Those last 5 wins were a must considering opponents had a combined 18-56 record. Big test will be USF series this weekend. Hopefully they will stay hot and continue right through this weekend. But the team is relying on a lot of young guys . I heard a Coach from another D1 program make a statement and it really got me thinking about UConn.. Coach said his philosophy is this: Recruiting is only one part of the equation.. The next step is when the coaches really earn their money and develop those players over (4) years. He said some coaches rely strictly on recruiting and expect those young guys to come in and be effective. If they don't see what they like instead of coaching them to get better and giving them opportunities the will recruit over them.. discard them, cut scholarships and force them out. When the bottom line is the coaches are unable to coach and improve the talent that they saw when they were being recruited. Look at this year's team all these young guys are playing and not many upper classmen is an indication to me that the latter is UConn coaching style. Obviously the goal is to recruit better and better players each year but it's also obvious many are not given opportunities to succeed and gain that experience. Midweek games will not decide whether you get a bid to the tourney or not. , especially when you play a week out of conference schedule. These are the games to get those players in that have struggled and need some consistent playing time instead of playing once every few weeks. Also make you much deeper come conference tournament time when a deep bench or bullpen is needed . The midweek games will only make the coaches record look better come review time at the end of the year. I have seen this over the past 4-5 years, Just my two cents.. any thoughts?
