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Message: [QUOTE="VillageHusky, post: 2532290, member: 6636"] I wholeheartedly agree with StamfordHusky; let the professionals decide when it is proper for Katie Lou (and Gabby and Crystal and anyone else on the team who is suffering from injuries) to return to the court. The implication and undertone of many of the comments in this thread is that, left to his own devices, Geno Auriemma will play his star players into the ground and cause them lifelong injuries in an attempt to win meaningless regular season games and certainly in pursuit of a 12th NCAA Championship. In my view, there is simply no reason to believe that Geno would risk the long-term health of Katie Lou, Gabby, or anyone else in pursuit of an additional national championship. Moreover, besides the moral issues involved in asking players to risk their long-term health in pursuit of short-term glory, I think Geno is just too smart to do something that, in the short run, could undermine his credibility with new recruits but, in the long run, tarnish his legacy (which at this point is more than about an additional national championship much less an AAC win or loss.) Forget the 11 national championships, the 1000+ wins, the gold medals, the all-time winning percentage, does not the universally positive view in which he is held by his former players constitute sufficient reason to believe he never risked in the past or ever would risk in the future the long term health of any of his players for a victory or victories. I recognize that the Boneyard is a forum to speculate, debate and discuss but, at least to my ears, the criticisms made recently about this team and Geno's management of it ring with a degree of certainty and confidence that is unwarranted and unfair. [/QUOTE]

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