djtee
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Notre Dame continues the downward spiral. From now until the end of time, every time my memory goes back to Tennessee's 2018-19 season with all it's horrible losses and negative record-setting disappointments, all I'll have to do to snap out of it is think, "Well, it could have been worse. At least Tennessee didn't come within two points of winning the national championship one year then turn around the next year and not even come close to making the tournament.
Tennessee fans: "We feel so awful that our program fell so far so quickly."
Notre Dame fans: "Hold my beer."
Seriously, I feel really bad for ND and hope they get back on track next season.
www.ndinsider.com/basketball/womens/notre-dame-throws-one-away-at-duke/article_de5cb282-7440-5470-b5b0-95f8f386bcf5.html
Notre Dame continues the downward spiral. From now until the end of time, every time my memory goes back to Tennessee's 2018-19 season with all it's horrible losses and negative record-setting disappointments, all I'll have to do to snap out of it is think, "Well, it could have been worse. At least Tennessee didn't come within two points of winning the national championship one year then turn around the next year and not even come close to making the tournament.
Tennessee fans: "We feel so awful that our program fell so far so quickly."
Notre Dame fans: "Hold my beer."
Seriously, I feel really bad for ND and hope they get back on track next season.
www.ndinsider.com/basketball/womens/notre-dame-throws-one-away-at-duke/article_de5cb282-7440-5470-b5b0-95f8f386bcf5.html
Struggle is real. I think Niele Ivy was a much bigger part of their success than even Muffet would like to admit.
What a shame. That coach should be ashamed of herself.
I'm a little confused about the Reese story. It sounds like the opposing coach disapproved of Reese's on-court behavior and what the coach found to be an arrogant attitude (and maybe overly-aggressive as evidenced by Reese's three-game suspension for fighting during a scrimmage). Then the coach was upset that Reese was getting lots of attention in the media and fired off a private complaint to the website advising in her opinion that there were more deserving players who should be featured. The curator of the site chose to make the message public.
At best, the coach let her frustration get the better of her judgment, and she aired her gripes to a stranger even if her perceptions had a lot to back them up and were widely shared. At worst, she was just airing her sour grapes toward a talented athlete who had beaten her team rather than being concerned about other athletes being overlooked. Either way, it was ill-advised to unload upon Reese.
The mom didn't come off looking great, either. She brought uo "racial undertones" as possible motivation of the coach...yet said she would have no problem if the comments had come from other players or parents. So...not really so bad?
And the curator could have just responded privately to the coach and dressed her down instead of revealing the messages. She could have told the coach to knock it off unless she wanted future messages to be made public.
There's probably a mix of truth and accompanying blame to go around. Anyway, the coach is out of a job.
I think mom was saying she would understand if it came from those other sources because those things are to be expected...coming from a coach, who should be held to a higher standard, not so much.I'm a little confused about the Reese story. It sounds like the opposing coach disapproved of Reese's on-court behavior and what the coach found to be an arrogant attitude (and maybe overly-aggressive as evidenced by Reese's three-game suspension for fighting during a scrimmage). Then the coach was upset that Reese was getting lots of attention in the media and fired off a private complaint to the website advising in her opinion that there were more deserving players who should be featured. The curator of the site chose to make the message public.
At best, the coach let her frustration get the better of her judgment, and she aired her gripes to a stranger even if her perceptions had a lot to back them up and were widely shared. At worst, she was just airing her sour grapes toward a talented athlete who had beaten her team rather than being concerned about other athletes being overlooked. Either way, it was ill-advised to unload upon Reese.
The mom didn't come off looking great, either. She brought uo "racial undertones" as possible motivation of the coach...yet said she would have no problem if the comments had come from other players or parents. So...not really so bad?
And the curator could have just responded privately to the coach and dressed her down instead of revealing the messages. She could have told the coach to knock it off unless she wanted future messages to be made public.
There's probably a mix of truth and accompanying blame to go around. Anyway, the coach is out of a job.
I think mom was saying she would understand if it came from those other sources because those things are to be expected...coming from a coach, who should be held to a higher standard, not so much.