Not really, Sister Theresa would play me in pool once a week and I cant lie about it. She would win once in a while! Memere sat with all the nuns 7 days a week in church,lol.That's more habits than you find at a convent.
Could be because she is on a team that has 5 potential AAs on the court in front of her, 6 if you think like a lot of BYers. Has that ever happened to any other former #1 HS player???? But wait, because of her HS ranking she is entitled to her playing time, right?
There's another way to interpret Geno's comments. I'm becoming more convinced this was not about practice. MW & Mikayla did something very wrong. Geno is willing to take the heat, because he does not want additional scrutiny on the players, who are receiving a healthy dose of tough love.
Well thanks for acknowledging that I have a right to express my opinion.
This. She's got to buy in, and that's entirely on her. As this pattern persists, my suspicion is that it's more than just bad some practices. She may be fighting the system in some way, and I would imagine that Geno starting to get annoyed. But it's not too late to end the season as a real contributor. That's something both Megan and the team really needs, We've all seen her incredible skill set and the impact she can have in games. I believe she can and will become a great Husky.
While I agree with your analysis about MW's defense, I'm not sure this is about their play on the court, either in games or in practice. There's something else happening here that lead to both freshmen being benched in the same game, and we will probably never know what it was about.
We may be off base, but that's kinda the feeling I'm getting too. Well probably not "very wrong". I think "very wrong" and you're not on the trip (or the team).
Agreed. I too hope to see them both on the court in the SMU game, but I have this growing concern that they may not play then either. I hate speculation, but I can't seem to avoid it here. What if they did something after they left CT? I guess you could send them back home, but it's easier to just keep them with the team and sit them down.
Sveta? And she was a 3 time AA. Geno's mom even got on him for the way he treated her. Worked out pretty well.
In non-Euclidian situations, e.g., life, the shortest path between two points isn't a straight line. Sometimes hitting a target requites spiraling in rather than taking direct aim.
Can't argue with the lack of enthusiasm she displays, at least from what they show us. Cameramen/women tend to focus on what they're told to. As to Kyla - the differences in potential are vast between her and Walker and yes we don't dole out minutes solely on potential.. It's tough for me to watch Irwin and Bent, knowing how hard they try and the constant enthusiasm they both show on the bench.
Sveta was never benched for an entire game. She played in every Uconn game until her injury her senior year.
Have to question how this helps the team. No matter how you evaluate Walker's in game performance, she has outperformed all other bench players excluding Z and has more upside and
Not sure your comparison is valid. All the players you noted played consistent minutes, typically at least a third or half the game. They may have been benched, but this was rare. No better coach in nation but there is a fine line between teaching a lesson and embarrassing a player. Geno has proven that he doesn't care and in past has used public embarrassment as a positive tool. My question is when does this stop being positive. Even in the Geno Show, he noted that while he normally knows how to push all the right buttons, sometimes he has made mistakes.
