you know, it's very easy to point to a player at another program and say "But imagine how good they'd be if they came to UCONN". i tend to think you could say the same thing about some of the kids who came to UCONN.
Charde Houston- never the star some predicted and went on to be a WNBA all star her 2nd year.
Kaili McLaren - never produced much at UCONN and yet went on to be MVP of at least one pro division over seas.
Liz Sherwood - never bought into the UCONN system and did not produce while here, but went to Vandy and was a starter with a solid college career.
Heather Buck - could have been a star for a team like Holy Cross. has the coaching staff ruined her confidence over the years?
does this mean UCONN coaches failed and kids who come here would get better coaching going to Vandy or Holy Cross? or that they'd have to wait till they got to the pros to really see improvement? obviously i say no.
Glory was 3rd on the team in scoring with 12 PPG and almost 10 RPG (9.7). all this in only 25 minutes per game. i don't disagree that UCONN has the best coaches, but to imply she'd have had better numbers while at UCONN... playing the 4 sandwiched between Tina at the 5 and Maya at the 3 wouldn't really have given her any better numbers IMHO. i haven't seen enough of her games to state that with better coaching at UCONN, she'd have been able to achieve X,Y and Z while unable to do that at tennessee.
i think some coaches and players are a perfect fit. Renee, Tina, Kalana, Maya, Stef and Bria have all blossomed under Geno's tutelage. Others like the 4 i listed above did not. believe me, i love a good tennessee smack down as much as the next UCONN fan, but i don't see where her performance had she come to UCONN would be appreciably better.
