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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3394538, member: 1220"] The Uconn team this year had/has a number of weaknesses. Those manifest in the post positions and overall depth. Those are something that can be mitigated via scheme but not totally corrected even by Geno. These issues existed before the season even started. Uconn has some good players but not in the numbers that fans are used to having. A lot of their players still need development in order to reach their still unfulfilled upsides. Ono being one. The reality is that players are seldom as good as their fans see them or as bad as their detractors view them. In fact, they tend to vacillate between their top and bottom ends throughout the season. It takes a while to figure out where a player's median is. Neither a good game or a bad game define their actual ability. I can not understand the criticism of Geno just because he did not spin straw into gold. This Uconn team is actually playing better than realistic expectations should have projected them to play. You are holding them and Geno, not too realistic standards, but to your own inflated expectations. Before the season began the college basketball talk was for rebuilding and reduced expectations for Uconn because they had lost the heart of their offense. But Uconn fans stated that Geno would have them contending because he is Geno. Well as that was also reflected by pollsters and early game success, some Uconn fans expectations expanded to the belief that they were actually the best team in the country. So now that they were beaten by an actual better team there is disappointment in Geno and some players. The reality is that the players have been playing really well and gave an excellent account of themselves against a better team. Not only that but Baylor is a really bad matchup for Uconn because their strengths expose Uconns weaknesses. Match ups are always important. Could they have beaten Baylor on a given day? Yes, as evidenced by all the upsets that have already happened. But it was not a realistic expectation. Could they advance to the final four? Yes, but they would need the fortune to avoid teams like Baylor who have posts that Uconn can not match up with. Avoiding unfavorable matchups has been what most teams have always had to deal with. Geno has also done what the Uconn faithful projected him to do, which was to elevate the level of the players he had to work with. Just not enough to match the level of their own inflated expectations. To put it simply. The fans were not concerned about a thin roster because the expected Geno to work his magic and elevate them to a higher level. Now they blame Geno and the players for not being elevated high enough. Is Geno perfect? No! Who could have done better? Muffet? Remember that he also is still dealing with the after-effects of a serious operation. Some Uconn fans are just spoiled and do not fully appreciate what they still have while they yearn for an impossible past. [/QUOTE]

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