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Who is Bruder? You know what, it doesn't matter. I'd take whoever Bruder is over Mulkey any day. Unless "Bruder" means "Brian" in German or something.
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but I wouldn't want her coaching my team any more then I would want Urban Meyer coaching the football team. Just IMHO.
When I hear Mulkey speak I think I did something wrong
She belongs to a school like LSU.
Mulkey is a shitty person. Do some research and her and her family.
Bluder all the way.
Bluder all the way.
Yeah. The question is, just how bad do you want to win?
Mulkey will win more, but is a bigot.
Mulkey is more than a bigot, she is a horrible human. If you thought Steve Alford was bad, Mulkey is 10 times worse. I would seriously consider moving out of the state if she came to Iowa City.
Luckily this would never happen.
Don't be a drama queen. Unless you're unemployed and live in the back of a van, you aren't going to tremendously disrupt your life because of who coaches WBB at Iowa. That's silly.
Like her or not, she wins national championships wherever she goes - as a player, as an assistant coach, and as head coach. Alot of fans can't stomach an SOB coach - I understand - it all comes down to whether you place a higher priority on winning a national championship.
I'd rather follow a team with a coach that I can respect instead of that look at me trash bag Mulkey.
Exactly right. Which DOES raise EXACTLY that question. To the guys saying Mulkey over Bluder, is MAYBE winning a title, (there is NO saying its a sure thing) worth having some loathsome person who you have zero respect for coaching for us? Really? Also might want to consider that the lady your kicking to the curb, is not only highly respected, AND one of the winningest coaches ever, BUT she just took us the title game. Begs the old question, "At WHAT price fame" don't you think......
Mulkey is flamboyant, pugnacious, and outspoken. I suspect a lot of Hawk fans also don't like her because her team rolled over Iowa in the championship game. I can see why her personality can rub people the wrong way. I never liked Bob Knght either. But coaches don't get voted into the Hall of Fame based on personality; they are elected based on accomplishments and you have to respect that.
She can obviously coach and recruit but I'm not a fan... at all. It's always about her. I don't think I'd support that.
I'd have been much happier with Pat Summit.
I'd have been much happier with Pat Summit.
Im good with bluder. Sure, winning that title would have been awesome. But it was fun to watch the team get there.
If we debate Mulkey vs an irrelevant program, I'd probably take her. But I'm just fine with what Iowa has going now, versus being a little bit better with a trashy obnoxious coach and a similar supporting cast.
If we debate Mulkey vs an irrelevant program, I'd probably take her. But I'm just fine with what Iowa has going now, versus being a little bit better with a trashy obnoxious coach and a similar supporting cast.
Hahaha, no you obviously don't get it. Mulkey is way worse than a SOB coach. If she was a men's coach she would have been exposed long ago for the disgusting, horrible person that she is. As a women's coach, she has been able to fly just enough under the radar.
Bob Knight's players would run through a wall for him years after they left Indiana. Find me a Baylor player with anything good to say about Mulkey.
Find me anyone who has had dealings with Kim Mulkey that has anything good to say about her.
How does she recruit so well? She recruits people who are just like her or people that are naive that she can bully.
Why didn't you say so in the first place? She is flamboyant. That only makes her a type of person I don't care about personally. That doesn't make her a horrible person. Fran is a hot head. I don't like hot heads. I do not think that Fran is a horrible person.
She’s more than flamboyant. She’s obnoxious, mean, disrespectful, and arrogant.Why didn't you say so in the first place? She is flamboyant. That only makes her a type of person I don't care about personally. That doesn't make her a horrible person. Fran is a hot head. I don't like hot heads. I do not think that Fran is a horrible person.
I’d rather not go into great detail, but in my Austin restaurant days, I had the displeasure of dealing with her when she was the coach at Baylor. Long story short, she and her team were not allowed to come back to the restaurant, ever.
Bluder. Just on not having to see pictures and videos of Mulkey goose-stepping around in peacock/lobster pantsuits in the news every other day.
I doubt very seriously that she could be a big successful recruiter and have those attributes. You have to win over kids, not turn them away.
