Worst line of the day from Dawn S.

[HuskyNan]

We all understand Geno's sarcastic nature, but I thought his response to A'ja Wilson's question at the USA Senior Women's Basketball press conference the morning of the big game was inappropriate. Though the many players in attendance were not supposed to ask questions, Wilson did, politely asking what it would take for a player (her) to make Team USA. Geno prefaced his answer with a "not a smart-ass kid ..." (who asks questions.) If you are not part of the UConn universe, and I wish Wilson were, a young kid who didn't know better could be really hurt by such a remark from an icon. WE know it was nothing more than Geno being Geno, but it wasn't nice in front of all the cameras, her teammates and coach. Geno's kids know Geno and they would get it. Don't think A'ja did.

Geno recruited A'ja Wilson hard and had a home visit with her. In fact, the last two schools on her list were UConn and South Carolina. She's spoken with him before many times, visited practices at UConn, and had him in her home. I bet she knows all about Sarcastic Geno. He wouldn't rib her that much if he weren't confident she'd understand where he was coming from.

That reminds me of Geno's showing Angel McCoughtry his championship ring after UConn beat Louisville in the championship game. John A had a blog entry about it. He felt comfortable pulling the stunt because he and Angel have a relationship.

 

[JoePgh]

Geno recruited A'ja Wilson hard and had a home visit with her. In fact, the last two schools on her list were UConn and South Carolina. She's spoken with him before many times, visited practices at UConn, and had him in her home. I bet she knows all about Sarcastic Geno. He wouldn't rib her that much if he weren't confident she'd understand where he was coming from.

That reminds me of Geno's showing Angel McCoughtry his championship ring after UConn beat Louisville in the championship game. John A had a blog entry about it. He felt comfortable pulling the stunt because he and Angel have a relationship.

Absolutely! And I don't think A'ja would have "grabbed the microphone" if she thought of him as a celebrity/stranger. She was tweaking him, and he replied in kind.

It's too bad she didn't come to UConn. She and Geno seem to have compatible personalities.

Regarding Angel, did everyone catch his recent retort to her? On Tina Charles's congratulatory video about Geno's 900th win, Angel was sitting next to Tina and she said something about how he would have reached that milestone faster if he had recruited her. Geno commented on it and said that if he had recruited her, "one of us would be in jail by now and it would probably be me."

Although that was also intended non-seriously, I do not think that Angel's personality would have been compatible with Geno's. She would have had a difficult time at UConn.

 

[CL82]

. Geno prefaced his answer with a "not a smart-ass kid ..." (who asks questions.)

Listen to the presser again. He actually said, albeit tongue in cheek, that he would want a smart ass kid who asked questions when she wasn't supposed to. It was a gentle rebuke that he followed up with a serious answer. Yeah, I would have preferred, given that he was representing USA basketball, if he had said smart aleck kid, but I didn't mind it.

 

[Huskies Rule]

Listen to the presser again. He actually said, albeit tongue in cheek, that he would want a smart ass kid who asked questions when she wasn't supposed to. It was a gentle rebuke that he followed up with a serious answer. Yeah, I would have preferred, given that he was representing USA basketball, if he had said smart aleck kid, but I didn't mind it.

I listened again. And again he said he would NOT want a smart ass kid...

 

[Orangutan]

What's she supposed to say? "We lost because we didn't play hard enough?"

That used to be Pat Summitt's standard quote after a loss.

Also a staple of McCallie's repertoire.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Because by definition it means her team is left without hope for a different outcome in the future.

I don't know. From some of the SC fan comments I've seen, if they were to play on a neutral court with "fair" officiating SC would show those Huskies a thing or two.

 

[j66kicker]

I listened again. And again he said he would NOT want a smart ass kid...

He said, "My personal favorite is a smart-ass who picks up the microphone and asks questions."

 

[uconnell]

I don't know. From some of the SC fan comments I've seen, if they were to play on a neutral court with "fair" officiating SC would show those Huskies a thing or two.

I'm sure somewhere down the line they'll get their chance.

 

[FollowerCT]

We all understand Geno's sarcastic nature, but I thought his response to A'ja Wilson's question at the USA Senior Women's Basketball press conference the morning of the big game was inappropriate. Though the many players in attendance were not supposed to ask questions, Wilson did, politely asking what it would take for a player (her) to make Team USA. Geno prefaced his answer with a "not a smart-ass kid ..." (who asks questions.) If you are not part of the UConn universe, and I wish Wilson were, a young kid who didn't know better could be really hurt by such a remark from an icon. WE know it was nothing more than Geno being Geno, but it wasn't nice in front of all the cameras, her teammates and coach. Geno's kids know Geno and they would get it. Don't think A'ja did.

If you see the entire video response, Geno changed his attitude after the "smart ass" comment and spoke directly, seriously, to A'ja about what his expectations were ...