace, Samuelson, and Hull sure as f*** aren't it though..........
Fagbenle- Yeah she's listed as a Center, but she runs the floor SO much better than Boston does. And really when assigning positions like the 4 or the 5 or PF and Center we need to remember that in the pro ranks positionless basketball is much more at the forefront than in college.
I know she is more of a sub for Boston, but I would rather this team go big and have a true inside-out philosophy than whatever they're trying to do right now.
Boston- It was nice to see her break out of whatever funk she was in, and regardless of what people think of her start to the season, she needs to be the starting 5 playing through whatever issues she's dealing with, same as Caitlin.
