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1. Like her or dislike her (put me in the former category), one must admit she's a great coach.
2. The "color" she brings to the game adds a huge element of interest, to say nothing of fun. My wife, whose knowledge of, and interest in, sports in general never fails to join me in watching when Kim's involved.
3. As good as she is, she was a huge beneficiary of the portal, which has changed the landscape of the college game completely, and will continue to going forward.
4. 102 points??? Are you kidding me???
5. Finally, I am an old guy. For nearly as long as I've been on the planet, I've been an ardent sports fan (my wife boasts other attributes!). One of the things I've learned over the years is that sport writers, announcers, and so-called "pundits" (the folks we Louisianans refer to as the "expoits") love pat scripts that lead to scripted outcomes. I'm a huge Caitlyn Clark fan, but I've also learned that betting against those much-cherished scripted outcomes is usually a good idea.
 
She's clearly #3 all-time behind Geno and Pat. Geno said you need luck as well as talent to win a Title. LSU proved that this year. They had favorable matchups through the Tourney after a very easy regular season schedule, with not many quality wins.

I like her as well. Say what you want about her personality, beliefs and wardrobes, she knows how to build a program, get buy-in from her players and she can flat out coach.
Congrats to her and LSU.
 
Whatever spells and she cast and voodoo dolls of UConn players she stuck pins into to take star players out of the lineup to embark on her second season in Louisiana, well, it worked.




...ok not serious here, but it does fit a particular aura and narrative about Kim that totally on point - not wrong about that.
 
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What to make of Kim? I find her annoying and it has nothing to do with her choice of costumes. I do admit that she brings some pizzazz to the game, which is always welcome, and is one hell of a coach and recruiter.
 
Bigpetunia said:
1. Like her or dislike her (put me in the former category), one must admit she's a great coach.
2. The "color" she brings to the game adds a huge element of interest, to say nothing of fun. My wife, whose knowledge of, and interest in, sports in general never fails to join me in watching when Kim's involved.
3. As good as she is, she was a huge beneficiary of the portal, which has changed the landscape of the college game completely, and will continue to going forward.
4. 102 points??? Are you kidding me???
5. Finally, I am an old guy. For nearly as long as I've been on the planet, I've been an ardent sports fan (my wife boasts other attributes!). One of the things I've learned over the years is that sport writers, announcers, and so-called "pundits" (the folks we Louisianans refer to as the "expoits") love pat scripts that lead to scripted outcomes. I'm a huge Caitlyn Clark fan, but I've also learned that betting against those much-cherished scripted outcomes is usually a good idea.
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4. Utterly classless. Mulkey is obviously a great coach, but she showed Iowa no respect. She allowed her team to run up the score in the final minutes, including throwing up 3s, despite a double digit lead throughout.
 
willtalk said:
Her antics aside. What coach has won a Natty that soon again after changing colleges? That has to elevate her status. Granted winning always requires a bit of luck, but still.
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As someone else commented: the portal.
 
Bigpetunia said:
One of the things I've learned over the years is that sport writers, announcers, and so-called "pundits" (the folks we Louisianans refer to as the "expoits") love pat scripts that lead to scripted outcomes.
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I was a sportswriter for 46 years and never had an agenda. You may be correct regarding announcers and "pundits" but anyone who refers to LSU and Iowa as "they" isn't a journalist and shouldn't be packaged with we ink-stained wretches.
 
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msf22b said:
You don't have to love her...but
Masterful job...a very well-coached team.
Played to their potential
and a sub, won the game...
Impressive!
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I agree and really rallied her team somehow convinced them Iowa was being disrespectful towards LSU because they didn’t guard the 3 for South Carolina. Interesting take but it worked because LSU shot the lights out in the first half. She’s different for sure and I hate that she had nothing to say about the Griner stuff but she knows how to do it.
 
Congratulations to Kim and all the die-hard LSU fans on this forum who have supported their team through the years.
Kim was already cemented as a top 4 All-time and while todays win gives her 4 Titles, I am not ready to move her past Tara at this point who has won significantly more games, been to more Final Fours and been in more tournaments.
Again, congrats to KM and the Tigers!
 
Not a fan of her antics (constantly crying to the officials on every call against her team and going wild on the sidelines without any reaction from the refs) but she is one of the very best coaches in WBB ever. What she did this season is absolutely amazing!
 
How many portal transfers did LSU have on their team? That's the new baseline. How she doesn't get teed up is beyond me - way out on the court while the ball is being dribble right in front of her.
 
I want to thank all 68 teams and the coaches in this year’s field for a most enjoyable 3 weeks of tournament play. I enjoyed it except for UConn’s early departure. I really enjoyed the final 4. How many of you had LSU winning the tournament immediately after the field was announced that Monday night?

I’d be interested in finding out how many millions of Tournament Challenge brackets submitted to ESPN had LSU winning the championship? :eek: Not many I would imagine.
 
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Congratulations to Kim Mulkey! I know that many on this board are not fond of her but for me I have nothing but respect for her. As a player, AC, HC at Baylor and now at LSU, she was born to win. She said it would take time but in year two!? Just remarkable.
 
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Can argue style but can't argue success. The fact that for one night LSU shot out of their minds so they weren't one dimensional on offense certainly was a big part of the success of Kim's game plan. Being too one dimensional was the shortcoming of South Carolinal's game plan and it doomed them.

Dawn's days of dominating the SEC may be numbered...
 
I was watching the game with a friend who knows pretty much nothing about WCBB. I was trying to explain the whole Kim Mulkey thing. Explained about she was controversial, but she was the second best coach in WBB today. She was amazed when I told her that LSU was horrible 2 years ago, and now they won the national title. My friend asked what kind of outfit she had on :confused: and that she doesn't deserve to be paid 2.7 million/per year. I told her that was the going rate for top notch coaches, and she just shook her head.
 
Ozimoto said:
Can argue style but can't argue success.
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You can also argue teaching. This is another dimension of being a coach that skin is not good at. It’s the one Geno and CD pay most attention to.
 
DefenseBB said:
Congratulations to Kim and all the die-hard LSU fans on this forum who have supported their team through the years.
Kim was already cemented as a top 4 All-time and while todays win gives her 4 Titles, I am not ready to move her past Tara at this point who has won significantly more games, been to more Final Fours and been in more tournaments.
Again, congrats to KM and the Tigers!
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I've not always agreed with everything Kim Mulkey has said or done, but I have always been a fan, dating way back to her pigtails in baby blue days in the early 80s, playing some of the first women's basketball games I ever watched.

Taking only two seasons to deliver a national title to a program that had been mired in mediocrity for quite some time is an outrageous feat that many coaches wouldn't even dare dream of.

LSU has long been one of my secondary rooting interests, dating way back to the Marie Ferdinand days. So today, I joyously celebrated at the Houston BBQ Festival with some crawfish boudin empanadas (by 1701 Barbecue in Beaumont — yes they were ridiculously yummy).

And I must say, I'm quite okay with Kim leaving egg on the faces of all those (esp. in garnet red and creamsicle orange) who, with ulterior motives, embarked on their twitter smear campaign against her this season.

Geaux Kim. Geaux Tigers.
 
I don't disagree with you about the importance of the teaching aspect of coaching. I value that quite a bit, but there are great coaches out there who are great teachers who have not won a championship and other than a few fully engaged fans of the sport, no one knows who they are. That's just that way the value system of the sport is. And, for the record, I am not a fan of Kim's sideline dramatics and the behavior of one of her players in particular, but she's holding the championship trophy. That can't be taken away from her.
 
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