UConn Huskies coach Geno Auriemma has managed to make the fanbase turn on him after his latest comments about star player Paige Bueckers.
Bueckers was recently on the cusp of 2,000 points and many people were ready to focus on her and the impending achievement, but comments from Auriemma have seen all the attention go to him instead.
There is little doubt that he was attempting to ease the pressure on Bueckers and the team itself as fans watch on hoping that they will win the championship.
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“This notion that you have to win a national championship or multiple national championships to be considered a generational type player or amazing type player. It’s not true,” Auriemma asserted.
“There are a lot of great players that have had amazing careers that have never won a national championship.”
He also tried to discuss Buecker‘s undoubted talent whilst also separating it from the Huskies history, by posing the question: “How much did she dominate the college basketball world during the four years that she played here?”
Fans share their thoughts
Many fans were undecided about whether Auriemma was genuinely praising Bueckers or if he was showing insecurity about the lack of championship’s taken during her time at the club.
One fan said on X: “So no UConn fan finds it weird how Geno came out here in public and said he doesn’t think the team will win a natty? Like he hasn’t pressured Paige that she needs to win one to be seen as great?”
Drawing a comparison to Caitlin Clark, another X user wrote: “Well, well. Never heard Geno or UConn nation talk that way about Caitlin when it came to greatness and championships. Very interesting, now that it’s Paige.”
One other fan wrote: “Geno was talking about Paige, but deep down he was thinking about Caitlin.”