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uconnever said:
Been saying this on the men's side awhile. I started watching the men and following recruiting but after the women's first title, I followed them just as much and love it just the same. It's exactly the same watching the players grow and get better. Beforehand I never would have thought but I think more over here should become fans of the women also.
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I think many are closet fans and some are fans because they are Uconn but only need to watch a hand full of games. Reason is obvious, some aren't games.

For me I root like hell for them to win. And I think geno is great but any of Jimmy C's years in which he won 30 games is more impressive than any of the UConns years I will be honest. Years of the Big East playing at worst a Seton Hall team, while having to get by Cuse, Jonnies, Nova, GTown, Miami in the day, ND etc etc and going 17-1, 16-2 I mean c'mon every game was tough for JC. Not at all the same actually not close in the womens game. So I'm a fan and I'm ok to discuss Geno and coaching the men but he'd be in for a shock for so many reasons and wouldn't be as successful, and not sure how close either. He can certainly coach, teach and communicate just so different. Thinking perfect fit if ever tried would be home town thing like St Joes, LaSalle etc etc...
 
intlzncster said:
Honestly, I don't think it would be that far off. It's not like he'd be a head coach anywhere, just another one of the guys on the bench. I understand the "women's" thing you mention, but if there is one thing Geno is good at, it is communication. He's an excellent motivator, and very relatable. Guys would listen, because he's enjoyable to listen to. And I don't think he'd relate to or treat the guys the same way he does college girls. There's a lot of developmental coaches; I think he'd be good at that. Also a game plan coach.

Not implying he'd be guaranteed successful, but I can see it.
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Lebron and Kobe had no problem listening to him during the Olympics.

And San Antonio players have no problem listening to Becky Hammon.

Believe it or not, men's basketball players tend to respect women's players and women's coaches more so than men's basketball fans.
 
intlzncster said:
I never bought into he always gets the best players. But he always gets the 'right' best players.

One of his magic tricks, is that he has gotten to a place where he can pick and choose the kinds of kids he brings in. He's not desperate. So he gets kids with skills, but more importantly are very coachable, team first, smart, and hard working. They all have ready made intangibles coming in. Those particular traits are perfect for what they do here.
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Whenever I see an article with Geno about their success he gives all the credit to the kids but he speaks about their commitment to excellence. That point is made over and over again. That word seems to take on a mentality of total commitment by each player all the time for the benefit of the team. This includes fundamentals at which they are exceptional (see above). It is very simple but not at all easy. Apparently this is the challenge to every potential recruit. They will have to accept this level of commitment or they will not survive on this team. What is great is that he has the kids buying into it and seem to live for this high standard. To me it is the essence of leadership to always be leading others to constant improvement and having them taking responsibility for their actions. It seems to exist where great leaders who lead by example can get this across.
 
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mauconnfan said:
He's amazing simply the best ever in the womens game, no brainer, not close. Pat S didn't make her players better as Geno does, that's why these girls come here, they get it. Other teams get as good and better recruits and none advance as the UConn girls he and his staff teach and work with. I believe Azura Stevens pretty much said that in her reason to transfer to UConn, and after the Olympics the ex-LSU stud said something along the same line, the expectation is perfection or as close as you can get. Katie Lou was the smartest of the Samuelson sisters and we are already seeing the transformation from shooter to all around player, she's excellent. Gabby, well she plays like a guy, tremendous athlete that word so hard to become a good shooter and now is excellent from 12-15 feet which makes her a really tough guard for the defense. Collier's improvement is unreal, the confidence in which she displays is crazy.

Now as far as men's coaching I have no doubt he would be successful somewhere, just not sure how high but he could certainly impact the game. The NBA maybe talk is ridiculous no shot of that ever, they don't listen they don't like teachers and they would look down for sure to a "women's" coach. So many questions in recruiting, 2 year players, different game by far but he's a great coach and it would be really interesting if he took the shot.

