The AP is dead WRONG!!!

[easttexastrash]

Should have gone to Mulkey. She lost 5 of her top 6 players and got her team to the Elite 8. She could have easily gotten UCONN to the Sweet 16!

 

[ghostmutt]

She's a deserving winner, of course, but this continues a recent trend whereby Geno has to coach the team to a one-loss or undefeated season to even get named a finalist, let alone win. No other WCBB coach in America gets held to that standard. Pat wasn't. If an undefeated season with multiple 20-plus-point blowouts of Top Ten teams doesn't seal it, he should at least share the award.

Not that he would want to.

 

[bschwartz]

Ask me what I think late Tuesday night.

 

[asuwish]

So she deserves to be the ACC coach of the year. Geno has lead his team and at points in time where he only had six healthy scholarship players to an undefeated season. He lost Kelly Faris a defensive juggernaut....

We thought Uconn could go undefeated. Yes, they overcame injury but they have the best Center, 3 pt shooter, Player, and an All American guard. Geno did a great job Nobody said Notre Dame could lose Diggins, start a freshman pg, move to the ACC, beat many top 10 teams, and go undefeated. I have no problem with the choice. I think Kim (losing 4 starters 1 of which made a decent impact) did a great job as well.
In the end it turned out there were only 2 great team and a bunch of good teams that just didn't play good enough team basketball to really compete.

 

[Icebear]

Nobody said Notre Dame could lose Diggins, start a freshman pg, move to the ACC, beat many top 10 teams, and go undefeated.

Undefeated, no, but I thought ND would be better this year without Diggins.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

I agree with AP.

 

[Geno-ista]

I think Muppet is one of the few coaches that can be named in the same breath as Geno. Having said that, she had 6-7 starters and regular subs coming back and replaced Skyler with the best HS point guard in the country coming in. I thought they would be the 2nd best team in the country this year- hands down. 2 returning superstars and Achonwa, a starting Olympian, and loads of experience in Wright & Braker, and Cable and Mabrey saw lots of playing time prior year also. They were already built for the FF. We have gone to FF without true point guards many times.
Kim Mulkey was the coach of the year IMO, 1 Superstar returning- the only starter returning. And could have beaten ND if in ND in regionals if the officiating was even close to being fair.