[81alum]

Vic Schaeffer's kindness toward his players was admirable. 

In watching his full presser, however, his overly-defensive mindset was on full display.  He was clearly very proud of holding our offense in check--even more than November, and time and time again he talked about their accomplishments on defense and never really acknowledged Stanford's even better accomplishment on defense, nor his team's offensive shortcomings.  More than once after lauding his team's defense he noted "we should have won" or "we would have won except for missing a few shots" etc.  It is as if offense really did not matter much to him.  When his team holds us to under 60 it is due to his team's tremendous defensive skill, but when his team fails to score more than 50 it is because they missed a few shots and were unlucky.

In any case, whether the Texas strategy is wise or not, it makes for a game that is a lot less fun to watch.  No one is going to play "pretty basketball" against Texas, he said.  Well, it works, and what a shame.

As for Tara's comments about football/wrestling/sumo etc. she has made those comments for years.  I remember her making them about Cori Close and UCLA back in the Chiney days.  It is just Tara lobbying the refs to allow freedom of movement.  The foul on Lacie's breakaway is a case in point--the player chasing her was bodying into her and Lacie was called for pushing back.  Texas does exactly what Tara was complaining about.

[81alum]

Vic Schaeffer's kindness toward his players was admirable. 

In watching his full presser, however, his overly-defensive mindset was on full display.  He was clearly very proud of holding our offense in check--even more than November, and time and time again he talked about their accomplishments on defense and never really acknowledged Stanford's even better accomplishment on defense, nor his team's offensive shortcomings.  More than once after lauding his team's defense he noted "we should have won" or "we would have won except for missing a few shots" etc.  It is as if offense really did not matter much to him.  When his team holds us to under 60 it is due to his team's tremendous defensive skill, but when his team fails to score more than 50 it is because they missed a few shots and were unlucky.

In any case, whether the Texas strategy is wise or not, it makes for a game that is a lot less fun to watch.  No one is going to play "pretty basketball" against Texas, he said.  Well, it works, and what a shame.

As for Tara's comments about football/wrestling/sumo etc. she has made those comments for years.  I remember her making them about Cori Close and UCLA back in the Chiney days.  It is just Tara lobbying the refs to allow freedom of movement.  The foul on Lacie's breakaway is a case in point--the player chasing her was bodying into her and Lacie was called for pushing back.  Texas does exactly what Tara was complaining about.