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Would Westbrook be playing pool at Geno's house on her first visit? I can see current players doing that but potential players? Not so sure.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Would Westbrook be playing pool at Geno's house on her first visit? I can see current players doing that but potential players? Not so sure.
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Recruits have had dinner at Genos in the past. Wasn’t there an instance of Geno pulling out a bottle of Taurasi (Italy) wine for Diana’s family?
 
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Wish Evina all the best. If she does go to UCONN, Geno will have his hands full with her mom. She has apparently been hard to deal with since the beginning. That said, I am sure Geno would not consider her unless he felt confident that he could control all dynamics. Evina is a great talent and deserved a better coach. Best of luck to her whether she becomes a Husky or not.
 
LadyVols9 said:
Wish Evina all the best. If she does go to UCONN, Geno will have his hands full with her mom. She has apparently been hard to deal with since the beginning. That said, I am sure Geno would not consider her unless he felt confident that he could control all dynamics. Evina is a great talent and deserved a better coach. Best of luck to her whether she becomes a Husky or not.
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Who knows. Young people do usually mature at some point and maybe Evina has gotten there and is now ready to work on being the best G she can rather than obcessing about PG. Her mom may have also gotten to a point where her daughter's career is more important than her social media posts. I'm sure Geno will answer those questions for himself before she would join the team. I think she has the game to thrive at UConn as an all around guard moving easily between the 1,2, and 3 depending on who she is on the floor with. I agree with everyone that she isn't a true PG but just think if Danger could maybe take a break for a couple minutes a quarter or do some off ball 3 ball scoring while Evina handles point for a bit. Classic UConn bball commonly has had 2 PGs on the floor on a regular basis. Chrystin can easily move over to the 3 for periods of time and cut or knock down 3s. That would force her to learn even more about moving without the ball. CW getting that skill will just unlock the potential to be one of the greats.
 
DEpup said:
Who knows. Young people do usually mature at some point and maybe Evina has gotten there and is now ready to work on being the best G she can rather than obcessing about PG. Her mom may have also gotten to a point where her daughter's career is more important than her social media posts. I'm sure Geno will answer those questions for himself before she would join the team. I think she has the game to thrive at UConn as an all around guard moving easily between the 1,2, and 3 depending on who she is on the floor with. I agree with everyone that she isn't a true PG but just think if Danger could maybe take a break for a couple minutes a quarter or do some off ball 3 ball scoring while Evina handles point for a bit. Classic UConn bball commonly has had 2 PGs on the floor on a regular basis. Chrystin can easily move over to the 3 for periods of time and cut or knock down 3s. That would force her to learn even more about moving without the ball. CW getting that skill will just unlock the potential to be one of the greats.
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I def think she could fit into the offense. My favorite UCONN type of ball is several guards and post player. Fun to watch. And I agree, Geno will make the right call for the team...not just a player.
 
I’m not sure Evina will commit, nor am I sure she’ll be offered. But, like Blueberries, I trust Geno et al.

Evina’s mother was defending her daughter. That seems more reasonable and acceptable than what some over-involved parents do.

Let’s see where this goes. If we get Evina, I hope she is eligible in 2019. If we don’t get Evina, let’s keep looking. It would be a real prize to get a #2 ranked recruit.
 
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DEpup said:
Yes UConn needs bigs but in addition they just need more bodies. I think a Griffin, Makurat, Westbrook, and Cooks group would be just what the doctor ordered for next year.
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I’m pretty sure Cooks would have to sit out a year. Westbrook may not due to coaching change. No change at Michigan State.
 
Jordy said:
Absolutely. I used it in a youth league where no one could shoot the three. Since zone defense was forbidden, we would back cut all game. Almost every basket we made was a layup.
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The 5 out motion offense traces its origin to Pete Carrill’s Princeton offense back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’’s. I remember watching Princeton games back before the introduction of the shot clock or 3-pt line. The Tigers would run their offense forever, sometimes 5 minutes or more, without taking a shot until, inevitably, the opposing team would have a defensive breakdown, a Princeton player would make a backdoor cut to receive a perfect pass for an easy layup. Princeton might play an entire game, take 20-25 shots in total, most of which were layups, shoot 85% and win the game 42-36.
 
