ND Article - Interesting Read

[wallman]

Hey, I agree with the her. Sure she comes off as a little stiff, but the fact is that the majority of players, generally speaking, are not as smart. They are also more selfish. I would argue that the majority of coaches would agree with her.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

With MM it's impossible to determine if she is intentional in her hyperbole or she really believes it to be true.

Checkmark in the true box.

 

[jsloanjr]

Its very hard to watch most WCBB teams other than UCONN.........Most of these teams lose games on National TV when they play a team who can play a little bit......Tenn is a bad team and has been since Pat's last NC game........They have the same problem all SEC teams have is poor shooting outside of 5 feet from the hoop........ND has been hiding from the top 10 teams all year except UCONN.......Lets see how they do the rest of the year.........

 

[ME Husky Fan]

A team in search of a leader. Not coming from Allen, as much as MM would like to run everything thru her. Turner doesn't have the chutzpah to pull it off, at least so far. Westbeld isn't talented enough. Ogunbawale has the nuts to do it but I don't think MM is ready to hand her the torch plus I think she's too offensive minded and doesn't play both ends. And then there's Mabry who to me is too much like her sister. Sit outside the arc and wait to get fed the rock. So, when all is said and done they're right where they belong in the seeding and won't make it past the elite eight. Too bad because the talent is there but it needs a coach to bring it together.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Might I add a (pessimistic? realistic?) yes, but....? I love UConn's team this year. They're amazing. BUT, they are also a player away from not being so. There's no wiggle room - which is what makes them so amazing.

SO, when folks make prognostications about who will or will not win National Championships, I get a little "wait a second." There are recent and not so recent examples of off nights and/or injuries derailing expected journey's. That's the nature of the game.

No doubt, Notre Dame is a flawed team. But there is still a season to be played.

 

[tonehill68]

She just doesn't quit....

We’ve been so smart, I’ve been so spoiled,” McGraw said. “It started with Skylar in 2011: We have just been the smartest team out there every single game. We would find a way to win because we just would do the right thing. We knew when to take a shot and when not to, what we had to do down the stretch. We didn’t need to take timeouts, we didn’t need to walk through it three or four times, we could just write it down in the huddle and they’d go out and they’d execute.

She just can't get away from the absolute statements, which by definition exclude all other teams.

Can someone please prove to move how, since 2011, ND has been playing smarter than UConn?

LOL, I think maybe she has to block out the obvious (losing streak against UCONN) and say that she has had "the smartest team since 2011". I don't know why but I'm just guessing here

 

[tonehill68]

I find it quite amazing that a group of people who love Geno Auriemma could be so consistently upset about the use of hyperbole.

MM's comment is too funny for me to be upset.

 

[CMC'72]

We’ve been so smart, I’ve been so spoiled,” McGraw said. “It started with Skylar in 2011: We have just been the smartest team out there every single game.

Past typical MM quote: "Geno wins because Geno gets the best players!"

Current Translation:

MM: " I can't win unless I get the best players!!"