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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 4117673, member: 6034"] Given the Westhead debacle (and, sadly, Bev Smith in the years preceding that), it's easy to forget that Jody Runge's teams at Oregon (1994-2001) made 8 straight NCAA Tournaments and won back to back Pac10 titles in 1998-99 and 1999-2000. Her Pac10 record was 100-44, she was coach of the year twice. and the team never finished lower than 4th. One of the highlights was pulling a highly-ranked player from Oregon City (Brianne Meharry). However, some of her best teams featured players from Australia (I think there were 3 in all); Tara called them "mercenaries." Runge was fired in 2000 due to player complaints and she never worked as a coach again. Ironically, she was just inducted into the UO Athletic Hall of Fame. An apology for the actions of a prior athletic director? Forgiveness? From Runge? From UO? Or a total lack of shame on UO's part? Anyway, I'm glad it happened. [/QUOTE]