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  • Paige injured and out indefinitely, possibly rest of the year
  • Aubrey out for the season
  • Azzi and Nika with extended absences
  • Aaliyah so far not showing the progression many had hoped for
  • Hated rivals at Tenn and ND having much success with lots of optimism for future years
  • MM picking a fight with Geno, but her absurd comments getting traction with some (ditto CP)
  • Oh yeah, and all this while we continue to live thru a miserable global pandemic
 
But we’re all still kicking and the world’s still turning.

Prioritize.
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Vowelguy said:
  • Paige injured and out indefinitely, possibly rest of the year
  • Aubrey out for the season
  • Azzi and Nika with extended absences
  • Aaliyah so far not showing the progression many had hoped for
  • Hated rivals at Tenn and ND having much success with lots of optimism for future years
  • MM picking a fight with Geno, but her absurd comments getting traction with some (ditto CP)
  • Oh yeah, and all this while we continue to live thru a miserable global pandemic
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Sorry, but I like UConn's prospects for the next three years a lot more than I like ND's and UT's.
 
Vowelguy said:
  • Paige injured and out indefinitely, possibly rest of the year
  • Aubrey out for the season
  • Azzi and Nika with extended absences
  • Aaliyah so far not showing the progression many had hoped for
  • Hated rivals at Tenn and ND having much success with lots of optimism for future years
  • MM picking a fight with Geno, but her absurd comments getting traction with some (ditto CP)
  • Oh yeah, and all this while we continue to live thru a miserable global pandemic
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IMO we have every other team in WBB right where we want them now. :)
 
JonathanXIV said:
Sorry, but I like UConn's prospects for the next three years a lot more than I like ND's and UT's.
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If I'm handicapping National Championship odds, yes. There are a lot of posters who don't want UT or ND to have any success, I don't think it is a bad thing for them to have success.

As a Rutgers fan at the time, I generally rooted for Tennessee when Pat was the coach (the "clockgate" incident dimmed that). Not since. Never rooted for Notre Dame except in individual games, and that rarely. I don't mind them having success, as long as my Arizona Wildcats don't get smacked around by them.
 
Vowelguy said:
  • Paige injured and out indefinitely, possibly rest of the year
  • Aubrey out for the season
  • Azzi and Nika with extended absences
  • Aaliyah so far not showing the progression many had hoped for
  • Hated rivals at Tenn and ND having much success with lots of optimism for future years
  • MM picking a fight with Geno, but her absurd comments getting traction with some (ditto CP)
  • Oh yeah, and all this while we continue to live thru a miserable global pandemic
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Where did you get the info in your first bullet? Geno is expecting her back in February or am I missing something?
 
Yeah the way Geno was talking about paige in the interview today it sounds like he's expecting her back this season
 
Speaking of Geno...

Alexa noted:

"Auriemma’s despondency didn’t seem to trickle down to his players. Westbrook, the de facto team mom, said players are trying to be there for each other and stay together, while also not letting the disruptions of the pandemic weigh on them too much."

First time that I can remember for that description of his state of mind.
Doesn't that worry anybody?
 
msf22b said:
Speaking of Geno...

Alexa noted:

"Auriemma’s despondency didn’t seem to trickle down to his players. Westbrook, the de facto team mom, said players are trying to be there for each other and stay together, while also not letting the disruptions of the pandemic weigh on them too much."

First time that I can remember for that description of his state of mind.
Doesn't that worry anybody?
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It sounded like his answer to the question of what joy he still finds in coaching was basically there is no joy
 
donalddoowop said:
Where did you get the info in your first bullet? Geno is expecting her back in February or am I missing something?
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What “info”?
I said “POSSIBLY rest of the year.” Hardly a definitive or controversial statement.
 
Vowelguy said:
  • Paige injured and out indefinitely, possibly rest of the year
  • Aubrey out for the season
  • Azzi and Nika with extended absences
  • Aaliyah so far not showing the progression many had hoped for
  • Hated rivals at Tenn and ND having much success with lots of optimism for future years
  • MM picking a fight with Geno, but her absurd comments getting traction with some (ditto CP)
  • Oh yeah, and all this while we continue to live thru a miserable global pandemic
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And here I thought you were trying to do the Latin version of the bad ass awards.
 
msf22b said:
Speaking of Geno...

Alexa noted:

"Auriemma’s despondency didn’t seem to trickle down to his players. Westbrook, the de facto team mom, said players are trying to be there for each other and stay together, while also not letting the disruptions of the pandemic weigh on them too much."

First time that I can remember for that description of his state of mind.
Doesn't that worry anybody?
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This seemingly endless pandemic is beating the hell out of everyone. Last year after cancellations and postponements shut down a good portion of the early part of the season, Geno was similarly down during virtual press conferences. This year, in addition to not playing for an unprecedented 21 days, Geno is facing injuries, Covid infections, practices where he can’t even go 5 on 5, etc. I would be down too.

Also last year, Geno got out of his funk because the team picked him up, lead by their precocious freshman pg, they made yet another FF run. It’s going to be a heavy lift this year, but I continue to hope that a healthy Paige Bueckers will lead a resurrected UConn team to another championship run this season.
 
Vowelguy, engaging in Schadenfreude is unbecoming...but, based on the miserable existence that most Tennessee fans have had to live with the past few years...it is understandable how the misfortune of others, especially UConn would be a real turn-on for you...Enjoy it while you can...we know that help is on the way.
 
cferraro04 said:
Vowelguy, engaging in Schadenfreude is unbecoming...but, based on the miserable existence that most Tennessee fans have had to live with the past few years...it is understandable how the misfortune of others, especially UConn would be a real turn-on for you...Enjoy it while you can...we know that help is on the way.
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It’s not schaudenfreude, it’s a legit lament at how awful this year is.
I’m not surprised you gave no idea what you’re talking about. Weren’t you the one who said we’d be raining 3s?
 
And if we had Paige and Azzi stretching out the defenses with Caroline Ducharme hitting threes the way she has and Evina, Williams and Muhl pitching in with a couple of their own...we would indeed be raining threes but my commentary about us raining threes is the opposite of schadenfreude as I am extolling what could have been the plethora of riches from three point land instead of gloating about the misfortune of our opponents.

If you don't think the following is an example of you engaging in schadenfreude then we need to redefine the term.

  • Paige injured and out indefinitely, possibly rest of the year
  • Aubrey out for the season
  • Azzi and Nika with extended absences
  • Aaliyah so far not showing the progression many had hoped for
  • Hated rivals at Tenn and ND having much success with lots of optimism for future years
  • MM picking a fight with Geno, but her absurd comments getting traction with some (ditto CP)
  • Oh yeah, and all this while we continue to live thru a miserable global pandemic
Furthermore, my post was intended as a good natured ribbing of a respected former rival....please don't make this into a cyber war not my intention.
 
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