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Message: [QUOTE="Sifaka, post: 3281210, member: 8516"] I've already consumed more popcorn reading this thread than an average bear eats in, errrm.... a month of Sundays. I'm sure Howard Cosell and Frank and Dandy Dan would have had fun doing the play-by-play. I have no passion for or against the Pats, though I live in Maine, and thus am surrounded by rabid, often obnoxious fans who curiously refer to our southern neighbors as "Massholes" when discussing anything other than sports. I am left with a question. It is one that most any red-blooded UConn WBB fan should be happy to tackle with vigor and vim and strong language. What do we call a very talented, successful, skilled basketball player who has no need to play dirty, yet does so? [COLOR=rgb(163, 143, 132)](Psst! Initials are A. O.)[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] Following along those lines, what do we call a very talented, skilled and successful NFL coach who has no need to skate outside the lines of propriety, yet does so? How can some of us have deep—and I would argue, appropriate—disdain for the former, while letting the latter off with a wink and a nod? Expiring minds want to know.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]