CocoHusky
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I don't find it hoggish at all: 1) UCONN is ultra selective about the offers it makes and does not over recruit. 2) Players make informed decision about attending UCONN & and often have more information about who else is coming before UCONN staff. 3) Every players offered by UCONN has the option of playing for many other good/great programs. 4) Quality varies greatly by class and position. 5) Assessment about quality are often wrong especially when you are talking about HS girls.Not so unworkable. And 7 over the next 2 years would mean a 12 woman roster, something that Geno has said he really doesn't want. 10 or 11 is his number. By "quality, I meant starter potential. Nine starter-quality players is eminently do-able in 2021. A couple of hard-working good character players willing to sit for 2 years can be added to the 7 over that 3 years And as for that subject of which we must not speak, there seems to be a balance between those going out and those arriving.
I've yet to see a 5+class bring success. TASS arrived 20 years ago and since then there isn't a school in the country that has duplicated anything close to that. UNC tried it with 4 and in 2 years they were gone. Before that it was Tenn in 2009. Another bust.
Besides, I find it hoggish to want 5 of the top eight or ten. I remember reading that sort of talk on one of the checkerboard sites years ago. "We'll take 5 or 6 if they are the right 5 or 6." I guess that sort of soured me to that sort of talk.
2019 appears to be a class with some very talented wings so my philosophy would be to grab as many willing quality players as possible and let the competitive atmosphere sort out the fittest. Non-quality ( I'm defining that to be a player "content" not to compete for starting role at UCONN) is a very rare commodity. This obvious issue there is UCONN must have enough bodies to practice and be productive. Last time UCONN found itself in this situation (not enough bodies) it had to resort to a pair of walkons followed shortly by a recruiting class that included what many determined to be another pair of role players.
This beast needs to be fed with quality recruits, I don't want UCONN WBB to slip into another dark ages of having to wait for another championship like we did last decade- you do realize we are already half way there right?