John A.: Geno on Tara's 900th

[pap49cba]

“I don’t know if anyone sets out to do it, but you wake up one day and there you are. For as long as I’ve coached at Connecticut, she’s been winning a lot of games. She is one of the game’s icons.”

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[EricLA]

The rest of Geno's quotes:

"It’s like Tara said [after she won her 900th game last week], when you reach a milestone like that, it means your program has been really good for a very long time,” Auriemma said. “And just imagine, she took a year off [to coach the 1996 Olympic team] so you could add another 30 wins."

“Coaches that reach that number, or any number about 500, it’s a lot of wins over a long time and many years. The fact only five people have done [Pat Summitt, Sylvia Hatchell, Vivian Stringer, and Jody Conradt] tells you it’s very hard to do."

Geno obviously has a great deal of respect for Tara. It's a great accomplishment. Hatchell has 908 (her team has 5 wins this season but is she coaching them at this point?), Stringer 905, and now Tara hit 900. Geno is next at 847...

 

[jsloanjr]

That is very rare air in coaching and Geno will get to 900 + next season.......