Mount Rushmore (UCONN Style)

[MilliniumPrince]

Too the real question: DT, Maya, Bascomb, Lobo. For now.

 

[mhshuskies]

Talk about a mixed thread! Basketball and presidents.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Lol...that's one way of looking at it.

Just think---I reap the windfall of SS and Medicare and you'll get stuck with SS taxes mounting and mounting until some day the system breaks or --YOU get ---cheated out of your payments. Ponzi--FYI built a scheme where one guy got big payoffs because he go 10 guys to pay, they got 10 each, and they got 10 each. Works good until there aren't any more. And the payment to all stop.
Interesting about medicare---I pay thousands into my health plan and I have Medicare too. The government dictates that medicare is primary--which means they pay for everything and my Insurance (not medicare) skates along. Can't figure that one out!! So much about SS and medicare 99 out of a hundred don't know. This doesn't bother me because I'll get mine--it bothers me because young people will look back at this and think people my age DEMANDED this--we didn't.
I was raised believing FDR was the second coming and could do no wrong--because poor people wanted to believe. Don't lift the skirts of your hero's --you'll see ( if you look down) feet of clay. Johnson to balance the budget "borrowed" money from the SS fund and it's never been repaid.
It's not one way of looking at it---unless I put my head in the sand.

 

[Gblow8690]

Shocked that Nykesha Sales is getting no respect. Look at her career numbers and no mention of her? Top 5 defensive player all time easily as well.

 

[j66kicker]

Shocked that Nykesha Sales is getting no respect. Look at her career numbers and no mention of her? Top 5 defensive player all time easily as well.

Nykesha makes it way before LBJ does!

Without freshman Nykesha lighting it up with all the first team AAs & NPOYs on the bench in foul trouble in the first half, we don't win the '95 NC.

 

[Gblow8690]

Nykesha makes it way before LBJ does!

Without freshman Nykesha lighting it up with all the first team AAs & NPOYs on the bench in foul trouble in the first half, we don't win the '95 NC.

Glad you agree with me. That girl was a incredible all around player. And sadly I was reading the posts and no mention of her.

 

[meyers7]

Glad you agree with me. That girl was a incredible all around player. And sadly I was reading the posts and no mention of her.

Well when you're working on the top 4 all time and there are 8 NPOY's to compete for those 4 slots, someone without a NPOY on her resume....tough to compete at UCONN.

 

[Gblow8690]

She was a two time first team all American. Top 3 defensive players off all time. Top 3 scoring all time. I really think Geno would rank Nykesha top 3 all time.

 

[ABachelor6CR]

George Washington, he might not be the best president but he was the first.

Washington was the best President we ever had or ever will. There was no "handbook" on how to be President, so he had to use his instincts and "write the book" as he went along. He gave the United States credibility in the world just by how he handled himself and the affairs of the United States. At a time when people wished to make him King, he flatly refused such an idea. He kept us out of the French Revolution (rightly so) while there was great pressure to join them in their fight (Lafayette was like a son to him.)

Just because he was "First" doesn't mean a thing. He is the father of our country not because he was first. It was his actions as General and President that he is on Mount Rushmore.

Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic, yet spoke in support of the Nazi government until the outbreak of WW2....doesn't make him a candidate for Mount Rushmore.....

FWIW........Kerry Bascom should be there......I know she never won a NC....but she did help start the program. If you were to ask Geno, Kerry would be there.....

 

[Waquoit]

I really think Geno would rank Nykesha top 3 all time.

No way. After Lobo left, those next UConn teams underachieved in the tournament. Not saying it's all her fault, she did hit that clutch three. But how can you give her the nod over others who ultimately got it done.

 

[Waquoit]

If you were to ask Geno, Kerry would be there.....

Then why did he scheme to remove her from her rightful spot at the top of the scoring list?

 

[Wally East]

No way. After Lobo left, those next UConn teams underachieved in the tournament. Not saying it's all her fault, she did hit that clutch three. But how can you give her the nod over others who ultimately got it done.

I don't know. Losing in OT to Tennessee is about where they should've finished. They lost to La Tech, Georgia, and that inexplicable loss to Syracuse. In the polls, after losing the first game, they bounced between 2 and 4.

'97. Ugh. Shea or no Shea (which, obviously, no Shea), they should've beat Tennessee.

'98. Nykesha was out in the tournament and Sveta had a broken bone in her foot.

 

[Gus Mahler]

I don't know. Losing in OT to Tennessee is about where they should've finished. They lost to La Tech, Georgia, and that inexplicable loss to Syracuse. In the polls, after losing the first game, they bounced between 2 and 4.

'97. Ugh. Shea or no Shea (which, obviously, no Shea), they should've beat Tennessee.

'98. Nykesha was out in the tournament and Sveta had a broken bone in her foot.

And in '98, wasn't Shea lost for the year? (ACL)

 

[Waquoit]

I don't know. Losing in OT to Tennessee is about where they should've finished.

Disagree. UConn should have won. They didn't respond to the challenge.

 

[Wally East]

Disagree. UConn should have won. They didn't respond to the challenge.

They obviously *could* have won. I seem to remember Carla Berube missing a few lay-ups in OT.

"Should" is a very, very strong word though. Tennessee was very, very good, too, of course.

 

[Wally East]

And in '98, wasn't Shea lost for the year? (ACL)

True. She was out for that entire year.

 

[Waquoit]

They obviously *could* have won. I seem to remember Carla Berube missing a few lay-ups in OT.

What I remember most was the post-game interview with that sweetheart Michelle Marciniak. When asked what the Vols game plan was she answered, "Game plan? Our game plan was to jam it down Wolters throat!" And when Big Girl let them do it again the following year I was not a happy fan.

But back to the OP, who goes on the UConn Rushmore? I say you have to go with the players on the teams that *could* have won and did over the players who *could* have won but didn't. That's why Sales isn't in the discussion, imo.

 

[baggerbob]

What I remember most was the post-game interview with that sweetheart Michelle Marciniak. When asked what the Vols game plan was she answered, "Game plan? Our game plan was to jam it down Wolters throat!" And when Big Girl let them do it again the following year I was not a happy fan.

But back to the OP, who goes on the UConn Rushmore? I say you have to go with the players on the teams that *could* have won and did over the players who *could* have won but didn't. That's why Sales isn't in the discussion, imo.

You can't be the greatest, if you've never won the big prize, so Rebecca, DT, Maya, and Stewie are your 4, until someone else comes along.

 

[Wally East]

What I remember most was the post-game interview with that sweetheart Michelle Marciniak. When asked what the Vols game plan was she answered, "Game plan? Our game plan was to jam it down Wolters throat!" And when Big Girl let them do it again the following year I was not a happy fan.

And the losses to La Tech, Georgia, and Syracuse? Perceived season-long underperformance or not, that team finished where they should have.

And, yes: Lobo, D, Maya, Stewie.

 

[UConn990411]

But back to the OP, who goes on the UConn Rushmore? I say you have to go with the players on the teams that *could* have won and did over the players who *could* have won but didn't. That's why Sales isn't in the discussion, imo.

That's the reality of the situation.

If we're creating an all-time UConn first team and second team, Sales belongs. But there's only spot up for grabs on Mt. Rushmore, and there's no way Sales gets it over players like Lobo, Charles, or Bascom.