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Deepster said:
What would they say is inaccurate? I don’t think any one of those points is a slight.
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Yes but it would be great to see what happens after people disagree and you start calling them names. Now those would be slights.
 
LMAO at thinking Geno has no ties in the world of men's college basketball.
Sure, ok, go ahead and really believe that.

Some of you are truly hopeless.
 
metsfan2323 said:
Wow, you make it sound like we supported Hitler before the war. All Geno had to do was say yes and the job was his apparently so it was hardly a far fetched idea.

and BTW Geno's system offense is basically the same offense used by Nova, Wichita State, and even Golden State, but it would never work for UCONN men according to some clowns on this board who apparently would rather see four men standing around and one man dribbling the ball.
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Deepster is a corn cob
 
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zls44 said:
LMAO at thinking Geno has no ties in the world of men's college basketball.
Sure, ok, go ahead and really believe that.

Some of you are truly hopeless.
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Right -- getting Kobe, Kyrie, Barkley, Calipari on his podcast. Geno can't connect with anyone in men's basketball....
 
I know he'd never do it, and I wouldn't advocate hiring him, but a part of me would just love to see it just to see how it turns out.

You can doubt him all you want, but he knows how to run a motion offense, which is already better than the guy we're firing.

I guarantee there are some D1 men players who would want to see what it's like to play for Geno. Dude's a legend. You think he can't pull in a recruit or two? Come on.
 
There is a lot more downside to Geno trying to coach men.

If he fails it puts a black mark on Geno, and actually the Womens game as a whole.

Geno is smart enough to know that.
 
August_West said:
There is a lot more downside to Geno trying to coach men.

If he fails it puts a black mark on Geno, and actually the Womens game as a whole.

Geno is smart enough to know that.
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Perception and reality are two different things. Auriemma being plucked from the women’s team to coach the mens could be viewed as a statement as to the credibility of womens’ basketball, if you’re insistent upon such nonsense.

To me the question you should be asking is whether or not Auriemma can recruit the best talent available. He clearly can. Can he motivate them and get the most from them. Yep on both.

Would he take the job? Hell no.
 
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UConnWingman said:
the women’s team to coach the mens could be viewed as a statement as to the credibility of womens’ basketball, if you’re insistent upon such nonsense.
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Only until the first sub .500 season
 
I really wish Geno would give it a shot. I don't think it would be, as he says, like starting all over again at age 35 because he has a wealth of experience now. If he wanted to (and he says he doesn't) I believe he could rebuild this program within a few short years and hand it off to a successor should he wish to retire at age 68 or so. He says he could do it and would enjoy it but I can understand how he might feel about making such a big change at this point in his career. However, deep down I'd love to see him as men's coach just to see how his success translates to the men's side- and I really believe it would. Basketball fundamentals and things like hard work, discipline, and execution are universal and for these reasons I believe Geno would excel on the men's side.
 
August_West said:
Only until the first sub .500 season
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However likely / unlikely event that’d be, there’d potentially be several reasons for that “sub .500 season.” At any rate, the judgment would occur when the best coach in women’s basketball is asked to fill in for one of the better men’s programs in the country. If, after he recruited a bunch of (presumably) great athletes and his style did not resonate with the men as well as it does the women, then that’s more an indictment of the disparity of the two games, not on any particular coach, gender or even the mens or women’s games themselves.
 
Deepster said:
He has no recruiting experience or ties in the men's world.
He won't have a roster with all-star starters and 5 star recruits lining the bench.
He won't have a 50 pt lead every single game.
He has no experience or proven success coaching the men's game and what he does now, does not translate over apples to apples.

Should I go on?
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Kobe Bryant face timed him last year during the tourney because his daughter loves the women's team. I'd take a tie to the men's game like that any time :) Does that mean he'd be able to recruit.. no, not a direct link, but I'm sure he has avenues and connections all over the men's game in different places. It'd be just as crazy to say he has no connections as it is to say he could hit the ground running.explain

That said.. it's not happening. So really no point in investing time on either side to try and prove one side or the other right/wrong.
 
