I know he and Dawn have had a spat over him saying "Carolina plays hard and leaves bruises on my players." I hope they both come together when UCONN comes to Columbia and uplifts each other. Well on 2nd thought, maybe they need something to spat about to keep the rivalry juicy. What say you?
I don't believe it was ever a spat. IMO Geno and Dawn think the same. Years ago before SC played UCONN, Dawn benched the SC center the game before UCONN so as to try to fire her up. Geno had done that years earlier I know with Charde among others and I'm sure other coaches did the same. And Geno did the same thing for that game by benching Stewie and Tuck. They both tried to influence the next game.
Similar to the initial comment Geno made about bruises. Geno has complained for years prior to SC about the physicality of the game and how he prefers a more wide open game. He would want to influence the game to be more free-flowing. While Dawn, prior to the Geno comment, she had complained about her team's characterization. She wanted it stopped. I even saw her being interviewed on ESPN and someone mentioned her team's rough-and-tough play as a compliment and she took it as a slap. She wanted to influence to everyone that her team is more than just "rough and tumble." She doesn't want to hear that she only does super-well when she has bigs. That just isn't true. SO she tried to influence that characterization.
IMO they are both making comments of their points that they want to influence. They make the one comment then move on. I didn't believe there was spat. More like a hit-and-run comment.
