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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3057903, member: 1052"] I am partial to Amanda Butler for ACC COY, whose Clemson squad is 18-10 to date, with an ACC record of 9-6. [LIST] [*]In the preseason, Clemson was [I]picked to finish 14th[/I] in the ACC by the head coaches [I]and 15th[/I] in the ACC by the Blue Ribbon panel. [*]The last time Clemson won at least 18 games? 2000-01, under former head coach Jim Davis (he retired after the 2004-05 season). [*]The last time Clemson won at least 9 ACC games? 2001-02, under former head coach Jim Davis (2001-02 was also the last year that Clemson made the NCAA Tournament). [*]Between Davis and Butler, Clemson had three head coaches -- Cristy McKinney, Itoro Umoh-Coleman, and Audra Smith. In five seasons, McKinney went 16–54 in ACC games. In three seasons, Umoh-Coleman had an ACC record of 10-38. And in five years, Smith's conference record was 9-70. [*]In other words, Butler has 9 ACC wins in her first season at the helm of the program, which equals the five years of her predecessor --- and with one conference game remaining. [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] If Clemson beats Duke -- a team that has defeated Clemson in 22 straight games -- then I think winning 10 conference games after being picked to finish dead last (or second to last) and doing so in the first season as a head coach and for the first time for the program since 2001-02 means that the ACC COY award should go to Amanda Butler. But I believe the same analysis can be applied to Butler in terms of her candidacy for national COY awards. [/QUOTE]

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