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Interesting comments on added pressure of today's players and the 'Wall'
“For the first time ever, I actually contemplated taking all the names off of the wall in our practice facility of all the kids who made national player of the year and First Team All-American,” he said. “I actually thought about taking them down because I think it scares the daylights out of some kids when they come in here to play.”
“With some kids, I think it scares the daylights out of them. That, ‘I can never be that.’ But it’s okay. You don’t have to be that,” he said. “So for us the message is: ‘We don’t need you to come here and be just like that. We need you to be the best version of yourself because that’s going to help us win a national championship and it’s going to help you get to where you’re going.’ But the hype they’re getting from the outside, probably, is a different message.”
Geno Auriemma wants UConn players to focus on being “best version” of themselves - The UConn Blog
“For the first time ever, I actually contemplated taking all the names off of the wall in our practice facility of all the kids who made national player of the year and First Team All-American,” he said. “I actually thought about taking them down because I think it scares the daylights out of some kids when they come in here to play.”
“With some kids, I think it scares the daylights out of them. That, ‘I can never be that.’ But it’s okay. You don’t have to be that,” he said. “So for us the message is: ‘We don’t need you to come here and be just like that. We need you to be the best version of yourself because that’s going to help us win a national championship and it’s going to help you get to where you’re going.’ But the hype they’re getting from the outside, probably, is a different message.”
Geno Auriemma wants UConn players to focus on being “best version” of themselves - The UConn Blog
So if you take the WOH down what's next- take the national championship banners down? Kind of silly really, it is not as if recruits that are choosing to come to UCONN down know of its history, players and expectations without looking at the WoH. It also defies belief that these current players don't realize that you can have a perfectly good UCONN career and not make the WOH. We had many threads dedicated to great UCONN Players not on the Wall of Honor.