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New UConn Assistant Coach Morgan Valley

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Jordy said:
No brainer. She was the only one who fit the job description.
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Is she a placeholder for two years. Gives Geno time to find the correct person? She stays in a job for about two years (4 yrs. max) whether she needs to or not. I wonder if every job change was voluntary. Why leave a head coach's job for an assistant's job? Oh, a 4-37 record! Yep, that will do it. Geno is a charitable guy.

Valley is returning to her alma mater UConn as an assistant coach under Geno Auriemma, the school announced Wednesday. She returns to UConn after two seasons as the Hartford head coach."
https://www.nhregister.com/sports/a..._source=post original url&utm_medium=referral

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She is being hired as a guards coach. If Kelsy Plum thought it was important enough to fly down to AZ just to work out with Morgan while she was a coach at Arizona to fine tune her game, I think our stars will be well served.
 
The job listing for UConn AC is very detailed and clear. Apparently, most people agreed it was written for a specific person. Nobody has a bigger stake in this hire than the HC himself, Geno. Geno knows more about this hire than anybody. So stop the second guessing and get a life. Morgan Valley and her sister Ashley came from Vermont to UConn many years ago.
 
There are no shortages of posters on here reminding folks that a good AC does not mean a good HC, they are two different sets of responsibilities. Now some posters are saying that a person with a good track record of being an AC, part of the building process for two different programs reaching the FF for their first times, will not be a good AC here with similar responsibilities. I hope those aren’t the same posters.
 
There seems to be a double standard, if not an absence of logic, at play here among the naysayers. Ms. Valley's unimpressive record as a head coach, for the naysayers, equates to a condemnation of her abilities an an AC. Ms. Elliot's unimpressive record as a head coach doesn't seem to have prevented her from doing a superb job as an AC. Why are different standards applied?

Welcome back, Ms.Valley!
 
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The fans at Hartford are somewhere between ecstatic that she left and worried that this is the first domino to fall as people begin to jump off the sinking ship that is apparently Hartford Athletics these days.

She's hired to be a third assistant. Can she write up a scouting report and follow Geno's direction? If yes to both then she is a fine hire.
 
jaydee602 said:
It seems like several naysayers prepared a message last week stating, "___________ is a bad hire". Then they filled in the name of the candidate who got the job & posted it.🤔
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And kind of get the sense that if you ask them why they would say “well, I wanted Sue Bird” or some other unrealistic candidate. Some people are never quite so happy is when they have something to complain about. But that is every fan forum on the Internet. The Boneyard is better than most.
 
AgStatesman said:
The fans at Hartford are somewhere between ecstatic that she left and worried that this is the first domino to fall as people begin to jump off the sinking ship that is apparently Hartford Athletics these days.

She's hired to be a third assistant. Can she write up a scouting report and follow Geno's direction? If yes to both then she is a fine hire.
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Can she relate to players as they adapt to playing for Geno? She’s been there and can give an insider‘s view. Don’t underestimate how valuable that is.
 
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AgStatesman said:
The fans at Hartford are somewhere between ecstatic that she left and worried that this is the first domino to fall as people begin to jump off the sinking ship that is apparently Hartford Athletics these days.

She's hired to be a third assistant. Can she write up a scouting report and follow Geno's direction? If yes to both then she is a fine hire.
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See the video I linked. The UConn staff taught Morgan how to write a scouting report when she was a student.

Hartford has fans?
 
For those harping on her record as a HC, it's not like she took over a power house program that's an easy place to win. They were trending downward when Jen left after a couple of good seasons and were never really that good before Jen was there. Also, the fact that they are downgrading from D1 to D3 may have been no secret to recruits and made it difficult to attract competitive talent. Her vast experience as AC makes her more than qualified for the job as....drum roll.....AC and she's familiar with the Uconn "culture" having played in their system for 4 seasons. I'm guessing the naysayers were looking for a "big name" that either had no experience in coaching (and it's being assumed that good player = good coach) or not looking to be someone's AC (i.e., either not interested in coaching or see AC as beneath what they're looking for).
 
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oldude said:
I know that second guessing has a long tradition here on the BY. But do we really want to second guess the hiring of an AC with a strong resume, a firm understanding of what it takes to succeed at UConn and the benefit of having been guided and mentored throughout her career by Geno & CD.

This is one of those decisions that we have to defer to the wisdom and judgment of the two HOF coaches who run the most successful program in the history of WBB.
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Thank you for some sanity.
 
oldude said:
I know that second guessing has a long tradition here on the BY. But do we really want to second guess the hiring of an AC with a strong resume, a firm understanding of what it takes to succeed at UConn and the benefit of having been guided and mentored throughout her career by Geno & CD.

This is one of those decisions that we have to defer to the wisdom and judgment of the two HOF coaches who run the most successful program in the history of WBB.
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oldude said:
I know that second guessing has a long tradition here on the BY.
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You're not suggesting that we abandon second guessing? What would we do with ourselves? I guess we could rubber stamp everything that comes up, but if we do that there's really no purpose for the BY. We become the happy face in our emoji. I'm in. "Smile though your heart is aching . . ."
 
fireford said:
For those harping on her record as a HC, it's not like she took over a power house program that's an easy place to win. They were trending downward when Jen left after a couple of good seasons and were never really that good before Jen was there. Also, the fact that they are downgrading from D1 to D3 may have been no secret to recruits and made it difficult to attract competitive talent. Her vast experience as AC makes her more than qualified for the job as....drum roll.....AC and she's familiar with the Uconn "culture" having played in their system for 4 seasons. I'm guessing the naysayers were looking for a "big name" that either had no experience in coaching (and it's being assumed that good player = good coach) or not looking to be someone's AC (i.e., either not interested in coaching or see AC as beneath what they're looking for).
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Recruits are not coming to Connecticut to play for Morgan Valley. 14 straight final fours and no benefit of the doubt. Tough crowd.
 
Congrats and Much Success at UConn Morgan!
I for one am all about giving people chances, aren’t you veryolddog?
 
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