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#10,477
I am 83 and have been a fan since 1978 and have enjoyed the rise and success of the LVs, attended five final 4's and while still living in Knoxville had third row seats behind the bench.

I believe it was the Cincinnati Final 4 where an article spoke of the coming of women basketball to ESPN and the expectation of it promoting more emphasis on becoming an elite playes, which then happened.

The only information on women's recruiting was one douple page in the back of college basketball annual magazines.

We became upset some years later when a coach from CT purchased a house for the mother of a player MM and allowed her to sell her handbags.

We sadly saw the decline in health and death of our Coach,

The social media craze, the pandemic and NIL came in this decade and College basketball has become a business(period). My years of enjoyment of watching practice no longer exists anywhere. and I understand.

What is lost for for me is the former enjoyment of interacting on this board - in a friendly and sometimes humorous manner. I now only visit once a month (this being June) and in scanning and reading monthly since March I find the board is Toxic. It could be a political board, the remarks made by a Congresswoman from GA concerning the eyelashes of a fellow Congresswoman who was black, were so similar to remarks made by several regulars over the last year.

I know I have lived to long to understand. I don't write this as holier than thou, only that I miss the former inter-play of sometime back which is no longer the focus.
 
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stllvf said:
I am 83 and have been a fan since 1978 and have enjoyed the rise and success of the LVs, attended five final 4's and while still living in Knoxville had third row seats behind the bench.

I believe it was the Cincinnati Final 4 where an article spoke of the coming of women basketball to ESPN and the expectation of it promoting more emphasis on becoming an elite playes, which then happened.

The only information on women's recruiting was one douple page in the back of college basketball annual magazines.

We became upset some years later when a coach from CT purchased a house for the mother of a player MM and allowed her to sell her handbags.

We sadly saw the decline in health and death of our Coach,

The social media craze, the pandemic and NIL came in this decade and College basketball has become a business(period). My years of enjoyment of watching practice no longer exists anywhere. and I understand.

What is lost for for me is the former enjoyment of interacting on this board - in a friendly and sometimes humorous manner. I now only visit once a month (this being June) and in scanning and reading monthly since March I find the board is Toxic. It could be a political board, the remarks made by a Congresswoman from GA concerning the eyelashes of a fellow Congresswoman who was black, were so similar to remarks made by several regulars over the last year.

I know I have lived to long to understand. I don't write this as holier than thou, only that I miss the former inter-play of sometime back which is no longer the focus.
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It is indeed more toxic as keyboard warriors can post in total anonymity. what you may also consider is "when" you are here
right now there is no basketball to talk about so the topics will be much more adverse
 
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stllvf said:
I am 83 and have been a fan since 1978 and have enjoyed the rise and success of the LVs, attended five final 4's and while still living in Knoxville had third row seats behind the bench.

I believe it was the Cincinnati Final 4 where an article spoke of the coming of women basketball to ESPN and the expectation of it promoting more emphasis on becoming an elite playes, which then happened.

The only information on women's recruiting was one douple page in the back of college basketball annual magazines.

We became upset some years later when a coach from CT purchased a house for the mother of a player MM and allowed her to sell her handbags.

We sadly saw the decline in health and death of our Coach,

The social media craze, the pandemic and NIL came in this decade and College basketball has become a business(period). My years of enjoyment of watching practice no longer exists anywhere. and I understand.

What is lost for for me is the former enjoyment of interacting on this board - in a friendly and sometimes humorous manner. I now only visit once a month (this being June) and in scanning and reading monthly since March I find the board is Toxic. It could be a political board, the remarks made by a Congresswoman from GA concerning the eyelashes of a fellow Congresswoman who was black, were so similar to remarks made by several regulars over the last year.

I know I have lived to long to understand. I don't write this as holier than thou, only that I miss the former inter-play of sometime back which is no longer the focus.
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I’m 82 and understand exactly what you mean. Pat Summitt was a pioneer and did so much for the game and I loved watching her coach. There are some great folks on this board and some that would argue with a fence post. I just try to enjoy the good ones.
 
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VOLPAT said:
I’m 82 and understand exactly what you mean. Pat Summitt was a pioneer and did so much for the game and I loved watching her coach. There are some great folks on this board and some that would argue with a fence post. I just try to enjoy the good ones.
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She was one of a kind. She carried herself in a way that both men and women could model themselves to her. She was a great coach, but a better person....
 
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I heard a snippet of Key being interviewed as part of her representing at the UT Basketball Leadership Conference along with Mashack. It was broadcast on the Sports Animal yesterday. She said that last year was really hard because even though she had great support and worked hard she never felt like she fully got herself back to where she was basketball wise physically or mentally. She said that she "loves" Kellie and that they continue to have a "great relationship". When asked about the WNBA, she said that she hasn't ruled it out completely but is also looking at other options (implied that it would be connected to basketball but I forgot the wording). Both she and Mashack said they would not like to be an employee of the university like future players will be, as this takes away some of the special period of time where you still can be growing up in a protected space (not their words). I know this was just a snippet, but though others might be interested too. If anyone heard other parts of the interview, please do share.
 
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So I looked at the baseball area this week😳.
Per some posts I saw, the reason they keep talking about moving discussions etc to the baseball area is they want more posts about baseball than the Lady Vols. Says a lot doesn’t it.
 
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