Jim Moore is messing with our brains

In an article in the Oregon Daily Emerald, Jim Moore, Master of the Resurgence, feels that his team has "lost the fear of losing." (Maybe that's why they don't mind losing Djuric.)

So I guess it's only fitting that, according to the article, what Moore most appreciated during a recent tournament was a loss.

"It was really good for us. I changed some things up to make it difficult on ourselves and they didn't handle it well. It was a really good experience."

Yea! They didn't handle it well! Look, I know teams can grow from losses, but...I've never heard a coach enjoy it this much.

But you can understand Moore's optimism after taking the Ducks to the Big Dance for the first time since 1989, a feat Moore says you can trace back to senior Kristin Bitter declaring "We are not going to lose anymore."

Well, yeah, except for the 12 times that they did. But that doesn't change the fact that Oregon won 17 times, and finished 6th in the Pac-10, a marked improvement from past seasons.

And Moore's excited for the coming year, where he'll have the services of Sonja Newcombe and Gorana Maricic, a duo of which Moore says, "They're good."

Yeah, yeah, they're good, I'm good, everyone's good. So?

"They are legitimately good."

Oh! Legitimately good. Well that changes everything. Plus, Moore cryptically says, Maricic "hadn't perfected defense and now she is."

Stupid consistent verb tense, gets ya' every time.

Do we have a chance to make the NCAA tourney? That is not even in our mind.

Kinda negative thinking, isn't it? I mean you made the tournament last year, so--

Our mentality is now we have to go as deep in the Tourney as we possibly can.

Ohhhhh! I see where he's going with this! Clever Master of Resurgence.