Exactly--more likely to win a title in Storrs and less likely in South Bend.
Kennitra Johnson was a key player on the 2000 National Championship team, was named to the All-Big East Rookie team, and averaged over 22 minutes a game. But she's painfully shy and was uncomfortable with the intense scrutiny the UConn players get.
OK, I'm sold. Based on the learned and informed opinions given here, the newspaper article, and the latest weather report (which way the wind is blowing), I'm convinced that there's a better than 50% chance UConn will land her.
When Dangerfield committed, I commented (predicted) that UConn would get 1-2 more coveted signees (not necessarily out of high school) this year. Stevens was the first, I would not be surprised if Camara was the second. OMG, wouldn't she be a huge get.Every time I log onto the yard, I expect to read that Camara has decided to come to Storrs. It's a gut feeling that I've had before. I'm pretty sure it's intuition and not gas.
I don't believe anything has really changed for Auriemma. He is simply utilizing a recently expanding market to fill what he believes are gaps in his recruiting that he couldn't fill with HS kids. He doesn't pursue them but if the right type of kid at the right position becomes available and shows interest, he considers it and then let's them in. Just smart use of another tool.
It's hard to imagine my agreeing more.
There may not be a scholarship for her if she waits too long. Camara makes it 13 for 2017.
Just enough room for Megan and Mikayla.
Yes. One wonders however if this is just a happy and fortunate strings of occurrences or if this is really the new normal.
I say both. It feels a lot like the players can have their cake and eat it too knowing that if they have buyer's remorse all they have to do is pick up the phone to Storrs the minute their championship hopes are dashed or their personal career development isn't going the way they want at the school they initially chose over UConn.
I for one, think it is just a freak occurrence. Within well run programs I just don't think you are likely to see this kind of thing happen and top 30 programs tend to be well run. They have the money and resources to attract good coaches and good athletes. UNC is unique to an academic scandal (aided by a 'manufactured' recruiting class dynamic that didn't work), and KY and Duke have been particularly unstable coaching staffs that sent up red flags. Looking around at other programs in that top 30 range, the only one that stands out to me with a revolving door of assistants is Maryland, but none of them have had more than the kind of attrition rate of Uconn - a few front line players over the past decade and a few more bench players looking for perhaps different competitive environments or better fits.
Great point. Only time will tell, of course. And yet, Geno has already suggested that there is a qualitative difference in today's players--their "me first" attitude and refusal to take "tough love"-- that we could see naturally leading to a greater tendency to transfer.
