NY Post writer says Geno is a cruel-hearted meanie

[Sluconn Husky]

Seems every end to the season brings the spotlight on UConn and the yahoos come out pretending they have profound knowledge of the head coach's evil ways.

I give you Phil Mushnick:


Again, I don’t care if Geno Auriemma’s UConn women’s teams win 9,000 straight, he’s cruel. Cruel but fair. He’s practiced at humiliating both UConn’s opponents and the kids on his bench.

With 3:30 left in the game, UConn up 50 in what would be a 75-21 final, Auriemma first put in the last kid on his short — six subs — bench. Perhaps he wanted to rest her for practice.

...

But such cruelty has been tradition at UConn. Former men’s coach Jim Calhoun was at least as cruel. In a 2005 game versus Texas Southern, UConn led 111-47, with 55 seconds left, when he first put in four subs.

One of Calhoun’s former assistants, Tom Moore, several years ago explained on WFAN that Calhoun allows his top recruits to pad their stats against patsies. Moore, then coaching Quinnipiac, seemed to find that comical, part of Coach Calhoun’s wily, winking charms.


Those ostensibly at UConn’s wheel — the president, for example, although paid far less than Auriemma is and Calhoun was — are good with that, too.


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https://nypost.com/2018/03/09/ncaa-puts-profits-first-while-preserving-student-athlete-con/

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Incidentally, the entire 4th quarter of that game was played by UConn's bench which makes his complaint that Lexi Gordon didn't get in until 3:30 to go even dumber than it sounds.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

After a search I see this is a common theme with Mr Mush. How did we not know about this guy?


UConn women 116-55 over Albany, Saturday. Two UConn starters played over 30 minutes; two subs played five, another played three. That stinks. Again. But that Geno Auriemma? What a coach, what a champ!

https://nypost.com/2017/03/20/two-plays-that-show-just-how-ridiculous-the-ncaa-has-gotten/


Geno Auriemma is still at it. In UConn women’s 93-36 win at Memphis, Wednesday, he played one kid four minutes, another just two. Jim Calhoun was similarly nurturing when he coached UConn’s male student-athletes.

https://nypost.com/2018/01/29/mlb-now-going-out-of-its-way-to-celebrate-bat-flip-immodesty/


Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut women’s team had it won extra early Tuesday on SNY. They led Cincinnati, 89-38, with 7:40 left.


Still, Auriemma must have been worried UConn’s No. 1 ranking and winning streak were in peril, as he played his starters a minimum of 29 minutes each. Among the 10 young women he played, one — a senior described in player profiles as a superior student — first entered with two minutes left and UConn up, 94-46. He does such a lot.

https://nypost.com/2017/02/09/the-falcons-demise-was-just-like-another-infamous-collapse/


BTW, on that last one, the player who saw two minutes was Tierney Lawlor. I guess walk-ons are supposed to play mucho minutes, not that he had any clue she was a walk-on.

 

[Goodgood]

There you go. No one ever read his articles, no one knew he existed. No one cared. end.

 

[JFC613]

After a search I see this is a common theme with Mr Mush. How did we not know about this guy?


UConn women 116-55 over Albany, Saturday. Two UConn starters played over 30 minutes; two subs played five, another played three. That stinks. Again. But that Geno Auriemma? What a coach, what a champ!

https://nypost.com/2017/03/20/two-plays-that-show-just-how-ridiculous-the-ncaa-has-gotten/


Geno Auriemma is still at it. In UConn women’s 93-36 win at Memphis, Wednesday, he played one kid four minutes, another just two. Jim Calhoun was similarly nurturing when he coached UConn’s male student-athletes.

https://nypost.com/2018/01/29/mlb-now-going-out-of-its-way-to-celebrate-bat-flip-immodesty/


Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut women’s team had it won extra early Tuesday on SNY. They led Cincinnati, 89-38, with 7:40 left.


Still, Auriemma must have been worried UConn’s No. 1 ranking and winning streak were in peril, as he played his starters a minimum of 29 minutes each. Among the 10 young women he played, one — a senior described in player profiles as a superior student — first entered with two minutes left and UConn up, 94-46. He does such a lot.

https://nypost.com/2017/02/09/the-falcons-demise-was-just-like-another-infamous-collapse/


BTW, on that last one, the player who saw two minutes was Tierney Lawlor. I guess walk-ons are supposed to play mucho minutes, not that he had any clue she was a walk-on.

Nice research! Amazing how one gets to write a sports column for a big publication, but know so little about what they write about. Much of his columns are his (strong) opinions, but here, as you point out, he gives his opinion without even knowing the underlying facts. Pretty sad. Maybe on this he belongs to the ‘everybody gets a trophy’ group? It’s just too bad he leaves sports fans who don’t follow UConn closely with such a poor impression.

