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I don’t think Vandy will ever join the 3 millllion dollar club for wbb coaches but UConn would offer enough incentives to make that possible for a coach that could maintain the program at the consistent Top Four level.
Yeah, of course Connecticut next Coach might not be paid north of $3 million unless of course, you know, we hired Staley away from you guys.;)

Do you have any idea what Shea is getting paid now? I took a quick look but because Vandy is a private institution, it's not readily available online.
 
Yeah, of course Connecticut next Coach might not be paid north of $3 million unless of course, you know, we hired Staley away from you guys.;)

Do you have any idea what Shea is getting paid now? I took a quick look but because Vandy is a private institution, it's not readily available online.
Oh, your next coach will not sniff 3 million in SALARY. But I think she will have incentives built into her first contract to allow her to join the coaches at that pay level.

Let’s face it. Following Geno is not an enviable challenge. Rare rare rare is the coach who can live up to fan expectations following a legend
 
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Let’s face it. Following Geno is not an enviable challenge. Rare rare rare is the coach who can live up to fan expectations following a legend
Kelly Harper suffers from this still, even though she’s the second one to occupy Pat’s courtside seat.
 
Have you seen her lately? She’s slowed down a lot. I think she’s slightly older than Geno btw.
She’s 9 months older. 6/53 to 3/54. I admit I haven’t seen her run, but I hear she swims a lot.
 
Actually they are wins. She also plays in the Pac-12, so be careful about that. Massey has the Stanford final SOS as 13 where UConn is 7 - not much difference there. I don't understand why the snarky comments on this post about Tara like she doesn't deserve it. It's possible to recognize both of them as outstanding coaches. Good lord.
She only plays in the PAC 12 when she wants to, even this years season of 23-24, Tara played 11 non conference and mostly cupcake games before her team played its first league game. Look at UConn winning 11 National Championships vs 3, are you serious? Where was UConn Womens Basketball when Van Der Vere won her 1st NC in 1990 for a very prestigious school named Stanford University, she had everything going for her, while UConn’s senior class that year had already played 3 of their years in the old UConn field house, leaky roof and all. What Geno Auriemma did at UConn is on par with what Vince Lombardi did at Green Bay Wisconsin.
 
What he says to reporters and fans, and what he says to top recruits I would suspect are two different things. He only needs 7 more wins to surpass both Van Der Vere and K.
Except VanDerveer is going to keep adding to her total. Unless she retires soon, I doubt if GA will catch her.
 
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And if not Shea or Carla, remember that Chris Dailey could make a few transition years.
and Jamelle is also well prepared
 
Except VanDerveer is going to keep adding to her total. Unless she retires soon, I doubt if GA will catch her.
First one to blink, loses.

Tata might swim a lot, but I bet Geno puts away more vino :)
 
And if not Shea or Carla, remember that Chris Dailey could make a few transition years.
and Jamelle is also well prepared
Chris has said when Geno goes, she goes. As much as I appreciate her contributions as an asst coach, Jamelle's coaching stint at Cincinnati didn't impress. If UConn stays in the family, my top picks (with actual coaching experience) w/b Shea and Carla, however Shea may want to stay "home" in the south. A real pipe dream would be Shea and Carla in the roles of Geno and CD. Perfecto! ;):D
 
As I’ve said elsewhere, it all depends on how much longer Tara wants to coach. Some think she’s lost her edge, but she’s put together a good team this year even losing Betts. And she looks happy on the sidelines.

If she cares about the record — I suspect she doesn’t — she’ll wait until Geno retires before she does. But she’s in an unusual position, with her main competitor shadowing her in career tenure and wins so closely. I guess this is more testimony to a great generation of coaches in WBB. Pat and Geno and Tara and Muffet built the sport into what it is today, so naturally they’d be statistically close.
 
She only plays in the PAC 12 when she wants to, even this years season of 23-24, Tara played 11 non conference and mostly cupcake games before her team played its first league game. Look at UConn winning 11 National Championships vs 3, are you serious? Where was UConn Womens Basketball when Van Der Vere won her 1st NC in 1990 for a very prestigious school named Stanford University, she had everything going for her, while UConn’s senior class that year had already played 3 of their years in the old UConn field house, leaky roof and all. What Geno Auriemma did at UConn is on par with what Vince Lombardi did at Green Bay Wisconsin.
Both coaches built programs into national contenders. Geno, Pat, and Tara all deserve respect for building College WBB into what it is today. As a Big East fan growing up I wish football hadn’t destroyed the old Big East and UConn hadn’t had to play 7 seasons in the AAC.

