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I just watched the 1st episode of "Dream On."  I don't think I agree that Tara was presented in a negative light.  She came across as a tough taskmaster who knew how to push the right buttons to get her team ready.  Her remark that she was no one's friend was revealing.  Clearly she has mellowed over the years, but the young Tara might have been what was needed to forge a team out of a collection of disparate stars.

I'll comment more once I finish the series.

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Just finished part 2 and this was much more negative about Tara--particularly Lobo's remarks that she never had a single human conversation with Tara, that Tara was all about winning and nothing at all about relationships with players or the enjoyment of the game.  Pretty strong stuff.  I've heard many times that Tara has mellowed out over the years--maybe this is what those remarks were referencing.

Also interesting to hear Bird and Karlie discuss this in Bird's latest podcast. Neither pretty much experienced the "human" Tara until their junior year.

Thanks, biketoc, for the link - yes, very interesting. They talked about how it was their team that started to loosen up Tara. Sounds like she started to evolve with players (Lili?) starting to leave the program and milestone (win #1000) victories. Hard to imagine the “T-Dawg” moment with the young Tara.

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I just watched the 1st episode of "Dream On."  I don't think I agree that Tara was presented in a negative light.  She came across as a tough taskmaster who knew how to push the right buttons to get her team ready.  Her remark that she was no one's friend was revealing.  Clearly she has mellowed over the years, but the young Tara might have been what was needed to forge a team out of a collection of disparate stars.

I'll comment more once I finish the series.

EDIT:

Just finished part 2 and this was much more negative about Tara--particularly Lobo's remarks that she never had a single human conversation with Tara, that Tara was all about winning and nothing at all about relationships with players or the enjoyment of the game.  Pretty strong stuff.  I've heard many times that Tara has mellowed out over the years--maybe this is what those remarks were referencing.

Also interesting to hear Bird and Karlie discuss this in Bird's latest podcast. Neither pretty much experienced the "human" Tara until their junior year.

Thanks, biketoc, for the link - yes, very interesting. They talked about how it was their team that started to loosen up Tara. Sounds like she started to evolve with players (Lili?) starting to leave the program and milestone (win #1000) victories. Hard to imagine the “T-Dawg” moment with the young Tara.