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Message: [QUOTE="Storrs South, post: 5336233, member: 7275"] What UConn and specifically the coaching staff is willing to invest financially is going to vary wildly from player to player based on their perceived skill level, fit with the program skill wise and mentally, what the staff is looking for and what the player is looking for (when I say looking for I mean in terms of skill development, what they believe to be their length of time at the level, and how they view their game). Not securing a top 40 player has nothing to do with going for a top 10 player and vice versa. They may like a kid more than the rest of marketplace does (Cloer) and like another kid less than the marketplace is showing (number of examples here). It's how they made is such a competitive fight for Flagg. It's been clear for awhile there is a mismatch in terms of what UConn values him to be and how he perceives himself. Time will tell who is correct on that bet. UConn is throwing a lot of cash around, I am sure, but they have never really gone after the guys solely focused on money as the top criteria. Guys are getting paid well here but generally if that is 1a and 1b what a recruit is focused on during their pitch they won't be a priority of this staff. And to be clear there is nothing wrong with a player looking to get max compensation but that is not something this staff looks for in terms of mental makeup and fitting the program's goals to get kids to the league (which brings way more money than any NCAA NIL rate) and doing so in such a way that it brings more national titles to UConn. [/QUOTE]

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