I found it interesting to read the thread about Geno/Michala/Lauren until it was locked for good reason (it was ugly at the end). What was also interesting was reading Silver's Blog from today which discussed how Coach P treats transfers. IMO, it "appears" to be the polar opposite of Geno's recent comments.
Maybe Geno was upset she picked BC. If it's my daughter I prefer the Coach P approach. That said, I wish she picked a different school, lol. She is a great girl, an excellent bball player and I hope she starts for BC next year. She deserves as much playing time as she can earn.
http://www.huskieblog.com/2012/08/pasqualonis-patience/
I don't like being "that guy", but you did express displeasure at posters speculating or presuming. The sentance I bolded from your post would very much qualify.
I'm also don't think you can compare UConn's football and WBB programs. Very different organizations, very different goals, very different levels of "elite-ness". Geno, if anything, has too many good players next season. PP doesn't have enough.
Ultimately, it comes down to results. Every coach is judged thusly. If you win, you can be however and whatever you want. If you lose, it doesn't matter what a good guy or gal you are because you'll be looking for another job. Them's the breaks. If UConn's football team has another season like last year, people will suggest, whether it's true or not, that Coach was too soft when it came to retaining discipline problems or players not wholly invested in the team. If he wins, the narrative will be retroactively spun that his approach helped him connect with his team. Whether either narrative would be true is another matter entirely. Geno, meanwhile, wins and generates revenue for the school, so his rough edges are forgiven. If he was losing, the narrative would be spun that he's too hard on players.
Now, I do have a daughter, and I'd have no problem sending her to Geno. It's not like a big surpise as to what you're getting with him. Read Courtney Ekmark's comments after she committted. She knows what she's signing up for, and she's a kid any father would be proud to have. Same with KML on all counts. Geno's going to be hard on you. He has a vision of what he wants to see on the court, and he's going to ride you if he doesn't believe you can execute it. He's going to severely limit your playing time. And he's not going to stop trying to push your buttons until you get better or you leave. And if he didn't, what would a kid like Kelly Faris think? And if you were Kelly's mom or dad, what would you think?