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re: Mulkey Criticism
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:16 am to PurpleandGeauld
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:16 am to PurpleandGeauld
quote:but we didn't try anything different until way too late. We didn't need to stop her - just slow her down a bit. Hell, 16 of Iowa's 37 opponents managed to hold her under 30 points. We gave up 41.
Mulkey criticism is stupid. Nobody was going to be successfully guarding Clark.
Jeez, man, coaching staffs are supposed to devise a game plan and then be willing to adjust, in-game, if it's not working.
It wasn't working, but they didn't adjust.
Now, you can love Mulkey (as I do) yet also acknowledge that her defensive scheme on Clark was a complete failure.
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Posted on 4/4/24 at 11:28 am to atltiger6487
As stated in other thread:
Sometimes great players just get ridiculously hot. Go back and look at her 20 three point attempts. The D was good on most of her misses and arguably the defense was good on 6 of the makes.
Those are shots you have to live with as a coach because they’re supposed to be low %. “Make her shoot contested 25-footers” is probably the best percentage play.
The bigger issue was that no one—not HVL, Poa, or the few Flau’jae attempts—could keep Clark from driving and you can’t double Clark 25 feet from the hole or you’re just begging her to get unlimited assists to the open teammate.
Long story short, the best coach in women’s basketball realized she had to swallow the poison pill and choose the best of multiple bad options. We shouldn’t crush Mulkey for recognizing the best % play or HVL for drawing the short straw against a generational talent.
Sometimes great players just get ridiculously hot. Go back and look at her 20 three point attempts. The D was good on most of her misses and arguably the defense was good on 6 of the makes.
Those are shots you have to live with as a coach because they’re supposed to be low %. “Make her shoot contested 25-footers” is probably the best percentage play.
The bigger issue was that no one—not HVL, Poa, or the few Flau’jae attempts—could keep Clark from driving and you can’t double Clark 25 feet from the hole or you’re just begging her to get unlimited assists to the open teammate.
Long story short, the best coach in women’s basketball realized she had to swallow the poison pill and choose the best of multiple bad options. We shouldn’t crush Mulkey for recognizing the best % play or HVL for drawing the short straw against a generational talent.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 11:47 am to atltiger6487
We missed too many shots anyways.
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