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94VegasCat wrote:Are you for real? That is just a plain ol dumb paragraph! You just nailed every note in the Full Reetard sing-a-long choir!!!
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I agree 100%, watched the game and actually liked that the refs let them play. It can get pretty ugly in women’s basketball when the refs start blowing too many whistles. As for Klinker throwing from some elbows, I had no issue with that either. That’s exactly how you should teach it as it keeps people off you in a hurry. Seemed to work pretty well unfortunately.ilovethecats wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:27 amFunny how we can watch the same game and see things so differently. There wasn't one time last night that I even noticed the officiating.
However, I found myself asking several times how we let a Fairfield kid, and Cat fan, leave the state only to beat our asses in the conference tourney.
It is one thing to keep your elbows down and rip the ball away from defenders. It is quite another to lift your elbows to eye level and thrash around. That is the definition of what they are not supposed to be doing anymore. There was a rebound in the first half I think where it looked like she caught Beattie or Martell right in the chops and she got the foul call to go her way.ibleedblue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:45 amI agree 100%, watched the game and actually liked that the refs let them play. It can get pretty ugly in women’s basketball when the refs start blowing too many whistles. As for Klinker throwing from some elbows, I had no issue with that either. That’s exactly how you should teach it as it keeps people off you in a hurry. Seemed to work pretty well unfortunately.ilovethecats wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:27 amFunny how we can watch the same game and see things so differently. There wasn't one time last night that I even noticed the officiating.
However, I found myself asking several times how we let a Fairfield kid, and Cat fan, leave the state only to beat our asses in the conference tourney.
I see what you're saying.technoCat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:55 amIt is one thing to keep your elbows down and rip the ball away from defenders. It is quite another to lift your elbows to eye level and thrash around. That is the definition of what they are not supposed to be doing anymore. There was a rebound in the first half I think where it looked like she caught Beattie or Martell right in the chops and she got the foul call to go her way.ibleedblue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:45 amI agree 100%, watched the game and actually liked that the refs let them play. It can get pretty ugly in women’s basketball when the refs start blowing too many whistles. As for Klinker throwing from some elbows, I had no issue with that either. That’s exactly how you should teach it as it keeps people off you in a hurry. Seemed to work pretty well unfortunately.ilovethecats wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:27 amFunny how we can watch the same game and see things so differently. There wasn't one time last night that I even noticed the officiating.
However, I found myself asking several times how we let a Fairfield kid, and Cat fan, leave the state only to beat our asses in the conference tourney.
Klinker played hard. I don't want to make it sound like she wasn't busting her ass but at a certain point of the game, she figured out that the refs would let her put on a wrestling clinic and not call anything but if she flopped to the floor, they would be over at the monitor assessing a flagrant foul. They punched us in the mouth at the start of the second and when our girls decided to fight back, the refs suddenly found their whistles. We probably still lose last night with how IU was shooting in the second half but trying to act like the officiating was acceptable seems a stretch to me.
Her sister played for ISU as well I believe.aucat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:12 pmIf that is a true statement that Natalie Klinker from Fairfield wanted to come to MSU, then we blew it big time.
The one thing that we seemed to lack this year is a big physical presence on the inside. You can't just be big
and physical, you need to be able to make shots.
Imagine our team this year if we had Klinker. Skye Lindsay and Gabby Mocchi both have size and physicality,
but have trouble putting the ball in the basket.
I think one reason last year's team was so good was because of the development of both Blair Braxton and Madeline Smith on the inside.
Both of these players developed to the point where their close in shooting was very reliable.
So the key, in my opinion, to being able to compete for the title next year, is developing a physical inside game.
It will be great to see the ladies play in person again. The game last night against Idaho was very disappointing and frustrating
because we flat out beat them in the first half, then BOOM. Glad to see the men WHIPPING one of those pesky Idaho teams
and advancing. First time in a long time that BOTH the men and women advanced to the semis! Go Cats!
I think everybody knew she was good. Pretty sure she and her sister were at one of the Great Falls schools for part of their high school careers too. Played on some good Fairfield teams which also produced Jill Barta, so I'm sure MSU respected the small school program. Sometimes a kid just doesn't fit a coach's style, and sometimes they just miss on a kid. I've wondered what happened there. I'm sure that extra little bit of motivation was all she needed to put it to MSU last night.ilovethecats wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:44 pmHer sister played for ISU as well I believe.aucat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:12 pmIf that is a true statement that Natalie Klinker from Fairfield wanted to come to MSU, then we blew it big time.
