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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4821573, member: 1131"] It sounded to me like it was a coach who had previously been at Pitt, who became the first-year head coach of a school in Canada or near the border whom Geno had wanted UConn to play, but he backed out. I don't know who that would be. Listening to the whole interview, I thought his most interesting comments (because I hadn't heard them before) were about Aubrey. The reporter asked him to say more about her, because she hadn't talked much to reporters "probably because we ask such dumb questions". Geno said that she is a nice, honest person who aims (perhaps too much) to please and doesn't take as many risks as he would prefer, or as her talent justifies. He says that she can be a disruptive force coming into games off the bench, and that is a role that the team very much needs. Also, he says that she does very well in school and is preparing herself for whatever the future may hold (implying that her future may or may not include pro basketball). A reporter also asked him where he thought that Aaliyah had grown the most since her freshman year. I thought he was going to say that she doesn't get into foul trouble as much now, but that isn't what he chose to say. He said that now she has a good idea of how the offense is supposed to flow, and she knows what she wants to do with the ball as soon as she gets it, rather than wondering or hesitating. He hopes that her 15 to 17 foot jump shots will go in more consistently, so that defenses have to come out and guard her, because her greatest strength is driving to the basket when she is closely guarded -- but she won't get that chance unless her jump shots go in with regularity. Overall, a good interview, with (as is usual for Geno) few or no sports cliches and a lot of well-considered responses. [/QUOTE]

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