Except winning cures alot of evils in some people's minds. That would seem to be obvious. I mean really, were on the Iowa website and our coach JUST had the best year EVER in school history, and played for the national title and some of our own fans ready to kick her to the curb, because the other coach won one more game for the ring. If that doesn't tell you something about win, no matter what with some fans, I don't know what would.
I think this question is really better at identifying the idealists and realists, when it comes to the college athletics dynamic. I think you could argue that a majority of Iowa fans want their players to be great ambassadors for the university, go to school, and compete on an even playing field. Same goes for the coaches... The realists say... F-that... Iowa has the resources to win natties, so why shouldnt they have those expectations? Along with the idea that they are athletes, some just happen to be students, too.
My point being that its not like Bluder hasn't been one of the top coaches for some time. The last five years we've been 5-8 years we've been fighting for the top spot in the conference, won it, won several conf tourneys, several sweet 16's a couple of elite 8's and now played for a title, and NOW we'd have a discussion about replacing her with THAT. Sorry, but I don't call that being realistic, or much of a fan either. The job she's done the last decade deserves WAY more then that.
I know the question was about Bluder... but i was thinking from a more macro level and the overall temperature of the fanbase. IM not sure many would trade Bluder for the Grinch... and those that would are all about chasing trophies, rather than the big picture.
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Britney Griner — who won a NC for Mulkey — has said Mulkey told her to hide the fact that she was gay while a student at Baylor. She later threw BG under the bus to the press when asked if she had any remarks when she was incarcerated.
Some people may not be fans of BG bc of whatever predisposition you have to people who’ve smoked weed or are black + gay. But her coach should have her back always — as a player and as an alum.
She also has zero regard for whether her players graduate. Look at Alexis Morris — no way she did so after transferring literally four times. You can google more about Alexis Morris btw…
Look at how she responded to that reporter in that recent video of her when asked if she was sick: “I ain’t no sissy….You all might have COVID.” WTF? Not to mention how she talks to those reporters just doing their job. Kyle H. had some choice words about that on Twitter.
WBB isn’t like MBB. It’s a smaller universe. Community, culture, personnel matter a lot more when players stick around for four years. The coach that represents you matters, and that’s reflected in the players they recruit. No way I’d cheer for this team if she was the coach.
Dont be fooled by the funny outfits…they’re a PR tool.
You really only make one point and I totally disagree with it. A coach should never have the back of one of their athletes involved in criminal behavior.
So far, nothing posted to validate that Mulkey is a horrible person.
Lets just agree to disagree then on what we want to see as values from the coach who represents out University. Obviously if they win you don't give a flying f--- what they do or how they act, and thank goodness many here stand opposed. The REALLY crazy thing still is that we are having this conversation at all. We just played for the national title, and we're on here with people saying, hell I don't care what Mulkey does, I'd rather have her". Thats absolutely mind boggling...
Are you insane? In no way should a sane person draw that conclusion. I have asked what she has done wrong and have NOT received a viable answer. What her style is doesn't compel me to crucify her character. The question is hypothetical. I NEVER implied that I wanted Bluder fired. WAKE UP!!!
Several people gave you FIRST hand accounts of her actions on and off the court, and you've glossed right over them like they don't matter. Don't want her. Maybe you do, and so do some others. Enough said......
Super. Thats your opinion. Others disagree. They think she's a shitty person, and you don't. Great. We disagree....
I don’t care if we were going to win 5 NCs—I’d take Lisa in a heartbeat every time. The NCs are great but the people Lisa and Co have “molded” are worth infinitely more.
If you haven’t seen the series in their Europe trip, it’s very good. That group is so admirably close it’s awesome to see. The people those young women will become—and the countless Hawks before them are better than the trophies.
JMO.
If you haven’t seen the series in their Europe trip, it’s very good. That group is so admirably close it’s awesome to see. The people those young women will become—and the countless Hawks before them are better than the trophies.
JMO.
Way to take the high road. Summit may have not have been as good, but at least she’s not Mulkey.
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