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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 2690253, member: 7492"] Ah [USER=6620]@Dillon77[/USER] my dear ND colleague I appreciate the chuckle "[B]you've got to think (hope) that Clemson will be pushing hard with a new coach[/B]" lest we forget that coach is Amanda Butler and when was the last time she nabbed a top recruiting class? The one caveat I want to caution everyone on here is the track record or more specifically, the lack of track records of any great player making a great coach. Most recently was Sheryl Swoopes who crashed and burned. Of all the top coaches out there right now, Kim Mulkey is probably best player and successful coach combo in WCBB with Dawn Staley second (ironically a Virginia alum) and then a distant third is maybe Holly Warlick...Other than that, I can't think of any top-notch players who have made the successful transition (hence all my sneers at my fellow BYers who think DT or Sue Bird should come in sight unseen and replace Geno). The game usually comes organically (easily) for the great players that when trying to teach or coach, they get frustrated or miss the subtle points less skilled players need to understand. Normally, I would be shocked that a top program is giving it's reins to an unproven entity but given the sad state of affairs at UVa and what lack of success a "proven winner" in Joanne Boyle had as pedigree prior to UVa, I sort of understand why-what do they have to lose? If Tina was the reason all these bigs went to Texas and she can convince others to come to Virginia, the real and only question is her game x's and o's-something she better know how to do as clearly Karen Aston was "game coach challenged". Time will tell. [/QUOTE]

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