South Carolina had dust ups with UNC and Duke this year at least. Not sure if there were any others this year but it’s definitely not the first.
C’mon Nan, we all know Geno make a “puppy has pooped” TikTok every time he gets a commitment! He just doesn’t have enough followers on there I guess
Firing Coach Ard and then expecting her to hold a post-game presser - I’m speechless
Knocking a much smaller player to the ground is hardly "candy land type stuff".
It seems so classless. Why would a school do that?
I figured the original poster was referencing UConn. But, outside of them and maybe Stanford, who else?
I am specifically saying the head coach at the elite programs since I am specifically speaking about Dawn Staley, the head coach whom we've been discussing this entire time. I don't have the time or tech savy to track every individual and their X accounts from every elite program to know whether those individuals have posted on recruits. I just know that Dawn is the only one of the head coaches either out of obliviousness to how she comes across or a little bit of hubris goes out and lets people know that she's landed a recruit before an announcement has been made by the actual recruit.
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I was sitting in front of two Stanford fans during the pac-12 final and they spent considerable time in their praise of Tara which is understandable and some really demeaning comments about Geno.
So, in other words, Geno, Tara, and Vic--because those other examples are either dated (coaches don't even coach at those institutions anymore) or aren't coaches at elite programs (Tennessee, UCLA, Duke, Ohio State, and Iowa would not be considered elite).
Would love to see LSU and UCONN in a 2 and 3 matchup.
If you don't follow Dawn, then you won't see the tweets. Problem solved.
As would I. Should be fun! Would be interesting to see/hear the post-game comments from coaches and fans of both teams.
that not how social media algorithms work. I mostly see content from people I don’t follow these days.
I don't have a dog in this hunt as a Vanderbilt fan, except that if it keeps Geno from retiring then I hope Tara can coach to age 110.
You can remove Kellie Harper at Tennessee from that list because she does it too.
Me, too, especially after LSU loses a few more players to injury. Sure, let's match them up minus Reese FJ and Rosario. That'd be a game to see.
Ok sorry my mistake.
I’m not aware of any issues between the coaches. They aren’t best buddies but I always thought they had a mutually respectful relationship. I’ve never heard the pick-up game story but who knows? Geno is fairly mellow these days but could be spicy in his youth.
There unfortunately does seem to be some residual bitterness from many of our "old-timer" fans towards Geno. I lived in CT at the exact same time I started becoming a big Stanford WBB fan (I only followed our men's team when I was on campus). As a result, I developed my Stanford fandom and Geno appreciation simultaneously, and maybe for that reason I'm not seeing the basis for the grudge holding. And I'm sure some of it is envy after 11 championships.
Not surprised at all. While at the final four a few years ago in Minneapolis, I was sitting in the poolside whirlpool with a handful of women who were big time Stanford and Tara fans. One was a former US Olympian in Handball from the early 80's and another was a longtime high school PE teacher and coach from Idaho. Everyone was there for the final four, and big time WCBB fans. Well. the absolute hate and despise for Geno was overwhelming and caught me totally off guard. The more we spoke, the more I realized that they were more "men haters" thank a specific Geno hater. I think your experience may also be that case.
That’s not speaking for many UConn fans, whose beef with VanDerveer stems from her saying she had six Sales before we beat them by 27 points in the FF, and then predicted Tennessee would beat us in the final after we just thrashed them. Her disdain was so great she actually disparaged her own team if you follow the logic. Mind you this occurred before the Olympics.
As I’ve said in other threads I’ve been a Big East fan as long as I can remember and was becoming a UConn fan before moving to California. The first women’s college basketball game I saw in person was actually UConn vs. Western Kentucky in Maples in November 1996. I had courtside seats under the basket near UConn’s bench in San Jose November 1998 and when I spilled my soda, a UConn team manager was nice enough to toss a towel over to me.
Lol….so you missed the first half when Reese tried to take her head off with an intentional elbow. Probably need to watch some more wbb.
