(03-24-2025, 12:57 PM)oldalum Wrote: I'd be grateful to learn from SwagU the names of the "many" "closed-minded" people at Stanford who "think 'they have a standard that is better, & know more than UCLA, NotreDame & Duke' & would resist adopting some of those university's approaches." --and how you have learned this about them.
Seconded. Having enrolled in Tara's master class, attended every session, and listened attentively to Kate talk at length about adjusting to life in the ACC, I have zero doubts this coaching staff is open to learning from others and adapting as warranted for success. To a point: Tara literally named her plays after the teams that first used them against her ("e.g., Tarheel."), and brought in the UC Davis coaching staff to teach them the Princeton after seeing it used well against her. Hard to think of better evidence of a coaching staff willing to learn from others.
Swag, I think at this point either provide some receipts to support your claims or acknowledge these claims are more hyperbole than reality. If there's one defining characteristic of the Stanford WBB coaching staff it's been openness to listening and learning from any and all comers.