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UConnWingman said:
However likely / unlikely event that’d be, there’d potentially be several reasons for that “sub .500 season.” At any rate, the judgment would occur when the best coach in women’s basketball is asked to fill in for one of the better men’s programs in the country. If, after he recruited a bunch of (presumably) great athletes and his style did not resonate with the men as well as it does the women, then that’s more an indictment of the disparity of the two games, not on any particular coach, gender or even the mens or women’s games themselves.
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Fair or not (and I would stipulate that much of it would be unfair) Geno coming in and not succeeding at the Mens game pretty quickly would in fact open up a can of worms about "hes only a great womens coach" and "Womens basketball is much easier to succeed in than men's" issues. Really a no win situation for him because anything less than absolutely stellar seasons and deep runs would open up that can of worms.


Luckily for Geno, and Womens basketball, he is too yellow-bellied (and in another way savvy about keeping his current status intact) to try.
 
Hamms30 said:
Kobe Bryant face timed him last year during the tourney because his daughter loves the women's team. I'd take a tie to the men's game like that any time :) Does that mean he'd be able to recruit.. no, not a direct link, but I'm sure he has avenues and connections all over the men's game in different places. It'd be just as crazy to say he has no connections as it is to say he could hit the ground running.explain

That said.. it's not happening. So really no point in investing time on either side to try and prove one side or the other right/wrong.
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Oh. So, Kobe Bryant reached out because of his daughter so.....Geno can outrecruit the Izzo's and Calipari's and K's of the world. It's posts like yours that just further discredit the women's fan base.
 
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Deepster said:
Oh. So, Kobe Bryant reached out because of his daughter so.....Geno can outrecruit the Izzo's and Calipari's and K's of the world. It's posts like yours that just further discredit the women's fan base.
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I said right in my post that connections and ties don't mean anything as it's not a correlation to recruiting. I guess you didn't read that far. Example: Kevin Ollie. Ties everywhere, didn't do much for him. I don't know why you're so butt hurt over the topic.. it's a fantasy discussion. It's not going to happen. Geno's on easy street with the women and probably has 100% freedom to do as he likes. Why would he give that up?
 
boog204 said:
Seriously? From the "purists" standpoint, it is good basketball. It helps that we generally have the best 10 players in the building every game and the best coach in the history of women's basketball. That being said, do I want to watch it? God no.
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You won't watch the UConn women? It would be the perfect antidote for the dry heaves from watching the UConn men. Or at least a palliative.
 
Connrack said:
You won't watch the UConn women? It would be the perfect antidote for the dry heaves from watching the UConn men. Or at least a palliative.
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People like this with no clue in the difference of the games are why we go crazy. You want dry heaves? Watch 80% of the womens games when it's over after 100-2 run in the first half because the other team is putrid,

Just stay over there, we don't need the rhetoric crap of how great his motion offense is and how great he can coach because he can discipline players it's not even close to the same world. 4 year women wit most having their sights set on a great education and being part of a consistent winning program, the best in the business vs. kids who all think they are good enough to go pro after a year or 2 and hardly listen to a teaching point. Give this a break it all sounds really stupid, again he said no let's no argue over why they should try it will go no where fast, as it is!!!!
 
nadav said:
Great work by Jacobs here, Jesus. He should now see if Edsall has interest.
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Nancy Stevens. I mean she's the probably the best coach in her sport.
 
[QUOTE="August_West, post: 2625689, member: 1047"Luckily for Geno, and Womens basketball, he is too yellow-bellied (and in another way savvy about keeping his current status intact) to try.[/QUOTE]

Actually a solid point by A Dubs here. Why would Geno leave what he has? He can just get another undefeated season of 50 pt wins next year...and the year after that. Why try something that would be a challenge? And if he succeeded? He really WOULD get credibility with the great men’s coaches of all time. Nope. Continue being the big kid in 6th grade who hits homers in little league.