Stanford women’s basketball wasn’t relevant nationally until Tara took over. She won a national championship her 5th season at Stanford and has been to 15 final fours. She left Ohio State for the challenge of building a program at Stanford. Geno won a national championship in his 10th season at UConn and been to 22 final fours.
 
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She only plays in the PAC 12 when she wants to, even this years season of 23-24, Tara played 11 non conference and mostly cupcake games before her team played its first league game. Look at UConn winning 11 National Championships vs 3, are you serious? Where was UConn Womens Basketball when Van Der Vere won her 1st NC in 1990 for a very prestigious school named Stanford University, she had everything going for her, while UConn’s senior class that year had already played 3 of their years in the old UConn field house, leaky roof and all. What Geno Auriemma did at UConn is on par with what Vince Lombardi did at Green Bay Wisconsin.
Really and truly appreciate your disrespect for Tara. The fact you chose to misspell her name is the cherry on top of the cake.
 
While it is true that catching up to Tara at present is not looking easy, let’s remember that we have been held down these past three years due to this unbelievable injury streak. Hopefully, next year we will have a fully healthy team that will surely be among the top three in the nation. Undefeated seems a bridge too far these days (though SC is making a good run at it) but I think it’s fair to say we could be at the 1-3 loss level next year. We also have at least two top players (#4 &18) coming with the possibility of the #1 player as well! Meanwhile, Stanford is losing their superstar big and at present has two recruits in the 40s and one at 86 for next year. Stanford’s roster, unless Brink and Jump return for their Covid year, is going to decline. Our’s on the other hand, is going to get precipitously stronger! I think it’s possible, if not likely, that Stanford will lose more games than UConn in the coming three or four years. I think Geno will overtake Tara, if he continues coaching, within four years! He is currently six games behind. I think, given Tara’s losses next year (and no top stars to replace them) it’s not unreasonable at all to think we will win two more games than Stanford. (unless Tara just plays a cupcake schedule over that time)
Of course, this is based on them both staying for those four years!
 
Geno is a great coach who highly likely is going to become the winningest coach in college basketball at some point in the next 1 to 3 years. Stanford is likely going to struggle next year and is doing slightly better this year than I expected.

Not sure I get the dispersions on Stanford for playing a “cupcake” schedule. The PAC-12 is the #1 conference according to Massey and the ACC is currently the #3 ranked conference.

UConn needs to play a strong non-conference to get a #1 or #2 seed because for the past 11 years UConn has played in conferences currently ranked 6th and 7th according to Massey.
 
UConn needs to play a strong non-conference to get a #1 or #2 seed because for the past 11 years UConn has played in conferences currently ranked 6th and 7th according to Massey.

I don't think they need to play a strong non-conf schedule for that reason. They'd be an easy #1 seed if they went undefeated regardless of schedule. Geno sees no point in playing poor competition.
 
Chris has said when Geno goes, she goes. As much as I appreciate her contributions as an asst coach, Jamelle's coaching stint at Cincinnati didn't impress. If UConn stays in the family, my top picks (with actual coaching experience) w/b Shea and Carla, however Shea may want to stay "home" in the south. A real pipe dream would be Shea and Carla in the roles of Geno and CD. Perfecto! ;):D
I am a big fan of Carla. She fan coach.
 
He meant it. Look for Coach Geno to retire at the end of the season. He has nothing left to prove. And the team will only get worse next year. He means it.
 
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He meant it. Look for Coach Geno to retire at the end of the season. He has nothing left to prove. And the team will only get worse next year. He means it.
Sorry, nope on all counts. He's under through 2025 and will probably stay beyond that give the kids he's already recruited. He's a loyalty guy -- his word is his bond -- and I don't see him coaxing kids like Jana from the other side of the earth and then leaving them high and dry. Same goes for kids not from quite so far, like Morgan.

And just to underline it: the team will be much stronger next season.
 
I really wish folks would stop saying that Geno only needs "x" number of wins to pass Tara. They seem to have forgotten that she is still coaching, and coaches a teM that us much better than UConn. So she will likely widen hee leas by one is two this year.
 
Geno’s not retiring anytime soon IMHO. I don’t think he’d be recruiting Sarah Strong, Allie Zweibel, and Morgan Chelli, and at the same time contemplating retirement. If and when he does decide to retire, he would give a 2 or 3 year heads up to everyone close to him, including recruits. That would also I think give UConn and the athletic dept time to find a good replacement and minimize a fall off in the program.
He better land Sarah Strong. South Carolina is all over her and recruits like bragging rights of signing with the top program.
 
