HawkeyezBull
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Need to pick her up in the portal, should be easy if she want to elevate her stock for next years draft
Need to pick her up in the portal, should be easy if she want to elevate her stock for next years draft
I almost feel bad for her because she is getting lit up by everyone from all angles. She is from the Northwest originally, so I am guessing that is where she ends up. Oregon St.?
Either that or near her boyfriend who plays for the Magic. Not sure how serious they are.I almost feel bad for her because she is getting lit up by everyone from all angles. She is from the Northwest originally, so I am guessing that is where she ends up. Oregon St.?
One thing I'm learning, is that Iowa women's basketball fans are a super fickle bunch, not unlike Nebraska football fans.I don't think she is as much of a thug as I think many perceive her to be. To me, she seemed to be kind of a fish out of water down there. It is not her culture.
If she has any inclination or hopes of joining Iowa, it makes complete sense. Iowa has CC leaving along with Martin and Marshall. Haley knows they need guard play and Iowa realizes that as well. Haley also prob appreciates how Iowa let CC play. She prob has observed and enjoyed the Iowa team culture and family feel that the Iowa program has.
It just makes too much sense on many level, IMO.
I'm not against it, but she would have to leave any thug tendancies at the door on the way in and I think she would realize that. Iowa is a much different atmosphere.
One thing I'm learning, is that Iowa women's basketball fans are a super fickle bunch, not unlike Nebraska football fans.
Everyone's out to get them, refs are out to get them, everyone else who's not an Iowa player is a thug trying to bring CC down. Good god...
Some of these people need to get over themselves. Go Hawks.
I almost feel bad for her because she is getting lit up by everyone from all angles. She is from the Northwest originally, so I am guessing that is where she ends up. Oregon St.?
I would. If she had gone to any other prigram that didnt win the last championship. Going to the reigning champions? Im not a huge fan of that kind opportunism. I said in another post, it seemed like a brilliant tactical move on both parts. LSU gets a ball handler and shooter they don't otherwise have. She gets to handle the ball and shoot for a champion.
But the reality is, LSU wins in the paint. You're now taking a player who is likely very good at being in the paint off the floor to put in Van Lith.
And now your asking 4 others who spend a lot of time focusing on what's going under the basket, to start looking elsewhere.
It's a coaching failure. And it couldn't have happened to a better coach.
Either that or near her boyfriend who plays for the Magic. Not sure how serious they are.
I don't think she is as much of a thug as I think many perceive her to be. To me, she seemed to be kind of a fish out of water down there. It is not her culture.
If she has any inclination or hopes of joining Iowa, it makes complete sense. Iowa has CC leaving along with Martin and Marshall. Haley knows they need guard play and Iowa realizes that as well. Haley also prob appreciates how Iowa let CC play. She prob has observed and enjoyed the Iowa team culture and family feel that the Iowa program has.
It just makes too much sense on many levels, IMO.
I'm not against it, but she would have to leave any thug tendancies at the door on the way in and I think she would realize that. Iowa is a much different atmosphere.
At the moment, Van Lith is electing to utilize her COVID year to play one more year of collegiate basketball. Being that her NIL and collective money, plus whatever "scholarship" revenue is roughly 4x what she would make in the WNBA, we can assume a significant factor is money. Sure, she could be trying for a higher draft pick, but she's already a first rounder. You could make the argument that she's got a history of chasing championship opportunities and she's doing that again. I don't know or not if she's actually doing post grad work. She earned a finance degree from Louisville with a highly impressive near 4.0 GPA. But, everything aide, I suspect that money is highly important. And, don't get me wrong. I'm a raging libertarian. Good for her. I would almost assuredly do the same.
Her boyfriend is the same age. He is in his third year of playing in the NBA, with an annual salary of ~$7.5 million dollars.
Is she still just a "college kid" next year?
When do they become a full on professional athlete? Is it 18? When they can be dressed in olive drab and sent to exotic places to kill exotic people? Is it 21 when they can legally buy beer? Is it when they accept their first NIL dollar? Which now happens in high school in some states.
Her dad is kind of a piece of work, pushed her fanatically hard, seemingly to live out his dreams through her (I obviously don't know either of them, so this is all pulled from my arse). It seems he has always wanted her to be girl-Kobe, and that is what she has tried to become, right down to the crazy work ethic and mean-mugging.
But speaking generally, sports are grueling if your entire persona is tied up in your performance. It works when you actually ARE Kobe (or MJ, of Tom Brady, or Tom and Terry Brands, or name your hyper-competitive all-timer), but it grinds you down if you are anything short of that. Even those uber-successful athletes evolved in how they looked at competition. Notably, listen to Kobe interviews early in his career when he was trying to be MJ, versus late in his career when he became comfortable with being Kobe.
Bluder encourages her players to grow as people first, players second. They define themselves broadly, not only by their performance on the court, but by their role as teammates, friends, family members, etc. That allows them to play freely on the court because they know a loss doesn't crush their entire sense of being.
Making the game seem like life-or-death and motivating by fear of falling short works really well in the short-term, it just isn't a great long-term strategy for performance or health.
HVL is not Kobe, and I think she would be better off in a situation where she did not have to be that.
I think USC would be a great fit. She wouldn't be putting up 17 shots a game like at Louisville, but she could find lots of opportunities playing alongside a playmaker like JuJu.
I don't think we need her but if Lisa thinks she would help us I am all for it. LSU was not a good fit for her.I'd take her in black and gold. She was not the player or person at LSU that she was at Louisville and I think transferring in to a National Champ trying to win another she did whatever she could to fit in, but never really did. I wanted her when she transferred out of Louisville and I'd take her now. I still think she'd make a great Hawkeye.
Her efforts to defend CC were not at all impressive. I expect Althoffer to take over the point and do well at it. Losing three starters including CC will take some time to deal with. The new recruit from California will probably be able to back up Althoffer or play the other guard. I don't see Van Lith as a need for Iowa. It would sure be great to get someone taller who can play the 5 spot. A defender like Gabbie would be great too. Our bench probably has what we need except for the height. And we have done pretty well even without matching the height we have faced in the last two years.