And where was Mulkey's usual flamboyant jacket?
Classy Reese gets karma
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That's because Iowa had the lead, hung on to it and never let it go. If the script flipped and LSU was ahead the whole game, you better believe they'd be taking the low road. I'm proud of our women for the performance on the court and the way they carried themselves. They are bigger people than I would have been.
Imagine what she could have done with Lisa and Jan as her coaches the past few years. First off, develop some humility that could have skyrocketed her fanbase. Second off, she has a few post moves, but most of her game revolves around being taller with longer arms than anyone else on the floor. With our conditioning program and her length she could have feasted on the fast break for us and potentially developed moves like MG, MC, and HS did while also allowing HS to play PF. Her shot blocking and rebounding presence would have worked wonders with our defense too. She probably would have averaged 25 ppg for us with CC passing the ball along with 15-20 rpg.
I think everyone needs to eat a slice of humble pie. Hopefully she learns a life lesson from this event. I am sure that she is a young woman that has been praised most of her life and now got a bit of reality served to her.
There’s a lot of stupid in these threads.
Appreciate Caitlin Clark and Lisa Bluder. Realize Angel Reese is a kid playing a game who has a lot of growing up to do and who has had the misfortune of being mentored by Kim Mulkey. I know nothing of Angel Reese’s childhood and upbringing, but I am pretty confident Caitlin Clark has good parents and probably had a lot of good role models in her life. She also has Lisa Bluder as a coach. Reese has Kim Mulkey.
I mean Reese was ready with a crown prop if/when they won the game. And the media would have eaten it up. I'm so glad the ladies took her, Mulkey, Van Brick et. al down with class.
Players tend to love their coaches, I get it. But I'm surprised at how many don't see through Mulkey's BS. She is 100% about herself first and her players next.
She didn't disappear during the handshake line she was very gracious in the hand shake line ......
If she received them (and I have little doubt she did), death threats to Reese are never acceptable. They're also not OK directed at Caitlin Clark (she also has received them) or any of the tens of thousands of coaches and players and politicians who also receive them. Sadly, in our sick society with access to anonymous social media it comes with the territory of achieving a certain level of fame or notoriety.
If I saw it correctly she and Caitlin did a very brief embrace.
Actions speak louder than FAKE words.
In the SAME DAY... She left a crown on her bench.
In the SAME DAY... She left a crown on her bench.
I was impressed with Reese’s play in the first half, she was dominant before she got injured/tired. That said, O’Grady easily neutralized her in the 2nd half with her size, so I suspect that would happen in the WNBA.
She’s likely already made $ to be set for life if she’s smart with it. Her best scenario would be to go pro and continue to play off the match up with Clarke. Ride Caitlin’s coattails. The rivalry can fill seats like Bird & Magic.
She’s likely already made $ to be set for life if she’s smart with it. Her best scenario would be to go pro and continue to play off the match up with Clarke. Ride Caitlin’s coattails. The rivalry can fill seats like Bird & Magic.
O'Grady was really the unsung hero of the game. Hats off to her!
That's the thing about AR as a player: she has NO game. Let's be honest and objective. What, exactly, are her skills as a basketball player?
* Great passer? No ("Get me the ball!")
* Great shooter? LOL (See that one shot she tried from about 12 feet? A third grader has better form and would be less likely to throw up a brick like that. Otherwise, her scoring comes from within three feet of the basket.)
* Great rebounder? Sure, as long as she's four inches to a foot taller than everyone else. (How many rebounds were of her own missed bunnies? Methinks at least half a dozen.)
* Great ball handler? Uh-uh
* Great defender. Sure, again as long as she's bigger than the opponent.
AR is a legend in her own mind, and only there. Anyone with eyes knows she has no game whatsoever. As others have suggested, she'll disappear once she leaves college ball, which will be awesome.
BTW: AR probably travels about half the time on her low post moves. I think she was called for it all of one time last night. And we haven't even mentioned how she manhandled--yes MANhandled Hannah and O'Grady in the paint with not a single call. She's one of those players who, were the rules applied to her, would foul out in a quarter or two. As you may have guessed, I have no respect for her as a player or, far more important, as a human being.
Youth is wasted on the young.
On that break away after Caitlin's horrible pass, Reese is lucky she made the layup.
The crown on the chair pregame was the clincher. Petulant child masquerading as an adult and NO ONE from lsu grabbing it and saying what the hell? Life has many future unpleasant surprises for her. Worshipping these players because of athletic talent alone is a grave disservice and a dereliction of duty.Actions speak louder than FAKE words.
In the SAME DAY... She left a crown on her bench.
Perhaps with a good leader she would be better but we know her coach has zero scruples.
I actually think she's probably bright enough. I just don't think she gives a f***.
According to NIL it appears she already has earned 1.8 million. If she stays in college she might earn another million. Not sure how that correlates to starting a downward spiral.
Sure it might happen, but your concerns seem to be a bit premature
Yep. You'd think one of the coaches would say "no...we're not doing that". Tells you a lot about the program.
It's hard to taunt when you are losing
One point I’d argue is your use of “kids and young adults”. It’s pretty much people of all ages in my opinion. We all do dumb things, fortunately all the stupid stuff I did was not broadcast for the world to see.
I going to guess 99% of the people on here have things on their lives that others would lambast them for if it was open to media scrutiny.
I’d argue about her potential in the WNBA. She rebounds like crazy She will find a spot and stick.
Agreed. I did notice when they took the lead in the first and a few times in the 2nd they started talking a bit. Then did some hand motion stuff at Clark at one point. Hawks just didn’t give them a chance to taunt.
NIL and social media makes it a lot harder to fall back on this excuse
Exactly right.
Who could have guessed that the head coach’s “it’s all about me” attention-seeking behaviors would carry over to her players?
Of course, the most vociferous voices on this board criticizing Kim Mulkey and Angel Reese are often the same voices who idolize Donald Trump.
Irony.
Oh, I know. How can the usual array of snowflakes on the basketball board survive a Trump reference? Poor babies. For those about to cry about it, prove it wrong or STFU. Truth doesn’t care about your feelings. 😝
Science—which teaches the human brain does not fully develop until mid to late 20s—doesn’t care about middle-aged white men and their delicate feelings.
Keep politics out of this, OK pal?
Ragnar, you know better than to wander to the political talk on this board. Let’s keep it to the sports world and not the off topic realm.
Angel’s 15 minutes are over, as there are no more opportunities to ride Caitlin’s coattails to stardom.
I hope she invested well, because the gravy train is coming to a halt soon. If she comes back to college, she won’t even be a top 5 player in the country or the best player on her team.
I hope she invested well, because the gravy train is coming to a halt soon. If she comes back to college, she won’t even be a top 5 player in the country or the best player on her team.
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