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Message: [QUOTE="RedStickHusky, post: 4519316, member: 663"] Some thought provoking comments in this thread: - Geno has been pretty clear in the 30 years that I've been paying attention, that he doesn't put players on the floor whose upside is "don't screw it up".. if you can't find a way to contribute, you're not ready to play. Throwing players out there hoping they don't make mistakes, while believing that they will, is not helping anybody. Currently, our bench is decimated by injury, clearly Geno is hesitant to play what's left against decent competition when a game is undecided or in doubt. He's fully aware of the minutes he's asking the starters to play and the effects of those minutes (he talks about it all the time) but, job 1 is competing for championships and winning out in conference to stay on one of those top seed lines is critical to that. - Some (at least one) poster, says they would not have taken a scholarship to ride pine at UConn and can't understand those that do. Well, when you get that offer, you can do what you want with it. That doesn't give you the right to trash talk people that have decided differently for reasons as personal to them as yours are to you. Some players have come expecting to play and left when they couldn't get on the floor. Good for them and best of luck. Others have stuck it out learning the game and/or life lessons on success and set themselves up very well for life after UConn. Geno's always said "UConn's not for everybody". - I'm not here telling anybody to "trust in Geno' even if I do so myself. You do you. But if you're waiting for the Boneyard poll that's going to influence how Geno distributes his minutes, well... the next one will be the first one. [/QUOTE]

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