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re: Did HVL choose the portal or was it recommended?
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:40 am to Demonbengal
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:40 am to Demonbengal
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I kinda feel like she was told she would not be playing pg moving forward and would be forced to duke it out for for the 2 spot.
Hopefully she did not need to be told the future. Her numbers at LSU, although decent, were all time lows for her. I dont think it is anything sinister by LSU or HVL, just reality. She has been the lead dog everywhere before and she is not at LSU. Time to change the scenery.
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Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:46 am to Demonbengal
quote:May be a grad school choice. HVL has academic options.
Did HVL choose the portal or was it recommended?
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:49 am to subidc
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Hold on let me talk with Kim….
Jeff Landry could tell you!
Posted on 4/5/24 at 12:13 pm to Demonbengal
Does it matter?
Posted on 4/5/24 at 12:30 pm to GetmorewithLes
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She has been the lead dog everywhere before and she is not at LSU.
That is what is puzzling to me. Most of the numbers make sense but how in the world did she make the USA National Team, play in some allstar games, etc. Shooting wise, she was at or below normal in FG % and only her FT % was well above average. And everyone saw she was tenacious and gritty but hardly lightning on the court. I seriously wish I had watched a couple of UL games last season to see how she averaged almost 20 points per game. Either she took a hell of a lot of shots or got fouled a lot and made her living at the FT line.
This post was edited on 4/5/24 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 4/5/24 at 12:44 pm to Demonbengal
This portal thing is a joke where players can transfer any and every year. Got to institute some restrictions.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 12:49 pm to paulb52
I think Van Lith was part of the blow up that happened early in the season
You had Reese and Poole that wanted to run things and you could tell early in the season Poole wasn't happy about her role and Reese at times ignored Van Lith when she had open looks
I think it all came to a head in the locker room and Mulkey had to reset things
You had Reese and Poole that wanted to run things and you could tell early in the season Poole wasn't happy about her role and Reese at times ignored Van Lith when she had open looks
I think it all came to a head in the locker room and Mulkey had to reset things
Posted on 4/5/24 at 12:52 pm to paulb52
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This portal thing is a joke where players can transfer any and every year. Got to institute some restrictions.
Can’t issue employment restrictions (not compete and binding contracts) if they are not employees.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 1:11 pm to SPEEDY
Had it not been for peer pressure , she would've been on the court, I'm sure HVL respects her country.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 1:14 pm to Havoc
I second that.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 1:17 pm to mdomingue
Amen
Posted on 4/5/24 at 1:38 pm to ELTIGRE55
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Had it not been for peer pressure , she would've been on the court, I'm sure HVL respects her country.
I'm sure the entire LSU team respects their country. Doubt they are paper patriots like Landry who apparently doesn't mind his cult leader disrespecting disabled veterans, otherwise wounded veterans, etc who he doesn't want at any events he is at. Oh, and Landry can talk to the cult leader about not calling captured American military people "stupid" as he did John McCain.
I suggest you not throw stones at people who you don't know when other more famous ones have publicly stated their positions on the people who fight to protect this country.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 1:56 pm to Demonbengal
She’s a 5’7” 2 guard that was forced to play the point out of position. I give her a little slack about it. That and because she’s smoking hot.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:02 pm to LSUPilot07
quote:wut?? Didn’t she WANT to learn point guard?
forced to play the point out of position.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 3:50 pm to jfw3535
At UL she was a catch and shoot, not a drive to the rim guard. She is more akin to MiKalah than FlauJae. The problem is MiKalah is 6’0 to HVL’s 5’7, and the ceiling for MKW is greater.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:09 pm to ELTIGRE55
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Had it not been for peer pressure , she would've been on the court, I'm sure HVL respects her country.
Landry needs to intervene. We can’t let this patriot leave because of a bunch of thugs on her team don’t like her!
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:28 pm to TigerFan112
HVL's mistake was leaving Louisville because she was upset her coach wouldn't let her play PG. As soon as he selected a PG from the portal, HVL knew what time it was and was out.
She CHOSE LSU because KM agreed to let her learn the PG position AND the chance to win a title. However, HVL simply wasn't good enough to play PG. Her inability to dribble around her opponent on offense resulted in long passes from between the half-court and 3-point line. Also, opposing teams learned early in the season that she was VERY uncomfortable when pressured on-ball.
Defensively, she was oftentimes a liability and her slow lateral movement allowed her opponents to easily get around her, collapsing the defense and causing teammates to rotate over to help. It's ok to help sometimes but HVL required more defensive help than usual.
HVL was very good at L'ville and may be very good at her new school, however she was a bad fit at LSU. Also, she should abandon the idea of playing PG. It was a horrible experiment at LSU and there's NO WAY she playing PG in the WNBA. HVL should make plans for playing overseas. Her playing PG hurt LSU a lot more than many realize.
She CHOSE LSU because KM agreed to let her learn the PG position AND the chance to win a title. However, HVL simply wasn't good enough to play PG. Her inability to dribble around her opponent on offense resulted in long passes from between the half-court and 3-point line. Also, opposing teams learned early in the season that she was VERY uncomfortable when pressured on-ball.
Defensively, she was oftentimes a liability and her slow lateral movement allowed her opponents to easily get around her, collapsing the defense and causing teammates to rotate over to help. It's ok to help sometimes but HVL required more defensive help than usual.
HVL was very good at L'ville and may be very good at her new school, however she was a bad fit at LSU. Also, she should abandon the idea of playing PG. It was a horrible experiment at LSU and there's NO WAY she playing PG in the WNBA. HVL should make plans for playing overseas. Her playing PG hurt LSU a lot more than many realize.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 5:28 pm to LPTiger5
The thing is that LSU really needed that 20 ppg. Not 11.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 6:45 pm to Jugular Joe
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We told her to take a hike
Jugular Joe ... Why dont YOU take a hike.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 7:19 pm to ellis197575
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Her inability to dribble around her opponent on offense...Defensively, she was often times a liability and her slow lateral movement allowed her opponents to easily get around her, collapsing the defense and causing teammates to rotate over to help. It's ok to help sometimes but HVL required more defensive help than usual.
Yep, as several of us have said, simply not quick enough to play PG either offensively or defensively. And as I mentioned before, what happened in the MTSU game was a perfect example. She was beaten time and again when the PG dribbled around her in the 1st half. In the 2nd half, she overplayed the outside and forced her into the lane where Angel Reese or Morrow was there on help defense.
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HVL was very good at L'ville and may be very good at her new school, however she was a bad fit at LSU. Also, she should abandon the idea of playing PG.... Her playing PG hurt LSU a lot more than many realize.
She isn't going to be good playing PG no matter where she plays unless it is a mid major conference where the other PGs don't have more speed than she has. The only thing I disagree with is your last sentence. She didn't hurt LSU playing PG because she unfortunately was the best option...not a good one for sure but the only real option. Blame Kim Mulkey for not signing a true, proven PG.
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