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easttexastrash said:
Why not just watch the stats in ESPN.com?
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umm...Previous commitment means that I am in a situation where use of a computer or cell phone to watch stats is not allowed/acceptable/desired.

thought that would be fairly obvious.

We have game threads all the time. This is not new. The games are being broadcast on channels or through pay sites that folks don't have/cannot afford. That's why we have game threads.

The older Lynx Mercury thread clearly had little to do with the actual game.

I hoped that someone could post about the game. I was wrong.
 
NoelAustin said:
BG knew Baylor's culture and ideologies before she committed. She had her pick of every school with a Women's BB program, a luxury that only an elite few have. In particular it was the timing of her revelations that I found disturbing, and frankly, cowardly.
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This is the type of ignorant commentary that unfortunately still exists in our country. Put the blame on a 15 or 16 year old kid who is growing like a weed and dealing with her s e xuality in a state that still discriminates against lesbians and gays. It's sad that there are still so many people in this country who are either ignorant of what youngsters in the LGBT community go through, or simply prejudiced and bigoted. As Sarals said, she's the opposite of cowardly.

To quote Mark Twain, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
 
Wbbfan1 said:
It wasn't intentional???? http://twitpic.com/eazc3o
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Haha. Think Whalen was just defending herself from being the meat in a Taurasi-Dupree sandwich. DT beat the crap out of her all night. "Proactive self defense"? In any case, it was fun to watch, but Lindsay's gonna be pretty sore this morning.
 
BTW thanks so much to JRRRJ for hooking us up with tix to last night's game. Great seats, great game, great company! Here is the t-shirt every fan got for the Mercury "white-out"

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RadyLady said:
umm...Previous commitment means that I am in a situation where use of a computer or cell phone to watch stats is not allowed/acceptable/desired.

thought that would be fairly obvious.

We have game threads all the time. This is not new. The games are being broadcast on channels or through pay sites that folks don't have/cannot afford. That's why we have game threads.

The older Lynx Mercury thread clearly had little to do with the actual game.

I hoped that someone could post about the game. I was wrong.
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I would have gladly kept the thread updated with game flow, score, BG's great play, etc, had I know you needed it. I'm a giver that way.
 
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DaddyChoc said:
did Griner come up with that title :oops:
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I don't have that inside scoop - make of it what you will. Here is the other shirt I caught when Mercury team members threw them up into the audience right after the game was over. (Perhaps it was from earlier in the season...?)

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ericsandiego said:
This is the type of ignorant commentary that unfortunately still exists in our country. Put the blame on a 15 or 16 year old kid who is growing like a weed and dealing with her s e xuality in a state that still discriminates against lesbians and gays. It's sad that there are still so many people in this country who are either ignorant of what youngsters in the LGBT community go through, or simply prejudiced and bigoted. As Sarals said, she's the opposite of cowardly.

To quote Mark Twain, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
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If BG, growing up in Texas, did not know what the culture(?) of Baylor and of Waco was, she was one of very few Texans who didn't. Kim may have soft-soaped her into thinking that "it just won't be that bad", but she would have had to be very naive to believe it. Texas is reactionary, but Baylor and Waco are super-reactionary, and that is no secret.
 
elzorrogris said:
If BG, growing up in Texas, did not know what the culture(?) of Baylor and of Waco was, she was one of very few Texans who didn't. Kim may have soft-soaped her into thinking that "it just won't be that bad", but she would have had to be very naive to believe it. Texas is reactionary, but Baylor and Waco are super-reactionary, and that is no secret.
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After reading her book and listening to her talk about her early life, she was not very worldly or aware of the cultural differences of the "outside world" (even Waco vs. Austin, which is night & day). Not saying she shouldn't have been more aware and sophisticated, just that she wasn't.
 
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Placing the blame for what happened on Baylor or Brittany isn't fair in my view. Both are what they are, and Brittany only gave voice to her feelings...somewhat pent up because of the situation she was in. I don't blame her or Kim. If Brittany thinks Kim could've changed the Baylor culture for her, then she's still not very worldly...my guess is that will change rapidly, and for the better...and when it does, her feelings may change as well...
 
We are in total agreement, J66. Maybe she WAS one of the few Texans who did not realize what a [self deleted] Waco and Baylor are. Maybe as a result of her book some other kid or kids will be dissuaded from immersing themselves in that [self-deleted] atmosphere of ignorance, hate and intolerance. Here's hoping that is the case and that the kids so dissuaded won't end up at Notre Dame.
 
Maybe there is no blame to be cast, but if there is it has to be on Kim, who knew both what Britney's orientation was and what Baylor's/Waco's was (and is). That is to say, she knew what she was getting the kid into and did it anyway. To be fair, maybe she did not realize just how bad things would be for BG; but, then again, maybe she should have.
 
A couple of comments on this thread.

1. As stated in the rules, we prefer any concerns about mod decisions, such as thread mergers, be addressed via PM.

2. There seems to be an endless appetite on the part of some users (more than a few; certainly not a majority) for discussion of the Baylor/Griner topic. "Rehash" would be pejorative, but we've had very extensive earlier threads on that topic.

3. The snarkiness that topic tends to elicit from a few people -- mainly on the "pro-Griner side" (to use a good enough term) -- needs to stop. Now. It's that sort of tone that'd find a better home on the Cesspool.
 
elzorrogris said:
Maybe there is no blame to be cast, but if there is it has to be on Kim, who knew both what Britney's orientation was and what Baylor's/Waco's was (and is). That is to say, she knew what she was getting the kid into and did it anyway. To be fair, maybe she did not realize just how bad things would be for BG; but, then again, maybe she should have.
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I'm pretty sure if Kim felt it was her obligation to steer athletes with sexual ambiguities away from Baylor, that she couldn't work there in conscience and that Baylor wouldn't want her there either. Given that, for Kim to have warned Brittany off would diminish her in no uncertain terms...

You may think that no coach, in conscience, should work at a school with religious issues with homosexuality...I can respect that. But don't single out Kim Mulkey...add in Muffet McGraw and how many others...

Perhaps we can agree that if you have a strong feeling that your sexuality conflicts with a church school's religious teachings, your family and you need to be the ones to steer you clear...relying on the church school coaching staff to do so is not realistic, and blaming them after the fact doesn't reflect well on your personal growth during your time there...
 
j66kicker said:
Haha. Think Whalen was just defending herself from being the meat in a Taurasi-Dupree sandwich. DT beat the crap out of her all night. "Proactive self defense"? In any case, it was fun to watch, but Lindsay's gonna be pretty sore this morning.
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Diana now knows how Nneka felt after Diana knocker her on her butt. Good for Whalen.
 
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NoelAustin said:
I don't like BG because she threw Kim Mulkey and Baylor under a bus immediately after being named the top overall draft pick. I am not a Baylor fan, but it was classless. If she didn't like the culture at Baylor she could have transferred to another school.
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It's darned if you do and darned if you don't.
 
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