Hey basketball world

[RockyMTblue2]

Even in her demented years --she outcoached Holly.

Holly was a loyal serf, nothing more. Amazed that next year's number 2 chose Tennessee. Maybe they will shock some day. I suspect not this year or next.

 

[Kaizen]

The true test will be Notre Dame, IMHO. I think they're the toughest competition.

People said the true test was Bayor before the game.....LOL

 

[BroadwayVa]

This sounds incredibly trite, but I wish I personally knew Kim a little so as to better understand her as a coach. She's such a fierce competitor and has had such a distinguished basketball career (3 NCs, right? player, ass't coach, head coach?). But she seems to pay such a high price for her competitive nature. Certainly, college basketball seems to attract "control freak" coaches. Maybe it's the nature of the sport, with intimate physical proximity between players and the bench, plus the game is so fast moving that it's virtually impossible to be confident of consistent and predictable referee's calls or even to control the tempo of your own team. And there is such impossibly high pressure about recruiting, since just one player can completely change your program. But of all the control freaks--and that certainly includes Geno--Kim seems most a prisoner to her emotions, and maybe that ain't so good for the team ultimately....

You are right again=- abt control freaks. My only (usually) following of Pat Summitt was when she played Uconn--she was tough, she was vocal--I'm not sure I saw the "histrionics' some saw.
Mulkey with her over the top emotions during games isn't doing her physical or mental health any favors--if she doesn't have a stroke --I'll miss a bet.
Geno is the Master-essential-model--Control Freak. I cannot believe he and a dozen other successful coaches could be AS successful without the absolute control. The off side of his control--is he demands his kids THINK while in the game-analyze while in the game--change while in the game--to have that kind of players you need intelligent and coachable players.

 

[BroadwayVa]

People said the true test was Bayor before the game.....LOL

Actually--I said the first TRUE test was Florida. The div2 games were just warm up.
Baylor was no warm up--neither is a half dozen others including ND and all of the out of conference games. Take none for granted.