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Sonny44 said:
Catholic eh? Is Tenn a Catholic school.
The bigotry finally shows itself.
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Tenn is not the school that kept UConn out of CR. BC and ND however, played a major role. Not anti catholic bias, just that those two schools who happen to be catholic schools have been the most vociferous in their hatred for UConn overall, not just in women's basketball. I don't believe it was meant to be bigoted, just factual.
 
UConnChapette said:
Apologies to all I inadvertently offended. No more.
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You did not offend me... (Don't know about other posts or posters.) My bad in not being more succinct in my posting...
 
"I think that the entire Tennessee nation will be on our side," McGraw said when asked who Lady Vols fans in attendance will root for. "There are a lot of people who want to see us win just to preserve Pat's legacy now. I think all women's coaches really respect her and looked up to her, because they knew when she spoke, it was about what was good for the women's game. She role-modeled how to be gracious in victory, as well as defeat. She was such a classy coach and, unfortunately, the game and sportsmanship lost a lot when we lost her."

The lady done lost her mind :mad::rolleyes::eek::p:(

From Voepels article that pap linked on its own thread
 
luckyhusky7 said:
"I think that the entire Tennessee nation will be on our side," McGraw said when asked who Lady Vols fans in attendance will root for. "There are a lot of people who want to see us win just to preserve Pat's legacy now. I think all women's coaches really respect her and looked up to her, because they knew when she spoke, it was about what was good for the women's game. She role-modeled how to be gracious in victory, as well as defeat. She was such a classy coach and, unfortunately, the game and sportsmanship lost a lot when we lost her."

From Voepels article that pap linked on its own thread
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This is cranking it up a notch... I smell gender warfare brewing...

Uncalled for...
 
Re: Muffin saying Geno never acknowledged respect for ND. I wonder if she is festering over those statements Geno made last year when ND seemed to have our number? Remember when he was quoted as saying that ND didn't beat them, but UCONN lost? I think those were his words. He was pointing out the role the Huskies played in the outcome of each loss.

So here's an experience I had this winter where Muffin's distaste for UCONN became very clear to me. I was at a tournament where the Samuelson girl still in high school was playing. Lots of recruiters there, including Geno, Duke coach, Kentucky coach, and others. When I was walking into the gym, I noticed Muffin and her asst coach walking right beside me. I was surprised to be this close to her in person, and I started chatting with her--said hello, told her I used to live in her hometown, she smiled and we shared a few words. Then I made the big mistake--not knowing of the bad blood--and I told her I was a UCONN fan. It was like the blood just drained out of her face, she snapped her head away from me, and kind of stomped off! It was a very chilly response. ;)
 
CTyankee said:
This is cranking it up a notch... I smell gender warfare brewing...

Uncalled for...
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Yea I don't know what exactly is she doing, she's reaching.....for what I really don't know.
 
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I sense that she maybe trying to get in Geno's craw and distract the team but diverting their attention from execution to a feud.
 
This is all just hype. Ridiculous. Didn't you see how the media just baited them both, and the students too. It's just a pile of coals being poked and poked until they smolder a bit. At least Geno sees through it all. He has a good deal more experience with this kind of junk and so is much wiser than MMcG at this point.

None of the media had a word to say about basketball. Didn't you notice. Disgusting.
 
Comments made for the media...
And the ND faithful...
And those-who-hate-Geno-because he-has-topped-Pat.
And those-who-hate-men-coaches-in-WBB.
And don't forget the impressionable recruits...
 
Soxx said:
Re: Muffin saying Geno never acknowledged respect for ND. I wonder if she is festering over those statements Geno made last year when ND seemed to have our number? Remember when he was quoted as saying that ND didn't beat them, but UCONN lost? I think those were his words. He was pointing out the role the Huskies played in the outcome of each loss.
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I thought about that. He said that at a breakfast, though Muffet was aware of the comments. What coach doesn't say things like that, particularly when dealing with a fragile team like he had last year. He was trying to build up confidence in his team (and fans). He's always praised the ND, just like he's doing now. BTW, Muffet rarely praises opponents.
 
Icebear said:
I sense that she maybe trying to get in Geno's craw and distract the team but diverting their attention from execution to a feud.
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I'm beginning to sense this is a gender thing. Would she say these kinds of things about another female coach?
 
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luckyhusky7 said:
"I think that the entire Tennessee nation will be on our side," McGraw said when asked who Lady Vols fans in attendance will root for. "There are a lot of people who want to see us win just to preserve Pat's legacy now. I think all women's coaches really respect her and looked up to her, because they knew when she spoke, it was about what was good for the women's game. She role-modeled how to be gracious in victory, as well as defeat. She was such a classy coach and, unfortunately, the game and sportsmanship lost a lot when we lost her."

The lady done lost her mind :mad::rolleyes::eek::p:(

From Voepels article that pap linked on its own thread
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Wow. She really has become unhinged. Muffet invoking Pat Summit's legacy is laughable. Those are the kindest words she's ever said about Summit and utterly insincere given that the real target is Geno. Really bad form.

I thought she would come in to this Final Four riding a wave of confidence and just go about business. Unnecessary, it seems.
 
