Boston to South Carolina

[TitleTown]

You mean posters that seemingly come out of nowhere to guarantee things, and to question us questioning who he/she is even with a name that bears the gravitas of "Dorf" might not actually have any real insider information?

Shocking, I know.

 

[gtcam]

It's not Geno it's the damn league - all the disciplinary BS is just that
The AAC in womens basketball is worse than the men
There isn't any good competition like ACC or Big 10 and others - that makes a huge difference

 

[hoopsfan22]

I think what happens here is that Dawn can promise someone like Boston that she'll be able to do what she wants, and that the sun moon and stars will be aligned around her. Geno will never make that concession.

 

[WNBA 09]

I think what happens here is that Dawn can promise someone like Boston that she'll be able to do what she wants, and that the sun moon and stars will be aligned around her. Geno will never make that concession.

Those same promises Geno was able to utilize for almost a decade ?

 

[BostonFan]

Just devastating for the program. No way around it. The dynasty is over. The team has ZERO size and physical presence for the foreseeable future. Geno has some explaining to do.....Time for some new blood to take over as the game has passed him by. He cost us last year's title & looks like 11 will be it.

 

[ucbart]

I think what happens here is that Dawn can promise someone like Boston that she'll be able to do what she wants, and that the sun moon and stars will be aligned around her. Geno will never make that concession.

This is a totally irresponsible post and one of the reasons so many people hate UCONN and their fans.

 

[WNBA 09]

LOL Whatever you need to do. I know, you know, the board knows that I missed on where she would go, but was 10000000% on where she wouldn't. Just like Horston, and just like I WILL be for Jones, Bueckers, Fudd!

Horston - Tennessee
Boston - South Carolina
Amihere = South Carolina
Jones - Stanford/South Carolina
Beuckers - ND
Fudd - ND

Im dorfing it now .

 

[ballhawk]

Three of the last four high school no.1 recruits are at UConn. To say Geno can't recruit is silly. We are on a streak of 11 final fours in a row. I, too, am surprised we didn't get Boston. But this is not the end of the world. Let's wait, at least, until Monday before we give up on the program. The one thing that's painfully clear is that BYers don't have the foggiest idea where recruits are going. I think that's all I'll read into Boston's decision.

 

[WNBA 09]

Just Realized Dawn put in work

#3 - Boston
#7 - Cooke
#10 - Amihere
#13- Beal

With a possibility at #1 Jones

 

[Biff]

... Geno has some explaining to do..... He cost us last year's title & looks like 11 will be it.

One of the most incredible posts I've seen in a very long time.

 

[Hayven]

Everyone’s so quick to write off UConn. Megan is playing the 4 now, and will next year. Liv will move to the 5, Aubrey takes the wing, and we still have our back court. It’s not like we depended on the bench to provide much scoring. Getting to the Final 4 will be tough but it will be interesting to see if the team will embrace the challenge

 

[JS]

There are a couple of people using this thread to vent.

They're posting too much. We've given a few gentle hints, so by now they know who they are.

Please give others a chance to reflect and post what they think about this if they wish. We'd prefer a few emotional types didn't overwhelm the thread with their fears, frustrations and/or lamentations.

 

[Shades]

But the consensus was Boston was a more important recruit than Jones for this team . So now thats changed ?

The most important recruit is the one that wants to be there.

 

[Golden Husky]

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children
shout,
But there is no joy in The Boneyard—mighty Geno has struck out.

 

[Rich]

Somebody is losing his mojo to younger coaches.........I mean it’s plain as day he’s lost some ‘connection’ on his recruiting fastball.

Reminds me of Barmore and LaTech all those years ago. Empires rise and fall but in the AAC there probably won’t be any comebacks.

 

[Carnac]

DORF SHOW YOURSELF

Dorf is standing right next to me here in the shadows.

 

[bbballfan23]

You just need to pay attention to the right posters.

