Yori vs. Williams

[All About the Corn]

I agree that Yori was/is a better coach. Considering the program she inherited, having to have a open try out her first year because she was short players, and then to built it says a lot. Williams has not shown at this point she has what it takes. Some coaches are 4 star and some are not. I would think the jury is still out on Williams but they are getting closer to a decision. I do not think she is in danger of getting her walking papers. But she does needs to make changes to what she is doing. Does that end in staff changes? Who knows. I do think she would help this team by structuring it around the talent she has. Seems like she is trying to make the players fit her system and I do not think that always works. Her record kinds states that was well.

[All About the Corn]

Case in point of trying to have players fit her system. Kate has no business trying to help on defense by the three point line and then going back to guard the middle.

[Bugeaters1]

2 hours ago, All About the Corn said:

Case in point of trying to have players fit her system. Kate has no business trying to help on defense by the three point line and then going back to guard the middle.

You need to watch more basketball. Every big in every game goes and hedges a screen. Just watch the post and you will see it in every game.

[Cazzie22]

Coach Williams has to get better defensive production out of her returning players.  And we must rebound on the defensive glass.  It would be nice to gather some offensive rebounds. (Assuming we have a season next year!)

[whoopdeedoo]

22 hours ago, Bugeaters1 said:

You need to watch more basketball. Every big in every game goes and hedges a screen. Just watch the post and you will see it in every game.

definitely not one of Kate's strength's though----there has been a number of times a player was wide open underneath but did not take advantage. i always thought opponents would have worked on that situation. idk

[Bugeaters1]

8 minutes ago, whoopdeedoo said:

definitely not one of Kate's strength's though----there has been a number of times a player was wide open underneath but did not take advantage. i always thought opponents would have worked on that situation. idk

It could be true. but the fact that she is being pointed out for heaging a screen when all of the post both men and women do it is not right. people need to go watch games and just watch what the post does. and they will see that the post heaging screens about 95% of the time.

[Redhac]

Nebraska Women's Basketball Top 3 scorers and minutes played each game since 2011 when NE joined the Big Ten

 

        Big Ten Averages except did not find Big Ten Only information for 2012-2016.  Yori Big Ten years 2011-2016.  Williams years 2016-2020

Yori 11-16	Highest	Score	Minutes	'2nd Highest	Score	Minutes	'3rd Highest	Score	Minutes		Aggregate top
Season	Score Ave	Ave	played	scorer	Ave	played	scorer	Ave	played		3 scorers total
2011-2012	Hooper, J	18.1	33.0	Moore, L	14.8	34.2	Cady, E	12.3	31.8	B Ten only gms	45.2
2012-2013	Hooper, J	17.9	30.2	Moore, L	15.1	34.4	Cady, E	9.1	30.8	All games	42.1
2013-2014	Hooper, J	20.4	33.18	Theriot, R	14.1	36.5	Cady, E	12.7	34.1	All games	47.2
2014-2015	Theriot, R 16.5 21 gms		37.5	Laudermill, T	7.0	32.2	Cady, E	12.7	32.9	All games	36.2
2015-2016	Shepard, J	18.5	28.5	Romeo, N	16.0	35.1	Theriot, R	10.6-25gms	25.0	All games	45.1
Williams yrs 2016-2017	Shepard, J	19.1	32.6	Whitish, H	11.1	30.4	Havers, A	7.2	16.3	B Ten only gms	37.4
2017-2018	Whitish, H	12.3	31.8	Simon, M	10.9	25.5	Cain, K	9.7	27.0	B Ten only gms	32.9
2018-2019	Whitish, H	11.3	31.3	Brown, L	10.2	31.3	Haiby, S	9.3	20.2	B Ten only gms	30.8
2019-2020	Brown, l	13.8	26.7	Whitish, H	9.9	30.2	Haiby, S	9.6	26.4	B Ten only gms	33.3

Excepting Shepard's scoring average in 2016-2017,   for the William's years, 2016-2020, all top 3 scorers averages are mostly lower than in the Yori years, 2011-2016.    This more highly exhibited by the right hand column showing the Yori years mostly in the 40's for the aggregate of the top 3 scorers versus in the 30's for the Williams years.   Likely the lack of dominant scorers is a negative at end of quarter or game end situations.   It is also noted that minutes played by the top scorers is generally less in the Williams era.  High minutes played by Theriot back in the day may have been a factor with her injuries.  So this year  in the Big Ten, Brown as the leading NE scorer at 13.8 is only playing 26.7 minutes a game on average; Whitish as second leading scorer at 9.9 --30.2 minutes;  and Haiby as the 3rd leading scorer at 9.6 is only playing 26.4 minutes a game.  In the Williams years, Whitish scoring average dropped in the last 2 years from 12.3 to 11.3 to 9.9 this year in the Big Ten.   Cain was the 3rd leading scorer in 17-18 at 9.7 average a game, but dropped to 6.4 in 18-19 and improved to 8.6 for 19-20.  As reflected Brown improved to 13.8 in 19-20 from 10.2 her first year.  Haiby improved slightly from 9.3 to 9.6 in her second year.