What an accomplishment people. It staggers one’s imagination
The whole thinking of the “animal” labeled women’s collegiate basketball...
In the razzle dazzle of digital: data bases social networks Now you see it Now
you don’t.
The on line angels of the world into their mobile phones.....
“An opus magnifico Not anything like painting on the ceiling of Saint Basilico
Michaelangelo lying on his back, the brushes clenched in his mouth” (Irving
Stone’s opus)
Or for that matter “The education of Hyman Kaplan: the mentor bonding with
his immigrant students. The surrogate father moderating his scrappy son’s roles
into an integrated unit, humans redefining themselves for a new dimension... ..
the new world a coming has arrived. Gene Auriemma morphing as John
Wooden..
II
“To be at your absolute best when your best is absolutely needed” (Ucla’s coach
John Wooden on his Ucla 88 game winning syndrome ) To instill his will
and conquistador frame of mind from his “prime”...
An Indiana State All American to his “lids”.stuffing away any status seeking
connoisseurship on how a playground game evolved from James Naismith’s apple baskets.
Who among 20th 21st century coaches could lace up his sneakers?
Not that John Wooden is Cambridge’s Charles Darwin in disguise. He’s closer
to Harry Houdini Mandrake the Magician. His 99 years on the planet attest to
his transcendence in our galaxy and pop culture egg nog.
III
“One small step for women. A giant leap for mankind.”
Althou the Charlotte Bobcats franchise and MJ as their Chairman, the
feminine gig 6 decades earlier recalls Phil Spitalny and his all women
ensemble during World War 2, these UConn “instrumentalists” have an ESP
and karma inherited from their “mothers” .
These ladies let the 89 wins come to them. Since they integrate as one, their
aggressiveness unlike the tandem of Paul Silas and the “Oakman” at the
Bobcats, Long Beach’s Larry Brown at 70 resigning....,
“Off with their heads, my ladies, The hour is getting late ”ad libbed
their bench .
These “Trojan Women” are into their respectful roles ..
No need to prove any ego trip of an Oedipus...an adrenalin swish...a libido
rush They are not the Harlem Globetrotters nor a Rucker league of
show off slam dunkers...leaping off the boards... to Ed Pauley’s c(h)ords.
These are female fatales in the prime of their Miss Jean Brodie souls..
Wheeling and dealing their tattooed ragtimes into a divine presence.
No issue of “Bulls” “Bobcats” ”Celtics”“Knicks”
A Bonnie without a Clyde
Maya Moore on her Koby Bryant pogo stick drills it from the perimeter.
Bria Harvey makes the chest pass from Auriemma’s drills. The spontaneity
and rhyhm takes your breathe away, the “ family” into their groove....
Coach Aurriemma calibrating his vision unto their DNA learning curve
..the ticks on the clock winding down...teenagers yearn for role models....
the priceless “maturation” to add to their resumes.
Goethe’s mothers from Faust..
The “mailman” Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz posting the love letters
from their fans.
”Unbelievable”
IV
So the Huskies bought into coach’s vision..matriculating beyond Amelia Earhart
Babe Didirikson Zaharias Louise Rainer Ingrid Bergman Katherine Hepburn Greta Garbo
Helen Keller Susan B Anthony Eleanor Roosevelt Golda Mier Mother Teresa Marilyn Horne Joan Sutherland .Marie Curie
Emma Lazarus.’s..The New Collossus for the ages.
XL Center, Hartford, an ex Ucla “junky” from downtown&Yukon Philosopher,
Hartford campus..hunkered down by a blizzard,50 mph winds
