Ok maybe I'm just not understanding but doesn't Geno have 11 NCAA titles? ?
Right, Geno is tied with 11 (I don't control the title of the link I cited). That was my point. not that he isn't among the greatest, but there is no daylight between him and some others. I appreciate that xoxoxo was being intentionally over-the-top with comparisons to Galileo, etc. but are we simply counting championships or are we weighing accomplishments? Frankly, and I know I'll be pelted with stones for this, but it's easier to dominate in a sport which is only emerging and where therefore there tends to be only a small number of truly competitive teams. Look at Rod Dedeaux who won TEN NCAA baseball championships. Given the intensive and wide competition in the sport and given how uncertain the outcome of any given baseball game is, that's an astonishing accomplishment.
The idea that any number in isolation makes someone unique is just, well, arithmetic. Geno will retire with more championships than anyone else so far in WCBB. He will go down as one of the greatest coaches in WCBB. I doubt very, very much whether he himself wants to be known as more than that. It's exhausting defending the very highest peak.
I was privileged to be coached (informally) by my avatar, and, to my mind, there's never been a better basketball coach (and he never won a championship). Geno should know: Geno chose him to induct Geno into the Hall of Fame.[/QUOTE\\
Bags---Perspective !! Like you many athletes played for highly thought of and people that taught life's lesson to young impressionable minds. Nearly (I said nearly) every college or hs can tout one who to them was--as we see Geno. Geno's accomplishments are extraordinary and will be part of Sports History--and certainly Uconn history. But I think it important to keep it real--I'm sure Geno does.
For me Father Taylor taught me the game--and to work for what you get--and 20 other attributes that guides me through life.
