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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2079777, member: 2117"] How is it crazy? Muffet's best streak as a coach has unfortunately come during a time when the Huskies have won 100+ straight games, another undefeated to show (2014) and when Baylor had their undefeated run with Griner. Very very likely her teams win multiple titles if there wasn't a Connecticut. Her losing in 4 title games is much more a product of who they lost to rather than shortcomings that she's had. The only one that strays from this is arguably 2011 when they had a winnable game against A&M. That said, Notre Dame was not an amazing team that year, they had 8 losses and were a 2 seed entering the tournament. They pulled off big upsets in the regionals and Final Four but couldn't work the same magic in the title game. I'm not saying she's in the same field as Geno and Pat, I'm just saying I think she's a better coach than Mulkey. She also didn't have it served to her on a silver platter in 2001. Yes, Connecticut had injuries, but Notre Dame handily beat Connecticut earlier in the year when they were at full strength. It'd be a different argument if Connecticut was clearly the better team when healthy and then lost due to injuries in a rematch, but Notre Dame had proven they were superior or at the very least, equal to Connecticut that season. She has not underachieved at all. Until recently, her teams rarely had top 10 kids on them. She's also never landed a #1 overall recruit. Diggins is not the same caliber player as Maya Moore, Griner or Stewart who are 3 of the very best players ever. All four years she had 1-2 of those players in her way to cross paths with. The only top 10 recruit on the roster in 2011 and 2012 was Diggins. They made 2 title game appearances and far surpassed any preseason expectations. In 2013 they went an outstanding 35-2, best a far more talented Connecticut team 3 times and were consistently a top 3 team all season despite having a preseason ranking of 8. Two top 10 players on the roster (Diggins and Loyd). Connecticut who they lost to, had 6 former top 10 recruits including two #1 overall players. 2014--preseason 6, went undefeated until the title game. 2 top ten kids (Loyd and Reimer). Connecticut had 4 former top 10 kids including 2 #1 overall players. 2015-preseason 3, finished as runner up to the Huskies in a competitive title game. Three top 10 kids. UCONN who they lost to had 4 top ten kids, two #1 overall recruits. 2016-preseason number 4, was a top 3 team all year before a massive upset by Stanford. Finished 33-2. Two top 10 players. Connecticut who won it all had 5, including two number one overall. 2017-preseason number 1, will likely be the #2 or #3 overall seed entering the tournament. 3 top 10 kids. For comparison sake, Connecticut has 3, Baylor has 4, Tennessee has 3, Duke has 5, and Texas has 4. Tennessee and Connecticut both consistently had lineups loaded with top 10 kids on their rosters that won titles in the 90s and 00s. Since 1992, Geno has not had 1 roster without a #1 recruit or former HS POY on it. 25 straight years with a top kid in their class on his roster. Muffett has had one #1 recruit: Michelle Marciniak in 1991 and she transferred after a year. So to say she's had, "all the talent and unlimited resources" is flat out wrong. Any WBB fan who has followed the program the last 10 years will tell you she's been hands down the 2nd best coach in the country and that her teams by and large surpass their expectations. [/QUOTE]

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