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vtcwbuff said:
If only it were so OZ. No doubt that's true for the non money sports but not so for UConn wcbb. Besides, I think the man himself mentioned that his players were being paid to perform on one of his Geno shows.

How is your "financial support to represent the university . . . " any different than my "being paid to perform"? Is it because you used bigger words?
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Of course it is because I use polysyllabic appellations.
 
schmendrick said:
Yikes. I am no expert, probably am more ignorant than most on wcbb, but does that disqualify me from an opinion?
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Not at all. I have never suggested anyone shouldn't post but posts are, also, weighed on the amount of insight they bring to a situation. When someone in a post demonstrates little insight into the game their valuation of a players strengths and faults is going to be measured by that knowledge. One of the only ways to grow is to venture opinions and to interact with others who may know more about the sport and expand ones insight.
 
speedoo said:
I don't think it's necessary to ask JA to cite examples. At least three specific examples have been provided in this thread already to address the question posed by the OP with respect to JA's statement and Nan has documented one of them. I can provide more specifics to document another, if anyone really needs to know more. Do we really need any more?
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Another thread in which Heather took unfair flack I remembered was the one in which Heather's treatment by certain posters was directly compared to Bball's (I think) criticisms of Maria Conlon.
 
IMHO, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but there is a lot of tetchiness going on today.

If someone on the team performs poorly, yes, they are open for comment. The fact that they are "girls" does not exempt them from that. However, if posters reread some of their posts, and inserted the name of someone they knew personally, then reread the post, they might think before they sent, or might revise a little.

These kids are "student-athletes" (for real, not one-and-dones). Yes, they are privileged, and they know it. But they are still kids and kids make mistakes sometimes. The fact that they receive scholarships for a game they love to play does not make them professionals, or guarantee they will play after college.
So, why do some posters act like these kids are in the NBA?

It is one thing to comment on specific areas of improvement or disappointment, but it is another when you get personal about a player.

And this thread seems to be taken personally a lot today....
 
Tonyc said:
This is easy. Treat the players as you would your daughter if she had a poor game.
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Sorry, but no.
They're not my daughters, and this isn't a personal conversation that I'm having with them. And they shouldn't be reading this board anyway.

This is a fan board, for discussion of all matters WCBB. If I want to criticize a player for specific examples of crappy play, I am going to do so.
 
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vowelguy said:
Sorry, but no.
They're not my daughters, and this isn't a personal conversation that I'm having with them. And they shouldn't be reading this board anyway.

This is a fan board, for discussion of all matters WCBB. If I want to criticize a player for specific examples of crappy play, I am going to do so.
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And within reason, you should do just that. Just because I think that makes you a putz, doesn't change the fact that you have every right to do it.

And people who don't agree with that have every right to tell you that.

Personally, if Nan is ok with it, so am I.
 
vowelguy said:
Sorry, but no.
They're not my daughters, and this isn't a personal conversation that I'm having with them. And they shouldn't be reading this board anyway.

This is a fan board, for discussion of all matters WCBB. If I want to criticize a player for specific examples of crappy play, I am going to do so.
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If I could double like, or even triple like this post I would!
 
doggydaddy said:
And within reason, you should do just that. Just because I think that makes you a putz, doesn't change the fact that you have every right to do it.

And people who don't agree with that have every right to tell you that.

Personally, if Nan is ok with it, so am I.
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Just so I am clear, I should view UConn players as my daughters and never comment negatively on their performances. But another school's players are fair game, right?

That's my understanding, given the policy you seem to follow.
 
vowelguy said:
Just so I am clear, I should view UConn players as my daughters and never comment negatively on their performances. But another school's players are fair game, right?

That's my understanding, given the policy you seem to follow.
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No, you can post what you want within reason. And I can post what I want within reason. And you can view the players anyways you want, your daughter or just a commodity. Or anywhere in between.

Just so you understand, you have a right to post within reason as do I. And it might include critisizing you for what you post as you just did to me with your passive aggressive last comment.
 
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This thread is even more entertaining than the post-Christmas dinner banter at my house....passive aggressive is even in the picture now. Come on, fess up. Some of you posters are my family members, aren't you?
 
UConnChapette said:
This thread is even more entertaining than the post-Christmas dinner banter at my house....passive aggressive is even in the picture now. Come on, fess up. Some of you posters are my family members, aren't you?
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Don't start with me, cousin.
 
doggydaddy said:
Don't start with me, cousin.
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Oh, God. We know what folks south of the Mason-Dixon line do with their "cousins".
reminds me of the Jeff Foxworthy line.."If you go to family reunions to pick up dates..you might be a redneck."
 
One thing for sure: If Kelly is hitting at the beginning of games, its puts huge pressure on the other team
 
doggydaddy said:
Don't start with me, cousin.
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Hatfield & McCoy

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Look what fun I miss because I cannot post at work! All I can (and did) do is laugh out loud as I read these threads!
 
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msf22b said:
One thing for sure: If Kelly is hitting at the beginning of games, its puts huge pressure on the other team
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What the hell is a basketball comment doing in the middle of this?
 
HuskyNan said:
The vast majority of parents and UConn staffers that read the board think we're clueless, and they'd be right. Some of the conclusions that people come to or extrapolations from minimal facts are just mind-boggling. More people in the know laugh at the goofiness here than get upset by it.
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I'm not in the know and I laugh at a lot of it. :D
 
vtcwbuff said:
"Buckner screwed up. He was a pro making mega-bucks to play well and he cost the Red Sox the series. What should he be remembered for? I'm still p.o.'d with him."

I was a Red Sox fan for as long as I can remember. Way back in the dark ages where the Sox could be depended on to suck every year. Then, after 35 years of abuse and disappointment came '86. This was year. And then Buckner blew it. I quit being a baseball fan that year. I had enough. When they won the world series I just didn't care. I didn't watch a single game.

There are those on the BY that would say "so he missed one grounder. Think of all the ground balls that he caught that year." And those that would say "Buckner sux". Therin lies the difference and it will never change.
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You just reminded me of my husband; he's been saying, "that's it, I'm changing allegiance" since 1986. Did you watch the recent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm? I thought it was really funny!
 
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