u/WPack911

I see some people blaming Karl for playing the starters too much, and I get that, but I also can't blame him. TBH, the Bench has been god awful and are not EARNING mins. He actually played a lot of bench players in this game today, he is clearly trying find WHO on his bench will be helpful, the ONLY one that played well was Okot, who looks to be a future star.

As for the others:

Paopao has regressed, she came in today and missed a 3 and turned the ball over immediately twice leading to fast breaks for GS. Last year she was a spark off the bench nailing 3's almost every game, this year it seems like everytime she is on the floor she has been a big minus for us all year.

Borlaise has been for the most part a complete bust for a former aussie league MVP, she is jacking up airballs and looks lost out there most of the time. She has had a couple of good games, but overall she is VERY inconsistent.

Koné has been given a lot of mins lately and done next to nothing with them, we need to start Naz again stat...

... And that is because Hillman was 6th player of the year last year and yet looks horrible coming off the bench this year.

This is all compounded by the complete radio silence on Bri Jones coming back and when. At this point I am starting to suspect the worst, she ain't gonna be back this year or is only coming back just before or during the playoffs. Which would be horrible, because this team sorely needs her and may not make the playoffs without her.

Back to my main point though, how do you play a bench more that has been awful all year long despite having success in the past? They have to earn their mins and right now, they ain't.

So many times on here and other places online our fans assume it should be easy for us to win everything with our roster, and get so upset when we don't roll over teams, especially ones we "should beat easy" (sometimes even in wins our fans are upset it was not pretty enough), but today's game between Argentina & Cape Verde proves that is Never true, nobody is a "easy win", ever.

It doesn't matter who we play, when, where, or who is on their roster, they want it just as bad as you do, so you have Play Hard and stay in the moment always against both the best teams and the worst record wise.

Despite them losing in the end, Cape Verde has taught us all a valuable lesson today, never underestimate any team ever, not as a player, but also not as a fan! When we win, we need to cherish it more, knowing it is never easy, EVER.

Full respect to Cape Verde today, this is a lesson kids should learn early and hopefully did today. However, some adult players and fans need to learn this too and I know I will never forget that game or it's lesson.