 

[jdubct]

Nice research! Amazing how one gets to write a sports column for a big publication, but know so little about what they write about. Much of his columns are his (strong) opinions, but here, as you point out, he gives his opinion without even knowing the underlying facts. Pretty sad. Maybe on this he belongs to the ‘everybody gets a trophy’ group? It’s just too bad he leaves sports fans who don’t follow UConn closely with such a poor impression.

Mushnick tries too hard at times to be controversial. Another way to say it would be that GA is very direct with his players.

 

[oldude]

I remember a time, many years ago, when the NY Post was a real newspaper. Over the years, under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch, the Post has drifted more and more towards tabloid journalism characterized by provocative writing and sensationalism.

Quite frankly, these days it would be more appropriate for the Post to be sold at supermarket checkouts along with the other gossip rags, rather than at newsstands.

 

[HuskyNan]

There you go. No one ever read his articles, no one knew he existed. No one cared. end.

Oh, Deadspin is all over Mushnick. Mushnick is the brain surgeon that came up with this:

https://deadspin.com/5938243/phil-mushnick-has-a-theory-on-why-so-many-teams-have-black-uniforms/all

'Nuff said. Guy's an idiot.

 

[Lynx23]

Phil Mushnick has been a respected sportswriter in the New York area forever. He's getting old and cranky like a lot of the rest of us. I don't recall him ever writing about UCONN's WCBB before although he might have, but I'm sure he really couldn't care less about it. Must have been a slow sports day although he could have written about Tiger Woods' sudden resurgence or more controversial nonsense about Odell Beckham. The New York Times has always been more fair and balanced when reporting stories about UCONN's WCBB, and WCBB in general. The NY Post is often a load of sensational crap but their cover headlines can be creative and funny at times. That's about it. I stopped reading the Post about 10 years ago when there appeared to be an underlying racism to many of their political articles.

 

[HuskyNan]

After a search I see this is a common theme with Mr Mush. How did we not know about this guy?


UConn women 116-55 over Albany, Saturday. Two UConn starters played over 30 minutes; two subs played five, another played three. That stinks. Again. But that Geno Auriemma? What a coach, what a champ!

https://nypost.com/2017/03/20/two-plays-that-show-just-how-ridiculous-the-ncaa-has-gotten/


Geno Auriemma is still at it. In UConn women’s 93-36 win at Memphis, Wednesday, he played one kid four minutes, another just two. Jim Calhoun was similarly nurturing when he coached UConn’s male student-athletes.

https://nypost.com/2018/01/29/mlb-now-going-out-of-its-way-to-celebrate-bat-flip-immodesty/


Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut women’s team had it won extra early Tuesday on SNY. They led Cincinnati, 89-38, with 7:40 left.


Still, Auriemma must have been worried UConn’s No. 1 ranking and winning streak were in peril, as he played his starters a minimum of 29 minutes each. Among the 10 young women he played, one — a senior described in player profiles as a superior student — first entered with two minutes left and UConn up, 94-46. He does such a lot.

https://nypost.com/2017/02/09/the-falcons-demise-was-just-like-another-infamous-collapse/


BTW, on that last one, the player who saw two minutes was Tierney Lawlor. I guess walk-ons are supposed to play mucho minutes, not that he had any clue she was a walk-on.

He's written a lot of stupid columns but I was loathe to link them. I didn't want to drive any more traffic to the tabloid Post, honestly.

 

[paisan]

I remember a time, many years ago, when the NY Post was a real newspaper. Over the years, under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch, the Post has drifted more and more towards tabloid journalism characterized by provocative writing and sensationalism.

Quite frankly, these days it would be more appropriate for the Post to be sold at supermarket checkouts along with the other gossip rags, rather than at newsstands.

Old dude what a perfect description of this alleged reporter(?)

 

[rvwsleep]

This is nothing new for Mushnick, this has been his schtick for decades.
Years ago (2011, I looked it up) I emailed him regarding an error that appeared in his column regarding golf statistics.
He emailed me back stating that he wanted to "spare non golfers the details" !! Yeah, the details that showed there was an error in his column.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Not worth spitting on.

 

[cohenzone]

Nice research! Amazing how one gets to write a sports column for a big publication, but know so little about what they write about. Much of his columns are his (strong) opinions, but here, as you point out, he gives his opinion without even knowing the underlying facts. Pretty sad. Maybe on this he belongs to the ‘everybody gets a trophy’ group? It’s just too bad he leaves sports fans who don’t follow UConn closely with such a poor impression.

He’s a junk writer. He should be yanked after the first paragraph in favor of the new kid who covers little league baseball Play the bench.

 

[eebmg]

It is a bit of a shtick with him about lopsided scores in all sports at all levels from HS to the Pros. He certainly does not attempt to dive into any details or background.

 

[CTrefugee]

I suspect he is a NYC St John's fan who will never get over how UCONN whupped them.

 

[LoTrader]

This is the type who cares not about anything except that people are devoting their energy to discussing him. He cares not if the discussion is for/against him, as long as it is about him.

