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Message: [QUOTE="msf22b, post: 3097928, member: 656"] Trying to put all of this in perspective: The last two years (after the Stewie domination era), no one worried about the regionals Still, even during that era: a spirited, well-coached Dayton team gave us a scare in Albany...(and was it Texas)? played us tough in Bridgeport until freshman Pheesa came in for a few minutes and blew the game open with her now familiar bag of tricks. Even Tony C is concerned. Now: even a team like Buffalo thinks they have a chance...and you can bet your bottom dollar that UCLA is not flying 3000 miles to be a sacrificial lamb. Mickey Dearstone, the UTenn radio man and (seemingly) the last Holly loyalist describes an upside down world in which parity has arrived by means of massive improvement of lower ranked teams and says or admits nothing nothing about the decline in UTenn's game being a contributing factor. For this, he is ridiculed. I have regularly noted the higher level of play, throughout the country. better athletes more spread out, better coaching, better team play...in all...a tribute to Geno, Tara, and Muffit among others (but mostly Geno) preaching the fundamentals of team D and O. But not (completely) unlike (poor, ignorant) Holly, Geno has some own old-fashioned ideas of his own which have come back to bite him...Identify UConn type kids and recruit only them, If the best do not want to come...too bad. There is no plan B. Seemingly, his European trip is an indication that that era is over and he is willing to adjust. It's about time. Other teams (not only UConn) play with a short bench, but it was sad the other night to see a bunch of worn out kids trying to hold a lead knowing that they were it...no reinforcements. We've seen that story unfold before, not happily. It is not my style to dump on a player and it is not my intention to do so now...but it must be said that Megan has never (in my eyes) looked like a #1 in the country...even after her best games. There is a certain absence of confidence that permeates her game. I remember a game (last year?) when Geno said she could get every offensive board she wanted...and for a game she did...Where is that player now? And more importantly...is she the rare player who does not profit from the UConn experience. With all the above woe and lack of optimism, Geno could still pull this off. The kids slept in their own beds after the game...and Albany is a short, familiar trip before a friendly crowd. Touch could return, D stiffen, the week could be all Katie-Lou needs to be at or near 100%. And the whole UConn feeling could re-emerge; shots falling, steals, disruptions, amazing O sequences. But for the first time I remember in a regional, there is uncertainty. [/QUOTE]

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