JoePgh
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... who told me the following:
Apparently, without telling anyone outside the team, Geno has had KLS / Gabby / Pheesa / Kia practice on the "white team" since the team got back from Texas. Tonight, those players will be on the bench in street clothes, and the starting lineup against Tulsa will be as follows:
C: Azura
PF: Kyla
SF: Megan
SG: Mikayla
PG: Crystal
Available reserves will be Batouly, Molly, and Lexi. Under no circumstances will Nurse Colliamson come to the rescue. Even if the 8 available players lose the game to Tulsa, Geno will stick with that roster. In his view, nothing would get their attention in practice more than losing a game to a team full of players who could never get near enough to sniff a UConn basketball scholarship in their wildest dreams.
We know that there is a certain theatrical component to Geno's way of managing his team. (Remember the Last Act of Nykesha Sales? The Memphis game a few years ago?) It's not out of the question that he might do something like this. It would be a dramatic demonstration to his bench players (probably) that they need to take practices more seriously. And it would be a dramatic statement to the fans (as represented by the Boneyard) what the consequences would be if he took their advice more often.
But, as you folks say, they might surprise him and actually WIN the game!
Apparently, without telling anyone outside the team, Geno has had KLS / Gabby / Pheesa / Kia practice on the "white team" since the team got back from Texas. Tonight, those players will be on the bench in street clothes, and the starting lineup against Tulsa will be as follows:
C: Azura
PF: Kyla
SF: Megan
SG: Mikayla
PG: Crystal
Available reserves will be Batouly, Molly, and Lexi. Under no circumstances will Nurse Colliamson come to the rescue. Even if the 8 available players lose the game to Tulsa, Geno will stick with that roster. In his view, nothing would get their attention in practice more than losing a game to a team full of players who could never get near enough to sniff a UConn basketball scholarship in their wildest dreams.
We know that there is a certain theatrical component to Geno's way of managing his team. (Remember the Last Act of Nykesha Sales? The Memphis game a few years ago?) It's not out of the question that he might do something like this. It would be a dramatic demonstration to his bench players (probably) that they need to take practices more seriously. And it would be a dramatic statement to the fans (as represented by the Boneyard) what the consequences would be if he took their advice more often.
But, as you folks say, they might surprise him and actually WIN the game!
