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I saw a documentary where her former players were talking about "the stare" she would give them whenever they were fricking up or not doing what she wanted. They said it would scare them to see that stare even if it wasn't directed at them.

And to be honest, after they showed it, I would shite my pants too if it was directed at me. I honestly think she's the greatest coach in any sport that the SEC has ever had. That includes Bear Bryant.

The thing about that stare is Pat never had to say much to get her point across. A lot of people assumed she yelled a lot in practice but I watched her at work in practice and that's not the case (it was no more than anyone else would yell and probably less than a lot of coaches).

Watching her in practice she would go to different parts of the floor and you could see her calculating every single thing that was going on (you could see that in games as well where she was anticipating and adjusting to what she was seeing in the game) -- it was like no matter where you were even if it was happening behind her she knew what you were doing and knew what her players were doing wrong.

Players that had been around for a while knew exactly what to do when that stare fell on them and at times nothing had to be said because they'd already been taught what they were doing wrong/what their bad habits were/what they needed to adjust.

It was amazing to watch.