Explain instead of being mad.
Bruno lost his two best players, Aneesah Morrow and Darrione Rogers, to the transfer portal last April, too late to go out and recruit to replace them. Additionally, DePaul had as many injuries as UConn last season so that returning players are still inexperienced. Doug brought in a couple of grad transfers but the chemistry seems that it hasn’t quite gelled.
And look what a depleted UConn team is doing to the Big East. The BE they dominated no longer had UConn, ND or Rutgers. Tell me how Bruno’s teams do against top shelf competition. His teams were basically the best of the rest after the top 3 and rarely gave top national teams a scare. Their NCAA tourney history over the last 20 years is basically run of the mill or worse since they joined the Big East. But the main observation is that DePaul is one of those schools that has different expectations for the men and women programs but moreover, Doug Bruno’s teams play a style that hardly ever gives better teams a problem. Do you disagree?
I’m not talking about this year. I’m talking his history, especially Big East and when he has good national teams to contend with. You really think DePaul would hang on to its men team coaches this long? His teams are hardly ever a problem for top level teams. He isn’t horrible, his teams he isn’t are rarely dangerous for very good opposition. They play a certain style and his talent isn’t enough to succeed with that against better teams. I don’t know why the talented Morrow left, but she at least probably didn’t see DePaul as giving her the best platform. Obviously her departure hurt him, but he had 20 or so previous BE years, about 6 of them with no UConn, ND or Rutgers. Might have added 5 or 6 losses a year.Bruno lost his two best players, Aneesah Morrow and Darrione Rogers, to the transfer portal last April, too late to go out and recruit to replace them. Additionally, DePaul had as many injuries as UConn last season so that returning players are still inexperienced. Doug brought in a couple of grad transfers but the chemistry seems that it hasn’t quite gelled.
Here’s a link to their roster. Not too many experienced players here, like UConn, but unlike UConn, not as talented because the best kids transferred or graduated. I respect that the team still played hard and made the Huskies earn their points in the first half before fouling out or getting fatigued by UConn’s physical play in the second half
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Yes, Doug Bruno is a classy, good coach, IMO.
As I said, he does well against average competition. He had zero top shelf league competition in any of those highlighted years when no BE teams scared national level teams. His teams lose in the NCAA against top teams. Im not saying he should be fired, I’m saying DePaul expects less of the women than the men and they are not alone. And maybe that says something worse about the men’s coaches are treated, forgetting how bad DePaul’s men have been in recent years.
I disagree. Bruno is a good coach and has been for years. He coached with Geno with the USA team. The Big East isn’t a powerhouse conference it once was. That hurts programs other than UConn in the Big East. DePaul cannot get the players that the top teams in the country get. That isn’t based on Bronco’s style of coaching. If UConn didn’t have the history it has Geno wouldn’t be getting the players it does. Why compare 5he women’s game to the men’s game?
Personally I don't visit the BY to see posts that consist of bashing our opponents - programs, coaches or players, so that is why I replied "I hope so." Especially when the post is hidden in a post game thread.
I’m not comparing the game, i’m comparing how the university treats them differently and, as I said, for better or worse. Moreover, being in the BE was no recruiting issue for Rutgers or ND and other reams like BC and WV , and occasiobally a few others recruited ok. People used to say UConn men couldn’t compete in the BE and location was the problem. Seems like for UConn’ location is not an issue for hoops. Seems like the right coach can succeed almost anywhere. But nobody yet has pointed out that my take is inaccurate about DePaul’s ability to scare national level teams.
