UConn WBB spends day at West Point

[UConnCat]

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[oldude]

I suspect this trip had something to do with Geno’s close friendship with General Martin Dempsey, the former head of the Joint Chiefs and a graduate of West Point.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Nice day for the Huskies. Recruits take notice--Geno will open all kinds of opportunities for you.

 

[winlots]

Terrific idea on MANY levels.

 

[UConnCat]

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Strange thread. All Cat's messages are blank on my screen, except the first one contains a single " mark.

 

[eebmg]

Same here. I am guessing some technical difficulties.

 

[UConnCat]

Strange thread. All Cat's messages are blank on my screen, except the first one contains a single " mark.

The posts contain tweets and are now blank for me as well.

 

[veryolddog]

Military top secret information about Geno basketball are blocked.

 

[Bama fan]

Same here. I am guessing some technical difficulties.

Same here. I cannot see any items in any threads that contain any videos or uploads. Hard to follow a song thread without songs!

Edit: Seems to have been fixed now .Thanks to the gods (a.k.a. mods) of the Boneyard

 

[Bama fan]

Strange thread. All Cat's messages are blank on my screen, except the first one contains a single " mark.

I was thinking that it takes a very wise woman indeed to say something without any words!

 

[UConnCat]

 

[Bama fan]

Strange thread. All Cat's messages are blank on my screen, except the first one contains a single " mark.

the wise woman :

 

[Bascomfan]

A UConn vs Army game in the near future perhaps ??? At least even a preseason one.

 

[JordyG]

A UConn vs Army game in the near future perhaps ??? At least even a preseason one.

No preseason games against Army in the near future. Not against another D1 team. Maybe an OOC game in the near future though.

 

[UConnCat]

Trip to West Point opens eyes of Husky players

 

[oldude]

No preseason games against Army in the near future. Not against another D1 team. Maybe an OOC game in the near future though.

Army has a decent women’s team that is generally competitive vs mid-major opponents. But in their one game vs an upper tier D1 team last season (Marquette), they lost by 30. I don’t think Geno would want to be part of a game where his Huskies blew out an institution he has great respect for by 50+ pts.

 

[Carnac]

This field trip was a timely and relevant eye opener for our team, none of whom has been out on their own, or have had the experience of having a “real” job and real adult responsibilities..............yet.

They were exposed to some of the more rigorous and challenging responsibilities and expectations others their age have, as they have chosen to serve our country in the United States armed forces.

At West Point, they're playing a whole different ball game.

 

[stamfordhusky]

Challenges and responsibilities those cadets can’t walk away from (transfer) if they decide they no longer like their environment or their status on the team. At West Point, they're playing a whole different ball game.

Students at Service Academies can walk away (transfer) during their first two years with no penalties whatsoever, and many do. It is only once the third year begins that there is really a commitment.

 

[Carnac]

Students at Service Academies can walk away (transfer) during their first two years with no penalties whatsoever, and many do. It is only once the third year begins that there is really a commitment.

Thanks, corrections made. I was drawing from my own personal experience in the service in the late 60's during the Viet Nam war era which included the draft. That was over 50 years ago. Times have changed. I was in an environment that you could not walk away from. Once you stepped forward and took the oath, you were in..................all the way for the entire duration of your commitment. There was no quitting, giving up or walking away (going over the wall).

 

[msf22b]

In the early 60's (62-5), i was a member of the West Point Band, along with a group of the finest young wind players in the country (not me), who later populated virtually all the major orchestras in the country from !at clarinet in Chicago, to !st trumpet in LA, also the MET, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Philly et al.

Hard to believe that a misfit like me survived in such a place, but I hung on (barely) to the bitter end of my enlistment and left a far more competent individual than I entered.

And, the Point initiated my passion for skiing which survives into my 8Oth year.

I imagine it hasn't changed all that much; never does.

Playing the numerous funerals during the early-stages of the Vietnam war was especially depressing.

And the commander, a Lt Colonel was idiot. We had a running hate relationship but he did (amazingly) allow me to finish up, so I shouldn't complain.

A great pal to this day; later became principal Bassoon at LA, was shipped out to the front lines of Korea (for playing wrong notes on a parade on purpose), which people did but you were supposed to deny when called on the carpet... He didn't...I never did; had a hard enough problem playing the right ones.

When his slo-plane to China arrived in Tokyo, he was immediately sent back home to a compromise slot at the Governor's Island Band as our (unbeloved) Colonel had been threatened by a committee of principal winds from New York, Chicago and various conservatories (Juilliard and Eastman) that if a hair on Alan's scalped was mussed, the Band would never get a prominent recruit again. The army backed down and fast.

 

[Shorty Dee]

Nice day for the Huskies. Recruits take notice--Geno will open all kinds of opportunities for you.

I agree 100%. You took the words right out of my mouth .

 

[CocoHusky]

In the early 60's (62-5), i was a member of the West Point Band, along with a group of the finest young wind players in the country (not me), who later populated virtually all the major orchestras in the country from !at clarinet in Chicago, to !st trumpet in LA, also the MET, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Philly et al.

Hard to believe that a misfit like me survived in such a place, but I hung on (barely) to the bitter end of my enlistment and left a far more competent individual than I entered.

And, the Point initiated my passion for skiing which survives into my 8Oth year.

I imagine it hasn't changed all that much; never does.

Playing the numerous funerals during the early-stages of the Vietnam war was especially depressing.

And the commander, a Lt Colonel was idiot. We had a running hate relationship but he did (amazingly) allow me to finish up, so I shouldn't complain.

A great pal to this day; later became principal Bassoon at LA, was shipped out to the front lines of Korea (for playing wrong notes on a parade on purpose), which people did but you were supposed to deny when called on the carpet... He didn't...I never did; had a hard enough problem playing the right ones.

When his slo-plane to China arrived in Tokyo, he was immediately sent back home to a compromise slot at the Governor's Island Band as our (unbeloved) Colonel had been threatened by a committee of principal winds from New York, Chicago and various conservatories (Juilliard and Eastman) that if a hair on Alan's scalped was mussed, the Band would never get a prominent recruit again. The army backed down and fast.

The Army does not back down! What you describe is a Colonel (singular)
changing his mind. A Colonel (singular) does not make an Army.
You describe the LTC as the idiot for call your buddy on the carpet for playing the wrong notes "on purpose"? What do you call your buddy?