Rhonda: athlete entitlement factor in retirement

[smupony94]

Don't hold me to it but I swear he mentioned times had changed some during his time off from coaching

[mrydel]

I have no problem with the stipends although the NCAA did not like it when we did it in the 80s. The issue is the differing amounts at each school. I guess there are factors that "even them out" when applied. But these young men will only see the dollars, and that adds difficulty to recruiting.

[ebrooks11]

So much hate and vitriol on this thread.

[Rebel10]

You did not like Rhonda.

Not that at all. She said that she did not like the situation regarding entitled kids but then at the time she said the kids on her team were not like that. So how can she be tired of something that does not happen on her team?

[mrydel]

How hard is that to understand, or do you just like to argue. She does not like that some kids look only at the amount of money being given. Her kids did not. Pretty simple to understand unless you just want to berate Rhonda.

[Rebel10]

How hard is that to understand, or do you just like to argue. She does not like that some kids look only at the amount of money being given. Her kids did not. Pretty simple to understand unless you just want to berate Rhonda.

Apparently the people on the radio thought the same thing as I did. Then she was complaining about kids being uncoachable and talking back to coaches but said that her kids did not do that. If her kids did not do what is she tired of? Bottom line is when a person retires it would seem as if they would not take parting pot shots at kids regarding something that did not happen to them. Again, whether you agree or not it's almost like it was not a voluntary retirement.

[mrydel]

I do not care if it wasn't voluntary retirement or not. If you do not think the attitudes of the young generation have changed over the past 30 years then you are part of the problem. I have dealt directly with the public for the past 40 years and I can readily say that the younger crowd has a sense of entitlement that is off the charts. Everything should just be given them and more. When I retire I think I will write a therapeutic book about how the now generation thinks they should be handed stuff and it will make anything Rhonda said seem tame. And I will not be forced out.

Oh, and just because someone on the radio had an opinion does not make it right. Only what you read on the Internet is true.

[Rebel10]

Taking parting pot shots at kids in situations that you have not experienced but saying it is what made you retire is not very classy period.

[mrydel]

I hope we hire Houston Nutt as the new women's coach.

[Rebel10]

I hope we hire Houston Nutt as the new women's coach.

Okay, you've just shut me down with that one.

[CA Mustang]

I do not care if it wasn't voluntary retirement or not. If you do not think the attitudes of the young generation have changed over the past 30 years then you are part of the problem. I have dealt directly with the public for the past 40 years and I can readily say that the younger crowd has a sense of entitlement that is off the charts. Everything should just be given them and more. When I retire I think I will write a therapeutic book about how the now generation thinks they should be handed stuff and it will make anything Rhonda said seem tame.

That will be interesting to read, but I hope your analysis is complete in that it looks at the prior generation. These kids weren't born with that attitude, their parents infused it in them.

Taking parting pot shots at kids in situations that you have not experienced but saying it is what made you retire is not very classy period.

I guess you fail to see the point, but what she was complaining about is what happens in RECRUITING. Coaches interact with far more kids in the recruiting process than ones they actually coach. If year after year on the recruiting trail all she sees is kids with their hand stuck out, that would get tiresome very quickly. While the kids she signed may not have that attitude, she undoubtedly encountered far more kids that did have it.

[ALEX LIFESON]

It's shocking, how angry you guy's are, it's girls bb for goodness sake.

[78pony]

Thank you, Alex. Indeed, this is girls/womens basketball and ... yawn! There should be a separate category for women's sports.

[mrydel]

If only the moderators could fix it so you did not have to read a thread without losing your ability to eat dinner.

If you do not appreciate a discussion about who I imagine is our longest tenured coach in history, go read something else.

I seriously hope you never see this post because it would only enforce that terrible rule of you having to read that of which you do not wish.

[hoopmanx]

This thread delivers so hard, that I think the poster killing Rhonda should start a thread about MKs post dominance.