Kirsten Bernthal Booth is not usually the type of coach who worries about much beyond the confines of her own gym. She doesn’t tremble at the thought of her team facing an elite opponent, she doesn’t buckle under the pressure of her own program’s rising expectations, and she doesn’t typically react one way or the other when the annual preseason honors are handed out to her players or to her opponents. When asked, she often reverts back to a simple philosophy:
“It doesn’t matter where we are at the beginning of the season. It matters where we are at the end.