As loss after loss continued to pile on to the Gators’ conference record earlier this month, Amanda Butler finally hit her breaking point. She couldn’t take it anymore.
Following a careless, nine-point defeat against Ole Miss on Feb 6., the coach — in her 10th season at the helm of UF women’s basketball — called out her players for their lack of effort on the defensive side of the ball, describing their play as “poor” and “disappointing.”
“I’ve been around the block long enough to know how good our league is,” Butler said after the game. “You’ve got to take great pride in defending the other team and rebounding the ball on every single possession.