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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 4168852, member: 961"] I'm one of those who sees a huge difference between pointing out that a player was not at her best and personal criticism. The former is fine, the latter is not. But this is a place where fans live, an fans feel things very deeply. Losses hurt, especially when fans are used to not-losses. Sometimes I think we expect that Geno, magician though he may be, can pull a rabbit out of the hat every time. This time, sadly, with so much of his lineup decimated by COVID and more, there is not only no rabbit, there is no hat. Someone in another post suggested that Geno has lost his fastball. Well, at a certain age you're expected to lose a little speed. I'm a bit older than him, and I can certainly talk about that. But he's wise enough to compensate in a number of ways, and I believe he has done that. But here's the deal: No one. Repeat, No one could take the events of this year and have done much better with them. I believe UConn had a decent chance against Oregon if Williams had been in the lineup. It would have been a very tough game, but it would have been possible. The other losses? Given the players they'd lost, they weren't going to win against SC, and probably not against Louisville, no matter what. I was at the Georgia Tech game and what we saw that night was a team and coaching staff in shock. No one really knew what to do. It was painful to watch, but given what had happened to Paige and Nika just a short time before, I guess it was no real surprise. Let's all take he words of Paige's dad as a reset. There will be better times, and we will be around to enjoy them. In the meantime, let's enjoy the time we have with the fine young women who suit up every game for the team we follow and support. [/QUOTE]

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