Yes, a jump from D3 to D1 is too significant, especially to the power conference. Fahey does not have a clue to create effective defensive and offensive schemes, and to make adjustments throughout the games. She settles in one scheme, and is always too late to adjust once the other coaches figure it out. Hence, all the blow-out losses.
At least this year we have some big, tall players guarding the post. Last year, watching Ali Andrews (at barely 6 ft with limited athleticism) tried to defend the post and practically got “women-handled” by every post players of the other teams were painful and disheartening to see. I lost count as how many times she hit the floor hard after contacts, I was thankful she was able to avoid major injuries.
I started to watch these games with my daughter last year, who is also an undersized post player in her high school team, but there are some helpful techniques to guard bigger players and still stand your ground. On the other hand, Ali tried to throw her body off balance when guarding these bigger players. I puzzled why these were not coached properly.