Stacked is a relative concept.
Coach Wooden didn’t allow facial hair. My understanding is that it was something to do with discipline like making your bed. Some programs make their players wear coats and ties when they are entering the arena for games or are hurt on the bench. Again it was for discipline and appearance. It may be the rule started as “you are not allowed to get tattoos when here”. Further not as many high schoolers had tattoos in the past as they do now.
I was rushed when I made the response but that was what I was trying to say. It may have been practical years ago but it is going to be tougher and tougher to recruit if the rule continues.
I agree. Jordan Danberry at Mississippi State is covered in tattoos. She is also very quiet off the court and initially looks very unapproachable. However she is very nice and her junior year earned the Elite 90 Award for highest GPA among players in the Final Four and has been consistently named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and All Works team for a tutoring program she started. She graduated December 2018 in business economics and started her MBA in the spring 2019. She is finishing this spring. In sum, she is opposite every stereotype I embarrassedly admit I still have when I see someone with that many tattoos.
My wife,, now 75, said as a "youngster" considered getting a tattoo of a daisy on her hip. However she realized as time passed that would turn into a sunflower and more difficult to hide and explain. IMO, a sage decision.
I think Mulkey has relaxed Baylor's policy of covering tattoos. I saw several games where Nalyssa and Tea played without leg sleeves that cover their tats. Also Caitlin Bickle has a very visible tattoo behind her ear that has never been covered with makeup. When Griner was there I'm pretty sure the policy was in place.
I care and my point is it is not ok for UCONN to keep losing even those few games when the possibility exist to add talent to the roster. This UCONN fan would gladly trade any of those AAC conference championships for a regular season win against Baylor, South Carolina, Louisville or Oregon. BTW we had a graduate transfer on the roster this season and still had 3 loses and it does take a winning streak to win a national championship - 6 games in fact.
I agree. These young ladies won't play basketball all their lives. I believe CD is looking to the point in their lives when the air goes out of the basketball. Then what? If there are two ladies with the same amount of education applying for the same job at the same company where they will be visible to the general public and one of them have tattoos showing on their face or arms, I believe they will choose the one without tattoos.
Wooden had a lot of rules. Walton said the first thing Wooden did in the gym when he got there was to show them all how to properly tie their shoes. None of them were allowed to start practice unless their shoes were tied exactly the way Wooden wanted it.
The appearance standards are a 24 hour deal. CD enforces a dress code. She even made DT tie her shoes. As far as the tat situation all UConn players to date have had tape over visible tattoos. There was one exception to the best of my recollection. Saniya had a small tattoo of the date her brother died on her wrist. Other than that everyone has covered their tats.
The first session of the year with coach wooden was how to put your socks on. Winning coaches stress the details that some think are foolish.
Wooden had a lot of rules that would scare away a lot of kids that weren’t getting Sam Gilbert’s money.
Not for nothing, but by the time they are out of basketball, the head of human resources and the head of the company might have tattoos themselves. Not my thing, but then beards weren't our parents thing andshowing an ankle wasn't our grandparents' thing. Or am I dating myself?
