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[QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4546851, member: 1131"]
I don't know of any sports reporters covering any WBB team who ask prosecutorial-type questions to players or coaches.  Certainly they have to think about their future relationship with coaches, players, and schools if they did that.

But equally important, they have to think about how the fans (not just Boneyarders but SNY UConn WBB viewers generally) would react.  Fans would see any attempt to cross-examine Geno or a player as unfair, impertinent, and incompetent. "How many National Championships have you won, Maria?" would be the reaction on Twitter.

Fans want to think of reporters for the home-team broadcasting crew as their brethren, and would react viscerally to any appearance of hostility or skepticism.

You can see it on the Boneyard, when even a longtime broadcaster and ex-UConn-player such as Megan Culmo opines that a particular foul call on a UConn player was justified, or that the UConn player should have been whistled when she wasn't, or when she "excuses" officials for not calling a foul on an opponent when the crowd wanted one.  Can you imagine how The Boneyard would react if she or Maria appeared to act confrontational with Geno?
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