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Lauren Cox to Visit on First Night

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huskyd said:
My, my. This is harsh criticism. I see that "rains" should have an apostrophe.
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Last ahem. ;)

Your eyesight is failing.

Bob Dylan didn't need an apostrophe in (a hard) rains (a-gonna fall) and neither did you.

Your eyesight is failing.
 
Kibitzer said:
HEY! If you continue to hassle Boneyarders about their grammatical shortcomings and I guarantee that a hard rains a-gonna fall on you! :rolleyes:

And, BTW, trade the their you mistakenly used and replace it with her. ;)
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Kibitzer, your grammar lessons are usually spot on, but you have a mixed construction here: the subordinate clause, "If you continue . . . , " requires a comma after "shortcomings," then drop the "and."
 
Kibitzer said:
Last ahem. ;)

Your eyesight is failing.

Bob Dylan didn't need an apostrophe in (a hard) rains (a-gonna fall) and neither did you.

Your eyesight is failing.
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My eyesight IS failing, no question. But if written in English, then "rains gonna fall" means rain IS gonna fall. Anyway, I was just having some fun with all this silliness. If Robert Zimmerman wants to omit the apostrophe, who am I to question?
 
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huskyd said:
My eyesight IS failing, no question. But if written in English, then "rains gonna fall" means rain IS gonna fall. Anyway, I was just having some fun with all this silliness. If Robert Zimmerman wants to omit the apostrophe, who am I to question?
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Hmmmm. It is REMOTELY possible that we are both right.

Perhaps Dylan used "a-" before gonna as a shortie for "are."

OK, I admit but I hadda try. Touche to you!
 
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Then there's Lands' End, in which the apostrophe is in the wrong place. They acknowledged it a few years ago. Probably would cost millions in legal fees to change it.
 
easttexastrash said:
Was reading Cox's blog and she said that she wants to make her decision for the November signing period. I am not sure what those dates are.

She also revealed that she is a Type I diabetic, which I was not aware of in the past. I share this horrible disease with her and I cannot imagine being so active and trying to control my blood sugar. When I go to the gym or even mow the lawn my blood sugar becomes much more unpredictable. Kudos to her for wanting to help bring awareness to this disease. Wherever she lands she will need to find a good endocrinologist, as that is a vital part of living a healthy life as a diabetic.

For the record, Baylor Medical has an excellent endocrinology center. I hope she already uses them for her diabetes management.
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Reminds me of a bit of Bobby Clarke. An article on him in Boys' Life made me a Flyers' fan. I thought it was pretty cool that he could manage that disease and compete at the high level athletically.
 
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Managing diabetes is certainly a challenge for her as an athlete. Also a challenge for her coaches. How much can you push? What is a physical limit as opposed to mental? How do you push her "beyond what she thought she could do" ? A bit more complex than with a player not dealing with diabetes.
 
OldAlum said:
Managing diabetes is certainly a challenge for her as an athlete. Also a challenge for her coaches. How much can you push? What is a physical limit as opposed to mental? How do you push her "beyond what she thought she could do" ? A bit more complex than with a player not dealing with diabetes.
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Very good point. This disease requires that all those around the diabetic be in tune with the person's health. Her roommate is going to suddenly feel an extra amount of responsibility that she would not otherwise have.
 
easttexastrash said:
Very good point. This disease requires that all those around the diabetic be in tune with the person's health. Her roommate is going to suddenly feel an extra amount of responsibility that she would not otherwise have.
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At UCONN she will have a choice of roommate that have been former teamamates and actually traveled outside the country with Lauren (Dangerfield, KLS, Boykin, Collier).
 
CocoHusky said:
At UCONN she will have a choice of roommate that have been former teamamates and actually traveled outside the country with Lauren (Dangerfield, KLS, Boykin, Collier).
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If she rooms with one of them their lives are going to change drastically for 3 years, which is true of any roommate she has in college.
 
easttexastrash said:
If she rooms with one of them their lives are going to change drastically for 3 years, which is true of any roommate she has in college.
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Very true. In that case I nominate Boykin as best prepared. She has a brother I believe legally blind and actually transfrerred HS to watch over her brother.
 
CocoHusky said:
Very true. In that case I nominate Boykin as best prepared. She has a brother I believe legally blind and actually transfrerred HS to watch over her brother.
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Is this a good time to mention that she already knows Ali Patberg, who I've read is a health nut? ;)
 
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CocoHusky said:
Very true. In that case I nominate Boykin as best prepared. She has a brother I believe legally blind and actually transfrerred HS to watch over her brother.
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I say give that girl a break from the responsibility now that she is off to college. I nominate KLS since she has a lot of sisters and could adopt Cox as her new sister. Plus, they are both the number 1 recruits in their respective classes.
 
easttexastrash said:
I say give that girl a break from the responsibility now that she is off to college. I nominate KLS since she has a lot of sisters and could adopt Cox as her new sister. Plus, they are both the number 1 recruits in their respective classes.
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So are you saying you want Lauren to come to UCONN?
 
