I am convinced that Jenn will step into Geno's. . .

[Zorro]

I did not mean timid; more like polite, considerate and soft-spoken. Great qualities in a person but not necessarily in a coach. And this is just a thought, and may certainly be wrong.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Why not just steal their future coach.... Summit. He seems like he might make a good coach.

Just go to his website; he'll tell you he is.

 

[UConnCat]

I did not mean timid; more like polite, considerate and soft-spoken. Great qualities in a person but not necessarily in a coach. And this is just a thought, and may certainly be wrong.

I think you are wrong on this one. Sue has no problem getting in the face of her teammates when necessary and that included All-WNBA Lauren Jackson.

 

[UcMiami]

I think you are wrong on this one. Sue has no problem getting in the face of her teammates when necessary and that included All-WNBA Lauren Jackson.

Not sure I had ever seen that video. Thanks.
And Agler defines why you want Sue on the NT even if she is no longer putting up stats comparable to other point guards available - her mind and her leadership, and her ability to solve whatever problem the team is having on the floor at any given moment.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Huge difference between Uconn and U of Hartford:
1. State flagship university vs. small private university.
2. Student undergrads - currently Uconn 18,395 vs, 5,350
3. Campus size - 4400 acres vs. 350 acres
4. Athletic budget - Lots vs. lots less!

When Geno arrived the program was small potatoes but ... it was the State school with the resources and the public support to invest in its athletic programs and, with membership in the BE, athletics exploded and would have regardless of Geno - he certainly helped a lot and specifically for the WCBB program, but that was going to happen anyway.
U of H will never greatly expand any of its athletic programs regardless of their success. The athletic budget will remain small potatoes as with almost every other small private university and their appeal to elite athletes will remain minimal regardless of who coaches them. Being stuck in the NE and specifically CT which is anything but a basketball hot bed makes recruiting even harder.[/QUOTE

Do you actually remember UConn women's basket ball before 1995?? Do you remember what women sports were in 1989?? It was cold damp Field house, ( I played there a few years before) hard long wooden seats. BUDGET??? Who are you kidding the whole Women's sports budget wasn't near .1 of the Men's basketball. Flag Ship University?? What a stretch in what world was that? Uconn still isn't seen in the same category as Duke, Stanford, MiT, Yale, academically --in terms of Basket ball then--it was a nice Yankee Conf teams. For much of the world WBB didn't exist in 1989,except for just a few of us fools with daughters.
When Geno started to put it bluntly --it was bad. No one in their right mind would have given Geno and Chris more than 2 years at UConn. WBB at Uconn had no record nothing.
Jenn had Title 9, U of H had to put SOME money into the program. She was given pretty much (with in reason) what she needed. Things Geno and Chris would loved to have had.

 

[BroadwayVa]

I think you are wrong on this one. Sue has no problem getting in the face of her teammates when necessary and that included All-WNBA Lauren Jackson.

Sue is a tough woman--even at UConn she wanted to take the winning shots--be the go to player when the chips were down. She is the glue that held the last OLYMPIC team together --and yes she was calling out anyone who didn't toe the mark!! That's OUR Sue!!!

 

[j66kicker]

I think you are wrong on this one. Sue has no problem getting in the face of her teammates when necessary and that included All-WNBA Lauren Jackson.

Great video! Loved a couple Brian Alger quotes:

"Sue Bird does her job better than anyone who has ever played the game."

"If Sue Bird is on the floor and there's any doubt about what's going on out there, get the ball to her."

And one from Sue:

"Lauren, if a play is called, run it."

 

[UcMiami]

Do you actually remember UConn women's basket ball before 1995?? Do you remember what women sports were in 1989?? It was cold damp Field house, ( I played there a few years before) hard long wooden seats. BUDGET??? Who are you kidding the whole Women's sports budget wasn't near .1 of the Men's basketball. Flag Ship University?? What a stretch in what world was that? Uconn still isn't seen in the same category as Duke, Stanford, MiT, Yale, academically --in terms of Basket ball then--it was a nice Yankee Conf teams. For much of the world WBB didn't exist in 1989,except for just a few of us fools with daughters.
When Geno started to put it bluntly --it was bad. No one in their right mind would have given Geno and Chris more than 2 years at UConn. WBB at Uconn had no record nothing.
Jenn had Title 9, U of H had to put SOME money into the program. She was given pretty much (with in reason) what she needed. Things Geno and Chris would loved to have had.

