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And where was USC ranked?Wow! Stanford was 15/AP and 13/USA. Maybe she does deserve it!
And where was USC ranked?Wow! Stanford was 15/AP and 13/USA. Maybe she does deserve it!
Southern Call was 21st in both pre-season polls,And where was USC ranked?
Really! The UConn Women’s Basketball forum has too many UConn women’s Basketball fans?If roles were reversed I’m sure you and many others would be touting Geno for the award, to many national flag blue tinted glasses here
I love Geno but he hasn't beaten a team this year that was better than his team. He didn't prepare his team to play against teams with length like they will have to do to win against Stanford and SC among others but most importantly all of his losses were blowout losses and ND is not a better team than UConn.I love Dawn Staley. She’s an amazing coach. I do believe Geno deserves the Coach of the Year though. To lose the five players UConn has lost and still be in the mix is amazing also. If any other team lost five key players they would be toast. Award’s don’t always go to the ‘best’ or ‘most deserving.’ Of course everyone fan thinks their coach is the best and most deserving. That doesn’t make it so. SC was projected to be good, they just blended together all season long. Can’t wait to see the tournaments!
I think we can agree that there is more than just Dawn for COY.Southern Call was 21st in both pre-season polls,
AP & Coaches PreSeason Rankings: Top 25 Polls - 2024 Women's College Basketball | WarrenNolan.com
Yeah, maybe not 25 but surely 3-5. I think Dawn has obviously done a fine job But she has the best (by a substantial margin) roster and is fully healthy. I would say there are some coaches who have less talent and/or have faced adversity with their teams who may have done a better job. Pretty hard to mess up with a whole team full of All-Americans. However, I don’t really begrudge her as she has clearly become the preeminent coach in the country these past three years. I think ((and hope) she will have to share that distinction next season and beyond if Geno can finally get a healthy roster but there’s no question Dawn and her program have become the best in the country.Not sure I'm buying that one, but I'll let the SC fans here defend Dawn.....
If Geno had no injuries on this team at all and we were undefeated, meaning we beat Texas, NC St, SC, ND, and UCLA, I would think he did a great job as I also think he has done this year. As for COY, different story. Winning with a loaded team to me is not as praiseworthy as taking a program that was downtrodden, and leading them back to prominence or taking a team with less talent and leading them to greatness.If roles were reversed I’m sure you and many others would be touting Geno for the award, to many national flag blue tinted glasses here
Would you have given Geno COY when Stewie was here? My vote would be for Coach Staley this season as well.If Geno had no injuries on this team at all and we were undefeated, meaning we beat Texas, NC St, SC, ND, and UCLA, I would think he did a great job as I also think he has done this year. As for COY, different story. Winning with a loaded team to me is not as praiseworthy as taking a program that was downtrodden, and leading them back to prominence or taking a team with less talent and leading them to greatness.