He better land Sarah Strong. South Carolina is all over her and recruits like bragging rights of signing with the top program.
I’d like to see South Carolina’s bragging rights if they had season ending injuries to 4 of their best players. LSU is also all over Strong, and that being said, I think Strong is smart enough to take with a grain of salt what snake oil South Carolina and LSU are selling. Neither will ever have 11 or more National Championship banners hanging from the rafters, something even the great John Wooden cannot claim.
 
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Both coaches built programs into national contenders. Geno, Pat, and Tara all deserve respect for building College WBB into what it is today. As a Big East fan growing up I wish football hadn’t destroyed the old Big East and UConn hadn’t had to play 7 seasons in the AAC.

Stanford women’s basketball wasn’t relevant nationally until Tara took over. She won a national championship her 5th season at Stanford and has been to 15 final fours. She left Ohio State for the challenge of building a program at Stanford. Geno won a national championship in his 10th season at UConn and been to 22 final fours.
You are definitely wrong on that score. The Stanford women were already a decent program when Tara took over. Why do you think Van Der Vere left Ohio State for Stanford? Jeanne Ruark was a terrific player in the early 80’s at Stanford. Granted they weren’t National Champions but they were definitely not a joke like the program Geno took over in 1985. What Geno did for the Uconn Huskies reminds me of what Vince Lombardi did for the NFL Green Bay Packers. Tara didn’t have to recruit players to come and play in a leaky roofed Field House, she already had a big running head start. What Geno Auriemma did blows away what any other coach ever did in a game ruled by women coaches. The great John Toner must of seen something in young Geno when Toner offered him the job over a cup of coffee in Dunkin Doughnut's 39 years ago.
 
I’d like to see South Carolina’s bragging rights if they had season ending injuries to 4 of their best players. LSU is also all over Strong, and that being said, I think Strong is smart enough to take with a grain of salt what snake oil South Carolina and LSU are selling. Neither will ever have 11 or more National Championship banners hanging from the rafters, something even the great John Wooden cannot claim.
What is the “snake oil” that Dawn is peddling? No, she may never have 11 banners (even if one is garnet colored), but she ain’t peddling snake oil with an average of 30 wins per season and two blue banners over the past decade.
 
I’d like to see South Carolina’s bragging rights if they had season ending injuries to 4 of their best players. LSU is also all over Strong, and that being said, I think Strong is smart enough to take with a grain of salt what snake oil South Carolina and LSU are selling. Neither will ever have 11 or more National Championship banners hanging from the rafters, something even the great John Wooden cannot claim.
South Carolina has a credible record for developing talent that can handle the pro level. Why is it necessary to take a jab like this especially when you outline what UConn has to offer in the same post?

Both programs have great things to offer. We're seeing really talented players graduate from both programs to the WNBA and dominate the league. They're dominating on the international stage togther as team mates.

Both programs are making women's basketball better as a whole. Players who choose UConn or South Carolina end up in great situations. Isn't that what's more important in the end?
 
You are definitely wrong on that score. The Stanford women were already a decent program when Tara took over. Why do you think Van Der Vere left Ohio State for Stanford? Jeanne Ruark was a terrific player in the early 80’s at Stanford. Granted they weren’t National Champions but they were definitely not a joke like the program Geno took over in 1985. What Geno did for the Uconn Huskies reminds me of what Vince Lombardi did for the NFL Green Bay Packers. Tara didn’t have to recruit players to come and play in a leaky roofed Field House, she already had a big running head start. What Geno Auriemma did blows away what any other coach ever did in a game ruled by women coaches. The great John Toner must of seen something in young Geno when Toner offered him the job over a cup of coffee in Dunkin Doughnut's 39 years ago.
I take offense to you saying the University of Connecticut was a joke before 1995. I have two sisters who went to grad school at UConn and a friend of mine from college is a professor at UConn.
 
I can't see either of these two taking over.
If Shea wants it i would take her in a heart beat, Carla is not ready for big time. If need be go outside and get best available. We need some one that can come in and start recruiting the elite players.
 
Ten days is enough for this topic. There is no benefit to a recruit, player, coach, or the team in speculating how long a coach will continue coaching.

Who might coach in the future, sure. But when Geno or Chris Dailey will retire - a big no.

I have no doubt other teams are mentioning to recruits how long a coach of their competition will continue coaching. There is zero reason to feed the rumor mill. At the very least, no benefit to UConn women's basketball.

To quote OP:

"How seriously should we take these?
More importantly...how should UConn recruiting targets take them?"

Let's not discuss anything that could negatively affect recruiting, or current players.

Maybe keep it in a game chat, not open to the general public.
 
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