Terri Mitchell out as Head Coach

[GooooMarquette]

I see you modified your post to include a snide comment about my son so since he's not here to defend himself I will. He had Oedipal issues just as you did when you were 2-3. And if you didn't then you probably do have unresolved issues regarding your mother.

My son was graduated from Middlebury then was awarded a doctoral degree from Columbia. He now lives and works in Firenze where he shares his life with a beautiful Italian woman. He is educated, erudite, confident, and very much at peace with who he is, where he came from, and where he is headed. I am comfortable with the values instilled in him by his mother who was a sensitive, inquisitive, intelligent soul who valued ideas and relationships far more than the material.

If you really do want to take issue with him I can give you his email address and you can do so directly.  

And I have a Medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, then graduated top of my class from Vanderbilt Law School, and now work at the most prestigious medical institution on earth.  Sorry you don't win all the pissing matches, Keefe.  Not interested in hearing from your son - I suspect he's as full of himself as you are with yourself.

[keefe]

that's going back 11 generations......

The Church of England is barely even that old. I'm very interested in hearing more

Lots of vicars over the decades and two bishops. My great gran was a bishop posted to Canada from UK so my gran actually was undertaking Divinity Studies at Yale when WWI broke out. He and a group from Yale belonged to a Flying Club and so were actually pilots.

As a group in Sep 14 they went down to the Brit High Comm in NYC and signed up. Flew FE2s for the Brits until the US came in then were transferred to the USN. My gran stood up and pointed out he was a crown subject but was told he came in with that lot so out he went with them. He ended up making a career of the USN, retiring as a Captain.

While still flying with the RAAC he met my gram who was Scottish but living in London. Bit convoluted as my gran was not just English but CofE hierarchy English. Love won out, I guess but that's how one branch ended up in the US. My gram always told me that she favored me and my sisters as we needed something other than red hair in the blood lines.

Living in Bicester then London we were always invited to family gatherings. Outsiders always would approach my blond haired blue eyed wife with the statement, 'so you're the Yank side of the clan...' It was always a mind screw for them.

 

[swoopem]

The better women college basketball teams could beat about 98 percent of the Wisconsin Hofh School boys teams .

I highly, highly doubt this. To train for the Olympics this year the USA women's hockey team scrimmaged against high school boys teams and lost the majority of the time. These were the best our country has to offer and they lost to high school teams in New England, not triple A teams, or the US development team in Ann Arbor, but regular high school teams.

[ecc5051]

"Sum It Up" is one of the best and most moving basketball books I have ever read. It was heartbreaking to see Pat Summitt at the Al McGuire Center last year with Tyler. Her health has deteriorate so fast in the last couple of years. 

[keefe]

And I have a Medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, then graduated top of my class from Vanderbilt Law School, and now work at the most prestigious medical institution on earth.  Sorry you don't win all the pissing matches, Keefe.  Not interested in hearing from your son - I suspect he's as full of himself as you are with yourself.

Guess you couldn't get into an Ivy League school but spoken like a true MD.

Matter of opinion but I feel the most prestigious medical research institution in many verticals is Harvard Care Group with whom I have worked. My colleagues, among others, include Danny Sands, Jeff Blander, AG Breitenstein.  They are all Harvard grads, though AG did get her law degree at Yale. We did yeoman's work on advancing Clinical Trial infrastructure, protocols, and medical ethics on a global basis.

Pissing contest? Hardly. You may have accomplishments but I'll stand by the work we did with world-recognized authorities in advancing tech adaptation and ethical protocols in medical research.

Actually one of my sisters went to Vandy Law. Fine school. But not Ivy League.



 

[GooooMarquette]

Guess you couldn't get into an Ivy League school but spoken like a true MD.

Matter of opinion but I feel the most prestigious medical research institution in many verticals is Harvard Care Group with whom I have worked. My colleagues, among others, include Danny Sands, Jeff Blander, AG Breitenstein.  They are all Harvard grads, though AG did get her law degree at Yale. We did yeoman's work on advancing Clinical Trial infrastructure, protocols, and medical ethics on a global basis.

Pissing contest? Hardly. You may have accomplishments but I'll stand by the work we did with world-recognized authorities in advancing tech adaptation and ethical protocols in medical research.

