Geno is the GOAT but I don't get it

[bballnut90]

Anyone harsh on Geno this post season had unrealistic expectations IMO. I mean you go from having a full roster to losing Fudd/Bueckers, then have Ducharme breakout and find her groove, only for her to get injured, have several others miss games due to covid protocol and then bring back Fudd, then Bueckers and at the end youre still trying to nail down rotations and on court chemistry, plus players arent 100%. In hindsight I am sure there adjustments or changes Geno wouldve made but he did the best he could given the circumstances. The season was a hot mess all around for UCONN and you guys were still able to get to a title game, beating the overall #2 and #3 teams along the way. No shame in that, especially as the #6 overall seed entering the tournament.

 

[mercfan]

I know he tends to shorten the bench. Most of the time I understand why. Ducharme scored 28 points in a game this year and had a game winning bucket. He has called Nika the heart of the team and, five times, she lead the team in assists.

Against NC State, Muhl only played 8 minutes despite getting 2 rebounds a steal and hitting her only shot in those 8 minutes. And she had zero fouls. And we had a hard time stopping NC State from scoring. And Ducharme only played 5 minutes.

I have seen nothing from Muhl that suggests she is off her game. And if Ducharme is sitting because she is struggling, why is she struggling? The kid went from no confidence to massive confidence to no confidence again? If that is true, Geno and the staff need to ask themselves what they did wrong because that shouldn't happen. And, in my coaching days, whenever I saw it happen, it was usually the coach's fault. The guy is a genius but even a genius is wrong sometimes. We need that depth and only Geno can make it happen.

It’s really simple..

Geno went with the seniors. We can debate all day of whether that was the correct move (I don’t think so personally), but it usually is..and it’s almost always Geno’s move..particularly when he likes the seniors.