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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2843619, member: 5798"] This was one of the easiest playoff runs Storm's head coach Dan Hughes has had. He did all of his teaching and coaching during the regular season. Sue is a coach on the floor and on the sidelines. During the post season, she spent as much time talking to the players during timeouts and between periods as he did. She was the [I]unequivocal[/I] leader on the floor. Her teammates do respond to her direction and coaching. She's been playing basketball for roughly 30 years at various levels. She knows the game, plus she's a disciple of Geno the great. That fact alone gets her extra "brownie points". How many active coaches can say that (they played basketball for 30 years)? Most of them have not been coaching for 30 years. :confused: Sue is not done yet. She played as well, and looked as good as any player in the league, regardless of age. Sue already has HOF credentials if she never plays another game. Every player (and the coaches) will tell you the Storm is Sue's team. Make no mistake about that!!! To a player, every one of them wanted to win this championship for Sue. What does that say about the relationship she has with each one of them, and the respect and admiration they have for her? [I]“I didn’t ask them to do anything for me,”[/I] Bird said[I]. “This wasn’t about me. This was 100% about them, and just trying to grow them up quick. I just wanted to bridge that gap as fast as I could, and they’ve been great. [/I][B][I]They trust me. They've trusted me from day one."[/I][/B] I'll prove my point with a rhetorical question: If you were the AD at a D1 school that was consistently ranked in the top 25 somewhere between #15-25, and you were looking for a new coach to come in and run your women's basketball program, and you had 3 candidates to choose from, [B]Sue Bird[/B], [B]Kevin McGuff[/B] and [B]Holly Warlick[/B], which one would you choose? :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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