The one thing that we seemed to lack this year is a big physical presence on the inside. You can't just be big
and physical, you need to be able to make shots.
Imagine our team this year if we had Klinker. Skye Lindsay and Gabby Mocchi both have size and physicality,
but have trouble putting the ball in the basket.
I think one reason last year's team was so good was because of the development of both Blair Braxton and Madeline Smith on the inside.
Both of these players developed to the point where their close in shooting was very reliable.
So the key, in my opinion, to being able to compete for the title next year, is developing a physical inside game.
It will be great to see the ladies play in person again. The game last night against Idaho was very disappointing and frustrating
because we flat out beat them in the first half, then BOOM. Glad to see the men WHIPPING one of those pesky Idaho teams
and advancing. First time in a long time that BOTH the men and women advanced to the semis! Go Cats!
All I know is she’s from Fairfield, and said to have grown up a Cat fan. I have no idea. And hindsight is 20/20. But after she kicked our asses, it’s easy to wonder how a Fairfield girl with talent ended up at ISU?
Perhaps she was a very late bloomer? I have no clue.
3 Klinker sisters similar in age. One went to Utah State and then Transferred to UI and graduated last year. Natalie went to UI and has started for at least 3 years and one went to Montana Western. Hell of a basketball family.ilovethecats wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:44 pmHer sister played for ISU as well I believe.aucat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:12 pmIf that is a true statement that Natalie Klinker from Fairfield wanted to come to MSU, then we blew it big time.
The one thing that we seemed to lack this year is a big physical presence on the inside. You can't just be big
and physical, you need to be able to make shots.
Imagine our team this year if we had Klinker. Skye Lindsay and Gabby Mocchi both have size and physicality,
but have trouble putting the ball in the basket.
I think one reason last year's team was so good was because of the development of both Blair Braxton and Madeline Smith on the inside.
Both of these players developed to the point where their close in shooting was very reliable.
So the key, in my opinion, to being able to compete for the title next year, is developing a physical inside game.
It will be great to see the ladies play in person again. The game last night against Idaho was very disappointing and frustrating
because we flat out beat them in the first half, then BOOM. Glad to see the men WHIPPING one of those pesky Idaho teams
and advancing. First time in a long time that BOTH the men and women advanced to the semis! Go Cats!
All I know is she’s from Fairfield, and said to have grown up a Cat fan. I have no idea. And hindsight is 20/20. But after she kicked our asses, it’s easy to wonder how a Fairfield girl with talent ended up at ISU?
Perhaps she was a very late bloomer? I have no clue.
Gotcha. Thanks!gtapp wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:06 am3 Klinker sisters similar in age. One went to Utah State and then Transferred to UI and graduated last year. Natalie went to UI and has started for at least 3 years and one went to Montana Western. Hell of a basketball family.ilovethecats wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:44 pmHer sister played for ISU as well I believe.aucat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:12 pmIf that is a true statement that Natalie Klinker from Fairfield wanted to come to MSU, then we blew it big time.
The one thing that we seemed to lack this year is a big physical presence on the inside. You can't just be big
and physical, you need to be able to make shots.
Imagine our team this year if we had Klinker. Skye Lindsay and Gabby Mocchi both have size and physicality,
but have trouble putting the ball in the basket.
I think one reason last year's team was so good was because of the development of both Blair Braxton and Madeline Smith on the inside.
Both of these players developed to the point where their close in shooting was very reliable.
So the key, in my opinion, to being able to compete for the title next year, is developing a physical inside game.
It will be great to see the ladies play in person again. The game last night against Idaho was very disappointing and frustrating
because we flat out beat them in the first half, then BOOM. Glad to see the men WHIPPING one of those pesky Idaho teams
and advancing. First time in a long time that BOTH the men and women advanced to the semis! Go Cats!
All I know is she’s from Fairfield, and said to have grown up a Cat fan. I have no idea. And hindsight is 20/20. But after she kicked our asses, it’s easy to wonder how a Fairfield girl with talent ended up at ISU?
Perhaps she was a very late bloomer? I have no clue.
Agree. I have lost respect for him. I hope ISU takes it to them.Bobcat4Ever wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:50 amJon Newlee is nuts in what he’s saying. Klinker was out of control in the second half, and the refs let her get that way and stay that way. Believe me, I was not happy when Madison Jackson left the game with a concussion, and no foul was called. It’s a wonder Tori was not also seriously injured when she hit her head on the floor. The kids were not being protected.