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#52
#52
Special Ed said:
Staley made an ass of herself when she proclaimed, "There's something wrong with people who don't believe as I do".
There's something wrong with anyone who would say something that stupid.
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Lets get the facts straight about this alleged quote:

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling constitutional misconduct on University of South Carolina basketball head coach Dawn Staley for her recent comments denigrating nonbelievers.

In her conversation with ESPN reporter Holly Rowe courtside Sunday following her team’s victory over Oregon State, Staley said that there is something “wrong” with those who don’t believe in God: “If you don’t believe in God, something is wrong with you. Seriously!”
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Kinda curious how the "I am against whatever Dawn Staley says or does" ethos shown by many on this board sits with her being a devout Christian who publicly expresses those beliefs. A conundrum I suppose....
 
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#54
KTrain said:
Not denying Geno's best all time women's coach/recruiter & greatness but the conference they play in is auto cupcake wins. You can just chalk up wins and have glorified practice scrimmages players rested up by time March madness but they did & have won the most Natties.
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Correct, exactly why I don't count his alltime record, regular season and tourney. There are 2 schools of thought about playing a tough regular season schedule:

1. The tough competition wears a team down

2. the tough competition prepares a team for the March competition.

But as the old saying goes, "all a coach can do is beat the teams that show up."
 
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#55
Savannahbayvol said:
Correct, exactly why I don't count his alltime record, regular season and tourney. There are 2 schools of thought about playing a tough regular season schedule:

1. The tough competition wears a team down

2. the tough competition prepares a team for the March competition.

But as the old saying goes, "all a coach can do is beat the teams that show up."
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All you said is true and I think that's why UConn wants to play UT after conference games startup in the season, to really see where they are. UT was a middle of the pack SEC team last year that IMO over preformed in NCAAs So UT beat UConn with one of the best UCONN teams that went on the win a Natty. So a loss to a middle of the pack SEC team tells me if you play a SEC schedule year in and year out, you are going to have hiccups more so than the big least, thus the W total goes down. But like I said their mode has brought them Natties and stacked Ws which entices players to play in that environment everyone wants to play for winners , and so far he has done a great job with that formula, so nothing but kudos. UCONN can/are proud.
 
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Savannahbayvol said:
Correct, exactly why I don't count his alltime record, regular season and tourney. There are 2 schools of thought about playing a tough regular season schedule:

1. The tough competition wears a team down

2. the tough competition prepares a team for the March competition.

But as the old saying goes, "all a coach can do is beat the teams that show up."
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True, but they have a lot to do with which teams show up. Pat sought out the best teams available to play and beat almost all of them.
 
#57
#57
Savannahbayvol said:
Exactly LV fans regarding Pat are just as bad as Alabama fans were regarding Bear Bryant. Both were great coaches in their time but the LVs havent won a Nattie since 2008 so that means most HS recruits this year weren't alive the last time they won it all.

Pat did not invent womens bb, she wasn't responsible for it becoming an Olympic sport and she's not the greatest coach of alltime . Check her head to head record against Geno, their number of NCs and their alltime NCAA tourney record.

She is the female equivalent of Arnold Palmer. Arnie didnt invent the game but he sure as heck was responsible for it becoming popular with the masses and he is not the greatest golfer of alltime. Pat is to Geno as Arnold is to Nicklaus.
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Pat died. Geno is coaching well past the age at which she died. Had she lived, Geno would not have caught her.
 
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Lucy said:
Pat died. Geno is coaching well past the age at which she died. Had she lived, Geno would not have caught her.
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You are probably right about that. However, he had 10 national championships by age 60 and she had 8 by age 60 when she stepped down. I am all for giving credit where credit is due. They are/were legends and what they both accomplished and in his case is still accomplishing will never be duplicated.
 
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