KO needs to see Geno is the AM.

[CL82]

Let me help you here. It's not the program, it's the fans.
About the 5th time I heard, "the women's team probably could beat the men's team," I started to develop a latent animosity toward the women's fans.
If they were more sophisticated about the sport, had played it, and had the proper respect for the men's game, then the wouldn't bother me as much.

Let me put it this way:

Winning 4 NCAA tournis for the men >>>> Winning 13 for the women.

Okay?

We don't mind our program being compared to any other team in the country - but we don't want to compared to, contrasted with, or receive input from the women's team.

Woman have won 9. 13 is the combined total. (4+9=13) 13 is a distinct possibility under Geno though, maybe 14.

 

[mauconnfan]

Don't disagree. Just saying the women are not the only team with overzealous fans. They do have a lot of Intense fans with no knowledge of basketball outside of women's basketball. One can let that piss you off, or you could take it for what it is.

Or one can be who he is and not take it for what it's worth and instead be kinda pissed off

 

[Husky25]

I'm convinced he did that as much to rest them as to teach them a lesson. Their biggest game of the year was 2 days away and they weren't going to lose to Memphis anyway. I wonder would they still be on the bench if with 5 minute left, the game was still in doubt.

Personally, I find that hard to believe. Resting players comes by way of minutes reductions in multiple games (potentially multiple weeks) leading up to the ultimate goal, not outright benchings. Benchings are meant to teach a lesson. Men or women, at 19-22 years old, these athletes have a fairly quick recovery time. Benching them could have had an positive affect in terms of refocusing them, but it could have thrown off their physical game (i.e. shooting, crisp passing, and rebound timing).

The best example is Peyton Manning. The Colts used to go 13-3 in the regular season and the starters would "rest" in weeks 16 and 17 (i.e. Manning never took off his baseball cap). With the bye week, that means upwards of a month without competing during meaningful game time. Giving the Colts the points in their 1st playoff game was normally a sucker's bet (7/11 years, the Colts lost their first Playoff game).

 

[Cheeky]

Woman have won 9. 13 is the combined total. (4+9=13) 13 is a distinct possibility under Geno though, maybe 14.

Yeah man, thank you for the correction. I threw 13 out there because I have no idea how many the women have won. 8, 3, 20, it's all the same to me - substantially less impressive than the men winning 4.

 

[ctchamps]

Don't disagree. Just saying the women are not the only team with overzealous fans. They do have a lot of Intense fans with no knowledge of basketball outside of women's basketball. One can let that piss you off, or you could take it for what it is.

It's human nature to embellish things we love and put down things we hate or don't love as much.

We fit the world to who we are and/or what we believe we need.

It can be said one's reality is another's illusion and vice versa. If one disagrees, I'm saying it anyways. Now if more than one person agrees that reality is subjective is this a shared illusion with respect to someone who believes reality is not an illusion? And what if there are more than one person who believes reality is not an illusion? Stalemate? Depends on the conditions of the "reality" you find yourself in, doesn't it?

Can you imagine this debate in North Korea? Perfect case of complete sharing of reality. Or illusion?

 

[David 76]

I'm convinced he did that as much to rest them as to teach them a lesson. Their biggest game of the year was 2 days away and they weren't going to lose to Memphis anyway. I wonder would they still be on the bench if with 5 minute left, the game was still in doubt.

You don't know Geno.