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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4587761, member: 591"] Geno is an outstanding coach. The days of folks saying he only wins because of the players he gets are long gone. It is also obvious he wouldn't get them if he wasn't a wonderful coach. A general feeling is that if given any team with decent players he would have more success than their current coach. Where the quality of UConn player comes in, however, is the sustained excellence of the program as the greatest of all time. Even Geno would admit he doesn't play the game, and he has had excellent players (some, among the best ever) to rise to heights that can only be achieved with that level of player. As to the other teams who would be struggling without their stars like Clark, Kitley, etc. - yes, and that's fine too. At the lowest point of the UConn season, I would say UConn struggled a bit as well. Geno was generally able to be successful in spite of it, and some other coaches might not be. [/QUOTE]