Geno embarrasses his starters today

[hardcorehusky]

My take is the starters embarrassed themselves and Geno. It's his program- he will play whomever he sees fit to not only not embarrass everyone, but will make all proud.

 

[DEpup]

I find the title of this thread unfortunate. I was embarrassed by the effort of the starters and they deserved to be benched and to tell you the truth its too bad thevbench isn't good enough that Geno could have benched them for the rest of the game because they didn't execute much better on offense when they came back in. The title of this thread is what is wrong today with parenting and coaching....

 

[pvdoggy]

I finally just watch the replay, and I honestly do not understand all the hoopla behind the mass substitution at the 5 min mark. Everybody (possibly including Geno) is talking like the starting 5 was playing horrible, not hustling, etc.. when it just looks like some of the (good, unforced) shots were not falling, some of the rebounds went over their head to USF players (which happens all the time), and the pace of play is dragged out by USF. I thought they were playing as hard as usual. Sometimes the score does not tell the whole story. Before I watch the replay, I thought based on the interview and discussion that it was the horrible plays by the Uconn starting 5. I reallty don't get it.

 

[baggerbob]

I don't understand why anyone would be surprised. If he can bench one of the best players ever to play for UCONN then why would he not do the same for this year's starters.

Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma benches Breanna Stewart

That's why I stated earlier, if Stewie and Tuck could sit, then these players who aren't at that level need to do some self examination. You either want to be great, and work at it, or you are just another player.

 

[HuskylnSC]

I know he wanted to send a "message", but that was a poor look. Some players just dont respond to this. If I was a recruit, I would be thinking long and hard about playing here & if its right for me. Could explain why the sudden increase in transfers & poor recruiting lately.

Seriously

 

[DaddyChoc]

as Geno stated, "they knew they were gonna get back in the game"... if not, UConn would have lost!