Lexi Donarski entering transfer portal
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It's only been 8 games but she is averaging fewer points, fewer rebounds, and fewer assists per game while having a lower FG% than in any of her 3 seasons at Iowa State.
Lexi definitely is not yet experiencing what she wanted to have happen through her transfer. Time will tell.
She's in her 4th year. You don't magically expand your game in 9 months.
Donarski had plenty of offensive opportunity last season. She is what she is -- a great defender and average 3-point shooter with good size and fundamentals.
She would be getting a lot of shots up this season at ISU, but to each their own. I hope she plays well at UNC.
As far as I know Lexi has stayed quiet about the whole thing while Fritz sorta mumbled something about "playing style" when pressed by the media.
With Fritz does playing style matter when you average 11 minutes a game so far at Baylor compared to 31 minutes last year?
I predict lexi will make many amazing moves to the hoop followed by missed layups and that she will turtle in big moments in big games. Just a hunch.
Hard to hate on Lexi when you know she was a lifelong Cyclone fan that committed to Iowa State when she was in like 8th grade. I don’t know her reasoning for transferring other than she obviously wasn’t happy. I imagine the decision wasn’t easy. I hope she has a great year.
^This.
We see 40 minutes of their life a few times a week in Dec/Jan/Feb and have no proven idea why they transferred. Unhappy is unhappy and not so much the "grass is greener" stuff that get bantered around here ad nauseum along with gleeful observations that they aren't doing well at their new schools.
Moreso than Fritz, I was really, really bummed when Lexi left. She did the "dirty, unglamorous work" for 3 years by guarding the opponent's best player. On her way out, she never spoke ill of ISU - I am a lifelong fan of Lexi Donarski and hope she does well this year. In fact, if we were to play UNC this year, I'd still want her to have a great game (the rest of her teammates could suck in that game) but with Iowa State winning the contest of course.
You’re not from around here, are you Ross? We do not speak of this at risk of the true believers going apoplectic! Somebody jokingly addressed the issue in the recent Izzi Zingaro departure thread and got so many negative responses he deleted his post! It’s best to let sleeping dogs lie but I personally won’t be getting too attached to the current top recruiting class in ISU WBB history. To quote my second favorite band of all time, “Only the Strong Survive” - REO.
I heard it was cold in Alaska but I didn't believe it so I moved there and now it's cold and I'm gonna cry about it. These players know bill is tough when they sign here. If anyone has seen one ISU women's game they know that Bill loves these girls but he is extremely hard on them. If you are soft don't come here.
And like clock work you are the guy on the other side of the argument. Maybe you should also give it a rest. All parties have moved on, let's cheer whomever we want and stop trying to figure out why 20 year Olds decided to make a move.
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