 

[Bama fan]

Oh, Deadspin is all over Mushnick. Mushnick is the brain surgeon that came up with this:

https://deadspin.com/5938243/phil-mushnick-has-a-theory-on-why-so-many-teams-have-black-uniforms/all

'Nuff said. Guy's an idiot.

He writes for the New York Post. It is ,for all intents and purposes, a tabloid from the News Corp family. They want to excite and exacerbate. There is no News in News Corp publications. Any angst or outrage they create feeds their appetite for disruption. Please do not give them your time or your dime.

 

[Bama fan]

I remember a time, many years ago, when the NY Post was a real newspaper. Over the years, under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch, the Post has drifted more and more towards tabloid journalism characterized by provocative writing and sensationalism.

Quite frankly, these days it would be more appropriate for the Post to be sold at supermarket checkouts along with the other gossip rags, rather than at newsstands.

Great post,O.D. I wrote my response to to original post before I scrolled down to yours. We say the same thing, but you said it more eloquently.

 

[hjoerring]

He might be incompetent and hates Uconn, but aren't there posts here-- going back a few months-- questioning the (non)use of "nench" players! I for one have a hard time justifying why the last kid on the bench comes in with 2 or under minutes to play in blow outs. But I'm not a purist. I like the 'beautiful' game and think payers should get the 'A' game every time out, but ...... Are there other doors to open than the usual ones?

 

[HopJim]

Seems every end to the season brings the spotlight on UConn and the yahoos come out pretending they have profound knowledge of the head coach's evil ways.

I give you Phil Mushnick:


Again, I don’t care if Geno Auriemma’s UConn women’s teams win 9,000 straight, he’s cruel. Cruel but fair. He’s practiced at humiliating both UConn’s opponents and the kids on his bench.

With 3:30 left in the game, UConn up 50 in what would be a 75-21 final, Auriemma first put in the last kid on his short — six subs — bench. Perhaps he wanted to rest her for practice.

...

But such cruelty has been tradition at UConn. Former men’s coach Jim Calhoun was at least as cruel. In a 2005 game versus Texas Southern, UConn led 111-47, with 55 seconds left, when he first put in four subs.

One of Calhoun’s former assistants, Tom Moore, several years ago explained on WFAN that Calhoun allows his top recruits to pad their stats against patsies. Moore, then coaching Quinnipiac, seemed to find that comical, part of Coach Calhoun’s wily, winking charms.


Those ostensibly at UConn’s wheel — the president, for example, although paid far less than Auriemma is and Calhoun was — are good with that, too.


Scroll down:

https://nypost.com/2018/03/09/ncaa-puts-profits-first-while-preserving-student-athlete-con/

I find his current writing style similar to Shaunassy in Boston. 10+ years ago, a competent sports writer that has gotten lazy and just dusts off old themes again and again.

 

[driver]

He got what he wanted.. you're all talking about him and now he's got some visibility.

 

[banshee]

Phil Mushnick has been a respected sportswriter in the New York area forever.

No, he's not. He's been laughed at by the rest of the media forever.

 

[SVCBeercats]

If Phil Mushnick's editor demanded the same level of excellence as does Geno, Mr. Mushnick would still be in the mail room. I'll bet Philly boy has a boatload of participation trophies in his room which is probably in his Mother's house.

 

[Oldbones]

There you go. No one ever read his articles, no one knew he existed. No one cared. end.

 

[DefenseBB]

Why waste our time dealing with an idiot. Let’s all just shake our head in disgust and move on to “NEXT”...as Bob Weir once famously said when asked about the Grateful Dead and what he could do to sway the the critics to like the “Dead”, his comment was “I like pistachios and when we started out, I would try to open every pistachio regardless of how hard it was to crack, now, with our abundance of pistachios I just eat the ones that open easy and don’t waste my time on the ones unwilling to open easy”. Point being is so many do “get it” and to try and waste time on those who don’t, it is not worth the effort. Same here.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming of the 2017-18 UConn road to their 12th national title...

 

[Centerstream]

He's written a lot of stupid columns but I was loathe to link them. I didn't want to drive any more traffic to the tabloid Post, honestly.

Excellent decision! I applaud you.

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[Sluconn Husky]

From today's article on Megan Walker's trials and tribulations:


“I try not to put players with bad habits on the court for long minutes, so that is why we look so good a lot of times,” Auriemma said after a semifinal victory over Cincinnati, a game UConn led 43-5 at halftime. “Obviously we want to win, but we want to improve. So if you are on the court doing dumb stuff and not improving you will not see a lot of minutes.”

 

[BigBird]

It's just the Post being the Post.

 

[my2cents]

The other point that this writer and others of his ilk miss is that UCONN starters play the LEAST minutes of any major program. The semi final game, most of the starters were out mid way thru the third qtr.
All the points, rebounds that they don't get because of limited playing time means they sacrifice career totals in comparison to their peers in WCBB.
Geno says you don't come here to score the most points, just the most WINS.