Terri Mitchell out as Head Coach

[keefe]

So if they knew they were going to let Mitchell go, how did they let Tyler Summit get away? Sure he is 23 but I think they will regret not giving him the chance

I can't believe they would hire Summit. Having said which, back in the day LA Tech and ODU were powerhouses in women's hoops. 

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

So if they knew they were going to let Mitchell go, how did they let Tyler Summit get away? Sure he is 23 but I think they will regret not giving him the chance

This is just silly. Because of his mother? Frankly, I find it a little strange that this kid has gravitated to women's basketball at such a young age.

[warriorchick]

This is just silly. Because of his mother? Frankly, I find it a little strange that this kid has gravitated to women's basketball at such a young age.

Most likely since he has been a part of women's basketball since he was literally a week old. 

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Most likely since he has been a part of women's basketball since he was literally a week old. 

So we should hire him?

Were you under the impression I did not know who his mother was? Because I am fully aware.

The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch.

[Texas Western]

As a former member of the athletic department for 5+ years, I can tell you are full of crap.  No doubt success on the fields of play is critical, that's why you are there on a scholarship.  When you say Marquette does not care about the student athletes other than what they do on the field, you're just wrong.

I am sure there are individual members of the athletic department that care about an individual kid here and there. You may have your view as former member of the department.However you have that  perspective as the administrator. I am giving you the perspective as a parent ( as did Mr Pays Bills till 2017). By the way I am not saying Marquette is any better or worse than the next D-1. Have kids in ACC and Big Ten and life is the same there. All that matters is winning. The academic side is purely a function of keeping kids eligible.  There is absolutely zero loyalty to the student athlete who is working their tail off. The only loyalty is to wins and losses and bottom line.  The only respect the athletic department has shown our family is when they have their hand out for donations. If I bring the check book a meeting with any  one in the University is possible.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

So we should hire him?

Were you under the impression I did not know who his mother was? Because I am fully aware.

The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch.

That is such an ignorant and such a misogynistic statement. They work just as hard, if not harder then the men who play. You are basically insulting every woman who has played basketball, my sister being one of them. I dont see the problem with Tyler wanting to coach a womens team. Its what he knows and what he is best at.

[warriorchick]

So we should hire him?

Were you under the impression I did not know who his mother was? Because I am fully aware.

The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch.

Seriously?  You honestly believe that any guy who would rather coach women's basketball is a head case?  What is wrong with you?

[Skatastrophy]

Wow, you guys read a lot into that comment that wasn't necessarily there.

I guess it's the offseason, so let's get indignant on the Internet! Rabble rabble rabble!

[warriorchick]

Wow, you guys read a lot into that comment that wasn't necessarily there.

I guess it's the offseason, so let's get indignant on the Internet! Rabble rabble rabble!

So how exactly did I misread the statement "The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch"?

This guy spent 23 years within arm's length of the John Wooden of women's basketball.  Why would it be surprising (or "crazy") that he would choose to coach it?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch.

Show some class PRN. This is just bad

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

So we should hire him?

Were you under the impression I did not know who his mother was? Because I am fully aware.

The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch.

If Gino Auriemma heard you say this, he would castrate you and then have his team shoot free throws with your manhood. 

[keefe]

If Gino Auriemma heard you say this, he would castrate you and then have his team shoot free throws with your manhood. 

PRN's balls don't bounce like a Spalding so watch your dribble!

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

PRN's balls don't bounce like a Spalding so watch your dribble!

Dead Ball Foul  !!!!!

[Blackhat]

Well if it's going to be that kind of party I might as well stick my dick in the mashed potatoes

[keefe]

So how exactly did I misread the statement "The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch"?

This guy spent 23 years within arm's length of the John Wooden of women's basketball.  Why would it be surprising (or "crazy") that he would choose to coach it?

I grew up watching my father and his colleagues strap jets on their back and roar off into the wild blue yonder to take on Ivan. My Father grew up watching his father and mates strap piston powered prop aircraft onto their backs and fly off into the wild blue yonder to beat back the Hun.

Boys have always grown up wanting to follow in their father's footsteps. My father and his brothers did and each flew in the military, two for the duration of WW II and my father for 33 years. I did the same.

To PRN's point, where was Mr. Pat Summit these past 23 years?  Young males identify with and emulate their fathers. This is hard-coded into our DNA. It is a fact.

