[chimera]

what exactly is the difference between Sylvia Hatchell and Tara?  Aside from the fact that Hatchell has a more recent national championship that is.

I'm just saying

Here are a few differences:

Sylvia Hatchell ran a program with players who were part of an academic cheating scandal in which players got credit for  "directed reading" courses in which they did no work.

Sylvia Hatchell was fired for making racially insensitive remarks, and forcing players to play when injured.

Sylvia Hatchell made it to the final four 3 times, winning the championship once.  (Tara has been 12 times and won twice.)

Sylvia Hatchell did not have to contend with Stanford's sky-high admission standards.

I'm sure I could come up with a few more....

Agreed Hatchel has won a chip more recently than Tara.  So you have a smoking gun on Hatchel making kids play injured and data on Tara not doing the same thing (and maybe even worse)?  You may want to verify that before you cast aspersions.  Tara may be a more politically correct dinosaur than Hatchel, but I am struggling to elevate Tara over Hatchel.  Let's also factor in the positives about Stanford and the fact that most sane human beings would never transfer from Stanford (as opposed to UNC) because of the lifel0ng opportunities it will bring.

I think if you step back you will say "1992 was a LONG time ago"  Chips are chips and 30 years is 30 years.

What exactly is the point of your posts about Tara?  Tara and Sylvia Hatchell are completely different coaches in almost every respect.  If you want to complain about the coaching go for it but weird comparisons just confuse everyone.  Also, complaining works better when the team is not 9-0 and ranked #1 with a very young team, and two starters out (Carrington and Dodson) and a starter from last season who is a key reserve out (Lacie Hull).  But what do I know...

[chimera]

what exactly is the difference between Sylvia Hatchell and Tara?  Aside from the fact that Hatchell has a more recent national championship that is.

I'm just saying

Here are a few differences:

Sylvia Hatchell ran a program with players who were part of an academic cheating scandal in which players got credit for  "directed reading" courses in which they did no work.

Sylvia Hatchell was fired for making racially insensitive remarks, and forcing players to play when injured.

Sylvia Hatchell made it to the final four 3 times, winning the championship once.  (Tara has been 12 times and won twice.)

Sylvia Hatchell did not have to contend with Stanford's sky-high admission standards.

I'm sure I could come up with a few more....

Agreed Hatchel has won a chip more recently than Tara.  So you have a smoking gun on Hatchel making kids play injured and data on Tara not doing the same thing (and maybe even worse)?  You may want to verify that before you cast aspersions.  Tara may be a more politically correct dinosaur than Hatchel, but I am struggling to elevate Tara over Hatchel.  Let's also factor in the positives about Stanford and the fact that most sane human beings would never transfer from Stanford (as opposed to UNC) because of the lifel0ng opportunities it will bring.

I think if you step back you will say "1992 was a LONG time ago"  Chips are chips and 30 years is 30 years.

What exactly is the point of your posts about Tara?  Tara and Sylvia Hatchell are completely different coaches in almost every respect.  If you want to complain about the coaching go for it but weird comparisons just confuse everyone.  Also, complaining works better when the team is not 9-0 and ranked #1 with a very young team, and two starters out (Carrington and Dodson) and a starter from last season who is a key reserve out (Lacie Hull).  But what do I know...