September 5, 201412 yr Author It can't be an exception. Otherwise coaches all over the country will be calling kids to congratulate them for making straight As or for carrying that old lady's groceries to her car. You want to blame someone blame ESPN for glorifying a girl for playing with the boys and giving us an overdose of all things Mo'Ne. There are certain time periods coaches are allowed to contact prospective athletes and Geno contacted someone outside of that period. Anyone who thinks that isn't giving Geno an advantage if she does end up good enough to play for UConn is being naive. Coach K got reprimanded for the same thing a few years ago. Let's not act like Geno is going to be on probation for 3 years, lose scholarships and not be allowed to play in the tournament. The overreaction isn't the NCAA it's the response to Geno getting a phone call from the NCAA saying don't do it again. That's fair. I didn't know it was during a dead period. I do think that him doing it during a dead period though would just go to show that he doesn't even think of her as a prospect in some ways. If he thought of her as that, he'd have been much more likely to contact her as he does most recruits or whatever.
September 5, 201412 yr That's fair. I didn't know it was during a dead period. I do think that him doing it during a dead period though would just go to show that he doesn't even think of her as a prospect in some ways. If he thought of her as that, he'd have been much more likely to contact her as he does most recruits or whatever. I think he probably thought since it wasn't an official recruting phone call it wasn't a big deal or against the rules.
September 5, 201412 yr Author I think he probably thought since it wasn't an official recruting phone call it wasn't a big deal or against the rules. Yea. For sure. That's what I was trying to get at in the above. I think he knows that if he wanted her to come to UConn, all he'd have to do was make an offer.
September 5, 201412 yr That he contacted what the NCAA considered to be a prospective student athlete. Unless she has played in a varsity sport somewhere, she is fair game. The contact alone cant be the violation, now something he said during the contact, maybe.
September 5, 201412 yr The NCAA should not waste time patrolling such trivial matters as the call to Mo'Ne and focus on important issues like the Oklahoma players who were found guilty of taking pasta portions that were $3 too big or the UConn players who wanted to add cream cheese to their evening bagels.
September 5, 201412 yr It can't be an exception. Otherwise coaches all over the country will be calling kids to congratulate them for making straight As or for carrying that old lady's groceries to her car. You want to blame someone blame ESPN for glorifying a girl for playing with the boys and giving us an overdose of all things Mo'Ne. There are certain time periods coaches are allowed to contact prospective athletes and Geno contacted someone outside of that period. Anyone who thinks that isn't giving Geno an advantage if she does end up good enough to play for UConn is being naive. Coach K got reprimanded for the same thing a few years ago. Let's not act like Geno is going to be on probation for 3 years, lose scholarships and not be allowed to play in the tournament. The overreaction isn't the NCAA it's the response to Geno getting a phone call from the NCAA saying don't do it again. It's things like this that the NCAA is in deep trouble. Everything just cannot be black and white. He probably has 100's of 8th graders on his radar or want to play for UCONN. None of them did what she just did. I would have no problem with any coach or anyone congratulating her. Now it should have only been that and nothing else.
September 5, 201412 yr It's things like this that the NCAA is in deep trouble. Everything just cannot be black and white. He probably has 100's of 8th graders on his radar or want to play for UCONN. None of them did what she just did. I would have no problem with any coach or anyone congratulating her. Now it should have only been that and nothing else. Put me in the camp that doesn't understand why he needed to call her and congratulate her. Congratulate her for what? She lost.
September 5, 201412 yr Put me in the camp that doesn't understand why he needed to call her and congratulate her. Congratulate her for what? She lost. It's the journey.
September 5, 201412 yr Author Put me in the camp that doesn't understand why he needed to call her and congratulate her. Congratulate her for what? She lost. Because she's still a kid who idolizes his program, and as one of only thirteen girls to play in the LLWS, what she was doing was historic. I'd imagine that if she were my kid, I'd think it was a really nice gesture by Geno just because I know it'd have made her day. There's no guarantee that she's going to be a basketball player of that caliber. Even if she were the LeBron James of her class, look at how much more likely girls are to tear their ACLs than boys. If I'm not mistaken, it's something like 8 times more likely for a girl to have an ACL tear.
September 5, 201412 yr Because she's still a kid who idolizes his program, and as one of only thirteen girls to play in the LLWS, what she was doing was historic. I'd imagine that if she were my kid, I'd think it was a really nice gesture by Geno just because I know it'd have made her day. There's no guarantee that she's going to be a basketball player of that caliber. Even if she were the LeBron James of her class, look at how much more likely girls are to tear their ACLs than boys. If I'm not mistaken, it's something like 8 times more likely for a girl to have an ACL tear. Hogwash. Typical American overreaction and rush for a feel good story.
September 5, 201412 yr Author Hogwash. Typical American overreaction and rush for a feel good story. What I'm trying to say is she may never have the moment again. What if she washes up and ends up as a D3 player at a school that she's basically paying to go play for? It's going to mean a lot to her then when Geno calls and says, "you were really good back in your glory days of Little League".
September 5, 201412 yr What I'm trying to say is she may never have the moment again. What if she washes up and ends up as a D3 player at a school that she's basically paying to go play for? It's going to mean a lot to her then when Geno calls and says, "you were really good back in your glory days of Little League". Big deal. She never should have been glorified in the first place. Then Geno wouldn't have broken the rules.
September 6, 201412 yr Put me in the camp that doesn't understand why he needed to call her and congratulate her. Congratulate her for what? She lost. The scoreboard does not define who you are...
September 6, 201412 yr The scoreboard does not define who you are... Nope but it was still a lot of hype for nothing.
September 6, 201412 yr Author Me too. I saw one of 13 girls to ever play and one who took center stage for her team. Good for her.
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