I tend to agree. CW gives us one more super talented g/w when we’re loaded for the next 4 yrs, while ONO gives us a much needed athletic BIG.
Yes UCONN needs another guard that is capable of competing for minutes at SG on day 1 just like Kia Nurse did. Christyn Williams best fits the bill in the next two recruiting classes. UCONN needs a post player more but we also need a guard. If UCONN doesn't get a contributing Guard & Post in 2018, Senior Crystal could potentially be relying on two (perhaps 3) Freshmen starters among the starting 5 to replace graduated Napheesa, KLS and Azura.
I don't think many players are as athletic as Gabby, though Meg is very athletic. She's strong and will get stronger. She's also about 1.5" taller than Gabby and may have longer arms.
Oh man, you are hitting close to home!
Obviously from your post you definitely do not know Geno Auriemma. He lives by the recruiting rule that you can never have too many guards. His recruiting since he came here shows a preference for guards over tall forwards and post players. You have no chance arguing against that philosophy, and his philosophy, of the women's game. Ten national championships and 18 trips to the final four, proves one thing. Go after Christyn Williams full tilt and offer the 6'6" girl from Australia or the project from upstate NY or Massachusetts.
I'm not sure that's the case. I don't think Geno has a recruiting preference for guards over forwards or post. If you go by the players that are on the Wall of Honor there are more Post and Forwards than there are guards.
@mudcat you got to check in more often. A few of us have been on the Amihere bandwagon big time and it was reported in July (??) that she is indeed considering UCONN.
No issues on the offensive end of the court for Amihere. She has good handles and mid range. She not in stretch four mode quite yet but she has nice form on her jumper.
Wasn't Gabby recruited as a guard then changed or am I mistaken?
Yes Gabby was recruited as guard, but got on this list playing Center. KLS could also be on the Forward/ Post side of the ledger but the point still remains Geno recruits basketball players.
I agree and understand just checking since change of position
I think it is the case. It's already been pointed out that Gabby was recruited as a guard. On top of that Kerry Bascom, KML, Maya Moore were all pure shooters, calling any of them post players or Morgan Tuck like forwards is a joke. Even the great Maya scored most of her points in the half court well outside the key, and the points scored on layups were on fast breaks, created by lightening fast guards or small forwards like Maya who many times picked a point guards pocket and got an easy layup. Your list also has Swin Cash who was only 6ft tall. Post players in the women's game are important for sure, but the women's game is a guard or small forward's game. That's why I disagree with "Yellowjacket's original post, where he she says to take 6'4" Nelson-Ododa over the 5' 11" Christyn Williams. If Geno had recruited many, many 6'4" post stars to dominate the key like a Stanford or a Tennessee, instead of guards and quick small forward's who could shoot and handle the ball in the open court like Diana, Maya, Shea, Sue, KML, Swin, Barbara Turner, Ann Strother, Kalana Greene, Tiffany Hayes, Jenn Rizzoti, Kelly Faris, and many others, I don't think UConn would have 10 national championships. He'd still have a few but not ten. Lol
I thought they did too, but checked Wiki just to be sure, and Wiki's list only lists ten. The 2014 NC is not listed at the head of the article. Was too lazy to read through the whole thing. Last time I go by a Wikpedia article. Lol
Sevetlana could play any position in college, she played as a shooting small forward. Btw Wikipedia has her listed as a "small" forward. My original post was not in rebuttal to anything Coco said but to Yellowjacket's ridiculous assertion about taking a 6'4" post player instead of the number one player in the class, who is 5'11" and can play guard or small forward. On making recruiting decisions for the team, my money's on Geno not Yellow jacket or Coco.
And how did that (not having a tall or skilled enough skilled post player) work out for UCONN last year or for Senior Maya Moore?
@YellwJcket999 post makes perfect sense. The current UCONN roster needs ONO more than it does Christyn Williams. Many of us have said this, but feel free to disagree. Geno can coach ONO just as well as he can coach Christyn, my preference is that he coach both. BTW if you have to go to wiki to remember what position Sevet played that's not a good luck and she's wasn't 6'2"-just sayin.