If my father had coached women's basketball I might have had a different career path. But my father did not coach women's basketball. In fact, the very thought is laughable. There is no way in hell he would have done that but he was of a different generation.

I recall visiting my parents on leave when my youngest sister was finishing up HS. We were at the dinner table and my college-educated mother announced she was going to apply for a teaching job. She had never worked outside the home in my lifetime.

My father essentially let his wife run the household and he followed her instructions on all things rather well. But this was completely unacceptable to him. I recall he looked at her directly and simply said his wife did not have to work. And her interest was not economic but social as a woman wrapping up a life chapter and looking for the next volume.

In his construct there were clearly defined roles and his wife taking a job meant he was not upholding his end of the social contract. He wasn't wrong in this belief as his father, and grand, and great grand likely had the same values.

[mujivitz06]

So we should hire him?

Were you under the impression I did not know who his mother was? Because I am fully aware.

The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch.

The hell is wrong with you?

[77ncaachamps]

Tyler needs to find himself and blaze his own trail. It may not be as successful, but I support him and thank him for his time with MU.

This program needs a boost. It hit complacency stage and when there's no progress, the seat (should have) gets hot.

[warriorchick]

To PRN's point, where was Mr. Pat Summit these past 23 years?  Young males identify with and emulate their fathers. This is hard-coded into our DNA. It is a fact.

Mr. Pat Summitt (actually Ross Barnes "R.B." Summitt) was a bank president.  I doubt that little Ross Tyler Summitt got much thrill from seeing his dad pick up a briefcase and get into his sedan.

One of the reasons that Tyler spent so much time observing women's basketball is that even today, it's generally the mother's responsibility to take care of the children, and if the babysitter is off-duty, it's Mom's problem. Despite all the groundbreaking she did for women's sports (and for women in society in general), she tried really hard to fill the traditional wife/mother role.  Despite a schedule that would probably put most Men's basketball head coaches to shame, she still put dinner on the table for her husband and son every night she was home.

I highly recommend her autobiography, "Sum It Up."  I think it is impossible to read without gaining a great deal of respect for her and the other pioneers of women's sports.

[Spotcheck Billy]

maybe he just likes going into the women's locker room

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

maybe he just likes going into the women's locker room

+ 6 inches

[GooooMarquette]

The fact that he's pursuing coaching women's basketball is a case for a therapist's couch.

WOW!  Not cool.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

That is such an ignorant and such a misogynistic statement. They work just as hard, if not harder then the men who play. You are basically insulting every woman who has played basketball, my sister being one of them. I dont see the problem with Tyler wanting to coach a womens team. Its what he knows and what he is best at.

What are you talking about? How am I insulting your sister?

[keefe]

Mr. Pat Summitt (actually Ross Barnes "R.B." Summitt) was a bank president.  I doubt that little Ross Tyler Summitt got much thrill from seeing his dad pick up a briefcase and get into his sedan.

One of the reasons that Tyler spent so much time observing women's basketball is that even today, it's generally the mother's responsibility to take care of the children, and if the babysitter is off-duty, it's Mom's problem. Despite all the groundbreaking she did for women's sports (and for women in society in general), she tried really hard to fill the traditional wife/mother role.  Despite a schedule that would probably put most Men's basketball head coaches to shame, she still put dinner on the table for her husband and son every night she was home.

I highly recommend her autobiography, "Sum It Up."  I think it is impossible to read without gaining a great deal of respect for her and the other pioneers of women's sports.

I remember when we had our first my wife made up some bs rule about toy guns and plastic army men being forbidden. She conceded defeat when her 2 year son was picking tree branches and shooting at passing cars and birds.

She never wanted any of the kids to continue the tradition of flying in the military. It was only at the end when she told me that she feared having them do something that dangerous. Interesting insight into the psychology of women - the husband is expected to do what is necessary to bring meat and skins back to the cave but a mother will always be obsessively protective of her cubs. I never saw that until that very moment. Again, Mother Nature's code is still hard wired into our brains.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

You can all say it's "not cool" or lacking in class or asking what is "wrong with me" all you want. I am right.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

If Gino Auriemma heard you say this, he would castrate you and then have his team shoot free throws with your manhood. 

Auriemma is a tiny little sawed off half man who has been over compensating for his lack of stature for many, many years.