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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4045780, member: 5798"] I always wondered why Samarie left the program midseason of her freshman year. Now I now. It was reported that the coaches and Geno all tried to talk to her during the holiday break, but she refused to come back. As Argonaut said: "we never know the whole story and shouldn’t be so quick to judge when their actions don’t match what we expect." These kids are under enormous pressure at UConn. Some handle it better than others. We' looking at them and their situation as grown mature adults. They're experiencing it as 18-20 year olds with little or no life experience and being away from home for the first time. Experienced coaches know this, and are vigilant in looking for any emotional/behavioral changes in their players. If it was easy, anyone could do it. It's not easy being a student athlete at an elite program that has super high expectations of all of its athletes. Thank you Marie Diaz for posting this. [/QUOTE]