Hahaha they just won't let A'ja Wilson go...
It's highly contradictory that while A'ja hasn't developed well underneath Dawn on one hand, that same select few still pine over the days she could've worn husky blue in Storrs..
Good luck with that! SC is not in my preseason top 4 so you guys have some work to do!
Good luck with that! SC is not in my preseason top 4 so you guys have some work to do!
Thread was about mental illness. Nothing to do with Uconn or basketball other then the college she attended during her struggle.
Really? I did not know that. I was sort of being funny, but IMHO, you guys lost all your starting guards. I think Gray is going to be outstanding - maybe as good as Mitchell, but if you start Cuevas, Gray, Davis, Wilson and Coates (imposing starting 5 btw), I'm not sure you have any strong guard play off the bench, and I'm not sure Cuevas is a good floor general. She still seems too out of control for me and not great at "running the team"... Just my $.02. I bet you've seen SC much more than I have. Really I don't "care" how good you guys are next year - as long as you (and Miss State and Kentucky and...) beat the snot out of Tenn.No worries, SI doesn't have us in their preseason top 5 either... we're probably not in their top 10 as well. I think we'll be just okay next year.
"Suspect"?
That thread was about the real life issues of college age kids and the pressures under which they sometime crack. When people on these threads talk about what terrible choices recruits make about the school they attend when they do not choose Uconn, it is just a reminder that Uconn is not the solution for every 18 year old basketball player. That there are more important things in life than basketball, and that being happy in their choice of school and being successful in life and being healthy in mind and body is much more important.
Some of us think she has developed just fine. I could be cute and say I would prefer she just stand still for the next two years and that Dawn to be of limited success in developing her and others!Hahaha they just won't let A'ja Wilson go...
It's highly contradictory that while FIRST team All-American A'ja Wilson hasn't developed well underneath Dawn on one hand, that same select few still pine over the days she could've worn husky blue in Storrs..
Are you sure you actually read the article?
That thread was about the real life issues of college age kids and the pressures under which they sometime crack. When people on these threads talk about what terrible choices recruits make about the school they attend when they do not choose Uconn, it is just a reminder that Uconn is not the solution for every 18 year old basketball player. That there are more important things in life than basketball, and that being happy in their choice of school and being successful in life and being healthy in mind and body is much more important.
What happened with Cassie was close to a tragedy, that a player does not develop to the fullest potential during their 4 years of college will never be a tragedy. For EDD four years near home with less than the best coaching and less than the most skilled teammates and limited team success does not seem to have stunted her professional career in a noticeable way, and I suspect the four years closer to her sister made her happier than had she stayed at Uconn.
Some of us think she has developed just fine. I could be cute and say I would prefer she just stand still for the next two years and that Dawn to be of limited success in developing her and others!
I see serious improvement in her game and she talks of working more on her range this summer which will be good. That she struggled to guard Stewart was no surprise, most people did! But I think she should work on her defensive skills 'in space' to maximize her value at the next level. She has time to do so.
I agree that the focus in-game and game to game that the uconn coaches are able to command is unique - 6 undefeated seasons, and the constant response of defeated teams about playing 40 minutes and not being able to relax for a second is testament to that.
I'll read it again.
Yep. Read it again. It's more about her struggle. She just happened to be at Uconn during a difficult time. I read is that basketball or Uconn did not play a part. It's about mental illness. I suggest you read it again.
We agree that of course he'd have figured it out, and the next two years would look pretty amazing for UConn if she'd have come here. But it may have also been part of her own calculation that she'd have played 2nd or 3rd or even 4th fiddle for her first two years.
Kind of funny then that we are on a UCONN WCBB basketball board talking about a former UCONN WCBB player who overcame a mental illness.
We are in the middle of a thread that has many posts discussing 18-22 year olds making choices about schools, and people lamenting that there are talented players that failed to recognize that Uconn is the best place for them to go to be developed to their full potential as basketball players. Which is very narrow sighted and presumptuous by fans, though understandable on a forum about Uconn basketball. I posted the other thread to try and temper peoples perspective just a little bit. There are broader issues involved in school choice than just maximizing basketball talent. You can go down the list of players that transferred out of Uconn and realize that basketball even for those who still want to stay involved in the sport after graduation is NOT the most important issue and/or Uconn basketball is not the best fit for everyone who chooses Uconn, let alone those who do not.
Bags I am really surprised at you . Everyone knows A'ja is/was a guard. Just ask her AAU coach and check the SC roster from her freshmen year. In all seriousness getting Wilson, Stewie & Tuck on the floor at the same time would be a challenge any good coach would sign up for.
Apparently, Geno was willing to accept that challenge! A'ja, alas, wasn't.
Besides UCONN who do you have on your out of conference schedule next year?