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I think it was a non-apology apology.Did she really apologize? Or did she just regret saying whatshe did? There is a very big difference.
I think it was a non-apology apology.Did she really apologize? Or did she just regret saying whatshe did? There is a very big difference.
Update, for whatever it's worth: She apologized again today… Tearful Mulkey 'sorry' for word choice in rant
Update, for whatever it's worth: She apologized again today… Tearful Mulkey 'sorry' for word choice in rant
Update, for whatever it's worth: She apologized again today… Tearful Mulkey 'sorry' for word choice in rant
Update, for whatever it's worth: She apologized again today… Tearful Mulkey 'sorry' for word choice in rant
Spoken just like someone who was told to apologize or lose her job.
I'm ambivalent about whether we should continue to go after Mulkey for this, but that picture of her that Huffington chose to post is just unfair journalism. It looks like she just finished with a perk walk, which is the effect they wanted.
And a huge part, IMHO, of her on court failures. With Mulkey if you bought the horse you get the tail too."I coach with emotion; I played with emotion," she said. (From article and video of tearful apology)
She may say she is sorry for her choice of words or for her poor choice in analogy but I sure hope she never, ever apologizes for her emotion as a coach. It's what makes Kim, well Kim. And it's a huge part of her success. IMHO, of course.
I watched the apology and had the feeling i had seen this before-then I remembered where Anne of Green Gables to Racheal Lynde.
Look, I am not a licensed psychologist but her qualifying this as a reason is "not accepting blame" but explaining her rationale. That is not going to allow for true change. Having a 3rd party qualify "that Kim is helping a student athlete in her sexual assault" is just unnecessary pandering for added sympathy."I coach with emotion; I played with emotion," she said. (From article and video of tearful apology)
She may say she is sorry for her choice of words or for her poor choice in analogy but I sure hope she never, ever apologizes for her emotion as a coach. It's what makes Kim, well Kim. And it's a huge part of her success. IMHO, of course.
I actually felt sorry for her.
One can only imagine what forces were brought on Kim to turn her from being petulant Kim at the last post-game press conference two days ago into the tearful, quaking, nearly wordless, obviously wrought Kim I saw yesterday. Whew!
I don't feel sorry for her. I think her "hurt" is from being publicly chastised by her peers and industry colleagues, not from any genuine remorse. She's pissed off that her competitors are using Baylor's football/athletic department rape culture against her in recruiting, and she really does feel those competitor recruiters should get "knocked right in the face." I'm fine giving her a second chance as soon a she says something that indicates she actually "gets it."...But she's human guys, we all screw up, and I feel for her. I glad there isn't a camera/microphone that I occasionally have to grab, or one that's following me around. Yeah, she sounds as if half of her head is still in the sand, and the other half is overly loyal to all that Waco Kool Aid. But one thing I love about this country is that this is the land of second chances. I think the Kim critics should perhaps just step off a bit. Everyone just seems to be piling on. Okay, maybe it's just the old man in me, but her hurt is resonating with me, and it's breaking my heart.
Mulkey is not the only coach who does this, but I do believe she tends to assemble a much tougher schedule in years when she expects to have a really good team. That's why Baylor's out-of-conference schedule this year had a few formidable opponents, whereas last year it was basically a joke.Questions for statisticians here.
Mulkey has won 500 games so far in 17 yrs.
What are her chances of reaching 700, 800 and 900 games faster than Geno?
Is that a reason she does not schedule games with us?
I watched the apology and had the feeling i had seen this before-then I remembered where Anne of Green Gables to Racheal Lynde.
A forced apology.