Ogunbowale top 5

[Vowelguy]

I forget, was UConn pursuing? If so, doesn't look like it made the cut.

Retweeted by Jim Fuller
Arike Ogunbowale ‏@Arike_O
My Top 5 (alphabetical order):
Louisville
Notre Dame
Ohio State
UCLA
Wisconsin

 

[Wbbfan1]

She had mentioned she was considering UConn, don't know if Geno was considering her. Will be hard for Geno to get Guards with last years recruiting class. Not impossible, but difficult.

 

[sawxfan23]

Yes, UConn was recruiting her

 

[UConnCat]

Yes, Geno was pursuing her. He was in Milwaukee to watch her last HS game back in March. He was in Chicago a few days ago but didn't stay around for her team's big match-up on Saturday which may have been an indication that UConn wouldn't make the cut. UConn was always a longshot for her but I did think it would make her final five. The surprise is no Duke given the priority placed on academics. Four of the 5 are certainly good schools, though.

 

[HuskyMJ]

@genoauriemma
Stay tuned for my list of the 5 players I saw the past 7 days that I have zero interest in recruiting.... #whatajoke

Blunt but truthful. Announce when you pick a school but top 5s or 10s is a little much I think and nice to see Geno agrees with me.

 

[UConnCat]

Well I guess he was recruiting her. Ouch.

Rebecca Lobo ‏@RebeccaLobo 8m
@genoauriemma That tweet was so unexpectedly different from tweets of other coaches I follow. Made me laugh out loud.

To Rebecca's point, most coaching staffs use twitter to talk indirectly to recruits ("special visitors," "watching future [insert team mascot]"), while 3 of UConn coaches rarely tweet (CD doesn't at all), and the one who does (Geno) tweets stuff like this. It certainly is different and a bit refreshing.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Wisconsin is likely window dressing. Have a feeling it'll be ND, and she's going to be a player.

 

[Vowelguy]

. Four of the 5 are certainly good schools, though.

Ohio St? Eh.

 

[calpedaler]

Geno Auriemma ‏@genoauriemma 1m
Players have press conferences to "announce " which schools they are considering. #whatajoke

 

[sawxfan23]

I love it! Atta Boy Geno.

 

[EricLA]

I love it! Atta Boy Geno.

Do you love it? Really? Geno uses a very public forum to deliver one liner zingers directed at 16 year old girls? I find it just the opposite. It would be far different if he was quoted in an interview saying "kids these days seem to be gravitating much more towards grandiose public forums and the generation is more about "me" than about "us/team". etc etc..." I think Geno's comments not only show a lack of understanding of "kids these days", but also an unfortunate broadside blasting high school girls.

I absolutely love Geno and bleed Husky Blue. Heck, I'm flying to Istanbul on my own dime to watch him coach the US National team in September. While I'm probably in the minority on this, those tweets have made me sad.

He's the most recognizable, powerful, and influential person in WCBB and he does not need to lower himself, or resort to, mean one liners on twitter. I think it's low class and I expect much better from the head of our program. Is there any good reason for, or anything positive that can come out of, these tweets?

 

[wallman]

Well I didn't really take it that way but I have a different sense of humor than most. I never thought she was a "Uconn" type player, now Louisville yes but was surprised Duke was not on the list.

 

[sawxfan23]

Do you love it? Really? Geno uses a very public forum to deliver one liner zingers directed at 16 year old girls? I find it just the opposite. It would be far different if he was quoted in an interview saying "kids these days seem to be gravitating much more towards grandiose public forums and the generation is more about "me" than about "us/team". etc etc..." I think Geno's comments not only show a lack of understanding of "kids these days", but also an unfortunate broadside blasting high school girls.

He's the most recognizable, powerful, and influential person in WCBB and he does not need to lower himself, or resort to, mean one liners on twitter. I think it's low class and I expect much better from the head of our program. Very disappointed...

Do you really hate it? Really? I find it refreshing that somebody actually speaks his mind and doesn't hold back anything. Are you honestly trying to tell me that someone who is as successful a coach as him has a "lack of understanding of kids these days"? I think it is an honest assessment of how arrogant, selfish, and full of themselves some recruits are.

 

[EricLA]

Do you really hate it? Really? I find it refreshing that somebody actually speaks his mind and doesn't hold back anything. Are you honestly trying to tell me that someone who is as successful a coach as him has a "lack of understanding of kids these days"? I think it is an honest assessment of how arrogant, selfish, and full of themselves some recruits are.

