Great time with the Girls last night

[Charlie]

I don't know if I will get anyone in trouble, so I will not mention any names. I have the girls on Instagram and they went live last night for an hour....you could ask questions, watch them dance and do other fun things. They really have great personalities and it was very enjoyable to watch. This was not scheduled and I am sure it was something they just did - it was very enjoyable to see the wonderful personalities and them having fun!

 

[CocoHusky]

@Charlie just curious, what did this have to do with UCONN WBB?

 

[Geew1992]

@Charlie just curious, what did this have to do with UCONN WBB?

I may be wrong, but I think the girls is the basketball team.

 

[Charlie]

Yes the girls are the girls basketball team

 

[Waquoit]

Yes the girls are the girls basketball team

Didn't know UConn had a girls basketball team.

 

[cordarone]

This year's exam break can't end soon enough

 

[Charlie]

Didn't know UConn had a girls basketball team.

they even play with real balls

 

[pacific 44]

Exam breaks? Why can't they show true leadership skills by delegating these tasks like they do at UNC.

 

[Striper69]

@Charlie just curious, what did this have to do with UCONN WBB?

Heh heh...

 

[BroadwayVa]

Didn't know UConn had a girls basketball team.

I was going write that--but thought it a bit not nice--he knows this is the Uconn Woimen's Basketball team. To some of us any woman under 70 is a girl!!!!

 

[JordyG]

I may be wrong, but I think the girls is the basketball team.

Thank God he was talking about The UConn BB team. Otherwise that could have been me doing a perp walk in the background.

 

[McFly]

To some of us any woman under 70 is a girl!!!!

No, it's under 50.

 

[bramos]

No, it's under 50.

I thought the Margin of Victory of the previous season is the over/under.

 

[BroadwayVa]

No, it's under 50.

Cradle robber!!

 

[Charlie]

Somehow great time with the women just didn't sound right - sorry if that offended some but girl refers to a sex not age.

 

[Charlie]

I posted this in case some would like to know they may be lucky enough to see them live if they have them on instagram. I at least thought it was special and wanted to share.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Somehow great time with the women just didn't sound right - sorry if that offended some but girl refers to a sex not age.

Some of us refer to the Female gender as girls---however the Uconn team is referred to as WOMEN's Team--there was a time when Female humans were referred to as girls at almost any age---now any Female human over 9 is a Woman. Just an opinion!!

 

[Bliss]

I have learned that most females over the age of 60 or so like being called "girls."

 

[TitleTown]

Some of us refer to the Female gender as girls---however the Uconn team is referred to as WOMEN's Team--there was a time when Female humans were referred to as girls at almost any age---now any Female human over 9 is a Woman. Just an opinion!!

Especially in today's world where everybody gets offended by every little thing you say.

 

[HoopsFan21]

Especially in today's world where everybody gets offended by every little thing you say.

I think it's more a matter of wanting respect rather than being offended.

 

[Dawson]

This semantics argument is so old and annoying. Who cares if they are referred to as girls or women? Who care is they are the Huskies or Lady Huskies? The answer is unfortunately many of the fans.

This guy simply made a post saying the girls from the team we all enjoy were live on facebook yesterday answering questions. The fact that some of you decided to sexualize that is gross, not this post. Grow up.

 

[Dougie]

I don't know if I will get anyone in trouble, so I will not mention any names. I have the girls on Instagram and they went live last night for an hour....you could ask questions, watch them dance and do other fun things. They really have great personalities and it was very enjoyable to watch. This was not scheduled and I am sure it was something they just did - it was very enjoyable to see the wonderful personalities and them having fun!

You wondered if you might get anyone in trouble. The answer is that you might be in trouble. I saw that you're from New Jersey and so I contacted the Attorney Generals office in NJ. They said that they would be contacting you very soon as part of a larger investigation.

By the way, were you by chance wearing a trench coat while you were watching this?

 

[Charlie]

The level of educated people here amazes me. Folks can't read the respect I have for these women in my post but instead focus on a word and nothing else ... and even put their own perverted view on the message. I welcome your visit...I also own a place in Manhattan if that is more convenient for you

 

[VAMike23]

I think more than a few people in this thread and on this site need to start looking at the spirit in which statements are offered before casting aspersions so casually.

Taken in isolation, "girls" is not a disparaging term. If it were, neither players, recruits, players' parents, TV commentators or coaches would use it very much. But in fact phrases like "a great group of girls" have been used quite often by players, by recruits, by recruits' families and by coaches over the years, as have other phrases that use the word "girls." Maybe not as often as "women('s)", "ladies", "young ladies", "young women" but certainly often enough. "Guys" is also used here and there by coaches and others - do we think these speakers have somehow mistaken the players' gender?

There are apparently (per Geno) some coaches and programs that would proscribe terms like "man-to-man" defense when coaching women. I don't think it bothers Geno very much, or players if Gabby Williams is any example. She talked about losing "her man" on defense in a post-game interview the other day. Was she insulting the opposing player or somehow speaking out of turn? Hardly.

And how many times have posters---many of them long-time posters---spoken of "our girls" when referring to the team? I don't recall these posters getting rapped on the knuckles very often for such usage. Shall we start keeping a count of such instances so that these posters can take their place on a wall of shame, too?

People need to start looking at the overall context of posts. Tons of words and phrases, "girls" included, can be used in a disparaging or belittling way. This isn't one of those cases.

Anyone want to make a wager as to how many approving replies would have filled this thread if it had been made by someone whose post count numbered in the thousands rather than a post count of < 100? And how many would have asked for a link or for further info on how they could catch the squad themselves the next time?

I'd be happy to take that bet, either here in the thread or offline in a private message.

 

[Dougie]

The level of educated people here amazes me. Folks can't read the respect I have for these women in my post but instead focus on a word and nothing else ... and even put their own perverted view on the message. I welcome your visit...I also own a place in Manhattan if that is more convenient for you

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