OT: Geno Rips His Team

[jibsey]

Pulled the starters, they won easily anyway. Talked worst effort and wished fans could get their money back. Refreshing.

 

[Stainmaster]

#Geno4Men

 

[MadDogRevival]

Absorbent Pad.

 

[whaler11]

Pulled the starters, they won easily anyway. Talked worst effort and wished fans could get their money back. Refreshing.

In all seriousness, what does that have to do with anything?

UConn women’s basketball doesn’t translate to the real world.

I guess the sarcastic coach bouncing between killing the fanbase and then saying their should get their money back is entertaining to a degree - but there isn’t anything to be learned or copied.

 

[AntG168]

In all seriousness, what does that have to do with anything?

UConn women’s basketball doesn’t translate to the real world.

I guess the sarcastic coach bouncing between killing the fanbase and then saying their should get their money back is entertaining to a degree - but there isn’t anything to be learned or copied.

Ollie can absolutely learn a thing or two about not excepting mediocrity

 

[whaler11]

Ollie can absolutely learn a thing or two about not excepting mediocrity

LOL - now you are an Ollie critic?

I promise you the problem with the men's basketball team isn't that Ollie accepts mediocrity.

 

[AntG168]

LOL - now you are an Ollie critic?

I promise you the problem with the men's basketball team isn't that Ollie accepts mediocrity.

I wouldn’t label myself an Ollie “critic”. And I still don’t think he’s Diaco. He has some good qualities as a coach. But he ain’t getting the job done. I just call it how I see it. Opinions change. Only an idiot can’t have his mind changed when presented with overwhelming evidence. And there isn’t ONE problem. But Praising your team after an overtime win against Monmouth is excepting mediocrity. Yelling at players, being confrontational and being a hard a** does not equate to expecting excellence

 

[Bryan Lord]

The fans should get a refund if they had to watch subs play due to a Geno hissy fit but they won't get a dime back. It's amazing how creative you can get with 11 rings.

 

[polycom]

Winning gives you clout.

 

[djct1999]

Well, we are like the women in one way. If KO pulled our starters, it would also not impact the final result. Go team!

 

[mauconnfan]

Pulled the starters, they won easily anyway. Talked worst effort and wished fans could get their money back. Refreshing.

jibs he takes out the best 6 players and plays kids who are rated higher than the other teams kids on the court. It's not the same world, and they were up 20 and he was pissed - easy for him to play that game.

 

[Paesano]

The only thing worse than people using Geno to attack Ollie are the responses from people who are insecure in their manhood. Leadership and human nature apply to every team sport and every team based profession. Winners win, no matter what their game or profession.

 

[whaler11]

The only thing worse than people using Geno to attack Ollie are the responses from people who are insecure in their manhood. Leadership and human nature apply to every team sport and every team based profession. Winners win, no matter what their game or profession.

Sorry no. This is absurd.

There is a reason why the winners in men’s college basketball don’t do things like this and it’s not because none of them can coach as well as Geno.

 

[polycom]

Sorry no. This is absurd.

There is a reason why the winners in men’s college basketball don’t do things like this and it’s not because none of them can coach as well as Geno.

What? Calhoun had done this, Popovich has done this at the NBA level. This happens Geno is an objectively HOF level basketball coach regardless of gender. People who try to slight him are silly.

 

[Waquoit]

What? Calhoun had done this, Popovich has done this at the NBA level. This happens Geno is an objectively HOF level basketball coach regardless of gender. People who try to slight him are silly.

I guess Calhoun wasn't a winner in whaler's eyes.

 

[SubbaBub]

He has been criticizing his reserves for weeks. Enough for a non WBB watcher like me to hear about it.

This was an excuse to let the B team know that they will be called upon and to not rely of the stars to do all the work.

 

[whaler11]

Let me know the game where Calhoun benched his entire starting five and then came to the press conference and told the media the fans should get a refund while winning a conference game by 20. You’d get run off the floor attempting that stuff in the Big East.

Geno’s record is amazing - but it’s not run up against the best.

