I'll take my chancesWinning a 4th championship may hurt recruiting. Opposing coaches will use the "start your own legacy" argument. They could also use "we will build or program around you".
You don't think that has already started after winning 10 of them?Winning a 4th championship may hurt recruiting. Opposing coaches will use the "start your own legacy" argument. They could also use "we will build or program around you".
Please. Those are standard recruiting techniques, and have nothing at all to do with UConn and their titles. Teams have to win games, win their conference, make the tourney, etc. long before they worry about winning a NC.Winning a 4th championship may hurt recruiting. Opposing coaches will use the "start your own legacy" argument. They could also use "we will build or program around you".
Winning a 4th championship may hurt recruiting. Opposing coaches will use the "start your own legacy" argument. They could also use "we will build or program around you".
Winning a 4th championship may hurt recruiting. Opposing coaches will use the "start your own legacy" argument. They could also use "we will build or program around you".
That isn't how Geno would recruit a player, because it isn't about the individual player, it's about the team. A player that would be persuaded by that "ME" attitude is not a UCONN type of recruit.I can see both of those being decent recruiting pitches, depending on what an individual recruit is looking for. But I don't think winning one more championship this year would change too much in that regard. I doubt that any recruit preoccupied with starting her own legacy would think that 11 titles are significantly different from 10. And I don't think the "we'll build our program around you" promises are anything new either, although that's not how Geno operates.
Coach A - "One of the hallmarks of our program is that we have never won four championships in a row. We pride ourself on not having won four championships in a row and we believe that not having won four championships means that we still have the theoretical potential to win four championships in a row someday and that is damn exciting stuff!"
Winning a 4th championship may hurt recruiting. Opposing coaches will use the "start your own legacy" argument. They could also use "we will build or program around you".
The Golden Era of UConn WCBB: eight straight Final Fours, a dual men's and women's NC, five NCs overall (composed of a two-peat and a three-peat at that), a 90-game win streak, a 69-games-and-counting win streak), a chance to enjoy the greatness of both Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart, eight new names on the Huskies of Honor wall (Monty, Tina, Maya, Stef, Bria, KML, Mo, Stewie), and post-collegiate success for alumnae and for Geno at the Olympics, FIBA Championships, and the WNBA.
In other words, Uconn has had it all over the past eight years, and this ninth is only going to make things better. How would a recruit not want to be part of this, especially when you look at the void Stewie, Mo, and Morgan, all leave?
And in conclusion, advocate for the man downstairs:
It's hard to not have remorse over Wilson. But where exactly does she play on UConn last year or this? as the third option, after Stewie in Morgan? And might not Stewie have been less effective with another big body down low? I think she's got a fantastic game and would be great for us the next two years, but it may have been an embarrassment of riches the past two.It appears that A'ja Wilson went to South Carolina instead of UConn mainly because it was very close to home and because she would be playing with several close friends. But I would not be surprised if the idea of being the First Big Recruit that led them to NC #1 was also a factor. In effect, South Carolina offered her the chance to become the Rebecca Lobo of that program, which might seem more enticing than being the 15th or 20th name on the wall at Gampel.
Winning a 4th championship may hurt recruiting. Opposing coaches will use the "start your own legacy" argument. They could also use "we will build or program around you".
Awesome pitch!!Have you ever met the POTUS?