They won't lose this year!
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Your probably right about coaching the men but two things I'm confident in Geno could draw up an inbounds play that works and if he had the teams Calipari had/has he'd have more than one championship
 
blackbird said:
As a fan of both, it goes both ways.
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There are some fans on the women's board that are in the UConn women's bubble. I get the sense some of them don't watch any men's college or NBA hoops and it leads them to say some outlandish and disrespectful things. At least that's what I gathered a few years back, hopefully it's changed. If you are a UConn fan you should root like hell for all UConn sports, the women's team is easy because they are so good.
 
imno1 said:
Your probably right about coaching the men but two things I'm confident in Geno could draw up an inbounds play that works and if he had the teams Calipari had/has he'd have more than one championship
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That's a big hypothetical on Geno having more titles than Cal considering he's never coached the men's game.
 
superjohn said:
There are some fans on the women's board that are in the UConn women's bubble. I get the sense some of them don't watch any men's college or NBA hoops and it leads them to say some outlandish and disrespectful things. At least that's what I gathered a few years back, hopefully it's changed. If you are a UConn fan you should root like hell for all UConn sports, the women's team is easy because they are so good.
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The majority of posters over on the women's board are guys over 65. They talk about Red Auerbach and his contemporaries, not LeBron James. They're just coming from a different perspective than the majority of men's board posters.
 
HuskyNan said:
The majority of posters over on the women's board are guys over 65. They talk about Red Auerbach and his contemporaries, not LeBron James. They're just coming from a different perspective than the majority of men's board posters.
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Uhm, I'm a guy, and 65 was a half-dozen years ago. I still appreciate Red, and Russell is still my all time favorite player. But I appreciate the hell out of NCAAM and NCAAW basketball, as well as today's NBA, International ball, etc.

As Basketball Jones once said, "My basketball is like a basketball to me." Yeah, it doesn't make any sense, but I'm 100% positive the both Cheech and Chong were kinda stoned when they wrote it. Let's just leave it at any basketball junkie will appreciate anything where the ball ends up going through the hoop.
 
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superjohn said:
That's a big hypothetical on Geno having more titles than Cal considering he's never coached the men's game.
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If I am not mistaken, Geno coached a CT AAU team when his son was in high school. It was not a team loaded with D1 talent but went quite far on the national level. The guy can coach. Simple as that. One of the all time greats. I wouldn't even begin to question how well he would do if coaching a men's team. This post is coming from a men's season ticket holder from the late 60's.
 
RichZ said:
Uhm, I'm a guy, and 65 was a half-dozen years ago. I still appreciate Red, and Russell is still my all time favorite player. But I appreciate the hell out of NCAAM and NCAAW basketball, as well as today's NBA, International ball, etc.

As Basketball Jones once said, "My basketball is like a basketball to me." Yeah, it doesn't make any sense, but I'm 100% positive the both Cheech and Chong were kinda stoned when they wrote it. Let's just leave it at any basketball junkie will appreciate anything where the ball ends up going through the hoop.
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such a true statement. I will watch anything hoops related, its like a drug to me . which is why i don't get elitists who say "college ball is not worthy of my time", grassroots is everything to me, I watch streaming hs (tanager sports) and eybl games for god sake. NBA is the highest level which is why i follow it religiously and pay for league pass, so it goes both ways because many people crap on the nba with no reason here.
 
walker11 said:
goshdarn. She apparently put up 19 and 9 and at Duke and will have this year to get even better.

I hope one day Geno tries the men's game. The guy is truly a legendary coach. Casual fans assume he gets the top 5 players every year but there are a handful of teams that recruit on the same level. He is just that special sauce.
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Some folks think that Azura would be the NPOY this year if she were playing. She's a 6'6" inside/outside player with guard skills.
 
uconnfan68 said:
They tried that at UNC a few years ago. I think they all transferred.
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DeShields organized a mass verbal on Cinco de Mayo along with Mavunga, Gray, and Washington. Diamond bailed after 1 year; the other 3 left the following year. To challenge UConn, they would have to be very good AND team players.
 
David 76 said:
Williams is a great athlete. Didn't Geno switch her to play forward from guard?
I am impressed at how Katy Lou has become a pretty gritty, multi-faceted player.
Great coach.
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As noted, Gabby finished 5th at the Olympic trials in the high jump at age 15. She had one of the highest jumps EVER for a high school girl.
 
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LIUCHusky said:
If I am not mistaken, Geno coached a CT AAU team when his son was in high school. It was not a team loaded with D1 talent but went quite far on the national level. The guy can coach. Simple as that. One of the all time greats. I wouldn't even begin to question how well he would do if coaching a men's team. This post is coming from a men's season ticket holder from the late 60's.
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Geno is an awesome coach but please with him coaching his sons AAU team, you know what I meant. Comparing someone coaching an AAU team successfully to someone coaching at the highest level of success in men's college bball is silly. If someone compared Wayne Simone to Calhoun you would slap them upside the head.
 
