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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3162094, member: 9403"] Just a third-party perspective here, but it seems like every time another elite program lands a recruit that hypothetically would have been helpful to UConn, a lot of posters use it as a referendum on the state of the program, which somehow manages to come off as both hubristic and insecure all at once. Hubristic because hey, UConn doesn't get to have all the top recruits folks - there are legit reasons to pick other schools. And insecure, because some people immediately claim that recruit was "overrated all along," while others act as if somehow the one recruiting miss shows that suddenly Geno's "past his prime," "doesn't know how to recruit anymore," or is "stubborn and won't adjust to the needs of today's players." IMHO, it's not a good look for Huskies fans and not a great look for the program if its fans are so bothered by every time a top recruit goes elsewhere. Good fans stay confident in their team through thick and thin and don't care who other teams get. And that should be UConn fans, because no matter what recruit they get that you don't get, you have is Geno. And they don't. UConn will be a top program as long as Geno is coach. UConn will miss on many top recruits. There are tons of other great programs worthy of top recruits, so that is rational, natural, and good for the sport. But UConn will get many others. It has always been thus, and always will be. Every program has peaks and troughs. No other program's peaks are 4 straight national championships. Ever.[B] Some people on this board could really use a little perspective.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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