As usual most of the turnovers are committed by the post players. Its been that way for several years now. Last year Joyner led the team in average turnovers per game. Seems like there should be an offensive scheme where the post players are not always handling the ball. IMO Joyner should stay under the basket and not venture above the free throw line. I don't think there are many players that can stop her in the low post.
Isabel Palmer - 26 min, 15 pts, 6-12 shooting, 3 assists, 0 TURNOVERS. Izzy needs to get a lot more PT.
Aston's attitude seems different this year... I think she has been told she has to step it up if she wants to coach in the new arena. Not sure she has recruited well enough to make that happen, or developed what she has well enough to get there. Its early, so we shall see.
Does not matter who the competition is. 20 turnovers against UTRGV, 21 turnovers against Arizona - barely a 20 point victory at home against a weak team from a weak conference, a 25 point loss against a barely middle of the pack PAC 12 team. Same lame clueless basketball. 7 years in, with major talent to work with, and still cannot coach half court offense . . . good recruiter, terrible coach. Time for a change?
I watched the game on TV. Aston has gone to a zone out of the gate lately. Using a zone is a typical strategy to keep your players(mainly posts) out of foul trouble. Needed this year with only 2 posts. It is a work in progress. Terrible against AZ and better today....but LOTS of room for improvement. Making some 3’s early by CT and others helped the offense early. The Aussie looks like she will be a good player as evidenced by 15 points and a better handle. Team played much faster. Turnovers were maddening. It was a win.
I hope this was the game where Texas shooting finally becomes what aston has been saying its been during practice. Hopefully they can carry that 3 point shooting from this game and carry it for the rest of the season
A bad win yes. Score should have been a blowout. This win doesn’t change things at this point of the season.
Absolutely! UTRGV lost to Texas Southern by 27 points. Now that Holly is gone from Tennessee, KA has the "Less With More" crown all to herself.
I think some of the shooting woes the past few years is tied to the substitution pattern that has been used. In many games as soon as a player makes a physical or mental mistake on the floor they are taken out the game. IMO this does not build a lot of confidence in a player especially if they are constantly looking over at the bench and wondering if they are coming out of the game for a bad play that just happend. Good/great shooters have a lot of confidence that their shots are going in the basket. When you take away the confidence or are afraid to shoot the ball because you think you will be coming out the game, the shooting percentages drop like a rock.
Why K. Aston never smile or do anything to fire her team up. I noticed when they come off of the floor. She never say nothing to the player or high five them for great effort. Coach Aston you would be amazed at what you could get out of a player, if you show them some type of energy on the sideline. Stop looking all the time like you are at a funeral.
She doesn't stop the players to teach and/or encourage, pretty much just dismissing them to the bench... very negative energy from her.
Not so during the RGV game. Karen knelt on the floor talking to the guards in particular several times. She was intent bit her energy with players was positive. All coaches were teaching a lot during game.
I'm glad someone else has noticed this. Many are quick to point out the obvious deficiencies in Xs and Os coaching, but to me an equally glaring (and related) problem is that I see little to no sign of Aston's ability to connect with her players.
I agree but holy cow does she always have to look so pissed off? She looks mad and bothered every time she enters and exits the court. Smile once in a while, it might make you appear human.
Does it occur to you that the coaching staff is thinking about the game when entering and exiting the court and there is nothing more to it than that? Karen Aston's demeanor has not changed since she was an assistant for Coach Conradt bringing in great recruiting classes. I concluded early that the serious public face I see most often does not fully reflect Coach Aston's personality or her relationships. Coach Aston is the only coach I remember being quoted as saying she liked recruiting. The reason she gave was that she liked building relationships. Coach Aston's abilities in that regard are seen also in her professional relationships. This reminds me of the entire, ongoing "RBF" discussion -- woe be to the woman who does not continually reassure people by smiling.
I'm certainly no fan of Karen's coaching, but it always amazes me that people think they can judge a coaches personality from the stands or on TV. Social scientists will tell us most people sum up a person within 30 seconds of meeting, yet they will also tell us in reality an accurate judgement may take hours and possibly a couple of days. Back when I was young I always thought Lou Holtz seemed like as ******* from what I was seeing on the sideline, but I think we would all agree that certainly wasn't the case he actually was a pretty good coach too.
I personally don't care if she smiles or not. The issue I have with her sideline demeanor is the negativity that she exudes from her constant jawing and scowling at the staff, and the lack of engagement with her players when they come out of the game. There is very little teaching and encouragement on her part.