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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3450676, member: 5798"] I agree to a certain extent. Times, circumstances, and philosophy can change over that amount of time. Players today can make coaches reassess long standing philosophical postures and beliefs. Geno is older and wiser today than 20 years ago. If Sebrina Ionescu had come to UConn, do you have any doubt she would have started? I remember watching her play towards the end of her freshman year. I vividly remember seeing her giving instructions to her teammates during huddles between whistles during games. What impressed me was that besides the fact that she had the least amount of experience in the group, she stepped up as a leader, told them what to do, and they were listening to her. Usually freshmen in their first year are seen and not heard, e.g., eyes and ears open and mouth shut. I think Paige is cut from that same cloth. I’ll bet my turban and cape that I’m right. I'll also bet that she becomes the face of the program before the end of her sophomore year. The 3 starting freshmen (Aliyah Boston, Brea Beal and Zia Cooke) at South Carolina are proof positive that times are changing. Does anyone here think they could also start for UConn? They don't shrink in BIG games, and they've only lost one so far. I’d like to think that Geno is not so stubborn and close minded that he can’t change with them. [/QUOTE]