PAC-12 Network Media Day Video of OSU WBB

The most impressive thing to me was the answer Destiny had for the dumas question about which 5 she would throw the ball to.  Also liked the yellow/green chair comment.  Class act by all

Proud to be a BEAV

Some other comments:

- Katie Mac looks to be more buff (upper body strength), and seems to have this quiet determination about her that I think could be a harbinger to a breakout senior season. Can she be the next OSU WNBA pick with a monster senior season?
- Physical toughness *is* the next step in the team's progression. As noted, we got better as the season went on, but even against USC, Tennessee and Baylor it still felt reactive. Does that physicality we have been inculcating become our calling card this year?
- I don't know what the selection criteria was for Destiny being there instead of Pivec/Tudor/Corosdale, but perhaps it is because of how she conducted herself during last season, how she has (already) emerged as a leader, and how the staff see her becoming the face of the program. She also has pub from being National Freshman of the Year.....To me, Destiny has a presence about her. I may be projecting my wishful thinking, but it feels like she is a female Gary Payton just waiting to happen to the WBB program.
- While many in this forum haven't been so high on Jo, I think the only compare was Marie, and given the season Marie had, that bar would be high even for some other top posts we have had in the past. I think Grymek is just plain different than Marie, and our team was completely built around Marie and her strengths. While we may still see Jo only 15-20 min per game, I suspect we will like what we see, especially as the team works with her strengths. Plus if (as SR indicated expectations of) the team starts out about where they left off last season by way of perimeter play, Jo might see a single, shorter defender all night.
- I sure hope some potential recruits are watching the video and taking note. It seemed like we were mostly talking to some of the folks we are recruiting with this video......
- I think this team will really surprise. Mik not having to expend all her energy bringing the ball up. Kat becoming a slasher with a deadly outside stroke. Destiny providing the jitterbug quick guard that we have *never* had in Corvallis. KTMac presenting a mismatch. Being able to run experienced ball handler after ball handler out there....But most of all that culture that has just kept getting stronger from year to year......
- Not much mention of Janessa or Maddie - are they still a year away from a "Kolbie leap"? I would love for one of them to emerge as a factor, since if they wait too long, they might get surpassed by our incoming players (this year and next), our coach and his willingness to play freshmen, and the love of height putting multiple tall timber frosh out there instead....and that might be a wise investment regardless.
- the Vancouver Showcase is becoming more intriguing by the minute. I think it will accelerate the process of improvement SR talked about - essentially it presents us with the growth opportunity the LA weekend did, but 8 weeks earlier......regardless of record, that acceleration could pay some serious dividends come tournament time.
Can't wait for the season to start!
Go Beavers!

I also hope that Jo Grymek  really has blossomed as suggested here.  And I hope that includes FT shooting, since her FT percentage last year was abysmal.  If she can't shoot FT's then it will be impossible to have her on the court in the waning minutes of a tight game, otherwise the other team will put their sacrificial hacker in the game and promptly get the ball back on every possession.

Sooo, we need Jo out of close games because she can't shoot FT's. And she would have the ball in close games because the Beav's need her scoring? In those close games?? You guys need to make up your minds, is she a scoring machine and they will be funneling the ball to her but darn, she can't shoot FT's so she's a liability in late games. Or is she the worst player to ever put on a Beav uniform (which seems to be your thesis for the past year) in which case how is her presence or absence going to make any difference?? Decisions, decisions, make up your minds.

Are we really worried about Jo's FT%? She took all of NINETEEN attempts all season. FT's are about mental consistency, and it's hard to get into the right mental frame when you only get to the line twice a *month*.