Oh Puh-leeze....the hatred runs high for Kim Mulkey on this board but the refusal to accept her as a great coach is not just irrational...it's silly.
Oh, I suppose there is plenty about her to dislike--the fuming and stomping and whining, the wardrobe...and occasional disrobing of said wardrobe...all fair game for disapproval
Her violations? Now some on this board still maintain these crimes rivaled the Lindberg kidnapping. Now they were not insignificant, yet the people whose job it is to police college sports did not consider them heinous enough to merit sweeping penalties. Was the NCAA predisposed to go easy on BU? Certainly not when they rightly dropped the hammer on the Darrel Johnson and Dave Bliss violations. And yes, Syb, Voepel and S.Jenkins clucked their tongues and penned their disapproval of BUs violations at the time. And by my research, they have yet to harp on this and continue to point accusatory fingers at BU WBB.
Her record? Let's go the tape, shall we?
16 seasons 473-94 .837
Other Big 12 coaches with similar tenure?
Bill Fennelly (great guy) 20 seasons 443-209 .679
Sherri Coale (HOF) 20 seasons 442-216 .67
Shrug and sniff at the figures if you like, but it won't change the fact that in fewer seasons KM has chocked up more Ws. I didn't add the conference and tourney championship tally because it's in a post above...
Personally, I'm not crazy about Geno. He held a grudge against Pat Summit until she passed...He rides the refs as much as Kim.. He's very tough on his players...His attitude irritates me... But I have no problem declaring that sonofagun as the finest WBB coach on the planet
Km is certainly no Geno. Neither is Sherri. Yet both are fine coaches
Oh and J2d2--although it is fashionable to pile on BU these days, until you produce one shred of evidence to warrant your claim, it is patently irresponsible to paint their WBB with the same tarred brush that is applied to football. No proof, not even innuendo, has surfaced to suggest that kind of misogyny looms there.
Enough about BU....OU WBB hits the court in less than 3 weeks!