I do not think people are giving Emily Pluto enough credit and her not being on the floor last night I thought hurt Conner. I know she has not been flashy and is not as quick as Castleberry from last year but she brings a lot of floor presence when she is playing. The biggest thing about her is she allows the players around her to do what they do well and when she is not on the floor her teammates are forced to do other things. Now I am not taking away from Gambrel at all and she does a nice job but I think Conner needs Pluto to be healthy down the stretch. Does anyone know how bad her ankle injury was last night?

I do not think people are giving Emily Pluto enough credit and her not being on the floor last night I thought hurt Conner. I know she has not been flashy and is not as quick as Castleberry from last year but she brings a lot of floor presence when she is playing. The biggest thing about her is she allows the players around her to do what they do well and when she is not on the floor her teammates are forced to do other things. Now I am not taking away from Gambrel at all and she does a nice job but I think Conner needs Pluto to be healthy down the stretch. Does anyone know how bad her ankle injury was last night?

 

 

I think her injury will nag her the rest of the season.

 

I will however disagree a little with your statement. At times in games I see her try and do to much resulting in very bad decisions. Shot seletion sometimes is not the best during that period. When she is patient and use her floor presence she gets the job done. She seems to slip in and out of that zone. They need her to play 4 quarters in the zone.

I think her injury will nag her the rest of the season.

 

I will however disagree a little with your statement. At times in games I see her try and do to much resulting in very bad decisions. Shot seletion sometimes is not the best during that period. When she is patient and use her floor presence she gets the job done. She seems to slip in and out of that zone. They need her to play 4

quarters in the zone.

Everyone on that team makes bad decisions and forces shots, I think your statement only proves my point. Conner needs the team to play four quarters and not just Pluto.

It was not the schedule they played, it was not the years of coaching, it really is quite simple. It's just Conner has hit a little rough patch in their season, and most teams even good teams go through stretches of not playing that well. I think most people in NKY would agree Conner is a really good shooting team, but just the last few games they have been missing shots they have made all year and not talking about contested shots. It happens, but at least it is happening now and didn't start during district tournament time.

 

One thing is for sure though, it should be a great district tournament to watch.

 

thank you they also tried something different on defense and the 20 to 4 foul ratio in the second half didnt help

thank you they also tried something different on defense and the 20 to 4 foul ratio in the second half didnt help

 

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I do not think people are giving Emily Pluto enough credit and her not being on the floor last night I thought hurt Conner. I know she has not been flashy and is not as quick as Castleberry from last year but she brings a lot of floor presence when she is playing. The biggest thing about her is she allows the players around her to do what they do well and when she is not on the floor her teammates are forced to do other things. Now I am not taking away from Gambrel at all and she does a nice job but I think Conner needs Pluto to be healthy down the stretch. Does anyone know how bad her ankle injury was last night?

 

Obviously any team plays best when the regular seasoned starters are all on the floor & healthy. Not taking anything away from Pluto because she is good & a team leader but any coach would be lucky to have Gambrel as their back up!! She may be only a freshman, but she knows the game & would be starter for many other schools!!

 

You win some, you lose some, but great learning comes from those losses so don't count Conner out just yet!!! I bet they bounce back bigtime in these last games of the season!!

I say give the young lady some credit and focus on what she does well as oppose to her faults. She does mean a lot to her team and I believe coach Stamm believes in her.

thank you they also tried something different on defense and the 20 to 4 foul ratio in the second half didnt help

 

20 to 4 foul ratio? Sorry are we talking about the same game? I was there and I believe the foul numbers was pretty close? Or am I wrong?

Obviously any team plays best when the regular seasoned starters are all on the floor & healthy. Not taking anything away from Pluto because she is good & a team leader but any coach would be lucky to have Gambrel as their back up!! She may be only a freshman, but she knows the game & would be starter for many other schools!!

 

You win some, you lose some, but great learning comes from those losses so don't count Conner out just yet!!! I bet they bounce back bigtime in these last games of the season!!

 

Good luck to Conner the balance of the year and here is to a speedy recovery for Emily.

20 to 4 foul ratio? Sorry are we talking about the same game? I was there and I believe the foul numbers was pretty close? Or am I wrong?

 

I am fairly certain that Conner never shot the bonus and it seems that Boone was only whistled for 4 maybe 5 in the second half. Boone was shooting double bonus early in the 4th. This is not the reason for the loss.

Obviously any team plays best when the regular seasoned starters are all on the floor & healthy. Not taking anything away from Pluto because she is good & a team leader but any coach would be lucky to have Gambrel as their back up!! She may be only a freshman, but she knows the game & would be starter for many other schools!!

 

You win some, you lose some, but great learning comes from those losses so don't count Conner out just yet!!! I bet they bounce back bigtime in these last games of the season!!

 

And it doesnt even have to be a loss, just someone who pushes you to your limit. And this is exactly what I was saying about Conner a few weeks ago and took an onslaught of misunderstanding and attack from some Conner faithful. Yes, in order to improve, they needed to be tested and pushed. Glad to see now some Conner folks understand that it wasnt disprespect, it was truth.