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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2021 9:07:56 GMT -5
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Oct 16, 2021 10:02:47 GMT -5
Geno looks and acts energized. This is good. Come January he may be the hesitating, yawning, tired Geno. His comments about Caroline and Azzi are very encouraging.
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Post by pinotbear on Oct 16, 2021 10:15:26 GMT -5
Geno looks and acts energized. This is good. Come January he may be the hesitating, yawning, tired Geno. His comments about Caroline and Azzi are very encouraging. What little I've seen of him, the "spare tire" seems smaller. That augers well too, if he's dropped a bit of weight. |
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Post by bulkey on Oct 16, 2021 10:18:22 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Oct 16, 2021 10:24:27 GMT -5
Geno looks and acts energized. This is good. Come January he may be the hesitating, yawning, tired Geno. His comments about Caroline and Azzi are very encouraging. What little I've seen of him, the "spare tire" seems smaller. That augers well too, if he's dropped a bit of weight. In his practice availability I thought he was disturbingly paunchy. |
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Oct 16, 2021 10:28:31 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford. I could not hear the question which had him saying a player had to calm down, but his answer made clear that was Nika. In the past he said Dorka has been too psyched up - can't recall his exact words. Essentially she was too excited to be a Husky. That should be ground out of her in practice I think! |
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Post by bulkey on Oct 16, 2021 10:36:35 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford. I could not hear the question which had him saying a player had to calm down, but his answer made clear that was Nika. In the past he said Dorka has been too psyched up - can't recall his exact words. Essentially she was too excited to be a Husky. That should be ground out of her in practice I think! Just hoping that Dorka's the "secret weapon" being kept a bit under wraps, or needs a couple of early games to get into her flow. |
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Post by swash on Oct 16, 2021 10:47:41 GMT -5
Geno looks and acts energized. This is good. Come January he may be the hesitating, yawning, tired Geno. His comments about Caroline and Azzi are very encouraging. wife said this AM ... He seems pretty confident, and trying not to be cocky. |
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Post by grrrrr on Oct 16, 2021 11:30:25 GMT -5
Comments about Azzi, Caroline and Nika were pretty telling. Azzi and Caroline are progressing quickly. As for Nika, like last year, "She brings something to the team that no one else brings." And, "She's relentless." Two choices, she starts to bring the intensity immediately or is 6th person to provide instant energy. I still think she starts.
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Post by UConnChapette on Oct 16, 2021 11:31:41 GMT -5
Geno looks and acts energized. This is good. Come January he may be the hesitating, yawning, tired Geno. His comments about Caroline and Azzi are very encouraging. wife said this AM ... He seems pretty confident, and trying not to be cocky. Geno feeling confident is a UConn fan take. Any time he is "confident" other fan bases only see cocky. Sad, but true. |
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Post by bulkey on Oct 16, 2021 12:20:55 GMT -5
Comments about Azzi, Caroline and Nika were pretty telling. Azzi and Caroline are progressing quickly. As for Nika, like last year, "She brings something to the team that no one else brings." And, "She's relentless." Two choices, she starts to bring the intensity immediately or is 6th person to provide instant energy. I still think she starts. Good observation. I think last year's starting 5 is this year's as well...until players themselves realize through their play in games and performance in practice that Geno is going to make a change for reasons they all understand. He's a great teacher that way. |
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Post by huskymaniac on Oct 16, 2021 18:43:38 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford. Maybe she isn't that good. We need ONO to be what we all hoped she would be. THAT is the difference between a championship or not. Dorka provides depth as an insurance policy should ONO get in foul trouble or if she never gets over the hump. Just because we like a kid doesn't mean she is good enough to be a major impact player for this team. Some players just need to fill a role and their reward is being part of something great that most people never experience. |
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Post by swash on Oct 16, 2021 19:51:13 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford. Maybe she isn't that good. We need ONO to be what we all hoped she would be. THAT is the difference between a championship or not. Dorka provides depth as an insurance policy should ONO get in foul trouble or if she never gets over the hump. Just because we like a kid doesn't mean she is good enough to be a major impact player for this team. Some players just need to fill a role and their reward is being part of something great that most people never experience. This is a recurring theme from you. Dorka as an emergency back up. She was two time all conference with mediocre coaching at OSU. She's six-five, with a strong face up game and okay percentage from three. She graduated in three years, so she's smart, too. I'm not saying she'll be the best player on this team, probably not even the best big, but it's pretty likely that she will contribute in a real way. Geno (who never exaggerates - wink) even says she could be a difference-maker. |
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Post by swash on Oct 17, 2021 9:57:05 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford. Maybe she isn't that good. We need ONO to be what we all hoped she would be. THAT is the difference between a championship or not. Dorka provides depth as an insurance policy should ONO get in foul trouble or if she never gets over the hump. Just because we like a kid doesn't mean she is good enough to be a major impact player for this team. Some players just need to fill a role and their reward is being part of something great that most people never experience. To put it another way, if she turns out to only be as valuable as Natalie Butler was in her final season, that's not bad with this team. I suggest that's her bare minimum contribution. Your comments seem to suggest you think that's her ceiling. But there are reasons to be optimistic. It will be fun to see how she does, especially if she exceeds all expectations, for instance cracking the starting lineup. |
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Post by bulkey on Oct 17, 2021 11:29:59 GMT -5
From the film we've seen, Dorka is quite mobile--fits the UConn model of pushing the ball quickly during transition. And yet, she seems to have good moves around the basket. She even shoots 3s well, though, bizarrely, recently has become a terrible foul shooter.
Liv became a very effective high post player during the second half of the season. Naturally, we were all (she included) disappointed at her misses in the Arizona game. But she's learning to limit her fouls and playing a lot smarter.
