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Iluvacc
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| This has been Bird’s best game in a long time. Maybe Tina Charles acquisition will pay off for the Storm this year. I did not having them sweeping the Mystics, kudos to Coach Quinn who takes a lot of heat.
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| Posted: 08/21/22 5:00 pm ::: |
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| Washington could definitely use a real 2nd option (SDS)
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| Posted: 08/21/22 5:02 pm ::: |
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| Sue Die Bitchessss Bird
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| Posted: 08/21/22 5:05 pm ::: |
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If Washington gets swept out of the playoffs, was the EDD load management strategy worth it this season?
With her, they may had a higher seed? |
The reality is, Washington can’t win without a second scorer. EDD is great, but additional shot creating is needed.
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Ariel Atkins?
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| Posted: 08/21/22 5:18 pm ::: |
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| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach.
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| Posted: 08/21/22 5:44 pm ::: |
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| Iluvacc wrote: |
| Maybe Tina Charles acquisition will pay off for the Storm this year. |
She seems more talented and athletic than Jantel Lavender and Seattle has too many good players for her to do a lot of shooting on a night when she is missing everything.
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Silky Johnson
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| Posted: 08/21/22 5:46 pm ::: |
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| Welp, there was no path to a "happy ending" in this series for me, since only one team could lose. But, on the bright side, my "Elena Delle Donne and Mike Thibault are overrated" agenda is alive and well. #HateHard
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:01 pm ::: |
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| ChicagoAnnie wrote: |
If Washington gets swept out of the playoffs, was the EDD load management strategy worth it this season?
With her, they may had a higher seed? |
Load Management!😁
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Rock Hard
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:04 pm ::: |
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| Washington could definitely use a real 2nd option (SDS) |
Washington will not want to pay the price to acquire SDS.
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Rock Hard
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:06 pm ::: |
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| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship.
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pilight
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:13 pm ::: |
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| Rock Hard wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
The best player of her generation fell in his lap and he barely scraped one championship out of her
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Rock Hard
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:19 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| Rock Hard wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
The best player of her generation fell in his lap and he barely scraped one championship out of her |
A win is a win. Believe me I do NOT love Washington. But I won't discredit their accomplishments.
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Silky Johnson
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:26 pm ::: |
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| Rock Hard wrote: |
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| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
Three of the top five (and four of the top ten) players in the league missed the season that year, either due to injury (Stewart, Taurasi, McCoughtry) or other reasons (Moore). Thibault never won anything before that season, and he hasn't won anything since, and I do not believe that's a coincidence.
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:27 pm ::: |
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Congrats to Seattle!
The petty side of me is glad the Styx didn't win. Load management apparently was not enough. Was the belief that that would guarantee moving easily through the playoffs?
EDD is great, no doubt! But she clearly had a less than stellar (by typical standards) game and the rest of the team didn't make up the slack.
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Rock Hard
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:32 pm ::: |
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Congrats to Seattle!
The petty side of me is glad the Styx didn't win. Load management apparently was not enough. Was the belief that that would guarantee moving easily through the playoffs?
EDD is great, no doubt! But she clearly had a less than stellar (by typical standards) game and the rest of the team didn't make up the slack. |
Washington management will be telling themselves that they Load Management for no reason. They didn't even win ONE GAME!😂😆
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Iluvacc
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| Posted: 08/21/22 6:34 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
The best player of her generation fell in his lap and he barely scraped one championship out of her |
Do you consider EDD and Stewart to be part of the same generation?
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| Posted: 08/21/22 7:04 pm ::: |
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| Good competitive series despite the sweep, also a good learning experience for Shakira Austin.
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| Posted: 08/21/22 7:31 pm ::: |
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| Iluvacc wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
The best player of her generation fell in his lap and he barely scraped one championship out of her |
Do you consider EDD and Stewart to be part of the same generation? |
And Brit..
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| Posted: 08/21/22 8:26 pm ::: |
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| mercfan3 wrote: |
| Iluvacc wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| Rock Hard wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
The best player of her generation fell in his lap and he barely scraped one championship out of her |
Do you consider EDD and Stewart to be part of the same generation? |
And Brit.. |
And Moore...and Parker...
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pilight
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| Posted: 08/21/22 8:33 pm ::: |
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| bballnut901 wrote: |
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| Iluvacc wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
The best player of her generation fell in his lap and he barely scraped one championship out of her |
Do you consider EDD and Stewart to be part of the same generation? |
And Brit.. |
And Moore...and Parker... |
I stand by my statement
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Iluvacc
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| Posted: 08/21/22 8:57 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| bballnut901 wrote: |
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| Iluvacc wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| Rock Hard wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| I started think "surely T-Bone can outcoach Noelle Quinn enough to get the series back to Washington". Then I remembered that Thibault is a terrible playoff coach. |
But he did win a championship. |
The best player of her generation fell in his lap and he barely scraped one championship out of her |
Do you consider EDD and Stewart to be part of the same generation? |
And Brit.. |
And Moore...and Parker... |
I stand by my statement |
I consider Moore, EDD, Griner, Stewart, A’ja etc as part of the same generation. Parker, Fowles, Bird, DT, Catch et al as the generation prior to them.
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| Posted: 08/21/22 9:31 pm ::: |
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| Washington could definitely use a real 2nd option (SDS) |
Oh hell to the NO on that one! No way Mike T and Scowlin' Skylar can co-exist. Hard pass. Other than Tina Charles, Mike T avoids players like the plague who've been unhappy on other teams. And he learned from the Tina Charles fiasco to continue avoiding unhappy players.
And please no "oh but Tina was the scoring leader." Tina absolutely refused to play the role the team needed: defending the post. She stayed outside - just like she did in New York and hoisted the ball every time she touched it - just like she did in New York and then in Phoenix. Not sure what the magic words Seattle used to get her butt into the paint, but she is finally doing it. Still can't defend any better than Katie Lou but she is getting rebounds. I did notice today that when she started shooting every time she touched the ball, she got yanked to cool her jets on the bench for a good while.
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| Posted: 08/21/22 9:47 pm ::: |
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| Oh hell to the NO on that one! No way Mike T and Scowlin' Skylar can co-exist. Hard pass. Other than Tina Charles, Mike T avoids players like the plague who've been unhappy on other teams |
Kristi Toliver was very successful under Thibault after being unhappy in LA. Aerial Powers had her best seasons in Washington after she wore out her welcome in Dallas. Elena Delle Donne was available to Washington because she was unhappy with her previous team.
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I'm sick and tired of the stories that you always tell
Shakespeare couldn't tell a story that well
See, you're the largest liar that was ever created
You and Pinocchio are probably related
Full of criss-crossed fits, you lie all the time
Your tongue should be embarrassed, you're a threat to mankind
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