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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2476455, member: 26"] Thank you for the compliment! It's easy to misunderstand your post. The grumbling you are referring to, I assume, is fan grumbling (since that's what I was referencing, and several others have as well). It's highly unsubstantiated that that the reason she was left off the team had anything to do with he immense basketball skills since no one ever really said why. If journalists like Voepel are left to guess (direct quote from her) "[I]There will be plenty of theories about why. Some will say it's strictly strategic: that the U.S. team somehow felt it had a surplus of what Parker does, and despite her being on the short list of "best in the world," she was the odd woman out. [B]That seems absurd[/B]. [U]Others will say it came down to chemistry/personality clashes[/U]. But even if you don't think this is some kind of personality conflict that goes way back, it's still jarring to think Parker will not be on the Olympic team."[/I]. It's pretty clear she doesn't believe Parker was left off because of the "basketball skills" theory. But unless the committee, Parker, teammates, or coaches speak out, we will never know for sure, and will be left to speculate. Parker's continued petty petulance on the subject won't do anything to sway those on the fence as to "why".[INDENT]Bingo [USER=6927]@Plebe[/USER]. That seems to be the only answer we will every publicly get...[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]