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Message: [QUOTE="Tufkas, post: 2674803"] Given nearly unlimited access, the sheer volume of quotes, and an undeniably impetuous nature when pressed, Coach not infrequently contradicts himself. E.g."<paraphrasing>: - "If we have one last shot to win, it's going to be Lou" (multiple times) With 3.6 seconds left and one last shot to win, he designs a play for Gabby Williams, with "Lou" apparently not even a second option. - "Azura is probably the most important player on the team. She is the key to us winning a national championship." She plays the least minutes of anyone, and is not on the court for the deciding baskets. Even in the article, we have Jacobs offering: "After Stevens turned the game around with her dominating play in the second quarter, I thought Auriemma should have started her after halftime instead of waiting until 3:35 left in the third." to which coach replied “I never gave it a single thought. We were up eight in the fourth quarter. So I guess things turned out pretty well. You go with what you were doing." "You go with what you were doing." UConn lost the first quarter 24-14, largely without Stevens. They won the second quarter 27-10, almost all with Stevens. What they were doing was turning a double digit deficit into a not insignificant lead, with Stevens on the floor. A lead which was subsequently all but lost without Stevens on the floor to start the 3rd quarter. Against the backdrop of the previous game against ND, in which Stevens had a massive role turning a sure loss into a 4th quarter win, one would have hoped coach would have given it just a bit more than a single thought... [/QUOTE]

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