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Message: [QUOTE="veryolddog, post: 3092879, member: 129"] Most of you folks think that when Geno leaves there will be a "blip" in performance and recruiting from the new coach. I do hope that you are correct. History tells us that UConn goes for "cheap" in coaching. Geno makes good bucks teaching kids basketball. UConn will not pay those kind of dollars again for a new coach. Look at the football program. When they had the chance, they hired Edsall and two other nobodies before that. Why didn't they go to a highly successful program and steal a real winner away who can recruit by name, reputation and the rebuilding story? Are they going to go for Jeff Waltz, or Kim Mulkey at Baylor? Doubt it. They went to Rhode Island for the men's coach. What do you expect? They will not pay for the top people in Connecticut. They will accept mediocrity and blend into the AAC. The only way they can effect a great change is to hire Taurasi and Bird as Coach and Associate to carry this team into the future. Their names and their tenacity will get the best recruits and make sure the game is played the way Geno designed it. And, I do not care if you accept my opinion or not. [/QUOTE]