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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 3393295, member: 7511"] I wish a loss would not entail recriminations as in, “Who’s to blame?” But I guess it’s just one of the frailties of human nature that we all have to deal with here on the BY. Here’s my “glass half full” take. UConnCat has it right with the assessment that this is more about Geno’s recruiting misses. We were all terribly spoiled with 4 straight championships by teams that were loaded with frontcourt size and strength. Subsequently, UConn came down to the wire for A’ja Wilson, Lauren Cox, Charlie Collier and Aliyah Boston before losing out to SC, Baylor, TX & SC respectively. Some combination of those players alone could have maintained UConn’s championship streak to a ridiculous level. That’s all water under the bridge now. Recruiting has not been very good for 4 years running. Geno has stated that in order to sustain a top level program his goal is to bring in two college AA quality players each year. A generous assessment for each class would be that Geno has 1 (Crystal), 1 (Megan), 2 (Christyn & Liv) and 1? (Aubrey). He also has 1 more on the bench currently redshirting. Despite all the recruiting misses, UConn has made it to the last 3 FF’s and will undoubtedly end up as a top 10 team this season, whether or not they make it to yet another FF. More exciting is that the cavalry is coming in the form of 5 signed players next season with 3 really good players verbally committed in the following seasons and more to be announced. UConn’s continued success in the face of recruiting misses is unbelievable. Every other team in the country hits a rough patch. We need only look to the situation in South Bend to grasp what can happen to even one of the very best programs in the country, coached by one of the very best coaches in the country. After 2 straight trips to the national finals, ND is at 6-10, the team is currently reeling, with all of its tough conference games still ahead. The Irish could lose 20 games this year. Geno and UConn WBB are a treasure. Some day when he finally hangs up his coaching whistle, we may all truly learn just how hard what he does year in and year out actually is. Quoting Tom Hanks character from [I]A League of Their Own[/I]. [B]“It’s supposed to be hard. It’s the hard that makes it great.”[/B] [/QUOTE]

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