We are on the same wavelength here. I made a
post for easy rebuttal to zombie complaints about UConn in the Big East/ AAC.
I find the zombie complaints about UConn in the Big East/ AAC mildly annoying as I have yet to encounter someone who makes such complaints cogently explain why:
- Would UConn be more successful than what it is currently: a 12-time national champion, the only one with 3 Power Decades of dominance, the pre-eminent farm system of talent that WNBA coaches recognize?
- Would UConn’s “pretty basketball” admired by basketball legends be any more admired than it currently is?
If I had to hazard guesses, the reasons for the zombie complaints fall into two categories:
- (a) a notion about a carbon-to-diamond thunderdome/ gladiator pathway to a national championship;
- (b) utter boredom in blowouts.
Since 1995 (31 years), Geno and Muffet have combined for 14 out of 31 championships. So (a) as a null hypothesis
cannot be stated with even a significant degree of confidence.
Re: (b). It is what it is. [cc:
@boontonbomber re:
this post]
- Geno doesn’t have any control over conference affiliation;
- Geno has some control over OOC games, but only if there is a willing counterparty;
- Geno does have control &1 over the kind of basketball he teaches, and we fans are spoiled in witnessing blowouts — is it Geno’s fault that his teams are generally that much better than willing OOC opponents?
I realize that we are used to on-demand a la carte entertainment. Geno and CD try as much to oblige &1, but there are limits beyond their control.
&1 Geno is well aware that his brand of basketball is akin to a pinnacle entertainment a la “Broadway Show” that has cascading meaning:
- Geno said he won’t retire for as long as he can consistently chase national championships (rebuttal to this @boontonbomber post);
- He admonishes his players to have the same craft dedication to put on a show (symphony of movement) when the curtains go up (chase for championships);
- etc.
Cc:
@DefenseBB