Good god, I’m pretty sure every one of those players had a bad F4 game or two. perspective folks!
A hit piece and a Hooray for Dawn piece. Never once did it impugn or castigate her.
Just for comparison sake, last night SC’s pg was 1/6 with 4 turnovers and their center’s offense was confined to scoring off of offensive rebounds. So SC too relied on 3 players for their scoring.
There were many here that said unequivocally we were actually a better team, which had me smh. Yes maybe regular season stats showed that. But tournament time is where stars win and lose games for you. Paige’s value both offensive AND defensively was certainly overlooked.
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with Geno’s history. In each case Geno had some kind of public blowup with the coach of a team that was his biggest competitor at that time for the top spot in WBB. He outlasted Pat, MM and Tara. Now it’s Dawn who may just outlast Geno.
hopefully after some overnight reflection GA will today before flying home he will apologize in person to DS and her team
I'm not willing to put a final verdict on it either. But, it cannot be retracted, regardless of future facts/explanations. It was a poor look for UCONN. One of the first in my memory.
OK that’s fine, although you might want to look at just how physical KK and Sarah were defending Johnson & Edwards. But even if Geno had a legitimate complaint about the refs, he could have shook Dawn’s hand after the game and unloaded on the refs in the Postgame…..and I don’t buy the argument that Dawn was trying to “intimidate” the refs. Geno and just about any coach worth a damn does the exact same thing.
The obvious difference in the scoring was FTs, not the number of offensive threats. Azzi and Sarah were 7-31 overall and 4 for 14 from 3. That's 22 % overall and 28% from 3. If they shoot 35% from 3 they get an extra 3 points. If you just take the non 3s, they shot 3-17 or 18%. If that number becomes 40% they get an extra 4 regular baskets or 8 points and the score is virtually tied. So yes, shooting was a factor but SCV was not much better. However, it is pretty hard to overcome 16 additional free throws.
And many of those missed lay-ups you mentioned were "blocks" by SC players. They were a more athletic team who clearly wanted it more. I fear that UCONN had been overly distracted by plaudits, and awards.
It’s also pretty hard to overcome 15 additional rebounds. That’s 15 more offensive possessions for SC.
A good deal of their failure can be attributed to the SC defense. Let's be fair. None of them could get free for a decent open look, particularly AZZI.
I agree that in retrospect he should have shaken her hand but he is not a purely impulsive person and I think he wanted to confront Dawn also and did not want to do it behind her back in the presser alone as a sore loser. By that time it was not just about the refs, it was about her because of what she had done previously. Did that really intimidate the refs? We will never know but from his perspective, looking at his kids being manhandled and no fouls against SC in the 3rd quarter, it's a reasonable conclusion. These incidents are never as clear cut as people want them to be.
Because of great man to man defense or because of holding, pushing, grabbing, shoving with no fouls being called?
The weird thing is that despite that we had 61 shots to their 56. I bet the time of possession was very one sided though. They would often slow it down to change the pace of the game. It stopped us from getting going and prevented a big run.
If there were an “overreaction” button I would have worn out my thumb by now
They hall beat him regularly.
She would never apologize about anything.
But hold on. Is it about the refs or is it about Dawn? You’re conflating the 2 issues. “Working the refs” or umpires is a time-honored tradition in every sport I can think of, and Geno certainly does it. If you don’t like the way the refs called the game, your beef is with the refs, not the opposing team or coaches.
BINGO!
UConn was +5 on turnovers, so the actual difference in possessions was SC +10, and they don’t actually count missed shots that a player is fouled on in a team’s shot total. So effectively, SC had more scoring opportunities.
I love Geno but as the coach his job is to know a mud fight is coming and have a plan to get out of it if that is what happens. Last night it was apparent they were missing something and the adjustments were few and far between. For the players I can't remember when a UConn team looked so tired. Sarah and Azzi looked wiped out both in their play and on their faces. Even KK looked slower than she normally has been. I though they looked similar last weekend too but the teams weren't good enough to fully expose them.
Quite honestly, the beef can easily be with both. You can be unhappy with the undue influence from the opposing coach as well as the ref(s) being influenced.
Post 597 of this thread should put this discussion to bed. Credit to Geno for admitting his mistake. I hope that in addition to his public apology, he reaches out to Dawn personally to apologize.