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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 5130420, member: 3535"] I come in peace! Please don't take offense. Here is my view - I disagree with yours. He has? Do you have the quote (it’s okay if you don't. I can't find the YT quote I am referencing.)? Do you have 1 that winning a game is not a priority? I'd be shocked. Unless his team was injured or something along those lines? So if he isn't trying to win the game in front of him as a priority, then on occasion, would be okay if his players don't play to win on that day because he felt it not a priority? Secondly, if you (Geno or any other coach) are so worried with injures then what's the point of trying to win these type of games instead of just playing everyone equal minutes? Three The game got to a few points in the 4th qtr, didn't it? UCONN had a 20+ point lead and the other team cut the lead and put themselves in a position to make the game more than extremely tight, so I don't agree with your pov about 20 point leads. Please don't get upset (nor will I if you have any quote) My point for 2 and 3 is that imo you misinterpreted his comments. I could be wrong as well. Geno surprised me with his "body language" comments from the past. But I also know he highly exaggerates too. 4th: When you say that these players maybe be direly needed, but imo and apparently Geno’s that the core players he assigns will be direly needed and that’s a certainty. your point is an "only if . . ." And with 8 player one injury you can still be very formidable. And UCONN has Aubrey coming back too. And you are a stat guy, I'm sure you can see some teams have won with a core of 7 or 8, right? And how many injuries did they go through for their core players and they still had at least 7? 5th: I don't mean this to be offensive, but in regard to injury, if you are going to coach to the degree you are stating then imo that is scared then you don't belong in coaching Div 1. A player plays one minute and they can be hurt,.. A person that drives a car that day they can get into an accident. 6th: All I have done is played measly High School basketball for a very strong team. I can't imagine my hs coach back then stating the game we played it wasn't a priority to win. Nor can I imagine in any manner Geno telling Paige or his team on that given day it's not a priority that they win. But just like not winning it all it is understandable that they don't, the same can be said for a game. Geno could be "okay" with it, but for a game you are competing on that night to say "it's not a priority that we win," - then with that attitude I don't understand why you'd even bother playing. Thus, I think our definition of "priority" is different. One game doesn't make a season but it matters enough that you compete to win. Maybe we have a different definition of "priority?" I just found the quote(s) on YouTube (not sure I can send it on here) Geno said as long as his team is competing in (CHANGED from "for" to "in") Final Fours then that's all that counts (to paraphrase he was stating his team was there all the time; the last week of the season and "that’s all that matters" is how he phrased it.) So, does this mean that he doesn't feel winning the title is a priority because he is okay if his team doesn't win it? He could be okay with a loss but still he is coaching to win. And by coaching to win; that is a priority otherwise why bother to coach to win and instead just give everyone equal minutes? This is why he plays Paige 35-40 minutes in big games and why others don’t play. [/QUOTE]

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