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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 4855692, member: 3834"] Agree on Geno, this has to be one of the best coaching jobs of his career! It’s a funny thing, (I may be way off base here) but I’ve long felt, that the last three years have been very debilitating for Geno. There were times over that period where I was actually concerned for him. The near constant barrage of injuries and bad news for his players (and himself) really hit him hard and he just seemed to be beat down and depressed. Even through that, he managed to put competitive teams on the floor and won more games than he had any right to. After all that, he seemed rejuvenated at the thought of this year’s team with a healthy Paige, Azzi, and finally, a big that would allow him to match up with the SC’s, and UCLA’s that had held such an advantage over his injury depleted squads over the past three years! Well, once again, the basketball gods deemed otherwise and left him with an even more compromised roster. This cruel blow would have broken many coaches, but against all odds, after a week or two of self pity, Geno reached back into his glorious past and reemerged with a completely new and optimistic attitude! Rather than succumbing to this seeming final blow, he reinvented his team by embracing the very thing that made them, in the eyes of the basketball world, a broken and hopelessly vulnerable team! He accepted his limitations and turned them into a strength! He went small and decided to terrorize and outscore his opponents with speed, relentless pressure, and high level execution! Obviously, it has been a resounding success but, more important by far than the success that has ensued, is the clear and evident change in Geno himself! He is happy and engaged in a way that I have not seen in years! This team, and the circumstances that it has faced and overcome, has, I believe, given him a whole new lease on his coaching life! I am so happy for him! [/QUOTE]

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