Yes I actually do, and I remember running on the indoor track when it was brand new in the 60s or early 70s - I grew up in Storrs. And watch football games from the hillside that is now the parking garage.
And that still doesn't change the fact that the University of Connecticut was by far the largest school in CT and the 'flagship' for CT. Yale is a private school in a league far above U of H which is a very small private school with decent academics that has not a lot of appeal outside of the local area.
Yes - women's athletics have been transformed since Geno started coaching, but his budget in 1989 is probably in inflation adjusted dollars not far off Jen's budget when she started coaching ten years later part time (still playing pro ball) and full time 2003. And the Hawks will never have a budget in the same universe as Uconn so there was never any chance that Jen staying at Hartford could ever expand the way Uconn did and would have done with or without Geno. And the BE would have been formed and Uconn would have become a member. And no one will every debate whether to invite U of Hartford into a league bigger than the America East.
And the environment in 1989 was very different as you point out - only perhaps 10% of D1 schools took any interest in women's athletics, and probably 5% at most took women's basketball seriously - Uconn did, even if they weren't willing to devote many resources to it. But that environment meant that there were very few schools that actually recruited nationally, so there was not much competition for NE HS basketball players. By the time Jen started coaching, the number of D1 schools taking women's athletics seriously had skyrocketed and the budgets were also in a new league. And the competition for recruits is completely different - there are very few teams that only recruit regionally any more - and most of them fall into the U of Hartford size. I suspect Jen's recruiting budget remains on par with the expense account for one of Geno's assistant coaches.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Thank God Geno does not read the BY. If he did he might feel a little dissed - win 10 and a good shot at 11 and they are lining up my replacement. What does a guy have to do for these spoiled fans!

 

[Sonny44]

Jen, Shea, Marissa, DT, Sue, and Carla are all in their 30s. Please don't insult them by calling them "girls", or even worse, "ladies". They are women. Girls are in high school and below. Once they turn 18 they are women, just as boys become men.

Give it up or get a job or something.

 

[Sonny44]

I think you are wrong on this one. Sue has no problem getting in the face of her teammates when necessary and that included All-WNBA Lauren Jackson.

Excellent, wasn't really aware of that side of Sue. She gets my vote, although I'd be happy with Shea.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Late breaking pertinent news:

"I will tell you that Coach Auriemma is going to coach until he falls over," Ralph said. "He is a coach at heart, and it is fun every day to see his energy and how his mind works." From WBBfan1 thread article.http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...n-insider-shea-ralph-1029-20151028-story.html

Can see it now, CD blocks his access to the ref with her walker, he pulls out his tie and strokes out DOING What He Loves. A great way to go out.

Hope Shea is right.

Suggests the Ladies (will that pass muster) under discussion may well not want to wait that long!

 

[UcMiami]

Late breaking pertinent news:

"I will tell you that Coach Auriemma is going to coach until he falls over," Ralph said. "He is a coach at heart, and it is fun every day to see his energy and how his mind works." From WBBfan1 thread article.http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...n-insider-shea-ralph-1029-20151028-story.html

Can see it now, CD blocks his access to the ref with her walker, he pulls out his tie and strokes out DOING What He Loves. A great way to go out.

Hope Shea is right.

Suggests the Ladies (will that pass muster) under discussion may well not want to wait that long!

And of course we all know it isn't his decision to make - the wife doesn't want that crazy guy around the house 24/7 - she will never let him retire!

 

[vtcwbuff]

Just go to his website; he'll tell you he is.

I tried to but my security software reported it as "suspicious". "There is a higher than average probability that you will be exposed to malicious links or payloads."

I figured that he must have a link to The Summitt on his site.

 

[Monte]

Late breaking pertinent news:

"I will tell you that Coach Auriemma is going to coach until he falls over," Ralph said. "He is a coach at heart, and it is fun every day to see his energy and how his mind works." From WBBfan1 thread article.http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...n-insider-shea-ralph-1029-20151028-story.html

Can see it now, CD blocks his access to the ref with her walker, he pulls out his tie and strokes out DOING What He Loves. A great way to go out.

Hope Shea is right.

Suggests the Ladies (will that pass muster) under discussion may well not want to wait that long!

Notice that Shea likes his energy and how his mind works(they are two of a kind).

 

[Monte]

Excellent, wasn't really aware of that side of Sue. She gets my vote, although I'd be happy with Shea.

But Shea is like that EVERY day; at practice and at game time.

 

[Monte]

Jen, Shea, Marissa, DT, Sue, and Carla are all in their 30s. Please don't insult them by calling them "girls", or even worse, "ladies". They are women. Girls are in high school and below. Once they turn 18 they are women, just as boys become men.

Some boys never become MEN, and some girls never become WOMEN!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

And of course we all know it isn't his decision to make - the wife doesn't want that crazy guy around the house 24/7 - she will never let him retire!

LMAO OOO...sort of an Olympic LMAO!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Notice that Shea likes his energy and how his mind works(they are two of a kind).

Honestly, I'd take a chance on Shea over any head coach mentioned to date.