Bill Lambieer WNBA Playoffs

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

I am not a huge fan of Women's basketball, but this comment...

Well, that pretty much removes you from the building right there then. DQ'd for not being a fan dude.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Also, let us not overact about Lambieer or ANY coach.

Good idea, lets start now, with me.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And these are professionals.

Who the coaches? The Refs? The players? And being professional implies what? What does the fact that they are getting paid have to do with whether or not there's been a lot of verrrrrry questionable calls. Hey, I watch the games, I'm a fan of the womens game. Don't tell me your not intertested, then try to defend their integrity. I don't care if they are D1, if you watch the games, it's one lousy call after another. How do I know that? I have the benefit of instant replay. I watch a huge amount of D1 basketball, and have always been impressed with the quality of the officiating. I might watch several D1 games in a row before I even see a call that looks funny, then the tape almost always backs up the Ref. Not so with the WNBA playoffs. You can watch a game and see several questionable calls per game.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

If you ever worked a college game, there are many college coaches that are tougher on their players than Lambieer ever will be.

Being tough on a player is not wrong, in and of its self, but you have to apply principles of quality leadership to your dealings with players, or they won't respect you. He doesn't get that. You can tell by the blatant looks of disgust and disrespect his players openly give him. Rule #1, you cannot effectively coach a player "hard" until that player KNOWS that you love him or her. It's clear from the body language/facial expressions that his players don't believe Laimbier has their backs. Rule #2, you can NEVER effectively coach a female player "hard" if she has a poor relationship with her Father. I didn't just make this sh*t up, it's tried and true psychology/leadership.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I have an officiating friend whose daughter plays at a Big Ten school. One of her best friends is Candice Parker (they played together in AAU and their families know each other really well). Some of the Pat Summit comments I have heard about are a lot worse than anything I have heard Lambieer say when I was watching SportsCenter.

Yeah I'm aware of Summit's style, I've read both her books. Geno Auremma (U-Conn) is even worse. And these are good examples to help make my point- Summit's players know that Pat Summit loves them as though they were her own kids.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful JRut