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Seemed like a pretty perfunctory hand shake between Geno and Joanne after the game.
 
Not sure what, if anything, you can read into a handshake. When was the last time you saw a post-game kiss and a hug?
 
Not an unusual reaction from a losing coach. Muffett & Geno usually only shared pleasantries before the game. If you go back and look at the times we beat Notre Dame Muffett usually did a "fly-by" handshake too. No fun losing.
 
ThisJustIn said:
Not sure what, if anything, you can read into a handshake. When was the last time you saw a post-game kiss and a hug?
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Last time we played Hartford or was it last time we played Cinci? Can't remember, but totally agree - it tends to be pretty quick and meaningless unless there is a specific personal or professional issue that one or other coach wants to address.
 
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ThisJustIn said:
Not sure what, if anything, you can read into a handshake. When was the last time you saw a post-game kiss and a hug?
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Usually he bends over and whispers a little something.
dtbtbtb said:
What do you want coach P to do? thank Geno for humiliating her team again....
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Not sure, maybe just my imagination.
 
Sonny44 said:
Seemed like a pretty perfunctory hand shake between Geno and Joanne after the game.
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I'm pretty sure he wasn't thrilled that Duke decided to put on a full-court press, under 2:00 and down 20+ points. Really low class.
 
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ThisJustIn said:
Not sure what, if anything, you can read into a handshake. When was the last time you saw a post-game kiss and a hug?
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I cannot remember that ever occurring. We may have to wait until Dee is coaching against Seimone.
 
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Why person? People is correct. Secondly it is not grumpify me as you stated. It is just absurd
 
uconnfan68 said:
I'm pretty sure he wasn't thrilled that Duke decided to put on a full-court press, under 2:00 and down 20+ points. Really low class.
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Was annoyed a bit by this as well, though I surmised that they (Duke) might be making a last ditch effort to get the point spread below 20, possibly to lessen the sting....thoughts?
 
RadyLady said:
Was annoyed a bit by this as well, though I surmised that they (Duke) might be making a last ditch effort to get the point spread below 20, possibly to lessen the sting....thoughts?
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Maybe McCallie had placed a bet on the game and took Duke +20 points.:rolleyes:

I wonder if Geno and Duke (former Tennessee) Assistant Coach Al Brown even shook hands. Geno vividly expressed his scorn for Al in his book -- about, of all things, the wussy handshake Brown gave him after a Tennessee vs. UConn game.

Al is the guy whose sartorial statement is manifested through his vast wardrobe of colorful sweaters. Well, any comparison between Al Brown and Louie Carnesecca ends right there.
 
Maybe she just wanted to make sure her team had the attitude of competing to the end. Forcing them into a press forced them to engage.
 
01Neaggrad02 said:
Why person? People is correct.
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Because "people" (plural) didn't start the thread (or really question the handshake). A "person" (singular) did.

But I agree, nothing there, move along.
 
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Icebear said:
Maybe she just wanted to make sure her team had the attitude of competing to the end. Forcing them into a press forced them to engage.
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She waits a whole game to force them into a press? Hmmmm...I suppose, with the fouls being called the way they are now, that's the way to keep the numbers down.....I suppose
 
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RadyLady said:
She waits a whole game to force them into a press? Hmmmm...I suppose, with the fouls being called the way they are now, that's the way to keep the numbers down.....I suppose
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Yeah, it is more of a way to force the kids to focus on something and compete to the end of the game rather than a tactic she expected to work against UCONN's good ball handlers for a whole game. An act of displacing her kid's attention from the score and onto a task at hand. She was simply trying to get something out of what was a lost cause at that point.
 
Icebear said:
Maybe she just wanted to make sure her team had the attitude of competing to the end. Forcing them into a press forced them to engage.
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Perhaps if she had employed that during the game the score might have been closer.
 
I have seen Coach P in previous games offer the same handshake to Sherri Coale and the Coach at Cal..........Duke has talent and their coaching has not developed the right attitude or she recruits players who do not play 40 minutes. My guess, it starts at the top everyday in practice. Geno recruits players who can pass the ball and are very tough minded and do not mind mixing it up and diving for loose balls.......If you want to play at UCONN.......You need to do all of the above and then score....

I like the Peters kid #33........She can play for UCONN any day.
 
I remember Stewie (I think) in an interview saying something such as 'he doesn't make you repeat the drill until you can do it - he makes you repeat the drill until you cannot do it wrong.'
 
Blueballer said:
Not an unusual reaction from a losing coach. Muffett & Geno usually only shared pleasantries before the game. If you go back and look at the times we beat Notre Dame Muffett usually did a "fly-by" handshake too. No fun losing.
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"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Vince Lombardi
 
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Fightin Choke said:
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I cannot remember that ever occurring. We may have to wait until Dee is coaching against Seimone.
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IIRC, that interlude occurred during the game, not post-game. They were guarding each other and both were getting pretty rough - the ref stepped in to separate them, but not before Dee said 'enough' in her own unique way.
 
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