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Artifact said:
I've enjoyed the discussion about Conn. recruit, Bria Holmes. So what, some of you say, it ended up good in the end. My point is 'The end does not justify the mean's." Hey look at me, I'm successful with a huge fortune. How come, I sell street drugs", e.g.
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What does that have to do with anything? :confused:
 
Artifact said:
Geno has a right to recruit whoever he so chooses. I feel Bria Holmes ( B- 12 preseason player of the year) a Conn kid was not given a fair shake because of recruiting politics. Diamond ended up going to another school. taking with her several recruits to North Carolina that Geno was definitely interested in. I believe that trading off recruits can be unjust.
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Well obviously Geno didn't want her, for whatever reason, and according to her, she wasn't all the interested in UCONN either. So really there is not a problem here. Why are some of you trying to create one????
 
It really is water under the bridge. Nothing wrong with talking about it but anyone who criticizes the UConn coaching staff for not going after or getting her is wasting their time. Reminds me of Calhoun being asked about not recruiting Ryan Gomes of Waterbury. His answer was perhaps with more heat than Geno's might be, but he basically said he was an undersized post player who didn't play competitive high school basketball, so they recruited Caron Butler. Can't get or even go after them all.
 
DaddyChoc said:
Nope... just don't wanna talk about UConn. She's at WVa... water under the bridge. Very mature interview
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Good, believe her. She wasn't that interested in UCONN.
 
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so things evolved in the 7 months between when this article was written and when the article I posted was written.

and UConn had enough interest to see her play several times.

we still don't know why she sorted through what seems to be the entire BE plus Duke and Baylor and ended up choosing between Rutgers and WV, with WV getting the final nod


and the matter is moot

UConn did show interest in this top prospect from CT

she ended up going elsewhere where she appears ro be thriving, happy, and doing very well

as is UConn.

perhaps the matter is now settled for all.

perhaps...
 
In this discussion on Bria, I have read words such as truth, liar & I have been referred to one who has lost his 'mental capacity'. Arguments can be healthy & learning, but let it not become demeaning to the participants. It can come to a point where, ' Truth is expressed & if you say it too often nobody will believe it'.
 
Artifact said:
Bria Holmes, had her heart set on playing for UConn. However, I believe she received the short end of the stick. It was reported that Geno was very anxious to recruit Diamond DeShield's & held back on recruiting Bria Holmes in order to entice DeShields to UConn. We all know that in the end, DeShield's s blew off Gino & look where they all are sitting now.
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So hopefully the matter is settled now at least from the standpoint of whether or not Brea Holmes was recruited by UConn and whether or not she's in the place where she supposed to be.

Surely we have evidence enough to have some answers for your points that you raised in your post above.
 
Clearly, Geno does not have Connecticut, or New England, defined as the "back yard" that is to be protected in recruiting. That is New York State, which makes great sense--and helps explain the SNY deal. It has a much larger population, with a much higher standard of HS ball, and no single dominant in-state program, while he can offer a nationally recognized, highly successful one next door.
 
In the words of John Oliver, "Why is this still a thing?"
 
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Artifact said:
Geno has a right to recruit whoever he so chooses. I feel Bria Holmes ( B- 12 preseason player of the year) a Conn kid was not given a fair shake because of recruiting politics. Diamond ended up going to another school. taking with her several recruits to North Carolina that Geno was definitely interested in. I believe that trading off recruits can be unjust.
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Artifact said:
I've enjoyed the discussion about Conn. recruit, Bria Holmes. So what, some of you say, it ended up good in the end. My point is 'The end does not justify the mean's." Hey look at me, I'm successful with a huge fortune. How come, I sell street drugs", e.g.
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These posts are head scratchers I must say. I thought about linking them to my replies after researching them to see if I could find support for your claims in the first post - I found information supporting quite the opposite as did others - so I did not, and went with another post that summed up the issues the best

....and the second is an interesting comparison: comparing a person who comes by his success via ill gotten (and illegal) gains against UConn's recruiting implying perhaps some ill gotten gains?....I couldn't make the connection and I didn't want to try, so I let it go.

It is a strange thing indeed.
Icebear said:
In the words of John Oliver, "Why is this still a thing?"
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Dunno. Hopefully it is no longer. It appears that all questions surrounding Bria Holmes recruitment process have been answered as best as possible with the information we have on hand.
 
Artifact said:
In this discussion on Bria, I have read words such as truth, liar & I have been referred to one who has lost his 'mental capacity'. Arguments can be healthy & learning, but let it not become demeaning to the participants. It can come to a point where, ' Truth is expressed & if you say it too often nobody will believe it'.
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Well you are the one who came in there demeaning Geno and UCONN's recruiting of Holmes, when according to Holmes herself your points were invalid. So, you are gonna have to expect a little blowback. A lot of us on here don't take too kindly to inaccurate portrayals of Geno and UCONN.
 
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