UCONN wins in spite of Geno

[DICKG]

He coached terribly in the last two minutes.

 

[Ctpaul0825]

Idiotic post

 

[Monte]

He coached terribly in the last two minutes.

Please explain.

 

[Ctpaul0825]

Coaching won that game, an inexperienced team on the road.

 

[alexrgct]

Boo-urns...

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Wasn't thrilled with the intentional fouling either. Thought it was poor strategy to begin with considering how much time was left. Things like Nurse's inadvertent foul on the shot happen when you make players foul intentionally.

 

[JordyG]

Frankly Geno's one court decisions were good and usually effective. I think he called more timeouts this game than he did all of last year. The call at the end to foul just wasn't picked up by Nurse in time to prevent the shot by Brown.

 

[HardHatGuy#2]

I believe the point of this post was the mis-communication with Nurse on the foul. It appeared that Geno thought the team had another foul to give, and they did not. This is usually the responsibility of one of the assistant coaches; I expect that one of them will be running laps or fetching tea for Geno, tomorrow.

I will note that Geno was very calm for most of the game, while the officials were tanking the game. I almost looked like that Stanford game not too long ago, where he looked like he was OK losing the game to end the streak and take the pressure off. ALMOST...he didn't look that way after the SNAFU with Nurse and the foul.

 

[DICKG]

Please explain.

The intentional fouling wasn't properly explained to the players. He was instructing them while the game was in play and there was too much confusion. He does not have a lot experience with games like this; fir obvious reasons.

 

[Carnac]

All of these faux pas will b cleaned up before Thursday.

 

[DICKG]

All of these faux pas will b cleaned up before Thursday.

Baylor has a big team and the only big person we have is Butler, whi he hesitates to play too much.

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[rvwsleep]

Hi, what do you think?

Geno coached a relatively inexperienced team to a win on the road against the #12 ranked team in the country. A game that was close throughout ( neither team had a double digit lead] and because it was also close at the end it was Geno's fault ??
Doesn't make sense.

 

[Florida Fan]

Geno held them together. What a barn burner. A lesser squad, one without character, might have folded. Saniya, six for six, and Collier came to play. But they showed toughness and the defense stiffened, the zone the difference, holding FSU under 40%.

 

[Carnac]

Baylor has a big team and the only big person we have is Butler, whi he hesitates to play too much.

All we can do is play the cards we're dealt. He may start Butler Thursday. He can't afford to fall behind at the start of the game, and play catch up the rest of the night.
You can't put Lou on her, two quick fouls in the 1st quarter, and she sits the rest of the half. Then you go to plan B......whatever that is. He'll figure out something, he always does. Geno earned his money tonight.

 

[jcoton56]

Certainly a gritty win, something to build on and plenty that can/will improve. A solid B would be my grade. Refs C minus.

 

[01Neaggrad02]

He coached terribly in the last two minutes.

Just in from Parent Conferences... I have the game DVRed and I know the outcome. They were playing the #12 team in the Nation. Do not expect to win by 50 every game. That being said I also noticed 40 fouls in the game. Before I watch I am curious if I am going to be unhappy with how it was called. At least it is a win. Two of our players fouled out???

 

[MilfordHusky]

Just in from Parent Conferences... I have the game DVRed and I know the outcome. They were playing the #12 team in the Nation. Do not expect to win by 50 every game. That being said I also noticed 40 fouls in the game. Before I watch I am curious if I am going to be unhappy with how it was called. At least it is a win. Two of our players fouled out???

Both Nurse and Chong fouled out on intentional fouls. Not the best choice of fouls.

 

[Kaizen]

Baylor has a big team and the only big person we have is Butler, whi he hesitates to play too much.

Crystal is planing much better than L Cox (zero point tonight) ...LOL

 

[bags27]

Just in from Parent Conferences... I have the game DVRed and I know the outcome. They were playing the #12 team in the Nation. Do not expect to win by 50 every game. That being said I also noticed 40 fouls in the game. Before I watch I am curious if I am going to be unhappy with how it was called. At least it is a win. Two of our players fouled out???

Let me get this straight. You went to a Parent Conference instead of watching the game live???

 

[Kaizen]

Both Nurse and Chong fouled out on intentional fouls. Not the best choice of fouls.

Kia's 3 pts foul was a bad one, but Saniya's foul was necessary.

 

[JordyG]

I believe the point of this post was the mis-communication with Nurse on the foul. It appeared that Geno thought the team had another foul to give, and they did not. This is usually the responsibility of one of the assistant coaches; I expect that one of them will be running laps or fetching tea for Geno, tomorrow.

I will note that Geno was very calm for most of the game, while the officials were tanking the game. I almost looked like that Stanford game not too long ago, where he looked like he was OK losing the game to end the streak and take the pressure off. ALMOST...he didn't look that way after the SNAFU with Nurse and the foul.

Not really. He knew the next was a shooting foul which is what he wanted. He also wanted the end of the game to be a mutual march to the foul line. What he didn't want was for Nurse to foul, nor did he want a foul in the pursuit of a 3 pt shot. Trust me, these things will get ironed out by March.

 

[HuskyNan]

It's going to be a long season....

 

[JordyG]

Just in from Parent Conferences... I have the game DVRed and I know the outcome. They were playing the #12 team in the Nation. Do not expect to win by 50 every game. That being said I also noticed 40 fouls in the game. Before I watch I am curious if I am going to be unhappy with how it was called. At least it is a win. Two of our players fouled out???

There were some iffy calls, but mostly the officiating was better than average, which is a plus for WCBB.

 

[JordyG]

It's going to be a long season....

It already is Nan.