The whole WNBA is littered with UCONN products. Not a surprise given the dynasty that Geno created.
I think that the comment there was mainly in reaction to folks claiming that the young player just entering the WNBA would tear things up from Day 1. Said young player didn't tear things up right away. However, after the Olympic break ... said player then did MORE than tear it up.
Anyhow, I think that Geno's comments had less to do with the player ... and more to do with a reaction to fans.
Given how many Iowa fans have spoken about Angel ... I think that many deserve to be rebuked. Given how fans have denigrated her via sexualization ... or some folks being plain racist ... you cannot let that shit slide. So yeah ... when fans are being mindless ... the anonymity of the internet is not a sufficient excuse ... I can understand when somebody like Geno takes his shots back at them.
You’ve long been one of my favorite posters, and you know that, and what you are saying has significant merit. With that said in my mind, you are giving Geno way more credit than I’m willing to. In my opinion, he was defending his turf, his legacy & his WNBA creating machine. And in reality “said player” did not tear it up in Caitlin Clark fashion, but she most assuredly was well above the norm as in, some of the best rookie numbers ever in her first month and your assertion is still correct, she wasn’t even playing very good..
That should’ve been acknowledged after the fact.
Per your comment, I have a little different slant on some things. I hate hypocrisy. And I’m honest enough with myself to admit I am a hypocrite, as are we all. But this AR thing has jumped the shark… There was a significant faction on Twitter, LSU fans, South Carolina fans, UCONN fans, hell, Iowa State, and Nebraska fans for that matter… and then just fans Angel, Reese fans, etc., etc. etc..
That were desperate for CC to fail. I mean flat desperate…. And now we’re gonna worry about poor Angel with all the dumb shit that has gone on on the other end ?! Special whistles, Im important too….WTH. I mean, come on man does anybody not have any accountability anymore?.
Yes, some of these Clark fans are absolute nut jobs but where do you draw the line. We wouldn’t have near vitriol if we didn’t have someone trying to prop up a 30% shooter who also happens to be a hell of a rebounder as one of the best players ever. I mean that’s a thick onion, brother.
There is no one righteous in this scenario and I certainly don’t find the Clark fans any worse, nor any better, than the AR fans.
But you said it best, Geno was just getting his “shots in“ in my humble opinion.
The only one in this mess keeping her mouth shut is Caitlin Clark.
And the shitty things said about Angel are just that… But we’re not in a vacuum here, man. I don’t know about you, but I promise you one of my kids wouldn’t have followed around behind someone for two minutes on the court in front of God and country waving her finger at somebody.
Everyone has to be held accountable. Even the righteous..
And I’ve never had a sense you’re a big believer in God. But you don’t get to just jack someone in the throat and then go… “What, what, what….?”
There’s my $.17 for the day. And yes, I wished those outlier Clark fans would go away because they make the rest of us look bad, but I certainly don’t find them anymore reprehensible than anyone else.
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