Individual players make up a team and it's up to the individual players to have unity and chemistry to go along with effort and ability. These players are not doing the job and for whatever reason, Walz cannot seem to figure out why.
Talented basketball players are required to win at this level and three of the Cards most experienced players are simply limited talent wise.
Cochran is a warrior who wants to win, but she is not effective enough down low because she's just not athletic enough and her outside shot is not consistent.
Harris has no post moves to speak of and is a bad outside shooter. She's a junior and should be by now the talented player she was forecasted to be as a highly recruited prep star. It's just not happening.
Russell is one dimensional which is fine as she's been a bench player her entire time here. She can make 3 pointers, but other than that, she doesn't add much.
Now I'm not disparaging these players to be mean or anything like that. They are Cardinals and I pull for them everytime they take the court. Players have limitations and these three veterans have too many to hold together a team where everyone else is a freshman.
Except Curry who may still not be 100 percent. She can shoot but her PG skills may not be good enough to start?
Walz needed his top rookies to be immediate impact players but Randolph, Arenas, Roberts and Berry all have been inconsistent, which is normal for most freshmen. Then there's the two front court players who can't see the court over the two foreign born players who do despite neither doing much of anything.
Walz definitely has his work cut out for him with this team.
