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March 2021 Recruiting Thread

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Geew1992 said:
The assistant coach was fired but Ivey told the team she left for another opportunity. The team is divided. Ivey doesn’t communicate with some of the team. Doesn’t treat everyone the same. Asked each player how they felt about social injustice. If she didn’t like your answer you didn’t play.

Don’t know what is true but a couple posters said they had the inside scoop
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It's unclear to me why I coach would be questioning a player about a political issue............if the players have an issue they agree on highlighting that's a different matter.......
 
It seemed like overkill to me to bring in 3-4 new recruits in the next three years. I've already posted that in the last couple of weeks. Too many people mean transfers, and Geno doesn't get the choice of who goes and stays. Now I just got a perspective of maybe what he is doing. Why do we have six freshmen on our team? We have 4 upperclassmen on this years team. Transfers, leaving early, injuries, we don't know what can happen. Maybe he wants to ensure that the cabinet will never be empty again. By bringing in as many top recruits as he can, he knows that the more he can get here, the more that will stay. He may think he can afford to lose a couple, as long as he has enough to ensure that he doesn't have to deal again with a mostly inexperienced and very young team. He lucked out this year with the very good talent that we have. He has never to my knowledge carried this many players, but now he realizes that he doesn't have a monopoly on the best players, and now with this no sit out transfer business he may be a little worried about what is going to happen to the game going forward.
 
BobbyJ said:
Actually AP is bigger, stronger, better all around offensively, and more physical defensively inside. IMO, she's most comparable to Edwards in that she appears to enjoy moving opponents around and out of the way. ;)
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:eek: We have to start comparing notes before we post.
 
I am always wary of the 'inside scoop' posters on fan sites. I don't recall seeing anything in any media reporting, so could it just be a tempest brewing in the fan community on the Bench?
 
Bald Husky - 1999-2001 was a large roster. Recruiting is also a crap shoot to some degree and you never know who will commit. When you really like players and they seem really interested it is hard to pass them over, especially when you have no idea if anyone will be interested or interesting the next year. And until the paper is signed, things can change in a minute, and even after it is signed (see EDD.)

And yeah, the WCBB landscape has changed significantly in terms of transfers even before the new NCAA no sit-out year change. The number and quality of transfers in the last 10 years has exploded compared to earlier. And coaches have to be aware of it, both as an exit route they didn't need to really plan for before, but also as another route to fill holes in a roster.
 
UcMiami said:
I am always wary of the 'inside scoop' posters on fan sites. I don't recall seeing anything in any media reporting, so could it just be a tempest brewing in the fan community on the Bench?
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Agree with your take on so-called “inside scoop.” But some of the complaints on the Bench are publicly known: Cunningham was not retained by Ivey, Ivey’s decision to opt out of the WNIT and 3 ND players in the transfer portal.
 
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oldude said:
Agree with your take on so-called “inside scoop.” But some of the complaints on the Bench are publicly known: Cunningham was not retained by Ivey, Ivey’s decision to opt out of the WNIT and 3 ND players in the transfer portal.
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Thanks. Had not seen the three transfer portal players

Edit: Not like the heart of the team. Three is a little unusual but not surprising based on contribution. I wouldn't think it was a sign of team dissension as much as perhaps mistakes in recruiting?
 
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Bald Huskie said:
It seemed like overkill to me to bring in 3-4 new recruits in the next three years. I've already posted that in the last couple of weeks. Too many people mean transfers, and Geno doesn't get the choice of who goes and stays. Now I just got a perspective of maybe what he is doing. Why do we have six freshmen on our team? We have 4 upperclassmen on this years team. Transfers, leaving early, injuries, we don't know what can happen. Maybe he wants to ensure that the cabinet will never be empty again. By bringing in as many top recruits as he can, he knows that the more he can get here, the more that will stay. He may think he can afford to lose a couple, as long as he has enough to ensure that he doesn't have to deal again with a mostly inexperienced and very young team. He lucked out this year with the very good talent that we have. He has never to my knowledge carried this many players, but now he realizes that he doesn't have a monopoly on the best players, and now with this no sit out transfer business he may be a little worried about what is going to happen to the game going forward.
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I also believe that if a Patterson chooses to come along with Brady than the possible third and fourth recruit might be a European player excited to just come to UConn and maybe an Irwin/Bent type great teammate player to round out the team.

I'm looking forward to going back to the full roster days where there were several players who just worked really hard and were happy to be there to develop their game.
 
oldude said:
Agree with your take on so-called “inside scoop.” But some of the complaints on the Bench are publicly known: Cunningham was not retained by Ivey, Ivey’s decision to opt out of the WNIT and 3 ND players in the transfer portal.
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Never had a great feeling of Ivey. I am really enjoying their demise. I do think she will get them back to respectability but I’m not sure how soon. Honestly no lie, I never recovered from the 1999 semi final loss to them. Hated them ever since.
 
uconnever said:
Never had a great feeling of Ivey. I am really enjoying their demise. I do think she will get them back to respectability but I’m not sure how soon. Honestly no lie, I never recovered from the 1999 semi final loss to them. Hated them ever since.
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I think you mean 2001??
 
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victor64 said:
Do you have a guess on this one?
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I have a couple but that's all they are, guesses. A week ago I would've guessed not UConn. Geno's comments earlier this week give me hope though I'm a bit of a pessimist by nature. Pretty ironic that a recruit gave him a recent verbal but hasn't announced anywhere at the same time AP makes her decision. Whatever program she has chosen has surely been alerted by now. All that jives with Geno's comments.

Fingers and toes crossed as I believe Patterson has as much upside as any player in the class.
 
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DEpup said:
I also believe that if a Patterson chooses to come along with Brady than the possible third and fourth recruit might be a European player excited to just come to UConn and maybe an Irwin/Bent type great teammate player to round out the team.

I'm looking forward to going back to the full roster days where there were several players who just worked really hard and were happy to be there to develop their game.
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The younger Muhl is Class of 22
 
With ICE and AP officially committed we look scary. If we add one more guard, we will be TERRIFYING. I know Kiki is good friends with Saylor and a few other girls on our team. It’s early but if we get her...game over.
I’d be happy with just those two but think one more guard would finish off the class nicely. Geno has been killing the recruiting game lately.
 
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Heytherego said:
With ICE and AP officially committed we look scary. If we add one more guard, we will be TERRIFYING. I know Kiki is good friends with Saylor and a few other girls on our team. It’s early but if we get her...game over.
I’d be happy with just those two but think one more guard would finish off the class nicely. Geno has been killing the recruiting game lately.
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Well, game not over, but I can’t disagree with the rest. I think your next point guard will be from the2023 class.
 
Heytherego said:
With ICE and AP officially committed we look scary. If we add one more guard, we will be TERRIFYING. I know Kiki is good friends with Saylor and a few other girls on our team. It’s early but if we get her...game over.
I’d be happy with just those two but think one more guard would finish off the class nicely. Geno has been killing the recruiting game lately.
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We're so terrifying that I'm terrified! What if Dawn Staley hates us? Oh!
 
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