[kat0189]

-- their coaching was better than ours, although I deeply admire Tara as a coach and a wonderful human being.  

What?! How dare you question Tara the Great! It's a Stanford truism that she's a "great" coach. News flash: she's ok. Not terrible, not great. Put another way: great recruiter (in the women's game, how much of that is her versus the university though?), meh coach. The overall record is of course really good, but how many more national titles do we have if Geno is our coach during these last decades. I think a bunch. I was saying all week that I thought we'd lose to UConn because the gap between Geno and Tara is so big. Ok, I'll leave before I get tarred and feathered...

UConn's Bueckers, Fudd, Westbrook, Williams, and Nelson-Ododa were all at one point ranked #1 in their respective classes. Westbrook and Williams *might* be late 1st round picks, Nelson-Ododa might not make a roster at this point. I'll give Geno credit for getting great players who are not just superstars but willing to sacrifice and put the team first, which is rare these days. Geno and Tarausi made magic together but recruiting has been very instrumental to Geno's success, and he says so himself. Tara was a healthy point guard away from winning a bunch more titles herself. There are many great examples of phenomenal player development under Tara, too, all while keeping up with Stanford academics.

[kat0189]

-- their coaching was better than ours, although I deeply admire Tara as a coach and a wonderful human being.  

What?! How dare you question Tara the Great! It's a Stanford truism that she's a "great" coach. News flash: she's ok. Not terrible, not great. Put another way: great recruiter (in the women's game, how much of that is her versus the university though?), meh coach. The overall record is of course really good, but how many more national titles do we have if Geno is our coach during these last decades. I think a bunch. I was saying all week that I thought we'd lose to UConn because the gap between Geno and Tara is so big. Ok, I'll leave before I get tarred and feathered...

UConn's Bueckers, Fudd, Westbrook, Williams, and Nelson-Ododa were all at one point ranked #1 in their respective classes. Westbrook and Williams *might* be late 1st round picks, Nelson-Ododa might not make a roster at this point. I'll give Geno credit for getting great players who are not just superstars but willing to sacrifice and put the team first, which is rare these days. Geno and Tarausi made magic together but recruiting has been very instrumental to Geno's success, and he says so himself. Tara was a healthy point guard away from winning a bunch more titles herself. There are many great examples of phenomenal player development under Tara, too, all while keeping up with Stanford academics.