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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 2519091, member: 504"] The issue was what makes a rivalry. Playing each other relatively evenly over a longer period or being among the better programs that meet regularly regardless of overall dominance by one or the other and play games where something is on the line. It isn't whether or not McGraw is a very good coach. The Yankees and Red Sox have had a great rivalry regardless of who was a big winner. ND had a few year stretch where they were able to beat UConn. That they are regarded so highly is deserved. You made arguments for why despite being a very good coach, there are reasons why McGraw won it all but once, years ago. I could make the case that you demonstrated she has trouble getting her teams to the very top. That's 17 years we're talking. I suggest that Venus Williams is not regarded as a great for having been a perpetual runner up, she is remembered because she won championships. [/QUOTE]