Map of Highest Paid State Employees (Deadspin)

[IMind]

One point with Geno is you aren't just competing against other women's coaches. He's so successful that I'm sure if we weren't paying him a premium he'd have been gone long ago. Some AD would have made a run at him for a men's program. This whole argument is moronic as far as Geno and Calhoun are concerned. They both make more for the University than they get paid. Cripes Geno was on 60 Minutes.

 

[upstater]

And as Lew Perkins said back in the late '90s, UConn needs to invest heavily in football in order to protect the hoops brand both male and female. How true that has been. If UConn doesn't hurry up and get this football thing fixed, the hoops programs will recede (maybe glacier like) from their position of prominence. The major conferences are the future of big time college sports.

The football program is already well ahead of where most of us thought it would be a decade ago.

Sometimes, even the football program needs its accomplishments recorded. Back in 2004, if you had asked people if they would have been satisfied with:

1. Fiesta Bowl game against Oklahoma
2. Bowl victory against South Carolina
3. Win over Notre Dame at Notre Dame
4. Winning record against Pitt, Cuse and Louisville
5. Wins over 3 or 4 ACC teams (including a blowout against Virginia), wins over 2 SEC teams, 3 current B12 teams, 1 B1g team
6. At least 4 NFL draft picks in a single year twice (and many NFL draft picks over that time span)
7. Last but not least: 2 first place finishes in the BE

...most fans would have taken it in a heartbeat.

 

[CL82]

Initial Second post:

Sorry, but take off the Connecticut and UConn colored glasses - Geno Aurriema is not a household name across America.

Most recent post:

Whether people know him, hasn't been my point. It's the money. It's always been about the money.

Um yeah... riiiiight.

Um yeah, check again d*ckhead. Post #9.

LOL, man your panties are in a bunch over this. Relax.

You can't reconcile those two statements. Geno does have huge name recognition. He has been enormously successful in his profession and he deserves to be compensated at the top of it.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

LOL, man you panties are in a bunch over this. Relax.

You can't reconcile those two statements. Geno does have huge name recognition. He has been enormously successful in his profession and he deserves to be compensated at the top of it.

I made about a half a dozen posts in this thread before Geno's name recognition came up. Not sure why you have such a hard on in trying to misrepresent my stance here. It's just like some people can't have a rational discussion about the sport. Literally anything negative about.the short and you get portrayed as a sexist. Nowhere else in any sport does that happen.

After work today I should walk to Times Square and 100 random people if they know Geno. I'd personally be shocked if more than 10 knew him. Absolutely floored.

Derek Jeter, Jay-Z, Tom Cruise -shocked if at least 10 didn't know them. That's a big name. That's a household status.

 

[CL82]

I made about a half a dozen posts in this thread before Geno's name recognition came up. Not sure why you have such a hard on in trying to misrepresent my stance here. It's just like some people can't have a rational discussion about the sport. Literally anything negative about.the short and you get portrayed as a sexist. Nowhere else in any sport does that happen.

After work today I should walk to Times Square and 100 random people if they know Geno. I'd personally be shocked if more than 10 knew him. Absolutely floored.

Derek Jeter, Jay-Z, Tom Cruise -shocked if at least 10 didn't know them. That's a big name. That's a household status.

Kind of hard to misrepresent someone by quoting them, don't you think?

FWIW, I didn't say that you were sexist, I said that your statement that Geno doesn't have huge name recognition was wrong. Feel free to ask around Time Square. I'd be interested in the response you get. Keep track of how many people ignore you. That would be interesting (and amusing) as well.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Kind of hard to misrepresent someone by quoting them, don't you think?

FWIW, I didn't say that you were sexist, I said that your statement that Geno doesn't have huge name recognition was wrong. Feel free to ask around Time Square. I'd be interested in the response you get. Keep track of how many people ignore you. That would be interesting (and amusing) as well.

Let's just end this. I've wasted more time talking about a women's hoops coach than I would care to in a lifetime in this thread.

You're a good poster and a good UConn fan.

Agree to disagree?

 

[J187Money]

I made about a half a dozen posts in this thread before Geno's name recognition came up. Not sure why you have such a hard on in trying to misrepresent my stance here. It's just like some people can't have a rational discussion about the sport. Literally anything negative about.the short and you get portrayed as a sexist. Nowhere else in any sport does that happen.

After work today I should walk to Times Square and 100 random people if they know Geno. I'd personally be shocked if more than 10 knew him. Absolutely floored.

Derek Jeter, Jay-Z, Tom Cruise -shocked if at least 10 didn't know them. That's a big name. That's a household status.

Just messing with you, but you'd be hard pressed to find 10 people that count English as their native tongue in Times Square. But I'd be happy to buy you a drink!

 

[CL82]

Let's just end this. I've wasted more time talking about a women's hoops coach than I would care to in a lifetime in this thread.

You're a good poster and a good UConn fan.

Agree to disagree?

Yep.