I am in the minority here likely, but to this day, I don't think it was right even though it was in fact a nice gesture. I just think it was a short cut, and for a team that has perfection and doing things the right way in its DNA, it was not appropriate though well intended. It is moot now with Maya holding on to the record until Breanna is ready to take it.
Obviously, it comes down to one's perspective and equally obvious is that this is not one of those things in life that has a right or wrong answer.
I see Geno's actions as part & parcel of doing things the right way. Reward effort, support each other and make things right where one can influence outcomes without breaking the rules. Her injury stole those last points from her and her coach, teammates, and opponents rebalanced the ledger for her our of respect for her.
Records are essentially meaningless numbers and my belief is that we should be careful not to imbue them with meaning beyond their actual importance. I played D1 baseball after I came home from the Marines and those few records that I held were never more than a representation of respect by those who decide to keep such stats. They didn't mean much to me... what did mean a lot to me was the respect my team had for me. To my way of thinking, Geno's action was an integral part of building the DNA of perfection in that it was the embodiment of respect from a coach and a team for a player. You can see the effects of this in Paige's comments and in the values threaded through the program today.
If it was done in a backroom out of sight and hidden from scrutiny in order to mislead then I would agree with you, but it was a show in the grandest sense of the word. My recollection is that it was done with the blessing of KB and that it was clearly done in a way that insured that it was reasonable to be understood as a gesture of respect and not a short cut or theft of a record. I don't believe that it tarnished or diminished the record, I think it elevated it by humanizing it.
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