It's crazy that people draw their conclusions of last nights game based off of 1 thing that's not relevant to the game.
As GA has said many times, the game is not about him, it is about the kids playing the game. So, if he was disrespected at the beginning of the game, who cares? This has nothing to do with the game and maybe Staley was trying to create leverage by getting in his head. GA has done this before but before games and in the media. So, my take is that GA lost control of his principles and should have just taken the high road even if he was disrespected. The respect he gets is not important at all. The game is all that matters.
No, never on how to Coach. He is the GOAT.
I really think many people commenting about Geno's actions are covering up their frustration about losing. So, they attack Geno, and therefore do not have to deal with their feelings regarding the loss.
Because it’s an unwritten rule, not an NCAA requirement. It’s a nothing burger and hardly worth blowing up about it
Most people on this thread have criticized Geno.
The fact that folks like you continue to challenge my position directly by quoting my remarks would, out of courtesy, require a response.
Oh please. Everyone here loves Geno and is proud of his accomplishments. Even though we feel that way, we can still expect him to act like a professional after losing. He stole the spotlight from the kids on the South Carolina team in an embarrassing fashion.
I think people were remembering Azzi as the Final Four MOP and expected to just plug her into Paige’s spot.
My wife patted me on the back after the game. 🙂
Among other things, does anyone discount the possibility that Dawn's ceremonial handshake snub might have been intentional gamesmanship? Obviously, Geno's demeanor in confronting Dawn at the end of the game isn't a good look, but has everyone forgotten Dawn's in-game demeanor when SC was getting pummeled by UCONN last year? Give him a break, as, on the whole, we've previously afforded Dawn.
Lucky you. My wife asked me not to be “Mr Grumpy” and suggested I stop looking at “young ladies in skimpy costumes” and watch a “proper game…like footie”.
Mine told me “ The game’s over? Great, go take out the garbage.”
I actually thought of that also. It would explain a lot although I think not everything.
Agreed. IMO it was the “disproportionate “ fouls …perhaps correlates to Dawn aggressively working the refs . This was the source of his frustration.
I don’t think Dawn is playing 3-dimensional chess. She shook Geno’s hand and hugged him earlier. It is far more likely that she was distracted talking to her team.
That's absolutely true. If they get beat a good team.ok but when the refs get involved. Just like the game against Iowa.
What has ESPN stated isn't true?
This occurred to me as well. Sarah, Azzi, Kayleigh and others were hurting last night. Like any good parent/coach, Geno would welcome the pain if he could remove it from his children/players.
I just read it. I do not buy the whole "you know you are no longer the top dog and showed it" argument. The New York Times has never once criticized Dawn Staley for her behavior, ever. The point is that this has become a massive indictment of Geno but her tactics, bullying, language and demeanor are never questioned. After 12 titles and what he has done for womens basketball and women in general, I think he gets a little bit more benefit of the doubt. It appears as though once he overheard her cursing and screaming at the refs at the beginning of the third quarter, and saw the way the game was being called, and after the pre-game slight, everything was seen through the prism of those events by him.
If this was the case, his interview with Holly Rowe should have been more than sufficient. That's a level of heated we haven't seen in Coach Auriemma in some time from what I can recall.