Actually one of my sisters went to Vandy Law. Fine school. But not Ivy League.

I never applied to any Ivy League schools, but most certainly would have gotten accepted.  Too much arrogance at those places.  But look who I'm telling - the master of arrogance himself.

Your constant recitation of your CV and putting others down used to be entertaining.  Now it's just old.

[keefe]

I never applied to any Ivy League schools, but most certainly would have gotten accepted.  Too much arrogance at those places.  But look who I'm telling - the master of arrogance himself.

Woulda coulda shoulda

Fact is you didn't. And if your "World's Most Prestigious Medical Institution" rivals Harvard Care Group/Harvard Medical School I would love to hear where that is. Fact is, Care Group would never, ever make such a claim. It is a leading medical teaching and research institute but how does one say "World's Most Prestigious?" Fact is they don't.

I can just hear Danny Sands or Jeff describing Harvard Care Group as "The World's Most Prestigious Medical Institute." They don't. In fact, Danny tells people he works at BID. (I'll let you figure that one out since you work at "The World's Most Prestigious Medical Institute...") People in the industry know what BID is. If they don't then they don't work in the leading parts of the industry.

But you, Mr. Humility, describe your employer as "The World's Most Prestigious Medical Institute" then turn around and say the Ivy League has, "too much arrogance?" (This from a man who detests Overly Broad Generalizations" mind you.) So again, you are claiming that you chose the Medical College of Wisconsin because the Ivy League medical schools have "too much arrogance?"  This board is witness to a lot of BS but that is one of the very best.

And yet in all of your self-professed humility you make the claim that you, "most certainly would have gotten accepted into an Ivy League School." Now, where is all of your self-professed humility? I guess you need to know the enemy in order to fight the enemy.

So the reality is we don't know if you could have gone to an Ivy because you never applied. For whatever reason. Which wasn't because of all the purported arrogance because your own lack of humility gives lie to any such disdain.
The Medical College of Wisconsin and Vanderbilt are fine schools. Second and Third tier programs.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I certainly haven't a tenth of your expertise on this so your insights are far more valid. If you look closely, though, I steered clear of the nature v. nurture argument and left it simply as gender roles are part of our make up for reasons of tens of thousands of years of practice. For whatever reason, men sharpened bone and stone and went out looking for something to kill while women reared offspring and gathered. And those roles became set and exist through this day.

You know gender roles in the hunter gatherer period of human history is fascinating. Whereas the nature vs. nurture argument has been mostly killed for modern day studies, back then it was still valid. It is relatively unknown how much our ancestors were driven by instinct. So our gender roles could in fact be because of genetics. Not our current genetics but the genetics of our ancient ancestors. As our genetics evolved, our gender roles didn't. Well they have certainly evolved, but some aspects are outdated.

[jsglow]

"Sum It Up" is one of the best and most moving basketball books I have ever read. It was heartbreaking to see Pat Summitt at the Al McGuire Center last year with Tyler. Her health has deteriorate so fast in the last couple of years.  

I Chick literally ran into her that day (she bumped into me when I her in line for tickets and was trying to cut through) and my chick's heart broke.  She seemed so fragile.

(This is what happens when your wife's laptop breaks and she starts using mine.  Signed, the real jsglow.   )

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I would like the record to show that I have ALWAYS been a great admirer of Pat Summit. Her current situation is heartbreaking.

I would also like to point out that almost every player who played for her has said they were drawn to her and remained close with her because of her maternal qualities.

[Marquette Fan]

How I wish I could see Pat Summitt exchanging barbs with Geno Auriemma in the media again.  It is truly heartbreaking to see her the way she is now as many have said. 

I was looking up something on the Marquette Athletics website and see they announced that registration was open for their annual golf fundraiser on Wednesday just before they announced Mitchell wasn't returning - that's a little ironic.

The Banquet is scheduled for 4/23 - I haven't heard anything about it yet but I am guessing it will be canceled.

I'm super curious as to who they will consider for this job but may never really know as there really is no media coverage of this team.  I'm not sure if I'll even hear about any candidates before they announce the new hire.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Generally speaking, men have "Mommy issues" and women have "Daddy issues."

Fact:  78% of strippers have daddy issues.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Fact:  78% of strippers have daddy issues.

I'd go higher.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I'd go higher.

