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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5289706, member: 12088"] This interview was Cori at her best. Insightful, honest, but also humane to her own players. She attempted to hit this note in the immediate post-game pressers, but she didn't know then what would happen in the portal yet. And she's more very honest about her own shortcomings. I can see why players are so fond of her. On the other hand, she is unrepentant about her reliance on the portal herself even as she sees the impact on high school recruits. The talk of "reloading" is disappointing, and may even be why she won't ever win a ring. edit: Let me clarify that last remark. Cori spoke of preferring to "reload" with seasoned upperclassmen as opposed to green recruits. This seems like an abdication of a coach's primary responsibility. An example of what's wrong with this is the case of Timea Gardiner, who was hailed as a great addition to UCLA... and she was. However, there was little to no growth in her game the following season over what she brought with her to UCLA. I can see how fans would celebrate her arrival at UCLA, but I can't see why she should see it as a step forward in her career. I also get that Oregon State was imploding along with the Pac10 last summer, so she may have felt there was no point in staying there and that even a horizontal move was beneficial to her. But that sort of thinking is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Maybe that's not Cori's fault. But she's doing too little to develop her players as long as this is how she thinks. [/QUOTE]

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