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Post by 411500 on Jul 2, 2018 8:30:15 GMT -8
The dunking deal will be interesting to follow....
Coach R has been deeply influenced by Ralph Miller's approach to the game, and as many of you remember, Ralph did not like his players to dunk...
He had his reasons but one of them is especially relevant to women's basketball....
Knees.
Women basketball players incur knee injuries at higher incidence than men players. Coaches are aware of this.
Whether this factors into Coach R's thinking about "the dunk" will undoubtedly be brought up in Interviews before Christmas....
Personally, I like the idea of having athletes who are so physically gifted that they are able to dunk, but as to the dunk itself, I could not care less.
I'd bet my last dollar that Coach Rueck will say something along these lines early in the season.
I think he doesn't want fans focussed on this very limited aspect of a very big game.
At least that's how I see it now.....
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Post by 411500 on Jul 2, 2018 8:31:16 GMT -8
The dunking deal will be interesting to follow....
Coach R has been deeply influenced by Ralph Miller's approach to the game, and as many of you remember, Ralph did not like his players to dunk...
He had his reasons but one of them is especially relevant to women's basketball....
Knees.
Women basketball players incur knee injuries at higher incidence than men players. Coaches are aware of this.
Whether this factors into Coach R's thinking about "the dunk" will undoubtedly be brought up in Interviews before Christmas....
Personally, I like the idea of having athletes who are so physically gifted that they are able to dunk, but as to the dunk itself, I could not care less.
I'd bet my last dollar that Coach Rueck will say something along these lines early in the season.
I think he doesn't want fans focussed on this very limited aspect of a very big game.
At least that's how I see it now.....
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Post by beaverwbb fan on Jul 2, 2018 9:08:34 GMT -8
Wonder if Kennedy Brown can dunk too? Four would be possibly unheard of on the womens side of the game. The practice those two will get playing against each other, and once you add Jones and hopefully Brown in the mix will be beyond invaluable and instrumental in upping each of their games. Especially practicing with coach KB!
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Jul 2, 2018 9:47:06 GMT -8
Point of clarification on my post:
I am equating (conflating?) the ability to dunk with the ability to make the close in shot a very high percentage shot....
To me a WBB post player with dunking ability can be a dominant center without throwing down regularly, but by elevating above the defenders for easy, uncontested lay ins.
Agree with Ralph Miller and his documented aversion to the dunk. I recall he used to get really mad at players who "showboated" and blew the dunk, and in the Ralph Miller era you needed to score the 2, dunk or no dunk. I recall the one or two times the Will Brantleys or Earl Martins blew a throw down, they were treated to a quick substitution along with the attendant Ralph Miller "grab the jersey shoulder strap and blow cigar breath laden invective right in their face."
That said, I also believe Scott Haskin could have won a Civil War in Eugene had he dunked in the closing seconds as opposed to laying up a (in this case) blown lay in, and that may have been lessons learned from Miller his freshman year.....
Go Beavers!
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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 2, 2018 12:43:37 GMT -8
The dunking deal will be interesting to follow.... Coach R has been deeply influenced by Ralph Miller's approach to the game, and as many of you remember, Ralph did not like his players to dunk... He had his reasons but one of them is especially relevant to women's basketball.... Knees. Women basketball players incur knee injuries at higher incidence than men players. Coaches are aware of this. Whether this factors into Coach R's thinking about "the dunk" will undoubtedly be brought up in Interviews before Christmas.... Personally, I like the idea of having athletes who are so physically gifted that they are able to dunk, but as to the dunk itself, I could not care less. I'd bet my last dollar that Coach Rueck will say something along these lines early in the season. I think he doesn't want fans focussed on this very limited aspect of a very big game. At least that's how I see it now..... I don't think dunks are going to be a significant part of OSU WBB's offense in 2018-19. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 13:31:33 GMT -8
If you split our top players into 2 teams:
Newcomers: Aquino, Morris, Simmons, Slocum, [and Goodman -- gotta balance things out]
Oldtimers: Grymek, Corosdale, McWilliams, Pivec, Tudor
And had them play 5 on 5, I don't know who'd win, but I wouldn't bet against the "Newcomers". That's how good the talent on this team is.
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Post by 411500 on Jul 2, 2018 15:54:34 GMT -8
I definitely would pay to watch that scrimmage..
Your point is well taken, thickhead. There is a growing mass of basketball talent at OSU.
It would be interesting for those on the board who have been following the WBB team for many years to chime in to indicate whether there has EVER been this much talent on the Beaver roster....
I've only been following OSU WBB for 5 years......
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Post by jegerklog on Jul 2, 2018 16:34:48 GMT -8
I have been following the WBB since about 1990 and saw the last of some very successful teams coached by Aki Hill. Within my limited ability to compare different teams, the quality of play has improved enormously with time across the country and maybe more so in the PAC 12 where the conference is no longer dominated by one team. With this backdrop, I would guess that there never has been so much talent before at OSU. At the same time, the Beavers might have real problems this coming year with some of the athletic more experienced centers that they will face particularly if they pursue some top ranked teams for their pre-conference schedule. This is not an outright prediction which I have found to be a precarious activity.
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Post by bvrbooster on Jul 2, 2018 20:28:20 GMT -8
We have 15 fouls to give at the post position, and every one of them will be given by somebody bigger than the skilled and experienced opponent. I think we'll hold our own - unless the aforementioned skilled and experienced opponent can shoot free throws like Marie did the last half of the year. That would be problematical.
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