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Message: [QUOTE="BlueSkyGLW, post: 4499769, member: 11281"] According to you, the ideal for geniuses and great leaders is what Geno has been doing ALL his coaching life: the great things he instituted and has done (with Chris Daily) combined with the mandatory torturing himself for the imperfections of his players. To us others, his 11 NCs and countless other titles for the preeminent program in WBB, nay, in College Basketball, attest to that genius, with or without the self-torture. And when he finds that after all these years of living with imperfections (even through those perfect seasons), that an exemplary, unmatched record has been achieved.....that in a moment of reflection, he concludes how that pinnacle had been achieved - the imperfections had been inevitable and integral to growing and do not diminish the young ladies or the program at all......hence he should simply try his best to continue what he has always done with the same verve....all without torturing himself. The so-called "mellowing" did not diminish John Wooden, neither will it diminish him. Just when he accepts this reality for himself with the resolve not to short-change those who have come to learn at the Mount Olympus of College WBB, you say NO! the only way to remain a genius is to ignore this fact and blindly keep banging his head against the wall and torture himself. I am in the midst of reading Twisted Tales from Shakespeare.......am wondering whether I have been transported into that realm on seeing this. By the way, Richard Armour's piece is a mighty good read. [/QUOTE]

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