POST PIECE ON MULKEY ... DON'T BOTHER

 So much for the Washington Post’s much-hyped piece on LSU women’s basketball coach KIM MULKEY … which came out Saturday (March 30) … and proved to be over-blown and over-written with next to nothing we didn’t already know … that she isn’t likable (and doesn’t care) … that she has always been hard on her players and makes no apologies for it … and that she will go to almost any length to protect her territory … It says here she is not unlike many people in her profession, men as well as women. The difference between Mulkey and most of them is … she isn’t filtered … She doesn’t say one thing and mean another. She comes right out with it which oftentimes backfires when people, especially those who don’t like her, stretch her meaning … The Post didn’t do the writer (or readers) any favors with a poor job of editing … allowing him to rely on innuendo when so many key witnesses (understandably) refused to be interviewed … As a result, Mulkey almost comes off favorably. Almost. I’m not a fan … but by now we should understand that beating down on someone we don’t like, only serves to make her (and/or him) stronger … especially those (like Mulkey) who look forward to a good fight and are seldom disappointed … If I had a regret (and, frankly regrets are like worrying, colossal wastes of time), it would be reading the entire piece, hoping I would learn something and, instead, actually wasting my time … of which, frankly, I have a whole lot.







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