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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3949718, member: 1131"] Somewhere in America or Europe, there is a 9, 10 or 11 year old girl with as much basketball talent as Paige or Azzi, who is seeing those video clips and deciding that her dream is to play for UConn one day. It isn't just National Championships and Final Fours that animate her dream; it is her heart saying, "I want to learn to play that kind of basketball -- it's beautiful and it would be so much fun." Paige herself has said that was her reaction when she watched UConn - Notre Dame games on TV as a girl of that age. That is why I think Geno's successor should be a UConn alumna, and specifically why it should be Sue Bird. In addition to her name recognition among high school prospects, she (probably more than anyone else) can credibly say that she fully understands the Geno / UConn style of basketball, and can orchestrate it on the court just as well as The Godfather. [/QUOTE]