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Message: [QUOTE="Bonpland, post: 2064714, member: 6000"] Exhibiting pride in one's state or region is appropriate and oft-times admirable, and I think we all can recognize that the responses that follow almost any internet story often range from the ludicrous to the vitriolic, but you should not confuse or attempt to diffuse the impact of Mulkey's truly unfortunate comments. You react to the cowardice of the anonymous who vent their anger from the comfort of their own homes and, as you point out, should be roundly criticized for it. I've had the same reaction to political, social, and cultural stories over the years so much so that I now rarely bother to read those entries. Kim however is not operating in the shadows, she is a the coach of a perennially ranked and two time National Champion WOMEN'S basketball team. Her responsibilities to the sport, her program, and most importantly to her players should be obvious to her. Many of us here on the BY are parents of current or former scholastic and colligiate althletes, in my own case a son and two daughters. I find it incomprehensible that a college level head coach, anywhere in this country, would be offended by the reasonable inquiries of the parents of their potential recruits. All three of my children were college athletes playing for both Division I and Division III shools, and at every stop during the recruiting process I was equally as interested to learn what I could of the cultural and social atmosphere of the university as I was of the athletic department's record of success. Did I warrant a "punch in ther face" for talking to on-campus students about how they felt about their relative comfort levels socially while working for their degrees? In the end should a parent not expect a coach to have a reasonable level of concern for the safety and security of the children that we entrust to their programs? I don't know if Kim Mulkey is a tiger in defense of her girls or not but knowing what has transpired over the past few years at Baylor should have given her cause to speak up on behalf of the women on that campus, and not to instead lash out at the parents who have come to wonder about their daughter's relative safety at a school the at first ignored and then later covered-up 58 reported cases of sexual assault. I am, along with thousands of others, a rabid UCONN WBB fan, but I would lose interest in the program if Geno made similar comments. Mulkey [I]represents[/I] the program at Baylor. She has a responsibilty to stand by the women attending the university and the girls on her team. Her comments yesterday did nothing to distinguish her in that capacity. At a time when treating women merely as the "objects of desire" has become fashionably acceptable by some segments of our society, a high profile (highly paid) coach should do more than blame those who expect more for their daughters. It's a shame that Mulkey doesn't see it that way [/QUOTE]

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