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Message: [QUOTE="JS, post: 2417066, member: 6"] There are two stereotypes some UConn fans apply to recruits who choose to go elsewhere. 1. Ego. She wants to be the big star of a team, which she couldn't be with the emphasis on teamwork at UConn. 2. Laziness. She doesn't want to work as hard as Geno makes you work. Outside observers rightfully object to these stereotypes, and it can't be emphasized too often here, that there are a host of other reasons a player might decide to go elsewhere. By now no rational student of the game would deny that UConn has the best women's college basketball program in history, and plenty of other attractions as well. But that's obviously not the whole story for a given recruit. Yes, there may be some who fit one of the stereotypes, but for every one of those there are many others motivated by geography (easier attendance in person by family and friends; home front comfort zone; climate), parents' wishes; relationships with coaches or other players; general or specialty academics, and the list goes on. UConn will (in Geno's time, and maybe beyond) get outstanding players and mold them into excellent members of excellent teams. That's good enough. Many other superb athletes, including those UConn would like to have signed, will form the competition. There's no basis blithely to assume there's anything wrong with them for having passed on the opportunity to come to Storrs. [/QUOTE]