Be mad at me for wanting more for women’s sports! I can live with that but I’m going to always be an advocate for women’s sports! I have two daughters. My players, staff and I work hard for this University. There is no price tag on what we did for the University last year! None! https://t.co/3or43kHmLU

— Coach Yo (@YolettMcCuin) January 26, 2024

Thoughts? I feel she is 100000% correct

Who's mad? A handful of internet trolls? Ignore and move on.

I'm going to buttress this by saying there's plenty of context I don't know, and I am judging solely on this 5 minute clip.

I like women's basketball. I'll defend it against the folks who dismiss it out of hand and generally disagree with a lot of their takes on it. Still, all questions of right/wrong or fair/unfair aside, women's sports are not in a place where they just sell themselves. That is the card that she has been dealt as a women's basketball coach and the reality she has to operate from.

I think her approach here is ineffective at best, or counterproductive at worst. Raise your hand if you have ever paid money for tickets to a sports event because you were given a lecture about how you should do so (i.e. "do better," "catch up"). I certainly haven't. I think there are ready examples in Hollywood in recent years where people have attempted that tactic in advertising, and it backfires nearly every time.

The particulars of their approaches are different, but I think both Coach Mulkey and Coach Collen "get it" about what they need to do to get community engagement. Mulkey was out making appearances and talking to clubs to ingratiate herself in Waco as a means of advertising the team. Collen is handing out cups of coffee on campus or sending team members to dunk on toy basketball goals, again to advertise the team. I think both of them have seen fruits of their labor.

Standing at the pulpit and criticizing the community for not being there is never going to have the same effect. I can understand her frustration, but this clip isn't going to help her with anyone except for internet feminists who will comment "Yaasssss, queen!" on the video but never buy a single ticket.

i think it's just her not understanding how a team that went to the sweet sixteen, and is one of the top teams in the SEC cannot get a good crowd night in and night out but the men's teams could play a random school and the town can show up for them. When you put in the amount of work that she does or any coach it sucks for the people to not appreciated it at all especially when you are producing.

It is an unfortunate reality that MBB is more popular than WBB, at the college level & the pro level. It is mainly because men & women are physically different and therefore they play differently. That's not a knock in either sport, just a fact. The players throw the ball like girls because they are girls. Hooray! Once one accepts that reality, then one can appreciate the athleticism & competitiveness of WBB. I think most of us get that.

For some reason, most other Americans don't. It doesn't help their cause when the ultra-woke lesbo brigades try to preach to us about their nutty ideology and shame people for not worshipping them. Then there are those radicals who come off as anti-American and unpatriotic. Most Americans are going to respond to that kind of attitude as something to avoid. That arrogance & disconnect from reality is off-putting to say the least. They are not going to succeed by acting like jerks and insulting the people who they are trying to convince.

If women really want to increase attendance to women's sports they need to approach the issue with respect for the audience and even a little humility. Women are half of the population. Start by convincing other women. If they cannot do that they should not be surprised if fewer men are convinced by the clown shows.

historian said:

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It is an unfortunate reality that MBB is more popular than WBB, at the college level & the pro level. It is mainly because men & women are physically different and therefore they play differently. That's not a knock in either sport, just a fact. The players throw the ball like girls because they are girls. Hooray! Once one accepts that reality, then one can appreciate the athleticism & competitiveness of WBB. I think most of us get that.

For some reason, most other Americans don't. It doesn't help their cause when the ultra-woke lesbo brigades try to preach to us about their nutty ideology and shame people for not worshipping them. Then there are those radicals who come off as anti-American and unpatriotic. Most Americans are going to respond to that kind of attitude as something to avoid. That arrogance & disconnect from reality is off-putting to say the least. They are not going to succeed by acting like jerks and insulting the people who they are trying to convince.

If women really want to increase attendance to women's sports they need to approach the issue with respect for the audience and even a little humility. Women are half of the population. Start by convincing other women. If they cannot do that they should not be surprised if fewer men are convinced by the clown

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Really put off by your name calling and your desire to make this political again. As much as you accuse the left of pushing their agenda, you have chosen to push yours here, in the same manner, ie name calling, which some of us find as appalling as you project on the other side. Can't we all just love what we love and focus on that, rather than hating what we hate more? One is divisive and the other mimics Christ's way of meeting people where they are and finding connections. I think, if we stay focused on basketball, you and I can have respect for one another. Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but it does to me. Please?!

2 mins rebuttal from Mr. Bill Burr....

No hatred. Just trying to be honest. I think that's how many Americans view it. Some Americans do have hatred for people they think hate America. It's not the best look for patriotism but it's genuine.

Even among Baylor fans, there was division when BG was unjustly imprisoned in Russia.

historian said:

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No hatred. Just trying to be honest. I think that's how many Americans view it. Some Americans do gave hatred for people they think hate America. It's not the best look for patriotism but it's genuine.

Even among Baylor fans, there was division when BG was unjustly imprisoned in Russia.

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The problem I think we have today is that we use that term ("hate America") for people who don't agree with how we see things. And how we (I) see things does not mean the other person is out-of-hand wrong. Over my life my views on many things have changed because of a better understanding of the situation people find themselves in through no fault of their own and how the world has changed since my childhood in the 50s. I have to say also that some views have changed over the last 15 or so years because of "head-scratchers" in positions our politicians have taken that are just tone deaf. Some might say my views are inconsistent because they are not solidly in the camp of conservative or liberal as defined in today's political world. But I'd say that makes me historically normal. Of course there is also inconsistency with our politicians....stating one thing and then when it is advantageous for them or their party doing the opposite.

What I hate today is how our politicians, cable talking heads and partisan websites have convinced us that anyone that doesn't agree with us is our enemy and hates America. In actuality, we all likely have acquaintances that we like and admire, neighbors, friends, etc. and based on how we each believe, if we knew their inner beliefs, we would be told they hate America. BS to all this crap. Patriotism can be defined in many ways. Being told what we have to do or be for or against to be considered patriotic is perhaps a truer threat to America because it creates divisions in our country that are nothing more than me believing I am always right or political wedges for political gain that the majority of Americans probably would just like to see be put in time-out.

When someone goes out of their way and very publicly shows utmost contempt for their country, one that treats them as heroes and gives them unusual opportunities, it's natural to conclude that those actions are a reflection of hatred. This is especially true when they do so repeatedly and after being called out on it. This is as true for NFL & NBA players as it is for soccer or WNBA players. Kneeling for the national anthem is just such a sign of contempt. It's symbolic just like the song is.

In reality, the people engaging in these antics are being childish and throwing tantrums. They are drawing attention to themselves (as if their celebrity status doesn't already do that!) in a way that resembles a tantrum. Their arrogance and lack of self awareness results in well deserved criticism.