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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4143746, member: 1131"] I have a couple of observations about Geno's postgame comments: [LIST=1] [*]On why he recruited Caroline, he made an interesting snide comment which Dom Amore quoted in his article in the Courant: "I don't think it was because of her blazing quickness or ability to get off her feet and play above the rim." After that, he said it was because of her rare mental toughness and her "sneaky" way to get points on the board. [*]At the beginning of his remarks, somebody asked him what the problem was in the 4th quarter. Channeling his inner Holly, he said "I don't know", and left that hanging in the air for quite a while before he elaborated on it. I took that as, "If I answered your question, I would have to make critical comments about some players who are already well aware of what they didn't accomplish today." [/LIST] Re Caroline, I've read elsewhere that Geno was initially reluctant to offer her a scholarship because of her limitations as a pure athlete. But the experience with Mir, in particular, shows that amazing athleticism isn't a guarantee of success at the elite college level (and it isn't helping Christyn either as much as you would think it should). Caroline does have a similarity with two other players who wore #33: that guy who used to play with the Celtics, and Katie Lou Samuelson. None of the three 33's are particularly distinguished among their basketball peers for athleticism, but they do get the job done, often much better than their amazingly athletic peers. [/QUOTE]

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