I guess I am glad to see the arm chair coaches criticize a coach like Staley just as much as they do Bill. But y'all forget there is a big difference between what the coach tells the players and what they do. Boston was totally out of her game as soon as she got the 2 quick fouls and never recovered. I've never seen SC play this badly, but a lot of credit goes to Clark. She is amazing - and all game long, she pushed off on the drive - sometimes holding the defenders arm and sometimes hooking them - and didn't get called once. Many people have said - and I agree with them - that WBB is not held back by the coaches or by the players, but rather by the level of officiating which has not progressed anywhere near that of the coaches and players.
Back to Staley. Here are a few facts about her coaching success. Gamecocks had a 50% win record in the decade prior to Staley's arrival. During Staley's tenure, their win percentage is 79%. In her first year in SC, the team went 10-18. By her fourth year, they went 25-10, then 25-8 and then 29-5. Starting in her 4th year at SC, the team went to the Sweet 16 for the first time and somewhere around her 9th year, she won the whole thing. When you have a record like hers, feel free to criticize her; until then .....