What if Muffet has been sitting on all of these feelings about Geno for a long time but just waiting until they get to another conference to "release the kraken" of animosity. She obviously has been feeling this way for a while but couldn't say it while in the same conference as Geno bc Geno would eat her alive. Now she's running around like she's got diarrhea of the mouth - just a theory:eek:
 
You guys need to get in the ACC just so you can play ND twice a year.
 
luckyhusky7 said:
What if Muffet has been sitting on all of these feelings about Geno for a long time but just waiting until they get to another conference to "release the kraken" of animosity.
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This makes a lot of sense. Good Pirates reference, BTW.

What doesn't make sense is Muffett thinking all of Orange Nation will rally behind ND. Most of Orange Nation probably sold their Final Four tickets 10 days ago. The ones that stayed are probably rooting for a roof collapse.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
You guys need to get in the ACC just so you can play ND twice a year.
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Might be worth it just to see MM head explode - figuratively speaking of course.
 
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ghostmutt said:
This makes a lot of sense. Good Pirates reference, BTW.

What doesn't make sense is Muffett thinking all of Orange Nation will rally behind ND. Most of Orange Nation probably sold their Final Four tickets 10 days ago. The ones that stayed are probably rooting for a roof collapse.
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I think she's just saying anything at this point, hell she's turned on Summitt now all of a sudden Pat is be all and end all of the womens game. See what ENVY will do to anyone.....I mean it is part of the 7 Deadly Sins, something the ND school should know all about
 
pap49cba said:
"I think that got lost," McGraw said. "When we were in the same conference, there was a modicum of it. But I think after beating them and still not feeling any respect for that, we definitely lost something."

Asked whether a more civil relationship could be salvaged, McGraw said, "That would be difficult."

"It's a little like how you would feel about a bully," McGraw said of Connecticut. "I think you have to go in there and attack and not listen to everything that's said."

McGraw said she doesn't think she ever had a close relationship with the outspoken, sometimes bombastic Auriemma, who were both raised in the Philadelphia area.

"There was also some mutual respect when we first started," McGraw said.

McGraw said she thinks Auriemma is looking for a competitive edge. "I think he likes to get under the skin, but we just didn't want to go there," McGraw said.

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If I had any respect for her, it's gone. I think we were all led to believe Geno and Muffet were friends at one point. Guess not.
 
Muffet is taking a page from Geno's play book...bringing attention onto herself to take pressure off her players. Geno did it all the time. Muffet problem is that Geno is the master of the Philadelphia Shuffle...Muffet is awkward at it.
 
CTyankee said:
Ramping it up...

I agree with both of them... Muffet is telling it like it is from her perspective.... Geno does not give credit to her wins against UConn over the last two years of the old Big East.

And Geno is telling it like it is from his perspective...

One wears a lot of green... One wears a lot of blue...

Makes for GREAT press in advance of the game tomorrow...

Muffet would like nothing better than to be have Notre Dame be mentioned as the current biggest rival to UConn...
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Sorry, her record is like 11-30 against us... won a few very close games lately, but mostly at South Bend, where they get every call imaginable. And ZERO national championships even when they could beat us.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Sorry, her record is like 11-30 against us... won a few very close games lately, but mostly at South Bend, where they get every call imaginable. And ZERO national championships even when they could beat us.
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Didn't they win a national championship in 1892 or something like that?
 
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cockhrnleghrn said:
Didn't they win a national championship in 1892 or something like that?
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Believe it was 2001 - heh heh. They beat us in FF with Ruth Riley when freshman DT shot 1 for 15. And, as Geno has pointed out a couple times this week after Achonwa's injury, we were without the injured Shea and Svetlana.
 
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its going to be nice seeing Ivey twisting and turning in her seat as UConn is kicking a**
 
Now, I will admit that I am old school and things like sportsmanship, fairplay etc. are still important to me.
Her comments are clearly awful, but the fact that she must hold specific drills in practice to get her players to practice flopping and attempt to make it look believable is just under-handed, cowardly and disgusting.
 
Boy was Geno was pissed, I saw his conference on sportscenter and his quote was something like "play fun and then when it's over we're suppose to get over it and drink wine after that that sH$t isnt gonna happen."
 
kibblesnbits said:
"But I think after beating them and still not feeling any respect for that, we definitely lost something."

Sounds like an inferiority complex. What was UConn supposed to do, hold a press conference and announce that ND was superior? The Huskies always complimented ND and responded appropriately win or lose. If MM isn't happy with that it's really her issue. I think her real problem is that she failed to deliver the ultimate victory in recent years. Beating the Huskies should not have been the goal - winning the NCAA tournament was the proper goal. Since she did the former without the latter, particularly when UConn stepped up and delivered a championship, it has apparently left a hole in MM's program that she doesn't know how to fill so she's lashing out.

The timing is really odd. She has a chance to cure all of that tomorrow and instead she's acting up and, I would think, planting seeds of doubt about how she's handling it. Very strange.
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Because she knows she can't win this game- this is a longer term strategy of hers to try to be the poor pat Summit. She can't win tomorrow- that's why!
 
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