Aaliyah did so well during a long stretch that a bit of a fall-off at the end was only natural. She's played a lot of ball since and will only get better.
This is the "committee" for this year. Each has her own strength, and I would imagine that there'll be a pretty even rotation and sharing of minutes (depending on whether UConn goes 1 or 2 bigs). For example, Liv at high post and either Dorka or Aaliyah down low, with Paige, Azzi, and CD4 stretching the defense beyond the 3 point line, would be pretty devastating. And so many other combinations possible.
And yet, what common sense (or whatever I have left) says is that Amari needs lots of reps if she's going to play a big role next year, assuming Liv and Dorka leave.
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Post by doggydaddy on Oct 17, 2021 13:34:07 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford. Maybe she isn't that good. We need ONO to be what we all hoped she would be. THAT is the difference between a championship or not. Dorka provides depth as an insurance policy should ONO get in foul trouble or if she never gets over the hump. Just because we like a kid doesn't mean she is good enough to be a major impact player for this team. Some players just need to fill a role and their reward is being part of something great that most people never experience. maybe she isn’t that good? Juhász averaged a double-double at Ohio State in her junior season and earned All-Big Ten First Team honors twice. She excels the most is on the glass, averaging 11.1 rebounds per game in 2020-21, up from just over nine in her first two seasons with the Buckeyes. She IS that good. |
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Post by doggydaddy on Oct 17, 2021 13:34:56 GMT -5
Just wishing that he'd be wild about Dorka....To me, that's the key to the season: bigs by committee against South Carolina and Stanford. Maybe she isn't that good. We need ONO to be what we all hoped she would be. THAT is the difference between a championship or not. Dorka provides depth as an insurance policy should ONO get in foul trouble or if she never gets over the hump. Just because we like a kid doesn't mean she is good enough to be a major impact player for this team. Some players just need to fill a role and their reward is being part of something great that most people never experience. maybe she isn’t that good? Juhász averaged a double-double at Ohio State in her junior season and earned All-Big Ten First Team honors twice. She excels the most is on the glass, averaging 11.1 rebounds per game in 2020-21, up from just over nine in her first two seasons with the Buckeyes. She IS that good. |
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Post by linkster on Oct 17, 2021 16:59:06 GMT -5
Juhasz coming to UConn reminds me of what Sheppard did for the Irish. Juhasz's "fall off" last year may have been due to greater attention being paid to her after being 1st team B1G forward as a sophomore. At UConn she will likely never be more than the third option on offense and I predict that her offensive %'s will rise from better shot selection.
She's both big and long, appears to relish contact, has good hands. I think UConn was fortunate to get her.
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Post by huskymaniac on Oct 17, 2021 17:26:47 GMT -5
Maybe she isn't that good. We need ONO to be what we all hoped she would be. THAT is the difference between a championship or not. Dorka provides depth as an insurance policy should ONO get in foul trouble or if she never gets over the hump. Just because we like a kid doesn't mean she is good enough to be a major impact player for this team. Some players just need to fill a role and their reward is being part of something great that most people never experience. This is a recurring theme from you. Dorka as an emergency back up. She was two time all conference with mediocre coaching at OSU. She's six-five, with a strong face up game and okay percentage from three. She graduated in three years, so she's smart, too. I'm not saying she'll be the best player on this team, probably not even the best big, but it's pretty likely that she will contribute in a real way. Geno (who never exaggerates - wink) even says she could be a difference-maker. And high expectations are a recurring theme from others. Someone asked why Geno isn't wild about Dorka. I gave the most likely explanation. |
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Post by bulkey on Oct 17, 2021 17:47:09 GMT -5
Nope, didn't ask that. In response to Rocky's observation about how Geno sang the praises of Azzi and CD4, I noted that Geno hadn't doing the same for Dorka. That doesn't mean that she's not good, as Geno plays his own mind games. But I'm not part of those games: I'd like to be personally reassured by him that Dorka is as good as we think.
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Post by swash on Oct 17, 2021 19:32:28 GMT -5
This is a recurring theme from you. Dorka as an emergency back up. She was two time all conference with mediocre coaching at OSU. She's six-five, with a strong face up game and okay percentage from three. She graduated in three years, so she's smart, too. I'm not saying she'll be the best player on this team, probably not even the best big, but it's pretty likely that she will contribute in a real way. Geno (who never exaggerates - wink) even says she could be a difference-maker. And high expectations are a recurring theme from others. Someone asked why Geno isn't wild about Dorka. I gave the most likely explanation. He's been pretty effusive the times I've seen. Here's a few that I remember: It's rare to find someone bigger than advertised She has skills and mobility for someone of her size Dorka could be the difference between a very good team and a National Championship |
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Post by doggydaddy on Oct 17, 2021 19:35:29 GMT -5
Let me add to Swash’s post.
Juhász has dealt with a leg issue that’s limited her the last few weeks, but Auriemma has praised her for being a long, skilled post who is eager to make an impact. With the addition of Juhász and the growth of Nelson-Ododa, Auriemma said the frontcourt is already “a little bit ahead of where we were last year.” “I’m really, really, really glad that she’s here,” Auriemma said of Juhász. “She could be the difference that puts us into that other level.”
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Post by semper on Oct 18, 2021 5:02:37 GMT -5
Time for games to begin. Do we know yet who the secret D1 is? I was thinking, hey I bet Geno scheduled a game with Jose!
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Post by UConnChapette on Oct 18, 2021 6:13:53 GMT -5
Time for games to begin. Do we know yet who the secret D1 is? I was thinking, hey I bet Geno scheduled a game with Jose! I would say a more local team. Quinnipiac or UHart most likely. |
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Post by semper on Oct 18, 2021 6:25:58 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I'm sure you are right. It was just an idea that came to me when out walking and made me laugh.
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