I believe that Dawn is a hard ass coach {meant in a good way ). She has her coaching style, she has the respect of all her players as well as the rest of the college coaching fraternity. When she wants a player to do something, she is not asking, she is telling. She is the boss and whatever she wants is done with no nonsense allowed. Obviously I do not know Dawn personally, but her persona is on full display in tweets, pressers, and of course, on the court. College basketball is a coaches league, with all the teams taking on the personality of their coaches. There may be star players, but there is no question about who is in charge. On the other hand, the NBA, as well as the WNBA, is a players league. The players are unofficially in charge, they make the money, they do not always act in the best interests of the team, or to their own teammates for that matter. For Dawn, or any successful college coach, this is a different ballgame in which they would have to adapt to a style that may be foreign to them. A strong willed and opinionated coach such as Dawn I believe would be unhappy in the NBA, not being able to really be in charge, not to mention her being able to teach young players to be great players. She is very successful where she is in SC, something that should be acknowledged and not taken for granted. These coaches must think of the consequences when changing the landscape of their careers, cause sometimes you can never go back.
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