It is just that it will be a 'big moment' for Geno when he moves into fifth place on the coaching list of career wins and when he passes Stevens as well into 4th both of which may happen this year.
First is to acknowledge a big step in Geno success, Second in the case of Rutgers: Did you ever attend a game when Uconn was playing at Rutgers and witness how nasty the fans were toward the Uconn fans and specially toward Geno's his wife? By your question I am sure you didn't . Vivian never got on the microphone in an attempt to curb vicious personal attacks like most coaches do when it gets all of hands.
I don't think Geno will have the most wins. He'll probablyt stick around long enought to catch Pat but I don't think he'll catch Tara.
Bashing???? All that the post reflected was that sometimes you have to look past the numbers (victories) to take into account opportunities when evaluating numbers. The post didn't suggest in any way that CVS was anything but a stellar coach but that her career totals were based on having coached for an appreciably longer time than Geno. The fact is that though Pat Summit has a 100 win plus advantage over Geno, the vast majority of people feel that Geno is the greatest coach in the history of the women's game.
We all know that Geno rarely had the most talented players prior to 1996 in the aftermath of the 1995 unbeaten national championship team. Even then, it wasn't like instantaneously the best players decided that UConn was the place to come to. It did start the trend of the better players looking at UConn SERIOUSLY for a change instead of just automatically the perennial teams, particularly Tennessee. By 2000, we were getting a nice share of the better players in the country which obviously made Geno's job a little easier but the program he built started with little steps in 1986. He came to the show late but boy, did he make an impact!
You do realize that the last sentence --said this was a tongue in cheek posting---most of it sent in humor--not meant. I don't dislike CVivian--i respect much about what she has done--and the toughness of her team. And obviously i'm a long time Geno/Uconn fan. make that really really long time Geno/Team fan.
On the contrary, I did get it. I just wanted to add my case for Geno's greatness. I wasn't in any way criticizing your tongue in cheek post though I almost missed it being so.
thanks for both things---adding to the posting and getting it. I have made it a point to try to NOT respond to perceived negativism's negatively. --because i've been wrong on the reply --they were replying to my funny with one of their own---most of my posting are nonsense with an occasional bit of long time Geno watching experience thrown in---so i try to only take serious those poster who think I insulted them--95 percent of the time--that was not my intent. Thanks again..