Yellow bellied, indeed.
 
mauconnfan said:
People like this with no clue in the difference of the games are why we go crazy. You want dry heaves? Watch 80% of the womens games when it's over after 100-2 run in the first half because the other team is putrid,

Just stay over there, we don't need the rhetoric crap of how great his motion offense is and how great he can coach because he can discipline players it's not even close to the same world. 4 year women wit most having their sights set on a great education and being part of a consistent winning program, the best in the business vs. kids who all think they are good enough to go pro after a year or 2 and hardly listen to a teaching point. Give this a break it all sounds really stupid, again he said no let's no argue over why they should try it will go no where fast, as it is!!!!
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Geno’s ego and hubris would be the only thing that would make him leave the lofty perch he’s currently on to take on the Men’s coaching challenge. But after building his incredible HOF reputation (with some help from CD) he’s much too smart to do it. As for the debate on whether Geno could succeed with the men, I guess those of who you don’t believe he could do it also believe John Wooden couldn’t coach women.
 
Nostical said:
eno’s ego and hubris would be the only thing that would make him leave the lofty perch he’s currently on to take on the Men’s coaching challenge. But after building his incredible HOF reputation (with some help from CD) he’s much too smart to do it
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agree with all this but would also add "yellow-bellied" after smart.
 
Hm, weird.

Can't imagine why a guy with no recruiting chops or coaching experience in the men's game wouldn't want to try to rebuild a dying program with an ultracritical, pissed off fanbase.

Whatever regrets Geno has about not getting into the men's game, I'm sure they pale in comparison to all the positive press he gets from the media for his gaudy numbers. Geno literally is women's basketball, as messed up as that may sound. There are other good coaches, but no one really pays them much mind. And the players ultimately come and go. And no one watches the WNBA. Women's basketball is the Geno show, 24/7.
 
Deepster said:
[QUOTE="August_West, post: 2625689, member: 1047"Luckily for Geno, and Womens basketball, he is too yellow-bellied (and in another way savvy about keeping his current status intact) to try.
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Actually a solid point by A Dubs here. Why would Geno leave what he has? He can just get another undefeated season of 50 pt wins next year...and the year after that. Why try something that would be a challenge? And if he succeeded? He really WOULD get credibility with the great men’s coaches of all time. Nope. Continue being the big kid in 6th grade who hits homers in little league.

Yellow bellied, indeed.[/QUOTE]

LOL at your deep-seated resentment. Get some fresh air. You’ll live longer.
 
Mau, with all due respect, you seem to be strung a tad too tightly.

I don't want to see Geno as UConn's mens basketball coach. I never mentioned that.

I concur with most, if not all, of your points regarding the differences between the mens and the womens game. But our congruency here is not relevant given what I had stated in my post.

My post was a response to a poster's dismissal of the womens team as worthy of viewing. I saw irony in a person willing to watch a generally dysfunctional mens team that was often hard on the eyes, yet unwilling to partake of a generally fluent, efficient, highly functional womens team that is hard on "his" eyes. That point was punctuated with a dash of snarkiness while suggesting that viewing the womens games could be a tonic to the disappointing ongoing mens season (and for the football season for that matter). It worked to a degree for me. My wife is principally a womens fan, so I watch many games with her.(It also helps with the what-are-we-going-to-do-together department). I realize that most of the games become blowouts, but it is not the games, as much as, admiring the entirety of the product and feeling good about it.

Look, I'm a fan of all UConn sports. But I'm wed to the mens basketball game. I die with the mens team. While on the Boneyard, I spend 99% of my time on the mens basketball board. I've never posted on the womens board.

I have a question for you: Why don't you criticize Whaler or August, or others, that clearly state their interest in Geno being head coach of the men and thereby drive you crazy? And while you're doing that, suggest to them that they leave the mens bball board and only post on the womens board.
 
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