The author has completed exhaustive research into the matter.  78% is accurate.  20% have a drug problem.  1% does it for fun.  1% because her mom brought her to work with her.

On a positive note, 87% are pursuing higher education of some kind, ranging from vet tech to tattoo artist to lawyer.  The remaining 13% are happy to not be working at X joint, and think they have the world by the balls.

[Coleman]

I Chick literally ran into her that day (she bumped into me when I her in line for tickets and was trying to cut through) and my chick's heart broke.  She seemed so fragile.

(This is what happens when your wife's laptop breaks and she starts using mine.  Signed, the real jsglow.   )

Make sure you hide your browsing history!!!

[Tums Festival]

Wade ‏@Wade_ChapmanWBB  Apr 9
Interesting name that could surface at #Marquette is #UCONN assistant Chris Dailey. She deserves a head coaching job in my opinion...

[Marquette Fan]

Wade ‏@Wade_ChapmanWBB  Apr 9
Interesting name that could surface at #Marquette is #UCONN assistant Chris Dailey. She deserves a head coaching job in my opinion...

She hasn't seemed interested in leaving UCONN in the past - not sure she'd be interested in a head coaching position.

[MUEng92]

Wow, I have never lost so much respect for so many different people for so many different reasons than during the last 15 minutes reading the last few pages of this thread.

[Niv Berkowitz]

[Marquette Gyros]

Keefe,

Having written a thesis on gender identity development, I can tell you with 100% certainty that your belief about "Mother Nature's Code being hardwired into our brains" is unequivocally false.

Yes it is true, most men follow in their father's footsteps. And most mothers want to protect their children, but it has been proved repeatedly that men and women have the exact same instincts and drives when it comes to raising children. The only "code" that mother nature has driven into us is a natural instinct to protect our children and it is found in both men and women.

What changes is how that instinct manifests itself. Most American men choose to protect the child by providing for it and toughening it up. Most American women choose to protect the child in a more literal sense. This comes from generations of gender roles being normalized, not genetics. Men and women are trained from birth in these gender roles....so much so that breaking from them was viewed as a mental disorder until recently (and some still view it this way). Do you really think your son playing with make believe guns as a child was really a product of genetics and not the society he grew up in?

And before any starts throwing the anti-pc hand grenades, I am not criticizing gender roles. They exist, it's part of the world we live in. I think they can help men and women find identity and meaning in their lives which is ultimately a good thing.  All I hope for is world where a man isn't criticized as "a case for a therapist's couch" when he decides to pursue a career that is dominated by women.

An incredibly fascinating post emerges from this cesspool of a thread.  +1, TAMU Eagle.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

An incredibly fascinating post emerges from this cesspool of a thread.  +1, TAMU Eagle.

Thank you sir

[Texas Western]

Quote from: Texas Western on April 11, 2014, 09:41:52 AM
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.

Your comments were that the university does not care is wrong.  No one is disputing this is a win or go home entity and the expectation is that you are given a ride (free, partial) and you will bust your butt to earn that ride or someone else will.

I just find your comments wrong from my experience and I'll give you a few examples.  Kid destroys his knee, can never play again...yet MU honors the scholarship until he graduates.  If they didn't care, they would kick him to the curb.  MU drops wrestling and rifle teams, still supports the scholarships despite the sport no longer being around.   I'm friends with a few of the coaches that are still there and some of the administrators, I just don't concur with your general statement.  Perhaps with your son or daughter's team, maybe that's the case, but the broad brush commentary is not correct.

I am amending this comment. If the Athletic Department is defined by Mr. Cords vision of what a student athlete experience should be , then yes I agree with you that the University cares. Maybe since he is has been back some of that philosophy will seep back into the system. However, since he left the overall trend has been cold and business like.

[Marquette Fan]

So has anyone heard anything about candidates being interviewed for the job?  There's a blog post today in the JS saying MU hopes to hire a new coach this week but I have yet to hear any candidates' names.

[real chili 83]

I jumped from the first page of this thread to the last.  Didn't read the stuff in the middle.

Interesting.......

Only on Scoop.

[Abode4life]

So has anyone heard anything about candidates being interviewed for the job?  There's a blog post today in the JS saying MU hopes to hire a new coach this week but I have yet to hear any candidates' names.

Shaka Smart.  #donedeal