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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 2496378, member: 7511"] We have a slightly different take on the definition of “cutting corners.” I absolutely agree that SC has nothing to apologize for with Gray & Davis being critical to their title run last season, and obviously I have no problem with Z & Batouly at UConn. ND is a little more complicated. They certainly did not violate any rules when they made a waiver request to the NCAA relative to Shepard, as far as I know, but as you point out, ND had 8 scholarship players when that request was initiated. So I’m left with a hypothetical, “What would Geno do in a similar situation?” While we don’t have an exact parallel, there are similar situations. Several years ago, when UConn had only 8 scholarship players, they scoured the campus to come up with Polly & Tierney. Of course the Huskies didn’t have any transfers waiting in the wings at that time. That brings us to last year. Courtney Ekmark transfers and UConn is left with 10 scholarship players, but let’s be honest, Tierney was a great teammate, but she was not going to get PT during crunch time. 2 of the 3 freshmen were also not ready for meaningful minutes as well. That left UConn with 7 players they could realistically play vs top teams. Then the Huskies lose Saniya for a time followed by Crystal for a time, both to concussions prior to the start of the 2nd semester making a thin bench even thinner. As far as I know Geno never considered, and he certainly never requested, that either of his transfers be declared eligible. In my mind, that means Geno doesn’t cut corners. As for ND, it’s a bit of a gray area. My final point is the one I made earlier in this thread. I don’t care what ND does. UConn will beat them regardless. [/QUOTE]

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