I agree that Courtney Williams is a problem. While the team needs players with a positive vibe, her attitude is more “I don’t care.” Carelessness is not a good vibe. As for Liz Williams, the first few games she really played within herself. Now she’s been looking too often to shoot when she has a lot of trouble finishing unless she’s within two feet of the hoop. At a key moment in the last game against Indiana, she took it upon herself to look for a shot when Mabrey and Evans were on fire. That’s just not understanding the game. But this seems like a big problem with the team. The players don’t seem to know their roles and don’t seem to have a strategic approach to the game. Wade has lost this team and has little idea, it seems, how to coach and develop a team. His rotations and substitutions are often puzzling at best. He spends too much time complaining and griping rather than managing and focusing his team. The team has really deteriorated since the 5-3 start. They don’t move on offense. They stand around til someone goes one on one. Wade should be integrating Parks and Soule much more for the rest of the season. But he doesn’t seem to know how to develop a team. I’m increasingly convinced Candace Parker coached the 2021 team. Wade needs to remove himself as coach and just GM.
I agree that Courtney Williams is a problem. While the team needs players with a positive vibe, her attitude is more “I don’t care.” Carelessness is not a good vibe. As for Liz Williams, the first few games she really played within herself. Now she’s been looking too often to shoot when she has a lot of trouble finishing unless she’s within two feet of the hoop. At a key moment in the last game against Indiana, she took it upon herself to look for a shot when Mabrey and Evans were on fire. That’s just not understanding the game. But this seems like a big problem with the team. The players don’t seem to know their roles and don’t seem to have a strategic approach to the game. Wade has lost this team and has little idea, it seems, how to coach and develop a team. His rotations and substitutions are often puzzling at best. He spends too much time complaining and griping rather than managing and focusing his team. The team has really deteriorated since the 5-3 start. They don’t move on offense. They stand around til someone goes one on one. Wade should be integrating Parks and Soule much more for the rest of the season. But he doesn’t seem to know how to develop a team. I’m increasingly convinced Candace Parker coached the 2021 team. Wade needs to remove himself as coach and just GM.