I'm with you there. Sherry Cola is my kind of drink . . . .
STEPH: So, about what Kim Mulkey said…
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Kim Mulkey can go pound sand. Ever since her tone deaf comments after the Baylor rape scandal, I’ve had zero respect for her. These new comments just sound like an excuse to not give ISU any credit for winning. **** you Kim.
RandyPete made a rare appearance in the Zoom interview with Coach Fen early today. The video can be seen on Cyclones.tv. At around the 7th min mark, he asked questions related to Kim Mulkey's comments. Coach shared a different view as a lot of us would expect. RandyPete just posted a new article on Des Moines Register.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...thoughts-coaching-during-pandemic/4201853001/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...thoughts-coaching-during-pandemic/4201853001/
Vanderbilt hung it up today, too. I guess they didn't feel forced to play, unlike Kim.
vucommodores.com
Women’s Basketball to Discontinue Season
Decision driven by student-athletes, supported by university officials
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“Money” is such a simplistic label.
You’re a History Professor. So you realize that without “money”, the economy would collapse, and the country would be in chaos.
I think it’s far more apt to call it “a determination to keep functioning”.
Any further statement would belong in the Cave.
CycloneErik
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I applaud your simplistic desire to avoid any interaction with that point or a cautious, even realistic, COVID viewpoint.
CycloneErik
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ESPN $ isn't the only $ out there.
I'm teaching at a small school that's only in person due to the extremely high % of athletes in the student body.
Tuition, room/board, wherever else the $ is coming from.
Same reason we do everything around here during COVID that the successful countries didn't.
Vanderbilt hung it up today, too. I guess they didn't feel forced to play, unlike Kim.
Women’s Basketball to Discontinue Season
Decision driven by student-athletes, supported by university officials
4-4- 0-3 in the SEC not near the pressure to keep playing as a top 10 team, or a team on the upswing like the Cyclones. Interesting that it was a players decision.
It's more interesting that the Duke women shut it down, too, even as Coach K lamented playing (but still keeps playing).
Kim and Coach K have no problem complaining (after losses, notably) about how they shouldn't be playing, yet...they keep playing. If they were truly as uncomfortable as they purport to be in press conferences, then take the next step and shut it down. Oh ho, can't do that, though. Gotta collect that seven-figure paycheck, after all.
Read a comment somewhere saying that if Mulkey was concerned about the health and safety of her athletes, why is DiDi Richards even stepping on the court after her SERIOUS injury? Seems a bit hypocritical.
The announcers were even talking about DiDi having to massage her calves all the time as if her legs weren't fully recovered yet. For those unaware, DiDi was in a collision in practice in December and literally lost all feeling in her legs for awhile.
Love it when Steph gets mad! I'd pay to see a verbal girlfight between her and Mulkey! Steph would destroy her.
That was a heck of a collision her and Moon had, she's recovered has met the protocols and is cleared to play. I'm guessing the calf problem was from not having much practice over the last 28(?) days. I respect Mulkey a lot as a coach, not always fond of her opinions or attitudes and she doesn't take losing well, but to think she doesn't care about her players is wrong.
There are two sides to the money thing. Most of the money goes to pay for players to go to schools and of course coaches. I'm sure that Kim has a really nice salary, and a contract that pays her all kinds of extra money for winning games. Now if she wants to stop getting paid and take all her players off of scholarship to prove her conviction, I will start believing that this isn't more about losing to ISU than actually playing the games.
Wonder why Geno made this video. Seems like the only reason was because he wanted to put Mulkey in her place. I like.
basic (and quick) research shows for WBB, approx. salary:
UCONN Geno Auriemma: $2.4 mill
BAYLOR Kim Mulkey: $2.27 mill
N. DAME Muffet McGraw $2.1 mill
TEXAS Vic Shaefer: $1.8 mill
S. CAROLINA Dawn Staley: $1.75 mill
OKLAHOMA Sherri Coale: $1.3 mill
IOWA Lisa Bluder: $1.1 mill
RUTGERS C Vivian Stringer $950,000
IOWA ST. Bill Fennelly: $800,000
I was shocked to see that Frau Blucher (horse neighs) has been coaching longer than Fennelly. She has 37 years as head coach, Bill only has 34.
UCONN Geno Auriemma: $2.4 mill
BAYLOR Kim Mulkey: $2.27 mill
N. DAME Muffet McGraw $2.1 mill
TEXAS Vic Shaefer: $1.8 mill
S. CAROLINA Dawn Staley: $1.75 mill
OKLAHOMA Sherri Coale: $1.3 mill
IOWA Lisa Bluder: $1.1 mill
RUTGERS C Vivian Stringer $950,000
IOWA ST. Bill Fennelly: $800,000
I was shocked to see that Frau Blucher (horse neighs) has been coaching longer than Fennelly. She has 37 years as head coach, Bill only has 34.
