Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Stymie, post: 4125135, member: 11176"] UCONN (Geno) is VERY selective in the players he persues. Tracks them years before they can commit. I’ll assume that he utilizes certain criteria. Is it an accurate observation that he cannot ‘accumulate’ more than 6-8 players that, for any given year, can ‘learn’ his system, or develop under his tutelage to the level that he requires/projected? I am not understanding why, with all of the talent available, he is unable to develop, at one time, more than a small handful of players that can produce on the floor. Granted, he doesn’t get every player he goes after. But he does get many of the top rated prospects. If only 8 players deserve/are capable of earning playing time, that means nearly half of the team are incapable or not as ‘advertised’. Is it his recruiting criteria? Is it his offensive scheme? Is it his coaching technique? To be redundant of my post elsewhere here: Friday’s action: SC: 21 point win, used 12 players, nonstarters got 79 minutes. UCONN: 25 point win, used 9 players, nonstarters got 41 minutes. I know, I know, players earn it in practice, yada..yada..yada.. Tell it to the Judge when crunch time comes in a Tourney game and there’s no one he “trust” to sub. Please someone tell me how the highly regarded ( and touted) Ducharme earns only 5 minutes in a rollover? This is player development? I’m not a big Staley fan (at all), but she is developing a roster that will totally out (man) and grind up UCONN with waves of fresh players in THE big game(s). There are many insightful fans here. Please tell me. I wanna know. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach

Forum statistics

Threads: 164,432

Messages: 4,396,105

Members: 10,209

Latest member: gemini*trvl