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stever
Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 6918 Location: https://womensbasketballdaily.net
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Posted: 11/12/07 10:46 am ::: U.S. News & World Report(!) on PHS. |
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http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/special-reports/2007/11/12/pat-summit.html
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For a coach defined by her numbers, as well as by the ferocity that flashes onscreen when she stares down a sloppy play, the biggest gun in Pat Summitt's arsenal may be her adaptability. For 33 years, she has controlled a game that has changed radically since she played it herself. And she has done so by constantly reattuning herself to her players' needs.
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mabell3368
Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 1116 Location: Dallas
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Posted: 11/13/07 5:16 pm ::: |
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Thanks for the link. Solid article. No one else, in any sport has managed to stay on top for so long. As the article points out, her ability to adapt to the changes in women's basketball makes her the best that ever was.
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Joey Nations
Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 457
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Posted: 11/13/07 5:44 pm ::: |
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It's easy to adapt when you routinely get a top-5 recruiting class. I would be even more impressed if she left UT and rebuilt a program._________________ "People kept saying why are you looking at Maryland, why are you even talking to them? Well, look at us now!" - Crystal Langhorne, NCAA Champion
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bballfan2005
Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 25315 Location: Somewhere here and there
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Posted: 11/13/07 5:59 pm ::: |
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Joey Nations wrote: |
It's easy to adapt when you routinely get a top-5 recruiting class. I would be even more impressed if she left UT and rebuilt a program. |
Why should she have to do that? She built the program she's currently coaching from the ground up, and years later she's reaping the benefits from her hard work. Same with Geno. UConn was not "UConn" before he got there, and it's going to be at or near the top for years to come.
These are the two coaches in WBB that have nothing to prove and nobody to impress, IMO. Combined, they are as great as John Wooden was for UCLA.
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caune
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 17919 Location: Valley of the Bun
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Posted: 11/13/07 6:03 pm ::: |
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Joey Nations wrote: |
It's easy to adapt when you routinely get a top-5 recruiting class. I would be even more impressed if she left UT and rebuilt a program. |
LOL, those players don't just fall in Pats lap like mana from Heaven...recruiting is what she does best and it's damn hard work!
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 66916 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 11/14/07 10:23 am ::: |
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Joey Nations wrote: |
It's easy to adapt when you routinely get a top-5 recruiting class. I would be even more impressed if she left UT and rebuilt a program. |
Sure, that's why all the other power programs of the 70's and 80's even early 90's are still up there. No way Texas and USC could go from perennial national championship contenders to having 15-20 year gaps between final fours.
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