OT: Diamond DeShields is Back!!!..[edit] but the Brooklyn Dodgers aren't!

[Alydar]

Nan took me to task--in an aside--over saying Diamond DeShields had a Extreme ego, in that she used sentences with lots of me and not us.
The thing is ---Geno likes ego centric/huge Ego players who can be coached. To mention 2 Svetlana Abrasoma and Diana--who at times had some media words for Geno and who at times failed to do as told. Geno likes player with ego/confidence--Stewie, I won't call ego centric, but she had high degrees of confidence in her shot--
What some see as a negative maybe a big plus on the BB floor, no second guessing yourself, there is a lot to be said for that.
What some see as a negative under the right conditions are a huge positive.
Have you seen a player with more "cockyness " than Tuarazi (DT)????
I suppose it depends on whose oxen is being gored, or whose team that ox is on!!

Having a large ego and tons of self-confidence is quite different from being self-absorbed. Taurasi and Abrosimova were and are filled with self-confidence but they never considered themselves above their teammates or coaches. I've watched a lot of Tenn basketball and DeShields is not only self-absorbed but acts in a superior manner with her team. I've seen several post game pressers after a loss where she sat at the dais with an elbow on the table, her head in her hand and her eyes rolling skyward, looking exactly like an adolescent sitting outside the principal's office with an expression of boredom on her face. Diana and Svet would argue with Geno, even yell. DeShields looks like she couldn't care less about what anyone says to her. Or at least that's what her body language suggests.

Swagger is fine if you back it up. DeShields' swagger is based on her play as a 13 year old and she's been living on that rep since.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Having a large ego and tons of self-confidence is quite different from being self-absorbed. Taurasi and Abrosimova were and are filled with self-confidence but they never considered themselves above their teammates or coaches. I've watched a lot of Tenn basketball and DeShields is not only self-absorbed but acts in a superior manner with her team. I've seen several post game pressers after a loss where she sat at the dais with an elbow on the table, her head in her hand and her eyes rolling skyward, looking exactly like an adolescent sitting outside the principal's office with an expression of boredom on her face. Diana and Svet would argue with Geno, even yell. DeShields looks like she couldn't care less about what anyone says to her. Or at least that's what her body language suggests.

Swagger is fine if you back it up. DeShields' swagger is based on her play as a 13 year old and she's been living on that rep since.

People express saddness and loss (even the loss by death) differently. Too many people are tried and some convicted because they did not meet the expectations of what others thought was the proper way to grieve. My son died and I giggled--don't know why--stupid-but that was grief.
The highlight portion above--sounds like most of my kids--its what at one time was call the Valley Girl expression. --none.

What is the difference in the definitions of : Ego (any size) and self absorb??

From my experience--most people of any success can be self absorbed and most have high ego. If you have not noticed the USA world of today --is self absorbed people who think of themselves first--if most spoke the truth, all think of them selves first --there are few Mother Theresa's walking the earth, unfortunately

At this point --I shall respectfully disagree --and as always accept that you are entitled to your opinion and I won't dispute that, ever. Since I shall never meet Diamond or have a personal relationship with her, I shall never know of her self absorbed personality--so why should I care??

 

[JordyG]

Why did a sprawled out homeless man in Brooklyn want with directions to your home?? Was he taking a road trip???

He was crawling out of my home just after a game of truth or dare. Believe it or not I lost.

 

[BroadwayVa]

He was crawling out of my home just after a game of truth or dare. Believe it or not I lost.

Going back 20 years and then another 30 I walked and traveled Brooklyn, good ethnic eateries--I digress--I don't recall many sprawling on the sidewalks then---other cities (Boroughs) (did you know Naugatuck (was/is a Borough had more--now you can't find one Borough or city without sprawlers...

 

[JBMudd]

Had this random thought the other day. Suppose the Sun win the lottery and get the first pick that now belongs to LA. Now suppose that Diamond declares for the draft and LA picks her. It would like putting two beta fish in the same bowl. Might be entertaining to sit back and watch the fireworks