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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 2878470, member: 5823"] QUOTE="Scoop, post: 2878387, member: 8229"]This was the 2nd game of the season. [B]Kia did not force that decision, Chong did by her inability to play defense to Geno's satisfaction!!! [/B]Kia had not been there long enough to “earn” anything. [/QUOTE] So many inaccuracies I don't even know where to begin I limit it to top 5. [B]1) [/B]“[I]It was Geno’s decision. He determines who the starters are.” [/I] [B]Reality: [/B]The players determine who starts based on practice and the ability to impact the game. 2) [I]Kia had not been there long enough to “earn” anything. ”[/I][B]Reality: [/B]In the game prior to Stanford, UC Davis, Freshmen Kia Nurse played 21 minutes. Sophomore Saniya Chong played 22. Geno doesn’t give minutes away to freshmen. [I]3) “Morgan was coming off a knee injury sustained during her freshman year, and had not done anything in practice to that point to warrant starting.”[/I] [B]Reality:[/B] Morgan was injury free during her freshmam campaign which resulted in a Championship for UCONN. During her Freshmen campaign she was the Primary backup in the post to Stephanie Dolson over Kiah Stokes. Morgan had earned the right to start. [I]4) “Geno obviously felt she was not ready to start at the beginning of the season, or she would have.”[/I] [B]Reality[/B][I]: "I can't say enough about Morgan Tuck and Kia Nurse since they've been in lineup," Auriemma said. "It's a different feel, so impressive." Nov 29, 2014. [URL="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-no-3-uconn-routs-vanderbilt-91-52-2014nov29-story.html"]No. 3 UConn routs Vanderbilt 91-52[/URL] 5) “Neither one of them (Morgan or Kia) did anything exceptional in the Stanford game to earn a promotion.” [/I] [B]Reality:[/B] Saniya Chong had 76 games after that Stanford game to regain her starting position over Kia Nurse. Saniya never did. Likewise, Kiah Stokes had approximately 80 games to move ahead of Morgan Tuck on the depth chart. It was over those games (two full seasons) and practices that the “promotions” were earned. Geno’s decisions, which you have repeatedly questioned, were also validated. [/QUOTE]

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