I like Kellie Harper. She seems like a good coach in a remarkably difficult and precarious recruiting situation. Everything she says to the press has to be framed in part for potential recruits, in part for current players, and in much smaller part for the fans and the AD. And underneath it all, a tip of the hat to the opposing coach. I think she praised Geno as much as she needed to. I doubt very much he's thinks ill of it. I even suspect he's a supporter.
I watched the pre-game presser for their next game against LSU, and she was asked about the UConn game and spoke quite openly and generously about it -- among other things about why they lost, what UConn did right and they didn't, etc, and how to learn from it to get ready for LSU.
You can find clips of her online watching potential recruits in games, and sitting nearby will be Kim, or Dawn, or Kara or Coach Abe, etc. She's got a job to do, with not nearly as much to work with as her predecessors had, and she's struggling. She managed to get Justine Pissot last year, who may turn out to be a significant catch in a year or two; and she needs to get more than one this year, and the competition for these kids is intense. Which means she will probably have to rely heavily on the portal again with all the erratic results that tends to produce.
