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Message: [QUOTE="Twolf, post: 4119319, member: 8437"] I’m sorry if that’s the implication you took from my post, because that’s not what I meant at all. I was referring to the many different styles that coaches use in an attempt to reach the same goal. John Wooden’s style and personality is 180 degrees from GA’s, yet they both are at the top of their peers in terms of championships. Tony Dungy won a NFL championship, and Mike Ditka, who was the polar opposite in terms of style & personality, won one also. Dungy was criticized as being too quiet and laid back, but winning a championship quilted the critics and made his style the right one because he won. This has nothing to do with winning at all costs at all. Your posts indicate that you are no fan of parts of GA’s coaching style, nothing wrong with that opinion, but if you think that he’s a win at all costs type of coach I would contend that his former players and his peers would tend to disagree. If he treated players unfairly or abused them you would see a mass exit, ala Syracuse, despite his championships and how many games he’s won. JMO [/QUOTE]