Post by rockymtblue2 on Jan 7, 2021 9:58:27 GMT -5
uconnwbbweekly looks at Geno's recent praise of Paige. I don't recall a single UConn player talked about like this before. I don't recall a freshman starting PG talked about like this either. He does point out there are things she has to grow at, but he also says it won't be long 'til she's there. Anyway, you may want to give it a read.
uconnwbbweekly.substack.com/p/paige-bueckers-geno-auriemma-diana-taurasi?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjQ2NjAyNiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MzExMTg5NjYsIl8iOiJadi9ZSCIsImlhdCI6MTYxMDAzMDAxNywiZXhwIjoxNjEwMDMzNjE3LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNTk4MzgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.VYhMJ4PasACQ-LPfm_YAlgzw7IW3hwOS-wMHjx4O8H0
"If Paige practices every practice like it’s a game and there’s five minutes left and it’s tied, then I would tell you she’d win National Player of the Year. But she’s not there yet,” he said. “She doesn’t know how to do that yet. So there’s a lot of growing that she has to do in terms of how to sustain something for two hours. How to sustain something for 40 minutes. How to keep that concentration level at that level for 40 minutes — not just in a close game, not just in a tight spot. And that will happen soon. And when it does...”
uconnwbbweekly.substack.com/p/paige-bueckers-geno-auriemma-diana-taurasi?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjQ2NjAyNiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MzExMTg5NjYsIl8iOiJadi9ZSCIsImlhdCI6MTYxMDAzMDAxNywiZXhwIjoxNjEwMDMzNjE3LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNTk4MzgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.VYhMJ4PasACQ-LPfm_YAlgzw7IW3hwOS-wMHjx4O8H0
"If Paige practices every practice like it’s a game and there’s five minutes left and it’s tied, then I would tell you she’d win National Player of the Year. But she’s not there yet,” he said. “She doesn’t know how to do that yet. So there’s a lot of growing that she has to do in terms of how to sustain something for two hours. How to sustain something for 40 minutes. How to keep that concentration level at that level for 40 minutes — not just in a close game, not just in a tight spot. And that will happen soon. And when it does...”
