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Message: [QUOTE="tchalla1, post: 4956412, member: 9866"] You offer a quite noncollegial, counterproductive statement when you tell a person "if you don't agree with me, then leave" . Wow--that's real big signage to say "Only those who agree with me, are allowed at this site". For the record, I do happen to believe Sarah will be a truly, great contributor to the UConn program, and Geno's recruitment efforts potentially has been solid, but not stellar. However, I choose not to "jump on the SC bandwagon" because in the basketball sense, they are the evil empire and I am a Jedi warrior. At the same time, I can reasonably understand why some posters may be skeptical of the ratings HS players get, especially of late: We've seen "the obvious talent--the skill, the strength, the soft touch" in a lot of our top five recruits--CW, Liv, Amari, to date, Ice and Yanna--yet sadly, they underperformed and failed to make huge impact to the program, given their top five label. You mention South Carolina--well, Dawn has significantly out-recruited Geno in the past few years in that their top recruits are panning out and making more contribution to their program than UConn's top recruits have. Certainly, the UConn injuries are a significant factor and those continually injured--Azzi, Caroline, etc--must be placed in the category of the unknown. Nonetheless, I feel even the most ardent UConn fan would admit that having Top 5 HS players--even #1 overall HS picks--have not in recent times translated to a national championship, and getting to the Final Four which this program has most capably done, it is not the ultimate goal of this program. Since winning the natty is unequivocally stated by the Geno and UConn as its goal each season, you can't blame some fans--who admittedly have undue expectation, given all the injuries--who want to hold the program to its own set goal... [/QUOTE]

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