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As most of you know, during the Tenn-S Carolina game Delino DeShields tweeted the following:
"If Holly don't put DDDeShields back in the game!!! What are you doing?"
"Trying to beat the best without her best players on the court! #sad"
"Oh now you put her in?!?!"
"Good coaching recognize [sic] bad coaching!!"
These quotes got me to thinking about what a nightmare some parents can become to coaches in all sports. No coach wants the static of an overbearing parent telling them who to play, how the team should play or second guessing decisions that he or she makes. Just try to imagine if Diamond DeShields had come to UCONN and these tweets were directed at Geno Auriemma instead of Holly Warlick. I would not want to be in the room at that particular moment.
So I found some interesting comments from an interview with Geno back in 2010.
"There are kids we don't take simply because we don't like their parents. We get a kid, [they] visit the campus, good kid, good player and we spend a minimum amount of time with the mother and father and listen to what they say and how they say it, what their expectation level is. Then we go 'We're not recruiting that kid anymore' ". Not all programs have the luxury of doing this.
Sometimes kids are just innocent victims in all of this but in some cases, as with Diamond DeShields I'm afraid, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Diamond is a victim of her own self promotion- videos, press conferences, tweets and interviews where she compared herself to some of the great players in Tenn history and how she hoped to resurrect the program, all before even stepping on the court in a Tenn jersey.
I'd much rather have a kid who'll sign a letter of intent on the hood of a car.
When, as a freshman, Breanna Stewart was asked what she hoped to accomplish at UCONN and she answered "Win four National Championships" I didn't find it at all arrogant or egotistical.
In an interview last year with ESPN W Breanna said " When I was saying it I wasn't trying to get a reaction from anyone. I was just being realistic. You come to Connecticut and see all the other national championships people win. It's not like it's a rarity".
I don't mean to pick on Diamond DeShields as she's really just a kid and perhaps her father just had a bad day and let his emotions get the best of him. All I know is that Geno and staff look at many, many things when recruiting a player, including families and this seems to be working out OK.
"If Holly don't put DDDeShields back in the game!!! What are you doing?"
"Trying to beat the best without her best players on the court! #sad"
"Oh now you put her in?!?!"
"Good coaching recognize [sic] bad coaching!!"
These quotes got me to thinking about what a nightmare some parents can become to coaches in all sports. No coach wants the static of an overbearing parent telling them who to play, how the team should play or second guessing decisions that he or she makes. Just try to imagine if Diamond DeShields had come to UCONN and these tweets were directed at Geno Auriemma instead of Holly Warlick. I would not want to be in the room at that particular moment.
So I found some interesting comments from an interview with Geno back in 2010.
"There are kids we don't take simply because we don't like their parents. We get a kid, [they] visit the campus, good kid, good player and we spend a minimum amount of time with the mother and father and listen to what they say and how they say it, what their expectation level is. Then we go 'We're not recruiting that kid anymore' ". Not all programs have the luxury of doing this.
Sometimes kids are just innocent victims in all of this but in some cases, as with Diamond DeShields I'm afraid, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Diamond is a victim of her own self promotion- videos, press conferences, tweets and interviews where she compared herself to some of the great players in Tenn history and how she hoped to resurrect the program, all before even stepping on the court in a Tenn jersey.
I'd much rather have a kid who'll sign a letter of intent on the hood of a car.
When, as a freshman, Breanna Stewart was asked what she hoped to accomplish at UCONN and she answered "Win four National Championships" I didn't find it at all arrogant or egotistical.
In an interview last year with ESPN W Breanna said " When I was saying it I wasn't trying to get a reaction from anyone. I was just being realistic. You come to Connecticut and see all the other national championships people win. It's not like it's a rarity".
I don't mean to pick on Diamond DeShields as she's really just a kid and perhaps her father just had a bad day and let his emotions get the best of him. All I know is that Geno and staff look at many, many things when recruiting a player, including families and this seems to be working out OK.