Geno on coach Paige

[SVCBeercats]

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma on loss of Paige Bueckers: 'Huge mental shift'

UConn coach Geno Auriemma said the team exerienced a 'mentak shift' after losing Paige Bueckers to season-ending ACL injury.

www.ctinsider.com

 

[Jmsdawg]

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma on loss of Paige Bueckers: 'Huge mental shift'

UConn coach Geno Auriemma said the team exerienced a 'mentak shift' after losing Paige Bueckers to season-ending ACL injury.

www.ctinsider.com

Anybody who wants to see why Geno is the best coach in WCBB needs to read this article.

 

[Next 12]

I noticed that he did not mention the best bright spot he has on the team.......Caroline Ducharme. Caroline is capable of carrying the team like Paige and proved it when Paige went down with the Meniscus tear. And she did it with a bad hip! That took guts and showed what a committed Huskie she is. If she has fully recovered from her hip operation and has rehabilitated well, what a difference she will make. I am looking forward to the coming season with the highest hopes of NO.12.GO HUSKIES!!!

 

[Zarathustra]

I noticed that he did not mention the best bright spot he has on the team.......Caroline Ducharme. Caroline is capable of carrying the team like Paige and proved it when Paige went down with the Meniscus tear. And she did it with a bad hip! That took guts and showed what a committed Husky she is. If she has fully recovered from her hip operation and has rehabilitated well, what a difference she will make. I am looking forward to the coming season with the highest hopes of NO.12.GO HUSKIES!!!

Caroline Ducharme is # 33, at least Caroline had that jersey number last year and it is also listed
on the the 2022-2023 Roster. ( Ref : the UCONN WBB webpage. ). Otherwise I agree with the
comments about Caroline!! GO Team!

 

[Geew1992]

Caroline Ducharme is # 33, at least Caroline had that jersey number last year and it is also listed
on the the 2022-2023 Roster. ( Ref : the UCONN WBB webpage. ). Otherwise I agree with the
comments about Caroline!! GO Team!

Hmmm…. Pretty sure 12 is the championship

 

[Mdoggie]

I noticed that he did not mention the best bright spot he has on the team.......Caroline Ducharme. Caroline is capable of carrying the team like Paige and proved it when Paige went down with the Meniscus tear. And she did it with a bad hip! That took guts and showed what a committed Husky she is. If she has fully recovered from her hip operation and has rehabilitated well, what a difference she will make. I am looking forward to the coming season with the highest hopes of NO.12.GO HUSKIES!!!

I noticed you joined the Yard in Jan 2022. Your post about CD is echoing/parroting what MANY have already said. There are very astute and knowledgeable fan in the yard.

 

[Alydar]

“But I have the ultimate punishment ready for her when she starts to be a pain in the ass. I'm going to have her sit next to CD the whole game. That will be the ultimate punishment. She won't say a word for the next three months.”

I guess no potty mouth allowed next to Chris.

It's enlightening that Geno can still poke fun at Bueckers. Some athletes in her situation become morbid but Bueckers has always rolled with the punches when things go wrong and despite her obvious frustration she is going to be involved in all things except playing.

This was an outstanding article. Geno was very open about everything. This is the article I will direct anyone to who asks. And I hope that the media moves on. Do a series on "Coach Bueckers" if you want but it's time to stop retelling the injury story and re-asking how UConn can dig themselves out of the trench they find themselves in. All this team needs to do is believe in themselves and that shouldn't be hard after last year.

 

[Next 12]

I noticed you joined the Yard in Jan 2022. Your post about CD is echoing/parroting what MANY have already said. There are very astute and knowledgeable fan in the yard.

True, I joined in Jan 22, but I have been following the Bone yard since 2013. I am first to agree with you that there are many posters who are more knowlegeable about basketball than I am. My posts are only MY observations and opinions. I do not spend large texts about a 5 player or a 4 player or try to analyze the player or team. I enjoy the Bone yard very much and only state what I feel at that time. I do not copy any one. My posts are mine alone. Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post GO HUSKIES!!! Not that it makes any difference, I am 89 years old and LOVE UCONN HUSKIES!

 

[Big Mick]

True, I joined in Jan 22, but I have been following the Bone yard since 2013. I am first to agree with you that there are many posters who are more knowlegeable about basketball than I am. My posts are only MY observations and opinions. I do not spend large texts about a 5 player or a 4 player or try to analyze the player or team. I enjoy the Bone yard very much and only state what I feel at that time. I do not copy any one. My posts are mine alone. Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post GO HUSKIES!!! Not that it makes any difference, I am 89 years old and LOVE UCONN HUSKIES!

I like your style...

