Indeed. Coach Staley’s statement had nothing to do with Hickman’s race. She was an academic officer that Staley (apparently incorrectly, based on her retraction) assumed didn’t have the bona fides to be effective in the role. But this entire thread has turned instead into a critique of her comments re: the BLM protests even though the two had nothing to do w/one another.
Seems you just assumed Dawn was complaining about a white woman.
And you accused Dawn of not doing her homework. Seems you didn't follow your own advise.
I recall another post from earlier this year about a Twitter or FB post that Coach Staley made complaining that she doesn’t have more black colleagues. She seems disgruntled. It looks weird when Staley says stuff like this when she recruits almost exclusively black players.
agreed....but still my whole point in all of this is 1) keep your mouth shut until you have all the facts; 2) there are usually a fair number of white girls in the ESPN GURLZ Hoops top 20 that are not considering Carolina? Why? (I think we know the answer to that question. 3) Hiring based on race never works out well....Peace
There’s another poster above that provided names of a bunch of white players we recruited but who chose to sign elsewhere. All the staff can do is recruit them... they have no say in where the players sign. But don’t let facts get in the way of a good agenda!
Why are the White girls in the ESPN GURLZ hoops top 20 not Considering South Carolina?
Looking at this tread a few people don't understand the difference between the hiring process vs the recruiting process.
I will just wager a guess...not fact..JUST A GUESS...
Further, some just want to ignore the two white players on the team as if they don't exist. They shouldn't be erased just because they are not 5 star players or starters on the team. Boy, when people want to create an agenda they will just make stuff up.
So, the Pat Summitt style was recruit white players? Could have fooled me? It seemed that her style to me was recruit the best players possible and coach them hard. People need to stop with this. The rosters of most major basketball programs, male or female, are 70-80% Black.
I might if Black players were not getting the opportunities. However, if they got the opportunities and failed, I would not have anything to say. There are tangible reasons why you don't have white, American basketball players in large numbers. The primary reason being confidence. In coaching White players, I have found that you have to build their confidence to believe they can play with the better players. It may be just the kids I have worked with, but I run into that dynamic. Further, the white kids I have worked with work on their shooting, but do not work on their ball handling enough to get off shots. The ones that work on those areas play. The ones that don't get on their reverse racism high horse. The problem with racism has never been numbers. The problem has been that you get athletes like a Lamar Jackson get discouraged to play a position or Black coaches getting pigeon-holed as recruiters to maintain a narrative.
Wow, going out in left field a bit. You would have a point if people were on here arguing about college admissions. However, I haven't seen a thread about that. You just want to whine to bust on Dawn for no reason. For the record, Frank Martin has a roster with roughly the same racial makeup as Dawn's. Mad at him too? The only white player that has gotten any significant time over the past three years is Kotsar and he is European. Does that count in your book? Of course, I think there should be improvements in identifying and hiring Black coaches. However, I am not on a message board whining and airing grievances every day.
It may be the same to you, but I don't see any Black people on here complaining about that. So, you are just arguing against yourself airing grievances. Mad at Roy Williams? ... and what about Coach K. He used to recruit White players. Won with them. Doesn't recruit that way much anymore. You have to recruit what is there. At most high schools, you only get 3-4 white kids that go out for the team and usually only 1-2 of those are good enough to make the team. From there, those 1-2 have to fight for playing time. Those are the obstacles before you even talk about excelling enough to get offers from major programs. For the record, I have never had a problem with people outlining tangible reasons for the lack of success by Black people academically. My problem is when I meet those tangible objectives and you want to move the goalposts. As an aside, there is an issue with college admissions that you miss. Some schools, in the South, offer Black kids scholarships to keep high performing kids in the area. I was one of those kids. So, every benefit a Black kid receives in college admissions doesn't have something to do with a quota. Many Black kids have the transcript and test scores to get in USC. The question is do they want to go?
You are being ridiculous now. If you were even serious about this argument, maybe you can go at Coach Martin because he hasn't made the tournament in three years and he could stand a shooter or two. However, to question Dawn Staley even a little bit is not smart. We have won a National Champiinahip and ended the year as the unquestioned No. 1 team in the nation last year. We already have three 5 star recruits in the can for 2022. She may not have your politics. However, you have the problem if you can't get over that.
The only thing that matters to most in sports are wins and losses. You find me 5 white kids that can get us in the tournament, I will be the first to root for them. For the record, most college programs already have your quota system with walk-ons. There are usually 1-2 walk-ons on the team. They are usually not Black. So, there you go.
Not making excuses. It's just the way it is. Your argument is about as stupid as that Baseball player that is not playing and complaining about only 6% of the players in MLB are African-American. Most Black people know that Black kids don't play baseball on the lower levels in high numbers. So, most of us are not tripping about this. My message to white kids if they want to play basketball:: 1) Do some defensive slides or any other drill that will work on your lateral quickness, 2) Work on your ball-handling. It is the No. 1 skill in the game and will get you anywhere on the floor that you want to go, 3) Hold your head up, stop being so scary, and challenge Black kids. You can't beat anyone if you don't compete. If more kids do those things, you will see the numbers go up. If you haven't noticed, the NBA hasn't stopped taking white kids. They just take them from Europe as opposed to here because they work on the things I outlined. Nobody is turning down Luka Doncic. He can play. Good in all phases of the game. In fact, shooting is his most overrated attribute.
Thanks for posting this. How some can basically accuse Coach Dawn of racism is beyond me.
