Among the many methods coaches use to motivate their teams, the no-respect card is one of the oldest tricks in the book.
For Lisa Fortier, head coach of the Gonzaga University women’s basketball team, there was an opportunity to use the technique after the Zags were voted as the West Coast Conference’s (WCC) second-best team in a preseason poll despite being the defending conference champions.
Fortier, however, avoided the age-old tactic.
“What are we trying to do?” Fortier said. “Are we trying to prove all the people wrong or are we trying to do our best and see where we fall?