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RichZ said:
Uhm, I'm a guy, and 65 was a half-dozen years ago. I still appreciate Red, and Russell is still my all time favorite player. But I appreciate the hell out of NCAAM and NCAAW basketball, as well as today's NBA, International ball, etc.

As Basketball Jones once said, "My basketball is like a basketball to me." Yeah, it doesn't make any sense, but I'm 100% positive the both Cheech and Chong were kinda stoned when they wrote it. Let's just leave it at any basketball junkie will appreciate anything where the ball ends up going through the hoop.
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Of course there are men over 65 who follow NCAAM and the NBA; I didn't say there weren't. I'm just saying that the men who post on the women's board don't follow today's NBA because they're stuck in the Auerbach years, they admire the Princeton offense, and they don't like dunking, for some reason. That's why they're on the women's board and not over here and that's why they have trouble appreciating the men's team.
 
HuskyNan said:
Of course there are men over 65 who follow NCAAM and the NBA; I didn't say there weren't. I'm just saying that the men who post on the women's board don't follow today's NBA because they're stuck in the Auerbach years, they admire the Princeton offense, and they don't like dunking, for some reason. That's why they're on the women's board and not over here and that's why they have trouble appreciating the men's team.
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I think many of us like intelligent play, the old Celtics provided that, and the UConn women are the best.
 
intlzncster said:
As mentioned previously, top 5 in the country in the high jump (Olympic adult level) as a 15 year old. Yep, she can jump a little.
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Can we disguise her and put her on the men's team as a walk on?
 
No slight to Geno but he would make a great AAU/high school men's coach, when parents still had a huge influence on what a player decides to do. College recruiting would be a big issue as it's all about your connections to the NBA and NBA do you watch the NBA they don't need coaches to teach, they have coaches to manage personalities.

Could you imagine Geno coaching Boogie and Rondo? Hilarious.
 
polycom said:
No slight to Geno but he would make a great AAU/high school men's coach, when parents still had a huge influence on what a player decides to do. College recruiting would be a big issue as it's all about your connections to the NBA and NBA do you watch the NBA they don't need coaches to teach, they have coaches to manage personalities.

Could you imagine Geno coaching Boogie and Rondo? Hilarious.
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I met a guy who played football in HS for a future HOF basketball coach - the guy coached football and bball at the HS.

He claims that coach didn't know a thing about football but the team ended up winning the state championship because he was such a great motivator.

I was joking, but I think if you gave Geno a decent staff, he would more fb games next year than crazy bob and it wouldn't be close.
 
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borninansonia said:
I think many of us like intelligent play, the old Celtics provided that, and the UConn women are the best.
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You should check out the current NBA if you want to see some intelligent play, especially the Spurs and Warriors. For a basketball purist, there should be nothing better than the Warriors offense.
 
walker11 said:
You should check out the current NBA if you want to see some intelligent play, especially the Spurs and Warriors. For a basketball purist, there should be nothing better than the Warriors offense.
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Agreed minus draymond green. Breaking people's fingers, kicking dudes between the legs and (dear god how) in the head is not pure basketball. He is ruining the reputation of that franchise and cost them a championship with his shenanigans.
 
superjohn said:
Geno is an awesome coach but please with him coaching his sons AAU team, you know what I meant. Comparing someone coaching an AAU team successfully to someone coaching at the highest level of success in men's college bball is silly. If someone compared Wayne Simone to Calhoun you would slap them upside the head.
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I would refer you to JC's Centerstage interview where, when asked if Geno could coach men, he said "I'd like to see it." After the obligatory laughter, he said essentially no, I'd really like to see it. It would be different than what he's doing now, but he clearly a smart guy and great coach.
 
polycom said:
No slight to Geno but he would make a great AAU/high school men's coach, when parents still had a huge influence on what a player decides to do. College recruiting would be a big issue as it's all about your connections to the NBA and NBA do you watch the NBA they don't need coaches to teach, they have coaches to manage personalities.

Could you imagine Geno coaching Boogie and Rondo? Hilarious.
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He's a master psychologist! I think he would do well!
 
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