Kay Yow passes away

[filbert]

N.C. State's legendary women's basketball coach has lost her battle with cancer.

She was what a coach is supposed to be.

Mechelle Voepel's story.

She was good enough, wise enough, humble enough, brave enough, decent enough to have been part of that generation herself. So you could have understood if Yow had been old-school and hard to please, if she had looked upon "kids" through each passing decade with narrowing eyes -- as if they became softer, weaker and more disappointing as the years went by.
Except … she saw no such thing. To her, kids were always basically good, no matter when or where they were born. They just needed a guiding hand in their lives. And it didn't have to be an iron hand. It never was with Yow.