She seemed poised for even bigger things last year, averaging 20.8 points per game before her season-ending injury at the end of December. The league's coaches still have their doubts. They snubbed Coleman in the preseason, leaving her off the ACC's all-conference squad. And now surely she will not be able to continue to do that having gone through the knee surgery. But if you really know Tay, then that's the furthest thing from the truth.
Players have the most difficulty overcoming a knee injury mentally.
Her's was entirely a physical struggle. She never once wrestled with the mental thing. I have seen a lot of knee surgeries and the whole year-long rehab process, and never have I seen anyone with the fearlessness that she had to get back on the basketball court. She would have done it much sooner if anyone had allowed her to do it. Coleman said she is not coming into the season with a chip on her shoulder.