Stremlow the STARter

[Jonesy5960]

What an incredible run she's been on. Since being elevated to the starting lineup 3 games ago, Stremlow has absolutely exploded statistically while operating at a super high level of efficiency. Her stats over the last 3 games:

15 ppg
17/23 FG Shooting (74%)
8/10 3pt Shooting (80%)
3/3 FT Shooting (100%)
4 Assists per game
1.3 Rebounds per game
1.7 Steals per game

 

[oldhawk56]

What an incredible run she's been on. Since being elevated to the starting lineup 3 games ago, Stremlow has absolutely exploded statistically while operating at a super high level of efficiency. Her stats over the last 3 games:

15 ppg
17/23 FG Shooting (74%)
8/10 3pt Shooting (80%)
3/3 FT Shooting (100%)
4 Assists per game
1.3 Rebounds per game
1.7 Steals per game

Starting a freshman who struggled was a head scratcher

 

[Jonesy5960]

Starting a freshman who struggled was a head scratcher

I'm sure that it was Deal's performance against OSU that led to Jan's decision to give her the start. I said this before, but every coach makes mistakes and decisions that they'd like to have back. Not all of them are willing to reverse course, even in the face of evidence that dictates a change be made. Jan did and I give her credit for that.

 

[pablow]

I'm sure that it was Deal's performance against OSU that led to Jan's decision to give her the start. I said this before, but every coach makes mistakes and decisions that they'd like to have back. Not all of them are willing to reverse course, even in the face of evidence that dictates a change be made. Jan did and I give her credit for that.

Stremlow got starter minutes (top 5) against USC, UCLA, and MN. Deal was an honorary starter - she played just 2 more minutes on average in those three games than her normal 16 minutes/game. Not an earth shattering decision by JJ.

 

[Jonesy5960]

Stremlow got starter minutes (top 5) against USC, UCLA, and MN. Deal was an honorary starter - she played just 2 more minutes on average in those three games than her normal 16 minutes/game. Not an earth shattering decision by JJ.

No such thing as an "honorary starter". Her minutes didn't increase substantially because she struggled and Jan made in game personnel adjustments to mitigate that to an extent. Outside of injury/illness, changes to starting lineups are farely rare in college ball regardless of the team or situation. That's simply a fact.

 

[QChawks]

 

[pablow]

No such thing as an "honorary starter". Her minutes didn't increase substantially because she struggled and Jan made in game personnel adjustments to mitigate that to an extent. Outside of injury/illness, changes to starting lineups are farely rare in college ball regardless of the team or situation. That's simply a fact.

You stated Jan made a mistake that she'd "like to have back". As if we could have won those games but for Deal starting. I just pointed out that Stremlow, and not Deal, got the starters minutes,

 

[Jonesy5960]

You stated Jan made a mistake that she'd "like to have back". As if we could have won those games but for Deal starting. I just pointed out that Stremlow, and not Deal, got the starters minutes,

It was a mistake. She rectified it. The team is better because of it. End of story. Not sure why this is so difficult to understand.

 

[pablow]

It was a mistake. She rectified it. End of story. Not sure why this is so difficult to understand.

You get a little touchy when someone disagrees with you. It's just a message board and we all have opinions. And, unless you're a police officer or my mom, using phrases like "it's a fact" and "end of story" don't mean a thing to me.

 

[Jonesy5960]

You get a little touchy when someone disagrees with you. It's just a message board and we all have opinions. And, unless you're a police officer or my mom, using phrases like "it's a fact" and "end of story" don't mean a thing to me.

You're right. She didn't make a mistake by inserting Addie into the starting lineup and she didn't acknowledge that mistake by changing course 3 games in by replacing her with Stremlow who has exploded since. Feel better now or do you still want to debate this some more?

 

[LloydBraun]

I'm sure that it was Deal's performance against OSU that led to Jan's decision to give her the start. I said this before, but every coach makes mistakes and decisions that they'd like to have back. Not all of them are willing to reverse course, even in the face of evidence that dictates a change be made. Jan did and I give her credit for that.

Deal, not Stremlow, was the player who replaced McCabe in the Ohio State game after the injury. That means the coaches’ evaluation had Deal ahead of Stremlow before the Ohio State game. That evaluation was certainly also part of Jan’s decision to start Deal against USC.

Your statement that it was only the Ohio State game performance that led to the USC start is not consistent with what we observed. If Jan had Deal ahead of Stremlow before the Ohio State game, and then Jan sees the performance in the Ohio State game, it’s hard to conclude that the decision to start Deal the next game was a mistake based on the available information.

Hindsight tells us that Stremlow would have been a better option, but coaches do not have the benefit of hindsight when the decision is made.

 

[Pawkhawk1]

Easy peoples!
Stremlow has been amazing.
That's all that matters

 

[Jonesy5960]

Deal, not Stremlow, was the player who replaced McCabe in the Ohio State game after the injury. That means the coaches’ evaluation had Deal ahead of Stremlow before the Ohio State game. That evaluation was certainly also part of Jan’s decision to start Deal against USC.