Orangutan said:
Is this a good time to mention that she already knows Ali Patberg, who I've read is a health nut? ;)
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No. We will not mention that she was a team mate of Ali Patberg and Arike Ogunbowale also.
 
I am type II diabetic which is a different beast I know, but I have also been around type I and type II diabetics most of my life, and the responsibility of others is I think being overstated. It is a big responsibility for those who have diabetes, but beyond common sense is not that big a deal for friends and family. Routine is the big thing, and I am sure she has her routines down pat. There will definitely be an adjustment period as you go into a different training/practice environment but the principles will remain the same, just adjustments to the energy consumption levels. And an identification/adjustment to college meal plan cooking and menus. But this has all become habit by this time.
 
Perfect ending to First Night? Lauren Cox, overwhelmed and seriously inspired by all that she sees, verbals to UConn. Seemed to happen that way for Collier and DJ last year . . .
 
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huskyd said:
Perfect ending to First Night? Lauren Cox, overwhelmed and seriously inspired by all that she sees, verbals to UConn. Seemed to happen that way for Collier and DJ last year . . .
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Well, not exactly. Collier and Boykin committed shortly after their official visits, but those visits were in April.
 
Orangutan said:
Well, not exactly. Collier and Boykin committed shortly after their official visits, but those visits were in April.
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Well it was still the First Night of something special for UCONN.
 
"Dangerfield, a 5-foot-5 junior point guard from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, made an oral commitment to attend UConn during an unofficial visit to Storrs this weekend that included taking in the Huskies’ annual First Night program. She is the first player from the Class of 2016 to announce for UConn.

“Coach (Geno) Auriemma knew what I wanted in a school and UConn has it,” Dangerfield said. “They want to win as much as I do.

“I wasn’t sure if I would commit when I was there. It depended on how I felt and if I figured things out and it was right. When I told the coaches we went around giving each other hugs and they were very excited. It was a great feeling."

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/dangerfield-commits-to-uconn/

When you're 5' 5" you do everything with conviction or you're toast. Crystal gets it.
 
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UcMiami said:
I am type II diabetic which is a different beast I know, but I have also been around type I and type II diabetics most of my life, and the responsibility of others is I think being overstated. It is a big responsibility for those who have diabetes, but beyond common sense is not that big a deal for friends and family. Routine is the big thing, and I am sure she has her routines down pat. There will definitely be an adjustment period as you go into a different training/practice environment but the principles will remain the same, just adjustments to the energy consumption levels. And an identification/adjustment to college meal plan cooking and menus. But this has all become habit by this time.
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The extent of each person's struggle is unique and cannot be oversimplified. Diabetes changes over time and becomes more and more difficult to manage. I know because I have type I diabetes, as did my brother, who died when his blood sugar dropped in the middle of the night. I have had blood sugar readings in the 20s and I take a pretty common sense approach to my blood sugar management. A roommate may suddenly be faced with a life and death situation that they had not planned for. Will they be prepared to take life saving action if in that situation? There is not always time to call someone else or 911.

Type I diabetics take insulin injections and that insulin is going to continue to work no matter what else your body is doing, whether you eat or not, or if you exercise too much. I think you would be surprised how much parents are involved in the dietary habits of diabetic children.

I am in no way saying that these challenges would be unique at UCONN or any other university. But those without Type I diabetes who oversimplify how hard the every day challenge is are far off base.
 
Getting back to Ms. Cox as a basketball player and competitive person, what comes to mind is KML holding the Nat'l Championship Trophy with Holly's microphone in her face, asking her what does it mean to you to give Coach his 10th Nat'l Championship: "It means a lot, but it doesn't even come close to what he's given me." Think about that young lady. Think hard.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Getting back to Ms. Cox as a basketball player and competitive person, what comes to mind is KML holding the Nat'l Championship Trophy with Holly's microphone in her face, asking her what does it mean to you to give Coach his 10th Nat'l Championship: "It means a lot, but it doesn't even come close to what he's given me." Think about that young lady. Think hard.
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Ah, his (Geno's) magic: the ability to give you what you need -- not so much what you want -- and package it in a way that you feel it in the marrow of your bones.
Sherri Coale

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-b...geno-auriemma-voice-always-strikes-right-tone
 
CocoHusky said:
Ah, his (Geno's) magic: the ability to give you what you need -- not so much what you want -- and package it in a way that you feel it in the marrow of your bones.
Sherri Coale

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-b...geno-auriemma-voice-always-strikes-right-tone
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Coco... wow, thanks for sharing that. I never read that before. Sherri is a gifted coach and WRITER. Very dramatic, but you feel the genuineness of it too. The closing line is worth repeating.

"But Geno wins because he makes the best players better versions of themselves."
 
I think that Ms. Cox will find herself in the right place at the right time on Friday evening.
 
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