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"LaVols", "Warning", "Holly" and uncountable posts about all that is wrong about the Team/Geno's coaching. Are all signs that look down than up. While I personally enjoy reading about the rest of Wb beyond Uconn, as I have no time and physically cannot follow along, I question whether this Board should be involved in jurisdictional matters regarding Holly's fate at Tenn. A quick glance shows a number posts about UT than one would think necessary for a non.Tenn Board. It might be that 'misery loves misery' as the saying goes-- and there is much of that here.
My second unease with the Board, or what I see as creeping in, is the lack of creativity in (constructive) evaluations. It is as if one group of writers/followers have settled into a form of adolescent fits, and so it's all or nothing. We are very good or very bad. The coaches are out of touch, they cannot relate to today's players. If one poster says something positive about a player or the team playing, you can be sure that 2 others will find something to undermine the comment ('yes, she scored 28pts, but it's against a 5 and 12 team?) Even when the coach is being ironic (as he often is to me), it goes over the head of those commenting. I have often felt that Geno talked about things that it would have been wised to leave alone or let Daily handle it. I have some discomforts about not playing more players (that is just a number-game for me and not because I have a strategy that any other mor cannot see), and while Uconn is the only Program I used my time on, I am not an apostle. I watched most of the replays and I see a team with issues, I see players in shooting slum and passes could be better. But I see a lot of the bench players improving, and players that are trying their best. I see a better team today than the one I saw a few months ago. For those who would like to see games where we win by 40+ points-- hit the Replay button. There are many of those. Every now and then the exceptional comes along-- but it always go away, forcing us to adjust the mirror. This team is doing, about You? Isn't it time we adjust our mirror. Having done so, I can promise you that nothing more than delight awaits.
My second unease with the Board, or what I see as creeping in, is the lack of creativity in (constructive) evaluations. It is as if one group of writers/followers have settled into a form of adolescent fits, and so it's all or nothing. We are very good or very bad. The coaches are out of touch, they cannot relate to today's players. If one poster says something positive about a player or the team playing, you can be sure that 2 others will find something to undermine the comment ('yes, she scored 28pts, but it's against a 5 and 12 team?) Even when the coach is being ironic (as he often is to me), it goes over the head of those commenting. I have often felt that Geno talked about things that it would have been wised to leave alone or let Daily handle it. I have some discomforts about not playing more players (that is just a number-game for me and not because I have a strategy that any other mor cannot see), and while Uconn is the only Program I used my time on, I am not an apostle. I watched most of the replays and I see a team with issues, I see players in shooting slum and passes could be better. But I see a lot of the bench players improving, and players that are trying their best. I see a better team today than the one I saw a few months ago. For those who would like to see games where we win by 40+ points-- hit the Replay button. There are many of those. Every now and then the exceptional comes along-- but it always go away, forcing us to adjust the mirror. This team is doing, about You? Isn't it time we adjust our mirror. Having done so, I can promise you that nothing more than delight awaits.
