Patterson and Ducharme are not bigs. They are mediums. I think the coaching staff made a huge mistake by not bringing in another big (6'4"+) at the same time as Juhasz. All this stuff about how having a healthy El Alfi would have solved everything ignores that she is a freshman that has never played at the D1 level.
A little heresy here - or at least a different perspective w/o the NFB blinders. None of the three assistants have proven themselves as "excellent" coaches away from UConn. Elliott had no success as a head coach, Valley is a journeyman assistant coach. Although she did have a short lived head coach stint at Hartford (4-37) and although Cardoza enjoyed some moderate success at Temple her performance wasn't good enough to let her keep her job.
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Thanks Gordo. It's what I figured was going on, but now I have a much better idea of how really loose the oversight is on recruiting. Transfers will turn the sport upside down...except that smaller colleges won't even get good athletes to apply, so only the biggest "active" recruiting programs, will succeed in the future. The NCAA is not too likely to oversee things, I suppose.
Although there are some things you've written that I can agree with, your estimated scoring stats I cannot. The only realistic stats that can be used would be last year's averages. Azzi averaged 15 points per game, Caroline 7, Ayanna 2. Jana can't possibly to given any as she has not played a single minute of D1 basketball, and quite honestly we have no idea if she can play at this level. So, instead of the low side 53 points sitting on the bench, it would be a more realistic 24 points. However, not all of those points can be considered additions to our team score, because those players would be replacing others in our lineup. While those other players were playing they scored an undetermined amount of points which at least some of which would need to be subtracted from the total.
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Why are you assuming Geno didn’t recruit taller players? Why are people acting like the staff has been ignoring the need for height? It’s not like Geno can order kids to go to UConn.
DeBerry has had ample opportunity to show that she can contribute, both in a game and in practice. If she was showing some game in practice, she would get more time on the court.
I suppose age is a relative thing, but Carla is a lot older than the kid by the same name who used to play for UConn many years ago. However, I think she is 2+ decades younger than Geno.
Don't disagree but not sure how to evaluate this comment. Even if the they were playing, Jana was an unproven frosh, Ayanna has had challenges with her offense, tendancy to foul, and is a relatively short 6'2" big. Caroline has been hurt off and on for over a year with head injuries that typically do not just go away. Even if Azzi was playing, we would have been limited in the number of scorers. Agree that we would certainly be doing better but surprised some "insurance policies" were not added to the lineup via the transfer portal or Europe. Best examples I can think of is Lou last year who most anticipated joining as a sub, and Dorka, who joined when many said DeBerry and others would be the answer. As LSU and SC were loading up, Geno seemed to take a more conservative strategy.