Villanova

AJ and Greta both have great first steps, among the best we've seen in Rueck's era. They are not slow. They are both sweet, skilled shooters, decent defenders, able passers. They will blossom. Talia will come out of her I-hope-not-Goforth funk at point guard.

Lol Wilson was Co Pac 12 defensive player of the year. She did fine staying in front of players

Yes, I've watched both play lately, and no they are not quick.  Ari is quick, Tea is quick, C & B are purposeful and go for it when they decide to move.  Find me a single instance where either of their coaches talk about their speed.  It's always about their high BBIQ, never about their physical abilities.  Both of them are top rebounders on their teams, you think that's because they are really tall or strong?  It's because they know where the ball is going to go and they get there.  Brains over physical abilities every time, and if you don't understand that then you don't understand basketball.

They have "much better handles" than TvO?  Excuse me?  How often have you seen anyone steal the ball from her?  Does it ever happen?  Of course it does, and all of the greatest PG's who have ever lived have had the ball stolen on occasion.  TvO needs to recognize the double team when it's coming so she can pass to the open person, but they never successfully get the ball from her.  It just burns time so the Beav's have to rush the offense more than they'd like.

Yes, in one game Tea was good to have come in off the bench as TvO was having a terrible game.  But really, you want the gal shooting less than 30% from the 2 and 14% from the 3 to be a starting guard?  Tea has some fantastic moves and then the ball doesn't go in the basket.  This fixation over speed instead of results would not benefit the team.

Tea has proven herself capable, but not consistent. Her game against Pacific was a real dud. She came out low energy and threw away two passes that were some of the worst I’ve ever seen. Scott pulled her and she had very low minutes in that game. But yes, she should get more playing time… and maybe that will solve the problem.  I wonder if maybe AJ should be given a chance. She is tall and fast, but is her quickness and ball handling adequate? It’s not clear to me that it’s out of the question. Physically, she’s closer to Clark and Bueckers.

I think SR will be fine, and his system will persist, and length is usually an advantage.....
And we will - in most years - get to and advance in the NCAA tourney.
I love SR and enjoy watching his teams grow and advance.

All of that said - SR has tried to recruit lightning quick ball handlers (in fact, we were pretty close on the young lady that ended up at Stanford a few years past.....)
I wonder if those kind of ball handlers are more attracted to systems where they get to free-lance more? (SR seems to be increasing his regimented approach where he guides a lot of the game strategy on both ends of the floor)
That said, this year's team seems to be behind on the "crisp play" curve - there are a bunch of cool, recognizable plays: "elevator" play for Kat, double post screen for dribble drive, BLOBs, etc, most of which I have not seen this year (or maybe they are just not successfully run this year yet). It also seems that we have been more easily disrupted this year (i.e. Villanova able to completely disrupt offense flowing through TvO). But its easy to be disrupted when you are subpar in most phases of the game, and you are usually subpar when you are being disrupted, so I am also left with the chicken/egg conundrum of root cause. Might have been a good year to get in an Italy trip (probably hasn't been 4 years, plus pandemic issues, I know) because the transfers (on paper) were just what the doctor ordered, but IRL they have been a bit less so.......Tea was very needed against 'Nova, but had she completed those drives to the hoop she might have altered the outcome of the game.
Also, is it just me, or did we upgrade the pre-season schedule? Most years I recall a seemingly endless parade of overmatched opponents for lower division directional schools, but less so this year (to the point in years where we started slow in conference schedule I would wonder if feasting on cupcakes was the cause).
Anyway, a lot to think about.
Go Beavers!

Speed- Sorry, but you have no idea what their respective speeds are.  There is a reason someone invented stopwatches.  Clark and Bueckers are on high tempo teams so they push the ball up the court faster, and that's all you know.  All I can tell is that there are two guards on both of their teams who are faster than they are.  Not a good indication of tremendous speed.  
Quickness- Yes, they are quicker, and TvO has more muscularity to her game.  Different playing styles.
Handles-  The only way you'd know is if someone got their pockets picked more.  None of these gals lose the ball much so it's all moot.
Driving- Yes, Tea is great at driving, and then she blows the layup because she's going too fast to keep control of the ball.  Which is the same as a turnover.
Tea- Tea has some great moves, but you seem determined to ignore one fact.  She is shooting 25% from the two and 14% from the three.  

The point isn't who can sprint the fastest, it's who can get the ball in the basket the most.  You want to see Tea starting, I find the prospect horrifying until she can up her shooting %'s and get her assist #'s above one a game.  

I never said even once that Tea should be starting?  Go back and reread.  I said coaches need to be quicker on making in-game personnel changes.  Tea was in fact the right in-game personnel change, it just came a bit too late.