Anybody have new info on Megan Walker & when she will decide?

[Charliebball]

Never forget that what is important here is not the happiness and emotional well-being of the student-athletes but the success of UCONN women's basketball.

Now you're talkin!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CocoHusky]

There's the potential for it to be related to demographics and not positions. It's something that could make the recruit feel more comfortable.

Agree. Got the same insight from @meyers7 post. Simply put, Megan might just relate better to Marissa.

 

[bags27]

Agree. Got the same insight from @meyers7 post. Simply put, Megan might just relate better to Marissa.

And what drives us historians nuts is that against this logically probable answer are all the other unknowable possibilities. Just might be that Shea was scouting somewhere else, or that Geno thought she was better used working with some kids in Storrs, or that she needed some personal time, or even that she had a cold and didn't want to fly. It's the quotidian unknowables that defeat our higher reasoning.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

It's the quotidian unknowables that defeat our higher reasoning

It's concerning ourselves with the quotidian unknowables?? I had to look that up! Nice word.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Not nearly as inconsiderate as committing, then changing your mind and leaving 24 hours after you show up on campus, leaving the team that made a commitent and thought it had a commitment with NO Plan B

Well, young people are young people. Luckily, once an adult, coaches never abruptly change jobs and married couples don't get divorced. And, posters with pseudonyms get to judge in the bushes.

 

[JS]

And, posters with pseudonyms get to judge in the bushes.

Judging in the bushes . . .

 

[mdakota]

I want to start out by saying that she can choose whatever school she wants, whenever she wants. Those are absolutely her rights. Am I clear on that? Good.

Now, having said that, I think it is inconsiderate and selfish to drag out your decision when you are one of the top few players in the country. The reason is that teams are waiting on their decisions. I would hate to miss out on our plan B player because we are waiting on her.

I think its inconsiderate and selfish for you to expect 17-18 y/o's to make a rash life decision to appease you... It's all a gamble... Thank goodness you're not the coach, otherwise we'd have no players...

 

[DaddyChoc]

 

[uconnfan68]

Geno left Christyn Williams house in Arkansas and hightailed it to Virginia.......sneak attack at Megan Walker's house!!!!!!!

Meg W. ‏@iball_crzy 19m19 minutes agoVirginia, USA
visit with the huskies

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She can't be 6'1" tall.

 

[LouS]

Visiting UCONN this weekend Down to Uconn, ND & Texas...

 

[CocoHusky]

She can't be 6'1" tall.

Why does someone else have that height?

 

[bags27]

Why does someone else have that height?

Too funny!, but yes (allegedly)

 

[j66kicker]

Well, young people are young people. Luckily, once an adult, coaches never abruptly change jobs and married couples don't get divorced. And, posters with pseudonyms get to judge in the bushes.

Yup - that's the nature of sports fandom.

BTW I'm not saying anyone's a bad person here - only that (IMO - observation from the bushes) highly-focused individuals who know what they want are much more likely to make true championship athletes (or whatever endeavor they're pursuing). No value judgment on the other 99%.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Why does someone else have that height?

 

[DaddyChoc]

 

[NSP Hoops]

According to the family Megan is on campus now. This family is great, Meg is a top notch kid outside of the basketball player. Good luck.

 

[Charliebball]

Diamond DeShields ‏@DDDeshields 7h7 hours ago
Until you've walked the shoes of a student-athlete you have NO PLACE to speak on what the collegiate experience is or isn't

 

[DaddyChoc]

Diamond DeShields ‏@DDDeshields 7h7 hours ago
Until you've walked the shoes of a student-athlete you have NO PLACE to speak on what the collegiate experience is or isn't

 

[CocoHusky]

Diamond DeShields ‏@DDDeshields 7h7 hours ago
Until you've walked the shoes of a student-athlete you have NO PLACE to speak on what the collegiate experience is or isn't

Any Idea what prompted this?

 

[PaulF]

Any Idea what prompted this?

Tennessee Doesn't Care

 

[CocoHusky]

Tennessee Doesn't Care

Thanks, I love her!
" I’m sick of the University putting your needs before mine because you can run around in a circle faster than I can. Or you pretend like you can catch a football until we play Florida."

 

[bags27]

The article was published in a national blog, but must have hit home to UT students, because DD didn't even have to reference it in her tweet. Reading the article and the live links that she was reacting to (Arian Foster admitting in the documentary Schooled that coaches gave him extra meals when he couldn't afford to buy food for himself) sounds pretty stressed out down there.

Has anyone watched Schooled: The Price of College Sports (2013)? Just saw it's free on Amazon Prime, if you have that. Apparently got great reviews.

 

[Kibitzer]

A reminder of what Megan will learn (if she hasn't, already). Quote from Diana's Foreword to Geno's book:

"Coach Auriemma isn't for everyone. . . .Here's the thing; everyone else is going to kiss your ass."​

This statement might help Megan and her family manage their expectations.

 

[Charliebball]

Any Idea what prompted this?

Diamond DeShields ‏@DDDeshields 18h18 hours ago
I have no problem with what Lorena Roberts wrote about the athletes here,ONLY IF she'd experienced what it's like. Her perspective is OFF!

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[CocoHusky]

Diamond DeShields ‏@DDDeshields 18h18 hours ago
I have no problem with what Lorena Roberts wrote about the athletes here,ONLY IF she'd experienced what it's like. Her perspective is OFF!
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Someone in the twitter verse should encourage DD to switches places with Lorena Roberts so they can both get the "right perspective".