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Engineer90 said:
Why? If they are interesting, isn't that the point of Instagram? I don't follow many. Just the ones I find interesting.
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Most people here are men in their 60’s and 70’s, old enough to be their grandfathers or great grandfathers. If you had a 16-22 year old daughter would you want a bunch of older men following her personal life? Not me
 
Go/huskies said:
But most of them are treated like celebrities, with public pages. Why would it be ok to look at the account of Zion Williamson, but not Megan Walker ?
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They are not celebrities they are players on the basketball team that we support. We should be treating them like we would our own daughters, not like some random celebrity.
Megan is a young woman, Zion a young man-society has assigned a value system well before social media came along. (we can debate the value system at another time)
As I have said before, it is Ok to look or share basketball related information on the players public social media. What you say, do or post after looking is the key.
Good Example:
I think Evina Westbrook might be visiting UCONN because of something Megan Walker posted on instagram.
Bad Example:
Magnify a picture from a players instagram, just to determine if a player was some place and you are still not sure it is even that player in the picture. but post your magnified picture anyway. Someone like me (maybe others) would find that to be creepy and call you on it.
Horrible Example:
Someone from this board contacted Nika Muhl via social media to ask her what class she was in because the we were confused and dying to know.
 
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HuskyNan said:
Most people here are men in their 60’s and 70’s, old enough to be their grandfathers- or great grandfathers. If you had a 16-22 year old daughter would you want a bunch of older men following her personal life? Not me
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Instagram is NOT personal. The kids know, or should know, that what they post is public. If my kid was a super athlete playing for a top D1 team, I would expect her to have followers who are fans of the team. Why assume anything nefarious? I would be proud if my kid did and said things that were admirable.
 
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oldude said:
I would actually argue that Walker & Westbrook were #1 & #1A in their class, as I believe they both earned one or more NPOY awards. Beyond the terrible coaching, Westbrook was playing out of position in an offense that didn’t fully exploit her skills.

Put Westbrook in Geno’s 5-out, motion offense where everyone is expected to pass, cut and shoot, and give her the opportunity to develop under the best coaching staff in WBB and she will be outstanding.
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Ron and Vida said:
Well p


Well put Couldn’t agree more
Umm What’s a 5 -out motion offense??
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oldude said:
It’s basically a positionless offense where 5 players spread the floor and read each other’s movements. Every player is required to cut, pass and shoot. If it’s run well, like UConn WBB at its best, it’s beautiful to watch and virtually impossible to defend.
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oldude said:
The 5 out motion offense traces its origin to Pete Carrill’s Princeton offense back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’’s. I remember watching Princeton games back before the introduction of the shot clock or 3-pt line. The Tigers would run their offense forever, sometimes 5 minutes or more, without taking a shot until, inevitably, the opposing team would have a defensive breakdown, a Princeton player would make a backdoor cut to receive a perfect pass for an easy layup. Princeton might play an entire game, take 20-25 shots in total, most of which were layups, shoot 85% and win the game 42-36.
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Just a heads up here. UCONN doesn't run a 5-0 motion offense. They normally run a 4-1. Also UCONN's motion offense is not from the Princton offense (ND's is). UCONN's lineage goes back to Henry Iba's motion offense. Although both motion offenses, there are differences.
 
Engineer90 said:
Instagram is NOT personal. The kids know, or should know, that what they post is public. If my kid was a super athlete playing for a top D1 team, I would expect her to have followers who are fans of the team. Why assume anything nefarious? I would be proud if my kid did and said things that were admirable.
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And I think they’ve been pretty well-trained on what is and isn’t okay to post. They know that anything they put out will be scrutinized and representative of the program as a whole. Megan and Evina knew what they were doing when they posted they were together. What 20-year-old doesn’t love a little pot stirring?

It also wouldn’t surprise me if they had a Finsta (a Fake Instagram with another name that stays locked) for more personal things with their inner circle of friends. I would venture to say that about half of my high schoolers have one. I think if people tried to start infiltrating those, THAT would be creepy.
 
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HuskyFan1125 said:
I’m pretty sure Cooks would have to sit out a year. Westbrook may not due to coaching change. No change at Michigan State.
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Who knows at this point. The transfer rules seem to change and be reinterpreted on an hourly basis.
 
I believe I’m not a creep or stalker .. I never have ever contacted a player or intend to. I follow because I love my team just like these players folllow other famous or top athletes who they dont even know. I only posted a pic to confirm that some of the players didn’t go home and all this talk about Westbrook not being on campus and all that. I’m on twitter and follow many people it’s called social media.. think throwing in the word creep is a little overdrawn.
 
BleedBlue72 said:
I believe I’m not a creep or stalker .. I never have ever contacted a player or intend to. I follow because I love my team just like these players folllow other famous or top athletes who they dont even know. I only posted a pic to confirm that some of the players didn’t go home and all this talk about Westbrook not being on campus and all that. I’m on twitter and follow many people it’s called social media.. think throwing in the word creep is a little overdrawn.
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But your avitar is a bit scary.:eek: ;);)
 
DEpup said:
Yes UConn needs bigs but in addition they just need more bodies. I think a Griffin, Makurat, Westbrook, and Cooks group would be just what the doctor ordered for next year.
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