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Message: [QUOTE="Bronx23, post: 2785551, member: 8501"] Let me once again preface my coming comments and criticism with full agreement that pretty much every other coach and team in the country would gladly take reaching the national semi-finals every year and with a chance to win at the end of the game. Yes, this surely is what happened these last two years. And yes these were huge accomplishments and should never be taken for granted or seen as a given. To just have developed and maintained such accomplishments is a dream of others and sometimes reached with a huge amount of effort, team work, sweat and tears and occasionally a bit of good fortune. I'm though certain that U Conn is not any other program and on numerous levels Geno, CD and the coaching staff and players do work harder, longer, smarter and expect more. I'm not sure if he truly believes that essentially the last two years outcomes are ok, or that somehow that is a PR move. The manner in which they lost the last two years, which in many ways was quite similar to each other should and I'm sure it was analyzed and re-analyzed by them over and over again. If he doesn't believe or see, some issues, problems, mistakes in preparation and in game strategy I'd be even more concerned. While I wont go again into my perceptions of the issues and areas that need examination and some adjustments (and of course what do I or anyone else who has questions and concerns really know) mistakes were made and both of these were very winnable games against teams many believe U Conn should have beaten. Yes I would love to see them get back to the final four and have a chance to win at the end. I surely don't think it's a given. I hope the game itself won't play out almost exactly like the last two times, as that might just indicate little or nothing was learned from the two prior games. I hate to end on sarcasm, but success in anything and life itself is or should be based on all that the U Conn program and success was built on, which is working harder, being in better physical and mental condition, being better prepared for the game, making the necessary adjustments as it unfolds. And yes again for maybe the hundredth time this is the greatest coach, coaching staff and program ever in almost any sport over a long protracted period. Bronx23 [/QUOTE]

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