06 January 2011
Quote of the Day: John Walters
According to The Same River Twice, Geno Auriemma actively tries to avoid a blow-out. To win, yes. But not to embarrass the other team:
The [Long Island University] Blackbirds, who have not played in front of a crowd larger than 621, appear starstruck and overwhelmed before Gampel [Arena]'s 10,027. But the Huskies are also bigger, faster, better, and deeper. [...] The Huskies win 101-29. [...] Geno does all but play four at a time to mitigate the carnage. No Husky plays more than 22 minutes. No Husky scores more than 13 points.
[Later Geno receives an email...]
It came from an attorney on Long Island. The correspondence, if not relayed here verbatim, read: "I'm a lawyer in New York, and I woke up this morning and saw that your team won 102-29 last night. I didn't see the game, but you should be ashamed of yourself for running up the score like that."
"Can you believe that?" Geno said before practice today. "He didn't even see the game, and he's criticizing me."
It's not easy being Geno. Lose, or win by less than 30 points, and you must answer myriad questions about what's wrong with your team. Win by what you're capable of and you get emails from clueless lawyers across Long Island Sound.
"So I wrote him back," said Geno. "I wrote, 'I've never seen you try a case, but you must be a crummy lawyer. How do you expect to win a case if you never look at the evidence?'"
The [Long Island University] Blackbirds, who have not played in front of a crowd larger than 621, appear starstruck and overwhelmed before Gampel [Arena]'s 10,027. But the Huskies are also bigger, faster, better, and deeper. [...] The Huskies win 101-29. [...] Geno does all but play four at a time to mitigate the carnage. No Husky plays more than 22 minutes. No Husky scores more than 13 points.
[Later Geno receives an email...]
It came from an attorney on Long Island. The correspondence, if not relayed here verbatim, read: "I'm a lawyer in New York, and I woke up this morning and saw that your team won 102-29 last night. I didn't see the game, but you should be ashamed of yourself for running up the score like that."
"Can you believe that?" Geno said before practice today. "He didn't even see the game, and he's criticizing me."
It's not easy being Geno. Lose, or win by less than 30 points, and you must answer myriad questions about what's wrong with your team. Win by what you're capable of and you get emails from clueless lawyers across Long Island Sound.
"So I wrote him back," said Geno. "I wrote, 'I've never seen you try a case, but you must be a crummy lawyer. How do you expect to win a case if you never look at the evidence?'"
Labels: UConn basketball
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