Your statement that it was only the Ohio State game performance that led to the USC start is not consistent with what we observed. If Jan had Deal ahead of Stremlow before the Ohio State game, and then Jan sees the performance in the Ohio State game, it’s hard to conclude that the decision to start Deal the next game was a mistake based on the available information.

Hindsight tells us that Stremlow would have been a better option, but coaches do not have the benefit of hindsight when the decision is made.

I'm not in any way bashing Jan for starting Deal. I wasn't in favor of it, but I can understand why she might have made that decision. I think Deal was already the replacement for McCabe in the regular rotation and had that breakout performance. To the contrary, I applaud her for recognizing that it wasn't the right choice and reversing course after it became apparent that it wasn't working.

 

[Jonesy5960]

Easy peoples!
Stremlow has been amazing.
That's all that matters

Agreed!

 

[o_AMAYS]

What an incredible run she's been on. Since being elevated to the starting lineup 3 games ago, Stremlow has absolutely exploded statistically while operating at a super high level of efficiency. . . .

A great three game stretch. Her confidence should be high. But Nebraska and Purdue are bottom tier BIG defenses, and Washington is middle tier. Now the hard part: Michigan, a top tier defensive team that leads the league in steal percentage in conference play. Can Stremlow both score and not turn the ball over at her characteristic rate against the Wolverines? A good test to see how much progress she has made to be able to contribute against top competition.

 

[Jonesy5960]

A great three game stretch. Her confidence should be high. But Nebraska and Purdue are bottom tier BIG defenses, and Washington is middle tier. Now the hard part: Michigan, a top tier defensive team that leads the league in steal percentage in conference play. Can Stremlow both score and not turn the ball over at her characteristic rate against the Wolverines? A good test to see how much progress she has made to be able to contribute against top competition.

Yeah. Part of what makes Stremlow good and fun to watch is what makes her prone to turnovers. She has the highest conference assist rate on the team at 6.2 per 40 minutes. Unfortunately she also has one of the highest turnover rates to go along with that. That's a teamwide problem and a lot of it comes from poor/ill advised post feeds. Only Chichat and Journey have assist/TO ratios of 2 or better and even Chichat has turned it over 8 times in the last 2 games which is very unusual for her. Jan has to make ball security a priority going forward.

 

[NORTHSTAR]

It was a mistake. She rectified it. The team is better because of it. End of story. Not sure why this is so difficult to understand.

Hindsight is 20/20. AD was 8-17 for 20 pts and 5 assists the game before. A mistake after the fact. ok

 

[Jonesy5960]

Hindsight is 20/20. AD was 8-17 for 20 pts and 5 assists the game before. A mistake after the fact. ok

I'm not arguing otherwise.

 

[twindman]

Stremlow was not very good to start the year. The first 3 games she started, she was 2/8 3pt and 8/21 FG. I would be thrilled if she becomes a steady 40% 3pt and 45% FG

 

[NORTHSTAR]

Stremlow is shooting 53.1% and 43.0 from three. FTs at .667% could improve some.

 

[Jonesy5960]

Stremlow is shooting 53.1% and 43.0 from three. FTs at .667% could improve some.

Stremlow was not very good to start the year. The first 3 games she started, she was 2/8 3pt and 8/21 FG. I would be thrilled if she becomes a steady 40% 3pt and 45% FG

I'm not really concerned about how she started the year against non-conference foes.

She's been the most efficient scorer on the team in conference. In 15 games of conference play Stremlow leads the team by a fairly wide margin in 2pt percentage at 69% with only Ava coming close. She's shooting 45% from 3pt range, just 15 hundredths behind Chitchat. Her effective field goal percentage of 68% also leads the team again with only Ava coming close. Her FT percentage is 73%.

 

[2432Hawk]

Starting a freshman who struggled was a head scratcher

That was really unfair for Deal, especially going to California for those 2 games.

Has Iowa lost any games this year with Stremlow starting? (checked box scores) no we have not.

Iowa is 10-0 with Stremlow starting this year, she was also 2-0 as starter last year.

 

[JBO43]

She’s just got that dog in her!

 

[Hawk14]

A dog that has a nose for the ball and eyes that see the court better than any other Hawkeye.

 

[Hawk48]

A dog that has a nose for the ball and eyes that see the court better than any other Hawkeye.

TS's floor game is more like a rabid dog. She has motor that never quits. Impressive young lady IMO.

 

[whynot?]

She’s just got that dog in her!

Affolter x 2

 

[The Big Z]

The Stremlow pass that shelled 1 handed to Hannah for the layup was amazing.

 

[The Big Z]

Rifled to Hannah!

 

[Jonesy5960]

Rifled to Hannah!

That was a laser. Kudos to Hannah for catching it because that was coming in hot!

 

[twindman]

My comment above about Stremlow wasn't clear. It was more in reference to why Deal got a shot. Also, it took Stremlow quite a few games to start playing really well. Hope she keeps it up!

 

[Franisdaman]

Will we ever lose, @EvilMonkeyInTheCloset ???

 

[Matt1nb7]

Will we ever lose, @EvilMonkeyInTheCloset ???

This is why Jan started Deal out west.. to preserve this. The Minnesota game Stremlow had her worst shooting night of the season 2-9 and 0-6 from 3. Smart move Jan, way to keep the perfect record intact!