Fever Pitched

The streak continues to 0-5. As hard as the ESPN 2 announcers tried to say how much talent the Lynx had, the gap between the Fever and our ladies was obvious. As with the other games, poor defense, no real inside game to speak of, no ball movement, a few screens and a lot of Seimone Augustus. Coach Z has got to design a better offense. Everyone's standing around; there's way too much dribbling. SA is something though, a very good individual player. There were a few other decent signs; Lindsey Harding is starting to find her shot and Svetlana Abrosimova had some good minutes. It's apparent that Coach is still trying to find his rotation...I can help:

Tiffany Stansbury can't hit a free throw, and is not a long term solution, but should be playing the low post, Kathrin Ress is the back up

Nicole Ohlde should be playing the high post or be seated; she simply can't finish inside. Even the announcers noticed that tonight. When Tamika Raymond is healthy, she can rotate in

Svet can play small forward, Kristen Mann is the sub

SA can do what she does, Noelle Quinn comes in.

Harding plays the point, Amber Jacobs provides relief.

Right now, you've got to have a mix of veterans and your young stars on the court, to provide stability. Once again, we hear the phrase "playing hard", but there's nothing coming out of that, no real chemistry to speak of. They need to play better defense, so they can score easier baskets and hopefully let SA work in transition. You won't win many games shooting such a low percentage.

Everyone needs to step up a bit, especially the coaching staff. I've said it before; I can't believe this guy was ever on a Flip Saunders staff. Simply incredible.