....And Another Plus for Geno

Recently Geno Auriemma was asked about the possibility that some of his team would, like several of the New England Patriots, not attend a White House reception if they won the national championship again this year.  His comment showed two more skills he possesses that the president lacks: diplomacy and knowledge of history.

First, with the microphone in his face he quickly came up with a just-subtle-enough "you know where I stand" comment:  “The fact that in all the 11 championships I’ve never been asked this question says something about where we are” as a country, “Forget the answer. The fact that I’ve never been asked means there’s something going on that isn’t normal.”  He continued in the same vein: “What are you going to do as a coach? It’s not like I can look it up and go, ‘What did other people do?’ We’re in a world that very few of us could have conceived five years ago.”  No rages, no insults, just an answer any diplomat would be proud of.

Then he made a comment that I doubt would even have been comprehensible to a president who seems to be proud that he has never even learned much about past presidents of the United States, much less world history.  Noting that he won't need to face the question unless UConn actually both wins the championship and receives an invitation, Geno said “I’m not crossing the Rubicon. That’s Caesar. Once your army crosses that river, you are an enemy of the state.”

So now I'd nominate Geno for Secretary of State, or Ambassador to Italy, and I also think Geno's library would be better than the hardly imaginable one for 45.