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Skylar's attitude: do we need some of it to win it all?

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easttexastrash said:
And Karl Malone and John Stockton never won titles. I guess they don't get their due based on your criteria? To say that someone has not accomplished anything because they haven't won a title is a bit silly.
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Especially in team games.

Ernie Banks, Dan Marino, Barry Sanders, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller. Phenomenal athletes and competitors, all.
 
DaddyChoc said:
who is.... phenonmenal? Im sure Griner isnt cause she slung Dolson to the floor :rolleyes:
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Of course Griner is. Pretty sure she led her team to an undefeated national championship season last year, right?
 
easttexastrash said:
And Karl Malone and John Stockton never won titles. I guess they don't get their due based on your criteria? To say that someone has not accomplished anything because they haven't won a title is a bit silly.
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It's a tough loss to a heated rival and some fans are taking it hard. Maybe this is not the best time for a guest to come by start an argument by throwing around the accomplishments of Karl Malone and John Stockton. Come on. I've always thought the best guests are those who know when to say something and when to just let disappointed fans vent even if the venting seems irrational to you or offensive to some retired NBAers.
 
DaddyChoc said:
who is.... phenonmenal? Im sure Griner isnt cause she slung Dolson to the floor :rolleyes:
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She had 50 tonight, btw, 2 of which came on the most impressive dunk of her college career.
 
fans need to humble themselves... UConn had their chances and blew them, ND took advantage. No need to hate on Diggins cause she lead her team to the victory
 
easttexastrash said:
She had 50 tonight btw, 2 of which came on the most impressive dunk of her college career.
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Highlight on ESPN yet. It irks me when she plays us, but I love watching her when she's not lol
 
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easttexastrash said:
She had 50 tonight, btw, 2 of which came on the most impressive dunk of her college career.
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I saw it... also started a thread about the 50, look around... unless you're gloatin'
 
DaddyChoc said:
I saw it... also started a thread about the 50, look around... unless you're gloatin'
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I never gloat.

It was just an incredible performance and her play tonight was a thing of beauty. I'll look for the thread.
 
DaddyChoc said:
fans need to humble themselves... UConn had their chances and blew them, ND took advantage. No need to hate on Diggins cause she lead her team to the victory
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No need to hate on fans if they're not feeling so charitable tonight. Fans feel what they feel; and it's not for you to tell anyone what to feel. We know you feel differently, as is your prerogative.
 
UConnCat said:
No need to hate on fans if they're not feeling so charitable tonight. Fans feel what they feel; and it's not for you to tell anyone what to feel. We know you feel differently, as is your prerogative.
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just look childish coming from very mature people who continues to say how immature Diggins is
 
Kait14 said:
Definitely doesn't count. Regular season championships don't mean much. Who looks back on players and says, "Oh, they won 2 regular season championships! Phenomenal player." ... No one
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I think most people would say both Jackie Stiles and Elena Della Donne are phenomenal players and they never won a National Championship. Conversely, there are a lot of players who have rings, but no one will ever say they are phenomenal players. Skyler Diggins is an All American and makes her teammates better. IMO, she has earned the accolades.
 
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vowelguy said:
Lol. Diana is most clearly the embodiment of Geno. If any player was UConn, it was she.
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She said UConn not Geno. UConn is as much shaped by CD as Geno and that particularly includes how the kids comport themselves.
 
caravaggio said:
Reading the NYT in Nan's link: I'm struck, both with dislike and envy, by the enormous confidence/swagger/egotism Skylar possesses.

"When the Irish won at Tennessee later that month, on the night that a banner was hung in honor of the Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, Diggins said she 'wanted to rain on that parade.'"

It sounds almost Taurasi-esque (or Serena Williams, with whom I am more familiar). While I love UConn's top players because of their gracious, elegant team-first humility exemplified by The Invincible Queen, I wonder if we would have lost some of these close games if we had a player or two with such attitudes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/s...er-championship-run.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
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Damn right we do !!! I said this about six weeks ago
 
easttexastrash said:
And Karl Malone and John Stockton never won titles. I guess they don't get their due based on your criteria? To say that someone has not accomplished anything because they haven't won a title is a bit silly.
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There is a difference in how they are seen because they didn't ever win a title, without a doubt.
 
Icebear said:
There is a difference in how they are seen because they didn't ever win a title, without a doubt.
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Someone doesn't think of Karl Malone as the greatest power forward in NBA history?

Prime example of greatness without a title: Ted Williams.
 
Wally East said:
Someone doesn't think of Karl Malone as the greatest power forward in NBA history?

Prime example of greatness without a title: Ted Williams.
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There are a LOT of people who think that.
 
Icebear said:
There is a difference in how they are seen because they didn't ever win a title, without a doubt.
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That doesn't really equate to not accomplishing anything. Did Maya not accomplish anything in her senior? Did she only accomplish anything the years she brought home a title?
 
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easttexastrash said:
She had 50 tonight, btw, 2 of which came on the most impressive dunk of her college career.
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Plus the dunk came at home (most of her dunks have come on the road or at neutral sites). That must have been great for the fans and a wonderful way to put an exclamation point on her last home game.
 
vowelguy said:
Lol. Diana is most clearly the embodiment of Geno. If any player was UConn, it was she.
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Back in 2005/2006, I made the comment that Diana Taurasi was embodiment of Geno Auriemma on the court, in the same way that Abby Waner was the embodiment of Gail Goestenkors on the court.

With Diana, there was a brashness and a cocky demeanor, with the skills to win with superior talent around her as well as good, young talent but not elite talent. She could win with anyone because she knew how to take over games for herself and to balance that with making the others around her better in the process (and putting those players in positions to be successful). And she did it with a wink, a smile, and a smart remark...the perfect emodiment of Geno Auriemma. She was/is the player who is adored by her fan base (UConn, Phoenix) and reviled by the opposition; she is the player who is loved by her own and the player everyone else loves to hate. She brings fans into arenas just so they can boo her and "cheer against" her.

I hated her when she was at UConn (though I often found myself yelling at the television, "How in the **** did she do that?"), and I love her playing for the Mercury.
 
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