People want to feel good, not get real inside info. You haven’t figured that out!? Hehe

 

[hoopsfan22]

Some of you guys need to chill out. All this does is make us more attractive for '20 and '21. Also I would point out Texas has recruited like gangbusters the last several years and where has that gotten them? Baylor too.

 

[Sakibomb25]

Where are all the posters that GUARANTEED Boston? She was a "lock". "can't miss", "100% going to UConn", "writing is on the wall", "Geno would have recruited somebody else", etc? UConn will NOT get a single player of Horston, Boston, Jones, Bueckers, or Fudd. just like I predicted. Just got the school wrong. Most kids do NOT want to play for a disciplinarian head coach like Auriemma these days!

It has nothing to do with Geno and everything to do with the conference UConn plays in. Geno is still an amazing coach... but when you don’t have the horses to pull you across the finish line...

 

[Zanzman]

Somebody is losing his mojo to younger coaches....I mean it’s plain as day he’s lost some ‘connection’ on his recruiting fastball.

Reminds me of Barmore and LaTech all those years ago. Empires rise and fall but in the AAC there probably won’t be any comebacks.

So he gets 1 and 4 last year and he’s done incredible how many people are jumping off the wagon

 

[Purduke]

"Marianne" just slipped away!

 

[BostonFan]

As we saw with the men's team, you can fall quickly from being an elite program. I'm more convinced that the AAC conference was the worst thing to happen to UConn basketball. Recruits know whats going on & they want to be part of rivalries & legacy, not play a bunch of meaningless games against poor competition. The conference is a complete joke & it hurt the last 2 final four teams as they were not prepared (mentally, physically, coaching-wise) when it counted against the best competition.

 

[Zanzman]

Guess the gamecocks will be getting some new posters try the screen name of bandwaggoners

 

[hoopsfan22]

It has nothing to do with Geno and everything to do with the conference UConn plays in. Geno is still an amazing coaching... but when you don’t have the horses to pull you across the finish line...

You may be on to something. Look at where all the top recruits are going now and what their chosen schools have in common. They're all P5 schools.

 

[Rich]

So he gets 1 and 4 last year and he’s done incredible how many people are jumping off the wagon

He needs to get 1 and 4 every year to build a dominant bench/succession line considering the program’s legacy. Accept less and sooner than later you’re an also ran, especially given the garbage conference.

I wonder if the State’s financial problems have something to do with this. Lotsa people in these kids’ ears.

 

[triaddukefan]

UCONN will lose out on jones!! Watch jones sign with the gamecocks!!! UCONN future is over!!! Sadly genos recruiting style needs to change!!! Put all marbles into one bag.. no back up plan. If we lose out on jones then UCONN will be done a roster of 10... say juco or walk ons. UCONN dominance and dynasty is over. Sad day

 

[Golden Husky]

It's not Geno it's the damn league - all the disciplinary BS is just that
The AAC in womens basketball is worse than the men
There isn't any good competition like ACC or Big 10 and others - that makes a huge difference

An interesting take. Let the aficionados weight in on its validity.

 

[Rich]

You may be on to something. Look at where all the top recruits are going now and what their chosen schools have in common. They're all P5 schools.

Except that hasn’t stopped UCONN from running the WNBA draft.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Whoa.....UConn is really lagging on the recruiting this year it seems. Not good news for Miss. St. either.

I have read this exact comment many of the last 25 years. Still, Geno finds a way to get weak players like Stewie, Moriah, CW, Walker, etc.
I know they were written because I wrote one or two. I oft times point out; With Geno never say NEVER.
Old time song, long time forgotten: It ain't what ya got; it's the way how ya use it. That more than other words speak to Geno's abilities.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Except that hasn’t stopped UCONN from running the WNBA draft.

Right, but UConn isn't the only school to put kids into the WNBA. IIRC only 3 Huskies went to the WNBA last year, so the rest of the draft must have come from somewhere else.