An email from Carol Anne regarding my comments yesterday about Coach Mulkey-Robertson:
My guess is that when Coach KM-R is interviewed by non-Big 12 media, she is asked about the Sweet 16 .2 debacle. (Very bad call indeed!) Seattle sportswriters probably spent 10+ minutes flipping through Baylor's media guide, then 5+ minutes Googling on the Lady Bears. So, the one controversy involving the Baylor women's basketball team gets asked about...again and again and again.
True enough. We always need to remember that what players and coaches say in the press is largely a function of the questions they are asked by reporters. And it is the job of reporters, after all, to prod their subjects into saying something stupid or controversial or newsworthy.
On the other hand, you always have the option of giving a non-answer. No reason coach Kim can't just say: "You know what, I've said all I'm going to say about The Call, and right now I want to focus on tomorrow's game, not a game from last March."
My guess is that when Coach KM-R is interviewed by non-Big 12 media, she is asked about the Sweet 16 .2 debacle. (Very bad call indeed!) Seattle sportswriters probably spent 10+ minutes flipping through Baylor's media guide, then 5+ minutes Googling on the Lady Bears. So, the one controversy involving the Baylor women's basketball team gets asked about...again and again and again.
True enough. We always need to remember that what players and coaches say in the press is largely a function of the questions they are asked by reporters. And it is the job of reporters, after all, to prod their subjects into saying something stupid or controversial or newsworthy.
On the other hand, you always have the option of giving a non-answer. No reason coach Kim can't just say: "You know what, I've said all I'm going to say about The Call, and right now I want to focus on tomorrow's game, not a game from last March."
posted by Ted at 6:21 AM
