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This week Dribble Drive covers Oregon with Coach Graves.
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This week Dribble Drive covers Oregon with Coach Graves.
This was a good watch. Really insightful host. I'm not that high on Oregon this year. They lost a lot due to graduation. But I do like Kelly Graves. He kinda is a straight shooter. I feel like if this was the men's side or maybe the NBA he'd get into a bit of trouble with his openness lol. He kinda said they woulda beat duke if not for injury last year.
Agree. Wasn’t familiar with Graves’ personality/media persona before he joined the BIG, but after watching him at BIG media day last year, he instantly became a favorite. I’d rate Graves and Katie Gearlds as the top 2 BIG coaches in terms of likability and candor. Would love to have a beer with them.
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Graves seems like a good guy. He also has seemed to be a great recruiter over the years. I’m less impressed with him as a coach. But he has supplied a lot of talent to other teams.
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Huge fan of Coach Graves and his whole coaching style/philosophy. This was a great interview. Thanks for sharing. The Big Ten is going to be fun to watch!
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@nwhoopfan, Coach Langley has got to be pretty excited to see how Howell has been performing this summer. I was in Toronto to see this game live. Wish there was a box score because her shooting from 3 seemed perfect last night. Made a lot of smart decisions and wasn't afraid to battle for rebounds and loose balls.
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This really gives one some perspective on the magnitude of the loss to USC Howell's departure represents.
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And how much better Washington's offence can be with her on the court along with Ladine.
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Duke played without it's leading scorer that day.
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As a Purdue fan, it's unfortunate the position she was thrust in at Purdue. I think had she went the route of being an assistant for a few years or a head mid major coach, she would have had more success at Purdue.
Purdue is a cautionary tale for IU and Iowa. For approximately 20 years (1990-2010), Purdue was the premier BIG team, but Versyp’s cratering put Purdue in a hole from which it is struggling to escape. The simultaneous rise of IU has added to Purdue’s difficulties. I am not optimistic about Gearld’s prospects, but I am a fan of Gearlds the person.
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Idk how I feel about these exhibitions. I guess the closed scrimmages were happening anyways. It's probably a good experience to have freshman under the lights as much as possible. But I know there is a financial component involved, which for some odd reason has me a bit jaded ( I think I've listened to some Geno rants on the influx of these exhibition games, also the nil stuff has me a bit jaded as well). And I'd be happier if some of these matchups happened in the regular season lol.