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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2543592, member: 250"] [ATTACH=full]28034[/ATTACH] Remember the great wars we had over this one? What we didn't know then was how empathetic Geno was with EDD and, for example, he held her scholarship open and available through the summer. We saw the shocked and upset Geno, nothing more. Yet, behind closed doors and in his interaction with EDD and her family that summer he acted more like a parent than a jilted coach. This is something worth remembering as some ascribe less than charitable instincts to Geno. The photo tells a story. But the story is pretty good too. “Even right when it all happened,” Delle Donne said of her UConn departure, “the fact that he let me out of my scholarship to go play volleyball at Delaware spoke volumes about the man. He just wanted me to be happy and enjoy my college experience. We always had a great understanding of each other and I respected him so much because of the way he handled the situation.’’ On Wednesday, Delle Donne was named to the U.S. Olympic team for August’s Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her coach there, as he’s been throughout her U.S. team association the past several years, will be Auriemma. That, Delle Donne said, has been a wonderful occurrence." [URL]https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/2016/05/01/tresolini-elena-geno-perfect-match-rebound/83500908/[/URL] “When a coach uses a scholarship on you and then you leave that quickly, it’s usually not going to go over well,” Delle Donne said. “I expected [Auriemma] to be really rude and upset about it, but he always had great conversations with me. I think he saw, more than anything, a confused teenager and wanted to help me.” [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-elena-delle-donne-spurned-geno-auriemma-only-to-reunite-with-him-in-the-olympics-175156253.html"]How Elena Delle Donne spurned Geno Auriemma only to reunite with him in the Olympics[/URL] “[B]There are so many great coaches out there but there aren’t always great teachers,”[/B] she said, “and that’s something that’s always struck me about him -- how great he is at getting his point across, and just continuing to teach. We’re all pros and we’ve heard so many different things. But he kind of explains things in a different way. And it’s been great. [B]I feel like he’s the sun and I’m just trying to soak in all that knowledge. It’s been fun."[/B] [URL="https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/10/delle-donne-fits-in-with-the-best.aspx"]Delle Donne Fits In With the Best[/URL] Remember, we see through a glass darkly. [/QUOTE]

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