Fond Farewell to Pitt and Agnes B.

[ChicagoGG]

I am sorry that Pitt is leaving the conference. Coach Agnes and her team have always been class acts, even when we were beating them soundly. Agnes is a good coach with a lot of passion who has had a bad run of luck the last few years, and I wish her and her team well. I am grateful for her contribution to Shea's coaching development. Even more so that we got Shea back! Bye, Panthers.....

 

[Drumguy]

I am sorry that Pitt is leaving the conference. Coach Agnes and her team have always been class acts, even when we were beating them soundly. Agnes is a good coach with a lot of passion who has had a bad run of luck the last few years, and I wish her and her team well. I am grateful for her contribution to Shea's coaching development. Even more so that we got Shea back! Bye, Panthers.....

I don't bare any of the players or coaches ill will but the University of Pittsburgh - eh. So to paraphrase Ryan Boatright from the beat down of Syracuse last week: "Let's have them leave the Big East with the bad taste of UConn in their mouths!"

 

[MilfordHusky]

I think Pitt should leave, because we still have not figured out the spelling of the coach's name. Some call her Agnes. Some call her Angus. It's Agnus. (Think Latin.)

This is intended to be lighthearted. It is a different spelling, and I questioned it the first few times I saw it. Then I realized, like Geno, Agnus is an Italian Catholic. The light bulb finally came on for me.

Geno likes Agnus, so I like her too. She also gave Shea a good opportunity. The team, unfortunately, has gone downhill since SheaDog left.

 

[ChicagoGG]

I think Pitt should leave, because we still have not figured out the spelling of the coach's name. Some call her Agnes. Some call her Angus. It's Agnus. (Think Latin.)

This is intended to be lighthearted. It is a different spelling, and I questioned it the first few times I saw it. Then I realized, like Geno, Agnus is an Italian Catholic. The light bulb finally came on for me.

Geno likes Agnus, so I like her too. She also gave Shea a good opportunity. The team, unfortunately, has gone downhill since SheaDog left.

Thanks for correcting me - I am embarassed to have fallen to the Boneyard
pet peeve of misspelling names. My bad.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Thanks for correcting me - I am embarassed to have fallen to the Boneyard
pet peeve of misspelling names. My bad.

Not a problem. I agree with your point.

i saw the thread over the weekend on spelling of names. I agree that we should try to get them right, but need to be tolerant at the same time. Agnus is unusual. I think I've seen Angus (as in the bull) more often than Agnes. Some are tough: Kaleena v. Kalana, Breanna v. Brianna, Kiah v. Bria.

 

[meyers7]

I don't bare any of the players or coaches ill will but the University of Pittsburgh - eh. So to paraphrase Ryan Boatright from the beat down of Syracuse last week: "Let's have them leave the Big East with the bad taste of UConn in their mouths!"

I agree, let them leave with a smackdown.

 

[Icebear]

Not a problem. I agree with your point.

i saw the thread over the weekend on spelling of names. I agree that we should try to get them right, but need to be tolerant at the same time. Agnus is unusual. I think I've seen Angus (as in the bull) more often than Agnes. Some are tough: Kaleena v. Kalana, Breanna v. Brianna, Kiah v. Bria.

I never have a problem with infrequently used names: just the repeated misspelling of our players names.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Flashback, March 30, 2008 - after losing to Stanford:
COACH BERENATO: I'm just going to say before we leave. I probably have another minute, right.
THE MODERATOR: You got four or five.
COACH BERENATO: Damn. All right.
(Laughter.)
COACH BERENATO: I just want to say to the NCAA and to the people of Spokane, you guys have done a tremendous job just in hosting and you have embraced us. And to my host family, John and Karen, you guys are awesome and I'm sure you're in the audience somewhere.
And Ray and Kevin, coming out here from Pittsburgh and to the other writers, if you guys don't write about our story, our story never grows. And as the NCAA says-- we're the NCAA. We represent them. And women's basketball is the greatest story in the world. And they're great student athletes. And they're kind and they're gentle women and they care and they're great volunteers and they're just hard working kids. So I just want to say to everybody that's here, the auxiliary people that have helped with this, with facilities and travel and security and catering and I know all about it, because when I was at Georgia tech I hosted two Final Fours and at Pitt we hosted a regional last year.
And then just a special shout out to our Chancellor and Steve Petersen and my staff, you know, who has really changed the face of women's basketball at the University of Pittsburgh. I feel like that is team now, it's a team that people will recognize and they have worked hard for it and they brought great pride to the university as well as to the community. But we could have never done it if my staff and the community and the administration didn't jump on board.
So to all of you that are here tonight, it's late somewhere, in the world, and I just want to say it's like the saying it's five o'clock somewhere. Well, I just want to say on behalf of my team, thank you all very much because by you being here our sport will grow and grow and grow and all these NCAA events will be sold out in the future. So thank you.
THE MODERATOR: Coach thank you