Dawn Staley isn’t here for the drama. She’s here to protect the game
PHOENIX — Dawn Staley keeps talking about debt. She doesn’t often entertain her personal legacy. She refuses to escalate the feud with Geno Auriemma.
The credit mongers and controversy fiends can line up next if they want to try her. It won’t matter. The former point guard isn’t going to commit a turnover.
“I love basketball,” the esteemed South Carolina women’s coach said. “Like, it’s my passion. It is the very thing I don’t cheat on.
” That’s more than a comment. That’s a code. If you happened to pay attention Friday night — and if you didn’t, are you even alive?
— you saw that code in action. After Auriemma verbally accosted her, you saw the lava bubbling within Staley. Then you saw her cool down without causing any more damage than spattering a series of reactionary curse words.
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