Count me in as one who thinks the team can get better. Consider that 4 players who have started this season are shooting 25%, including our PG who has logged by far the most minutes, and Taiwo, who only takes shorter shots and is in at 14%. That being said, when the ball isn't turned over, the offense has delivered a lot of clean shots-- that are just missed.
As for Taiwo, there's pressure for her to be a scorer inside-- forcing her to take very difficult shots that are missed, result in a foul (not good given an obvious weakness in her game), or a turnover. She needs to go back to focusing on defense and rebounding and being an opportunistic scorer. Right now her confidence level seems down and she's taken large step back from her performance of last year.
If some of main players can improve their shooting by 10-15%, we might win some games.
A last observation-- our PGs (and this is true for men's team as well), don't seem to understand game situations and when to slow things down and actually try to orchestrate a play. When it comes to crunch time, both Whitney and Bishop hold on to ball too much, while others are standing around watching-- usually ending up in erratic play. This is where we really appreciate players like Mei-Lyn and Joe MaC (who I didn't think was a natural PG, but sure learned to play like one). Good old days.
