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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 4008712, member: 730"] When I read "the light turned on" I think of Charles, who while playing really well was still in and out of Geno's dog house for 2.5 seasons. Or Stokes, who spent her entire career as a sub because she refused to play aggressive offense. Bueckers' bulb is about 1000K times stronger than either of those two's, even when they were upperclassmen. Exactly how many times was Bueckers benched for not doing what Geno wanted? As far as high school, Bueckers and her coach banged heads for 5 years. Even he said that Bueckers was very stubborn, that she just has to have the last word and that he was happy to let her. Cosgriff was the Geno of Minn. A coaching legend. And his teams relied on defensive pressure and a fast pace of play. In many ways it was UConn, only on a lower level. I can still put an old Hopkins game on and enjoy watching them play, and I'll bet I can count on one hand the high school games I've watched in their entirety since I turned 18. As an 8th grader in her 2nd varsity game she hit nine 3's . That isn't someone who is reluctant to shoot. She took more shots than anyone else on this season's UConn squad (14.6/gm). In 2015 Kelsey Mitchell, generally considered a selfish gunner on this board, averaged 19.4 shots/game. Five more shots/game than Bueckers. Mitchell was criticized for 4 years for taking too many shots and yet Geno and many here seem to want Bueckers to be more selfish and act more like Mitchell? I find that hard to swallow. And I don't think Geno wants that either. Geno says a lot of things just for effect. Too many take him literally. When a freshman (or an 8th grader) is the best player on the team it can put stresses on team chemistry. I thought Bueckers showed a lot of maturity in the way she respected the upperclassmen. She also knew that when Mühl became a starter her job as a 2 was to get open and shoot and I thought she did that very well. Cosgriff said it best when asked about how he coached Bueckers. "For the most part I just let her do what she wanted". [/QUOTE]

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