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| 2005-2006 Final Records: 6-14 MIAC, 10-15 Overall |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals’ 10 wins last season mark the seventh straight season SMU has notched 10 wins or more. … Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) boasted a team-best 12.9 ppg scoring average, while also leading the team in 3-pointers (57) and assists (45). … Luehmann closed out her career as SMU's all-time leader in 3-pointers (207) and 3-pointers attempted (551) — and her 1,438 points ranks No. 4 all-time. … After posting back-to-back wins over Augsburg and Macalester to push their record to 8-9, the Cardinals dropped six of their last eight games. |
a patient approach to upcoming 2006-07 season
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Jess
Weisbrod Averaged 8.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg |
The first-year Saint Mary's University women's basketball coach inherited a team that won just two of its last eight games, saw the school's fourth all-time leading scorer and three-time all-conference selection trade in her basketball sneakers in for a coaching clipboard and does not return a double-figure scorer.
It's going to take Stimmel a while to adjust to his cast of players.
Patience.
It's going to take the players some time to get used to Stimmel's coaching style.
Patience.
And it's going to take everyone a while to get the Cardinals headed back in the right direction.
Patience.
"We've been using the word 'patience' a lot already," said Stimmel, who had spent the past two seasons as the head women's basketball and golf coach at King College in Bristol, Tenn., and replaces Dan Messmann, who stepped down in May, after six seasons as the Cardinals' head coach. "There is definitely going to be an adjustment period — for both the players and the coaching staff.
"It's almost like starting from scratch — you have to reteach every drill and every play," Stimmel added. "So we need to make sure to be patient and realize that the process may take a little while."
Once that adjustment period is over, however, Stimmel is looking for the Cardinals to improve on last year's 10-15 overall and 10th-place MIAC finish.
To do that, however, SMU will need stellar seasons from its returners — with the spotlight shining most brightly on junior Jess Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) and sophomore Danielle Dehning (Spring Grove, Minn.).
"If we are going to be successful, we are going to have to rely on our post play — we are going to have to get the ball in to Jess and Danielle and let them go to work," said Stimmel. "It's a puzzle right now, my job is to put all the pieces together.
"I've liked what I've seen thus far — everyone is working very hard and the learning curve seems to be pretty good," said Stimmel. "I really don't know what the season has in store for us, but I do know that this team will be a hard-working unit that will give it everything they've got from start to finish."