Yeah I do hate it and I said so. Like I said I'm probably in the minority, but just like some people find it creepy that so many follow teenage girls twitter accounts, I find it sad that the preeminent figure in WCBB feels the need to take potshots at teenage girls.

 

[bschwartz]

I don't think it was his finest hour, but we probably don't know the whole story (and never will.) Perhaps he feels jilted because he wanted her on the team. Maybe she told him she wanted to go to UConn and then UConn wasn't on the list. I doubt he would have Tweeted it if UConn was on the list. Maybe her camp had demands that he wasn't will to give in to...or she felt pressure because of the 3x3 thing with her teammates coming to Storrs. We don't know and shouldn't know. So in my mind, he probably ought to have kept his phone in his pocket...If she starts talking about something he did or said, he is going to look like the bully.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I don't question the fact that Geno's tweets are honest and refreshing, but to be fair he can be a bit too quick with his one-liners; I assume from the tweets that he was peeved, most likely that the young lady in question didn't inform him UConn didn't make the cut.

While few UConn fans take these sorts of things badly, they have a lot to do with why Geno is not more popular with fans of other programs. I don't doubt lots of coaches feel just like he did (and probably more often), they just don't say it in public.

And, to be frank, I would have a lot less problem with his remark(s) if they were made in a more neutral context (and perhaps minus the sarcasm). This appears to all accounts to be a direct response to the young lady.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I have 2 words on this topic:

Asia Durr.

 

[reno tony]

Do you love it? Really? Geno uses a very public forum to deliver one liner zingers directed at 16 year old girls? I find it just the opposite. It would be far different if he was quoted in an interview saying "kids these days seem to be gravitating much more towards grandiose public forums and the generation is more about "me" than about "us/team". etc etc..." I think Geno's comments not only show a lack of understanding of "kids these days", but also an unfortunate broadside blasting high school girls.

I absolutely love Geno and bleed Husky Blue. Heck, I'm flying to Istanbul on my own dime to watch him coach the US National team in September. While I'm probably in the minority on this, those tweets have made me sad.

He's the most recognizable, powerful, and influential person in WCBB and he does not need to lower himself, or resort to, mean one liners on twitter. I think it's low class and I expect much better from the head of our program. Is there any good reason for, or anything positive that can come out of, these tweets? Very disappointed...

I also believe he could have taken a little higher road. But ultimately, I blame Lebron James and his big "Decision" and all the junk that followed. Of course, I blame him for anything to do with basketball so what do I know.

45 TO GO​

 

[Coler]

I have 2 words on this topic:

Asia Durr.

I'm still waiting for her short list of schools and hoping to see Rutgers on it.

I'd love to see Durr & Scaife as our starting back-court for 2 years.

 

[UConnCat]

I don't question the fact that Geno's tweets are honest and refreshing, but to be fair he can be a bit too quick with his one-liners; I assume from the tweets that he was peeved, most likely that the young lady in question didn't inform him UConn didn't make the cut.
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I think you're right. It wasn't that UConn didn't make the cut (she was a longshot for UConn) but that he learned about it via twitter. Plus, there was the build-up. The tweet that news was coming, the tweet that the announcement would be Sunday and then the big announcement...of a top 5.

Geno isn't done and he isn't wrong:

Geno AuriemmaVerified account ‏@genoauriemma
Players have press conferences to "announce " which schools they are considering. #whatajoke

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Pretty odd if that was directed at Ogunbowale considering numerous UConn recruits have publicly revealed their shortened lists including KLS, Collier, and Boykin.

 

[ThisJustIn]

I dunno - clearly he is following players' twitter accounts (or has a staff member doing it). Not quite sure what his issue is - yes, it's goofy. But yes, it is also a reflection of more interest in women's basketball. He, of any of the current coaches, should know how important that is.

Reply to Geno: Hall of Fame coach takes to twitter to insult high school basketball players #whatadingbat

 

[wallman]

I think Uconncat has it, it was the personal announcement of announcements etc etc LOL. the others made lists but they got out from people asking, not announcing!!

Just to be clear and to put everyone on notice I will make my next post in approximately 2 hours.

I know you will be waiting

 

[j66kicker]

Pretty odd if that was directed at Ogunbowale considering numerous UConn recruits have publicly revealed their shortened lists including KLS, Collier, and Boykin.

KLS, Collier and Boykin had UCONN ON their lists - heh heh.

 

[sawxfan23]

Pretty odd if that was directed at Ogunbowale considering numerous UConn recruits have publicly revealed their shortened lists including KLS, Collier, and Boykin.

The difference is that they never had a big lead up and press conference for the announcement of their finalists like Ogunbowale, so it is not really odd at all.