Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan
Anne Theresa Donovanis an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun...
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I am so thrilled about the opportunity to coach the Storm for years to come, ... Winning a WNBA Championship last season was an incredible experience not only for me, but for the city of Seattle. I look forward to many more successful seasons with the Storm.
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She knew her experience was minimal, but she just plugged away and quietly went about her business. By the end of the training in April, there was no doubt she was the best, most consistent player that had played with us. She's quietly gone about her business and earned everybody's confidence.
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She is so confident, so cool. She's so much a starter. You don't look at her and think she's just a replacement, filling in for Betty. The season has gone really well in terms of getting her valuable experience this year.
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We are so fortunate to have Heidi join our staff. Heidi has tremendous experience in the WNBA as both an assistant and as a head coach, as well as many years in the college game.
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I think internally we're all feeling really good about it. To know that we accomplished the same record as last year with the experience we had, it says a whole lot about those 11 players.
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We just had to rely so much on Lauren in the first half and she really came up big for us. You know she wasn't 100 percent, but sometimes when you're hurt you are focused only on the game itself.
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We just got steamrolled on our home floor and that doesn't happen very often. It surprised me that we could never get a grip.
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We lose Betty's points, her energy. She takes a defender away from Lauren. So it changes the flow of our offense for sure.
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The second half, we came out and cut it to 10, and felt real good about the momentum. The crowd was in it, with just two minutes off the clock and already we had done that damage.
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The way of the WNBA playoffs, it does not put the higher seed at an advantage, ... You have to go in there and make the most of it.
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Saturday's game is important for several reasons. It is the last regular-season game, and it not only has implications for us but it impacts other teams.
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Betty's three is what everyone will talk about, but (Burse's) offensive rebound was huge.
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Betty is a marquee player in this league. I think she needed to see our commitment. And after losing three players, we were determined not to lose anybody this year.
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Texas Tech had a very disappointing season, and Erin didn't have a lot of people around her. I think people looked at that team as underachieving and maybe labeled Erin the same way. But she had a tremendous pre-draft camp. When you put her with better players, she's able to rise to the occasion. I expect that she is really going to compete for that backup spot.