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Returners, newcomers fighting for minutes on deep, talented team

If you were talking about 10 years ago, I would agree with you. But the game is changing and so is Geno. SC & Stanford both have loaded and deep rosters.

Geno made a conscious effort to sign more players bringing in transfers like Nat, Z, Touly, Evelyn & Dorka. He also started recruiting foreign players, something he had done only rarely before, with Kia, Anna, Evelyn, Nika, Aaliyah & Dorka.

Geno used to bring in maybe 3 recruits per year. Last year he brought in 6. This year he brought in another 4 plus a transfer. He has 15 scholarships available. If Anna had not decided to turn pro, he would have filled every single one this year, the same as Tara & Dawn.
I attribute that to him being a visionary coach. He sees what is happening in the game and that depth matters over a long season and competing with teams who can just keep throwing bodies at his players. He is adapting and that is what winners do.

I think he would also say he learned from a couple rough recruiting classes where plan A didn't work out and he had no plan B....
 
It’s like you’re missing the point on purpose lol
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I attribute that to him being a visionary coach. He sees what is happening in the game and that depth matters over a long season and competing with teams who can just keep throwing bodies at his players. He is adapting and that is what winners do.
I think he would also say he learned from a couple rough recruiting classes where plan A didn't work out and he had no plan B....
:eek: Is that really visionary though?
Seems rather obvious-if you can score go ahead and score. When or if you are not scoring there other things you can do to help your team out like not repeatedly making silly fouls.
 
:eek: Is that really visionary though?
Seems rather obvious-if you can score go ahead and score. When or if you are not scoring there other things you can do to help your team out like not repeatedly making silly fouls.
Sorry but you conflated two different issues. My comment was about recruiting bigger numbers than usual.
 
You would think one bad call would have been enough to learn from and not repeat for a Junior UCONN player?
Pretty hard to instantly stop doing something you have trained your muscles to do over a long period of time!
 
You would think one bad call would have been enough to learn from and not repeat for a Junior UCONN player?
This comment is reflective of someone whose competitive experiences are limited to the High School Chess Club.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that...
 
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This comment is reflective of someone whose competitive experiences are limited to the High School Chess Club.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that...
Nah.. @Stymie I didn't have time to be on the High School chess club. I was too busy playing all four sports. In HS basketball I was lucky enough to be coached by Geno. My competitive experiences were far from limited. Yours?
 
Nah.. @Stymie I didn't have time to be on the High School chess club. I was too busy playing all four sports. In HS basketball I was lucky enough to be coached by Geno. My competitive experiences were far from limited. Yours?
So you played at Kenrick?
 
Pretty hard to instantly stop doing something you have trained your muscles to do over a long period of time!
The staff is not asking Liv to stop instantly- the staff has been asking Liv for 3 years now and it's about to be four years.
 
Yes of course. I understand the diocese has a shiny new HS now in place of the merged Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic.
Not sure the rest of the board is as curious and interested as you are, if you want to know more hit my inbox,.
 
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Not sure the rest of the board is as curious and interested as you are, if you want to know more hit my inbox,.
That’s OK. I’m sure the change doesn’t sit well with you. My HS is still around, but I was PO’d that they changed the mascot.
 

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