The amount of people in the fanbase who think Geno and Calhoun had the same challenges might be the single worst thing about being a UConn fan.

It’s a complete disconnect from reality. Unless you think the guy who coaches Wisconsin Whitewater (or whichever school wins D-III every year) is the same as Nick Saban. Or Bill Holowaty is the same as Augie Garrido. Bill Hurley is Phil Jackson.

But instead of dealing with the fact that these are totally different levels of sports and what works doesn’t directly translate - just scream misogyny.

 

[polycom]

Let me know the game where Calhoun benched his entire starting five and then came to the press conference and told the media the fans should get a refund while winning a conference game by 20. You’d get run off the floor attempting that stuff in the Big East.

Geno’s record is amazing - but it’s not run up against the best.

The amount of people in the fanbase who think Geno and Calhoun had the same challenges might be the single worst thing about being a UConn fan.

It’s a complete disconnect from reality. Unless you think the guy who coaches Wisconsin Whitewater (or whichever school wins D-III every year) is the same as Nick Saban. Or Bill Holowaty is the same as Augie Garrido. Bill Hurley is Phil Jackson.

But instead of dealing with the fact that these are totally different levels of sports and what works doesn’t directly translate - just scream misogyny.

No one is screaming misogyny and if they are they should be ignored. But to discount Geno as a basketball coach because he coaches women is trivial. Geno is a cocky guy doesn’t make him not able to coach men or not one of the greatest coaches ever to coach the game of basketball.

 

[whaler11]

I can’t wait to see the D-1 men’s boxscore of a game where the coach up big early decided to embarrass his second string by playing them the majority of the game and then spend the postgame tearing them apart.

 

[HuskyHawk]

jibs he takes out the best 6 players and plays kids who are rated higher than the other teams kids on the court. It's not the same world, and they were up 20 and he was pissed - easy for him to play that game.

Maybe. But I watched Roy Williams do it at Kansas in the first half of a game. He had walk-ons and some other decent bench players in to finish the half. Over 10 minutes. They were down big at the half. Starters came in for the second half and crushed the other team. This UConn team had needed that approach on at least three occasions. If you are losing anyway, make it a teachable moment.

 

[whaler11]

No one is screaming misogyny and if they should be ignored. But to discount Geno as a basketball coach because he coaches women is trivial. Geno is a cocky guy doesn’t make him not able to coach men or not one of the greatest coaches ever to coach the game of basketball.

I didn’t discount him. What he did in last night’s game can’t be done in men’s college basketball - so comparing the two is stupid.

 

[whaler11]

Maybe. But I watched Roy Williams do it at Kansas in the first half of a game. He had walk-ons and some other decent bench players in to finish the half. Over 10 minutes. They were down big at the half. Starters came in for the second half and crushed the other team. This UConn team had needed that approach on at least three occasions. If you are losing anyway, make it a teachable moment.

Losing? He was just screwing around with a big lead to embarrass the second string not the starters.

Does anyone actually know what happened?

 

[polycom]

I can’t wait to see the D-1 men’s boxscore of a game where the coach up big early decided to embarrass his second string by playing them the majority of the game and then spend the postgame tearing them apart.

No one is arguing Geno is a nice guy to his players when he is trying to win. It isn't about the players it's about the fans...fragile fans wouldn't be able to handle it in the men's game. Fans would call the coach a bully this isn't about Geno this is about you as a fan.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Losing? He was just screwing around with a big league to embarrass the second string not the starters.

Does anyone actually know what happened?

I'm talking about the implied suggestion by the original post. It would be valid for the men on a few occasions. When the team has nothing, sit them all and make them watch.

 

[uconnfan68]

The fans should get a refund if they had to watch subs play due to a Geno hissy fit but they won't get a dime back. It's amazing how creative you can get with 11 rings.

They weren’t pulled because they were bad. It was to give others a chance to be productive enough to be counted on in future games. Unlike KO, Geno has talent on the bench. He just doesn’t trust them enough to play them. Now he has to because the injuries are mounting.