re: HVL’s trainer essentially says HVL was lied to by LSU

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Says she is very lethal in her turnarounds, midrange and an amazing 3 pt shot

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Shot 34% last year. 29% in the year before at Louisville.

I'm sorry, she is not an amazing 3 point shooter. By any means.

I would have liked to penetrate HVL .

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She hasn’t made any excuses.

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This. She handled everything with class. I will be a huge fan of hers next year. Really hoping she lights it up and wishing her all the best. But this is just an idiot trainer grasping at straws to save his own job.

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He says they trained for a completely different role than how she was utilized this season

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quit reading at bullet point #1

dafuq? Dribble, pass, catch, shoot, move feet---defend. this is asinine if true. There is no training differentiation between a 1 and 2 guard in terms of "training" (in terms of skills development)

If she is a natural 2 and she trained for a 1........then she should have been prepared for anything.

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When she entered the ocean she failed.

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This is so stupid it's not worth the time pointing out why it's stupid.

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He says he won’t say anything about the coaching staff, but once the season started you could tell right away there was very little that lined up with the promises that were made or insinuated how she would be used.

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Losing Smith, our main point guard, with in the 1st couple games, we were forced to quickly make adjustments. It's not HVL's fault or the coaches.

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and a trainer can certainly help, but he can't manufacture basketball skills.

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In many team situations, it is often the case when someone has to step up and assume another's position. There are some limitations, but a certain amount of transfer and innovation is sometimes involved. We have pilots who learned on one aircraft move to another--or perhaps some members of rock bands will assume roles when needed. When a person moves into a new role, they should adapt and learn as much as they can so as to do the job more effectively. A trainer or coach can encourage you, but ultimately you have to discipline yourself to improve to the point where it's your best--though you might not be as good as the one you replace--or perhaps you find you are better or more flexible than the one you replaced. It could also be that HVL felt like she had been placed in a rut and couldn't find her way out (or perhaps didn't want to). It is not the trainer or coach, but the will of the individual.