If you didn’t catch UConn’s Women’s coach Geno Auriemma on Sporscenter yesterday, here you go. This quote I want to comment on:
“I just know there wouldn’t be this many people in the room if we were chasing a woman’s record,” the Connecticut coach said Sunday near the end of his postgame news conference. “The reason everybody is having a heart attack the last four or five days is a bunch of women are threatening to break a men’s record, and everybody is all up in arms about it.”
1) First off, Geno, no. There would not be that many reporters in the room if you were chasing a women’s record becasue no one cares about women’s sports. So you are correct.
2) Geno, I have not heard anyone pulling against UConn. I frankly don’t care if they break the record or not, becasue comparing a men’s basketball record in the 1970s and a women’s basketball record in the 2000s is comparing apples to oranges. I also don’t care, to be frank, because it is women’s basketball.
3) The reason people may be pulling against your team is not a woman vs man issue. I think John Wooden was one of the most loved and respected sports personalities. The fact that is such a beloved icon’s record you are going to pass, in the same calendar year he passed away, is probably a bigger issue. Not the gender, IMO.
4) The small part of me that does care hopes they win.
5) I never once thought about it being a man versus woman issue until you brough it up. Now I have, Geno.
But really, who cares? The St. Petersburg Beef O’Brady Bowl better not be interupted, or else I will care.
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