Wins soften image of Gamecocks coach
Run to team’s fifirst Final Four reveals Martin balances yelling with ability to forgive, teach. Brash. Dynamic. Unwavering. GASE.
6:09 p.m. Gonzaga vs. South Carolina 8:49 p.m. North Carolina vs. Oregon COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Frank Martin believes he’s the same straightfor ward, open book he has always been, though perceptions of him have changed with the Gamecocks’ run to their fifirst Final Four.
“How the stories have changed that I’m a yeller and a screamer to that I’m a passionate man,” Martin said Tuesday, “I fifind that very comical.”
It has been at times a diffifficult, at times an amusing and at times a frustrating ride during Martin’s fifive seasons with the Gamecocks, who are two wins away from a national title after not winning an NCAA Tournament game in 44 years before this March. They play Gonzaga on Saturday night in Glendale, Ariz. PHOENIX — Adam Gase spent an hour with reporters at the NFL owners’ meetings Tuesday, and his tone never changed. Defiant. Confident. Determined. The Miami Dolphins won 10 games in his first season. They unexpectedly made the playoffs. And yet, Gase is not the type to start measuring his remarks. He says what he means. He says what he feels. He says what he thinks. Adam Gase bows to no team. He kisses no ring. Not even the glorious New England Patriots. “We can’t be an organization to run and hide,” Gase said, when asked about Tom Brady’s apparent proclamation to Patriots owner Robert Kraft that he may play another six or seven years. Gase concedes there is a gap to close with the champions. And that Miami can’t expect to get into the early-game holes they did in two losses to the Patriots last season and expect to compete. Joe Schad
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