Posted on January 3 at 1:22 a.m.

Coach Summitt has done a lot of great things but she has not scored one basket or blocked one shot. It's the players who win, not the coach. She does a lot to get them to that point, but ultimately it's the players who do the things that win games.
Pat Summitt makes a ton of money and deserves it all, but she needs to remember, also, that her salary is what it is because of the women who have played for her. Too often, college programs are all about the coaches, and the players, even great ones, get over looked while the coaches get rich and powerful and infallible in the eyes of some.

Read my posts, I never said that Parker should not be disciplined, I just said some other form of discipline could have been used to get the point across.

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Posted on January 3 at 12:23 a.m.

I don't know any more than what's in the story. What I do know is I'm sure there are plenty of other disciplinary tactics Summitt could have used.

Parker will come out afterwards and say all the right things about the coach being right all of that, but I'm just stating one person's opinion. It was a game that meant a lot to a player and not just any player. The game is supposed to be about the players, right?

As I stated, I think Summitt is perhaps the best college hoops coach since John Wooden, so I don't question her ability as a coach. I just disagree with how she handled this situation, that's it.

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Posted on January 3 at 12:03 a.m.

Nice job by coach Summitt of embarrassing the best player in the country.
I know, rules are rules, but some players do earn the benefit of the doubt and special considerations and Candace Parker is one of those players. This could have been handled in-house, with extra sprints or other punishment. Instead, Summitt sits Parker down in front of her entire family. If Parker was seen at a bar or something, that's one thing, but if she was just visiting family, how is that a punishable offense?
Parker could walk away from UT tommorrow and sign a six-figure endorsement deal, and I wouldn't blame her if she did.
Summitt is one of the greatest in the biz, maybe the greatest regardless of if its men's or women's hoops. But, in my opinion, she handled this one wrong.

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