 

[Mdoggie]

True, I joined in Jan 22, but I have been following the Bone yard since 2013. I am first to agree with you that there are many posters who are more knowlegeable about basketball than I am. My posts are only MY observations and opinions. I do not spend large texts about a 5 player or a 4 player or try to analyze the player or team. I enjoy the Bone yard very much and only state what I feel at that time. I do not copy any one. My posts are mine alone. Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post GO HUSKIES!!! Not that it makes any difference, I am 89 years old and LOVE UCONN HUSKIES!

89, God willing I should live so long. Respect!

 

[Next 12]

I like your style...

Thank you mast humbly.

 

[Next 12]

I meant most humbly.

 

[eebmg]

A little more write up in here

UConn WBB Weekly: Paige Bueckers planning to be a player-coach this season

The injured star will play an unofficial role on the Huskies’ coaching staff for as long as Geno Auriemma can tolerate it.

www.theuconnblog.com

But I don't know how serious Geno sounds. I think everyone would benefit if she really filled a role like that with clip board and all.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

A little more write up in here

UConn WBB Weekly: Paige Bueckers planning to be a player-coach this season

The injured star will play an unofficial role on the Huskies’ coaching staff for as long as Geno Auriemma can tolerate it.

www.theuconnblog.com

But I don't know how serious Geno sounds. I think everyone would benefit if she really filled a role like that with clip board and all.

As long as she doesn't try to turn one of her mates into a substitute Paige Bueckers. There is only one of those.

 

[Huskee11]

I don`t know what the ceiling is for this team, hopefully #12 but unknowable at this point.

What I am totally convinced of, though, is that there will be absolutely no backing down with this team at any point this season. No soft, tentative efforts. Paige will not allow it. If they go down, they will go down swinging.

But I am hoping they are the ones raising the trophy in Dallas, and Paige will be a huge part of that if it happens.

Then onto 2023-2024, when we get to see her shine on the floor once again in a UConn jersey. That will be something magical.

 

[eebmg]

 

[TeamFirst!]

It would be a PR stunt to a degree but I'd consider letting Paige coach for one game. Geno and CD can get tossed in a pre arranged way and Paige takes over. It would be national news and a great public interest story. Maybe against a low ranked team somewhere.

 

[eebmg]

It would be a PR stunt to a degree but I'd consider letting Paige coach for one game. Geno and CD can get tossed in a pre arranged way and Paige takes over. It would be national news and a great public interest story. Maybe against a low ranked team somewhere.

Cute idea if Paige could play everyone for 40 minutes.

 

[oldude]

It would be a PR stunt to a degree but I'd consider letting Paige coach for one game. Geno and CD can get tossed in a pre arranged way and Paige takes over. It would be national news and a great public interest story. Maybe against a low ranked team somewhere.

I think that before Paige gets to coach, Geno, CD, Jamelle, Morgan and a couple of Grad Assistants would all have to get tossed……

 

[Alydar]

It would be a PR stunt to a degree but I'd consider letting Paige coach for one game. Geno and CD can get tossed in a pre arranged way and Paige takes over. It would be national news and a great public interest story. Maybe against a low ranked team somewhere.

The best we might see is in the beginning of the second half of an exhibition game. The coaches stay in the locker room for a few minutes and Bueckers gives them the pep talk.

Is that allowed under NCAA rules? Can a player on the sidelines call time out?

 

[Alydar]

I think that before Paige gets to coach, Geno, CD, Jamelle, Morgan and a couple of Grad Assistants would all have to get tossed……

In the old days it could have happened. Geno runs out on the court and the rest go after him and they all get tossed. Nowadays Chris holds him back with 2 fingers.

 

[AmeriConn]

True, I joined in Jan 22, but I have been following the Bone yard since 2013. I am first to agree with you that there are many posters who are more knowlegeable about basketball than I am. My posts are only MY observations and opinions. I do not spend large texts about a 5 player or a 4 player or try to analyze the player or team. I enjoy the Bone yard very much and only state what I feel at that time. I do not copy any one. My posts are mine alone. Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post GO HUSKIES!!! Not that it makes any difference, I am 89 years old and LOVE UCONN HUSKIES!

Good for you Next 12!

 

[tomcat]

All these things -- Paige actually coaching -- are fun to think about, but don't you think it would be a hell of an insult to the opponent. IMHO, you just don't disrespect the other guys in that way, even if you're ahead by 50 at the half.

 

[Alydar]

The key point to remember is that Bueckers is easily the best suited to be the team leader. She's the pg, she's the most skilled player, she's the most vocal and she's the smartest basketball mind on the roster. She could have withdrawn into a shell and focused exclusively on her rehab and no one would fault her but she is inserting herself into all phases of the team as best she can.

I'd love to see UConn win the title and hear her teammates name her their MVP.

 

[AmeriConn]

Coach Paige has her board and is ready to go!