It still bothers me that she didn't get to hoist her framed jersey at Senior Day and hear the cheers of the faithful one more time. But she'll always be a Husky.
Will not be surprised if at end of year she is 1st or 2nd Team. She committed herself to stronger body and has faced the best talent in US past years. Unlikely she will see anywhere near the same height or skill level in her current league. Will be guarded by smaller, weaker opponents who have not faced anyone at her level of UConn fitness. Likely to surprise many.
Natalie as a person is a tremendous person. She never reached to potential I had expected from the early initial reports. I'm happy she made the 3 rd team but having played higher level BB one would think she'd be at least 2nd team. At years end I'm sure she will be that or first team. The Uconn training and expectations make good players great or at least much better and Natalie was good. Wish her luck. Thanks for finding this..know what would be nice if some European team saw her potential and hired her.
The personality and person of Natalie will be missed. She would have rode a lot more pines had she stayed. Natalie is a very very nice human being, that will be missed by coaches and players alike, her attitude and willingness to try to do all that which was asked of her. Last year she was ALMOST the only chose to sub in the post.
I can think of only ONE scenario that would make your second sentence come true: I won't name it but it would involve multiple players.
I'm sure she will lumber up and down the court a plenty.
Why can't people just say thank you and good luck rather than the rude comments like this and others about a young woman who always tried her hardest
That reminds me of another thing. Tierney and Saniya got their graduation day picture with Geno, per tradition. But the only one of Nat I ever saw was her by herself. Could it be that knowledge of her transfer disqualified her from these traditions?
Gus---Natalie graduated from Uconn--that should qualify her for Senior Nite and pictures. But-------she may have had to be in GM before that happened. Natalie gave Geno all she could. Knowing, ie, seeing Geno/Christine for 30 plus years I have never seen Geno dis-respect a student player transferring or not, especially one as nice as Ms Butler. It was an oversight, schedule conflicts, may be done if Nat comes back for anything--she has earned that.
Geeez, stupid me, I thought it was all about Dog Bones, whoda thunk it???
I can't imagine that being the case. A graduation is a big deal for this program and something to celebrate don't see a reason why Natalie's graduation would be any different.
It's cool. I didn't take it as such.
Agreed. I should have said your first sentence as my last sentence. And see my response to Broadway just above.