Jerzy to SC

[cancontent]

Disagree. He built it, but that doesn't mean it will end when he leaves the school.

Topping up on this point.

It's continued on with the men's side through several coaches to date. Can't see it being any different for the women's side.

 

[victor64]

Topping up on this point.

It's continued on with the men's side through several coaches to date. Can't see it being any different for the women's side.

Depends on who replaces him.

 

[iri10]

Topping up on this point.

It's continued on with the men's side through several coaches to date. Can't see it being any different for the women's side.

Devil's advocate: there is a big difference in the breadth of the men's talent pool compared to the women. As a result, even with the money gap enjoyed by the big conferences, there aren't enough slots available on the prestigious teams within those conferences. So some phenomenal players end up elsewhere.

Whereas in the women's game, the top 3 or 4 conferences have enough room for pretty much every great player, leaving far thinner scraps for those on the outside looking in. Geno is the critical piece that lets us swim against the current.

Would be overjoyed to be wrong, of course.

 

[cancontent]

Devil's advocate: there is a big difference in the breadth of the men's talent pool compared to the women. As a result, even with the money gap enjoyed by the big conferences, there aren't enough slots available on the prestigious teams within those conferences. So some phenomenal players end up elsewhere.

Whereas in the women's game, the top 3 or 4 conferences have enough room for pretty much every great player, leaving far thinner scraps for those on the outside looking in. Geno is the critical piece that lets us swim against the current.

Would be overjoyed to be wrong, of course.

My point was that the UConn men's program has been able to maintain their rep since the days of Calhoun. It hasn't been pretty or easy as another poster noted, but they've been able to do it.

 

[NycUcWbbFan]

the big picture with recruiting really concerns me. I think we are missing some domestic kids that we used to get. To not land either bjorn or jerzy after winning the championship… it really disappoints me. I think maybe the issue is we can’t compete with the “up front” NIL packages that some of our competitors are able to offer.

We have wisely increased our recruiting overseas as a result. My concern about overseas though… will the kids continue to choose UConn when Geno is no longer here?

The next few years are good at least. And we seem like we are getting better at using the portal. But let’s continue to track recruiting and see how it goes. I don’t want to bury my head in the sand.

I see it a little differently. Because Geno and CD recalibrated &1 their recruiting very well under the new paradigm, there are 12 returning high quality players. That alone may give some domestic &2 recruits pause. It could be, as you say, NIL-related, but we don’t really know.

And programs do go through inexplicable periods of domestic recruiting misses even after recent successes. See South Carolina prior to Agot Makeer’s commitment. I have no clue if NIL is playing a part.

Imagine if the new paradigm had already existed when Geno and CD had prior domestic recruiting misses or when the program suffered its biblical injury plague.

I don’t necessarily see getting Olivia (domestic), and Jovana, a chance at Sarah Okeke, Ivanna Wilson Manyacka and Haylen Ayers as worrying, yet. Yes, at some point Geno’s retirement becomes a concern. But there are no signs he is ready to retire yet.

&1 Geno and CD has thus far been able to parlay that into more attenuated farm system development and better play. This proof-in-the-pudding may alleviate concerns about a large roster.

&2 It is arguable that this is less of a problem with highly-rated international recruits who are used to playing up. And Geno’s name recognition and tutelage of many recognized WNBA players (the WNBA potentially on the cusp of a lucrative CBA) is a difference maker.

 

[Charliebball]

Disagree. He built it, but that doesn't mean it will end when he leaves the school.

UConn's future success will depend on who is named the new coach upon Geno's retirement.....it's going to take a coach with a lot of confidence and determination to succeed a legend.......while I don't think we will ever see a coach in WBB replicate Geno's level of success, UConn could still be a top-ten team in the future, given the right leadership and recruiting savvy......

 

[Rudy1927]

Glad for her! Now put this thread on the other board Non-UConn Recruiting.

Yup get this crap out of here. Go play for Dawn

 

[ConnMotors]

ConnMotors said:
Glad for her! Now put this thread on the other board Non-UConn Recruiting.

Yup get this crap out of here. Go play for Dawn

With other recruits this thread would have been closed already. Now it has been changed to coaches. She’s going to South Carolina. That’s great. See ya on the court.

 

[donalddoowop]

I have seen a lot of articles about how important Jerzy's commitment is to SC and how it changes the landscape for SC. I don't believe she is as good as they are making her out to be. I also don't think it hurts UConn at all. They have a very good guard coming in.

 

[visitingcock]

ConnMotors said:
Glad for her! Now put this thread on the other board Non-UConn Recruiting.

With other recruits this thread would have been closed already. Now it has been changed to coaches. She’s going to South Carolina. That’s great. See ya on the court.

Even I agree. Why is this a thread - much less an open thread.