There is an article in The Athletic by Joe Rexrode this morning that is said to be extremely complimentary of coach Ralph and what is happening in the Vandy program. I no longer have a subscription, but I did find these two paragraphs posted on another website. Thought you might want to see it, too:
From the Athletic article:
"The last glimpse of Ralph in her debut season was that of a coach at the podium trying to process how her team squandered a 14-point lead late to lose a game it mostly controlled. She blamed herself for late out-of-bounds plays that didn’t work. She said she was proud of her players and also hoped this would be a lesson on the intensity required to finish such games.
She responded to a question on the late officiating — a key charging call on Cambridge was hard to understand — as such: “I have been instructed several times not to talk about the officiating on my walk here, so I won’t say anything about it. But I can tell you if you want to look back at my reaction, you’ll get exactly what I think about it.”
Those reactions, and the ongoing smolder after a cooldown period, looked like someone very unhappy with the officiating. Also, someone with the fire this program has needed."
Article From The Athletic on Coach Ralph-Vandy
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Amen! We were hosed & disrespected!! Am proud we have this coach & staff, proud of each of these young ladies! Proud to be a fan of theirs!
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Officiating -
As I approach 21,900 days of following Vanderbilt sports, I have come to the conclusion that a few (not all, but some) SEC officials have a bias against Vanderbilt. This maybe conscious or unconscious, but there have been too many calls or non-calls to be overlooked.
It is almost as if they feel Vanderbilt 'doesn't belong in the SEC,' because we "don't take sports seriously." I could recount many examples, but Flopper Grant Williams is near the top of the list.
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As I approach 21,900 days of following Vanderbilt sports, I have come to the conclusion that a few (not all, but some) SEC officials have a bias against Vanderbilt. This maybe conscious or unconscious, but there have been too many calls or non-calls to be overlooked.
It is almost as if they feel Vanderbilt 'doesn't belong in the SEC,' because we "don't take sports seriously." I could recount many examples, but Flopper Grant Williams is near the top of the list.
CONQUER!!.... and PREVAIL!!!
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great point abvandy - both BB teams, FB, unsure about Baseball (probably scared of Corbs) - seem to rarely be the beneficiary of 50/50 or questionable calls; and most certainly late in games; is it "because of Vanderbilt's academic standings", or because we "aren't supposed to win" , or something else? I just know it has been going on a long time. I think CSR & CJS are strong coaches so hopefully we have the ability to overcome this bias.
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There are so many dynamics to the subject of bias but one of them is the idea of bias against perceived elites. Could simply be described as jealousy, but I suspect there are a few who perceive VU as elitist and, consciously or not , want to "cut us down to size".Dore2Dore wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 5:06 pm great point abvandy - both BB teams, FB, unsure about Baseball (probably scared of Corbs) - seem to rarely be the beneficiary of 50/50 or questionable calls; and most certainly late in games; is it "because of Vanderbilt's academic standings", or because we "aren't supposed to win" , or something else? I just know it has been going on a long time. I think CSR & CJS are strong coaches so hopefully we have the ability to overcome this bias.
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Exactly, OldDude.
And. there is almost every year, the apparent practice of "Let's protect the national ranked (..cough Alabama...cough, Kentucky...) team that has a real shot at bringing a Gloriou$$ Victory to the $$EC."
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And. there is almost every year, the apparent practice of "Let's protect the national ranked (..cough Alabama...cough, Kentucky...) team that has a real shot at bringing a Gloriou$$ Victory to the $$EC."
CONQUER!!..., and PREVAIL!!!
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Have to really like that. she got her point across without risking a fine. And she was right.MikeADore wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 11:39 am...She responded to a question on the late officiating — a key charging call on Cambridge was hard to understand — as such: “I have been instructed several times not to talk about the officiating on my walk here, so I won’t say anything about it. But I can tell you if you want to look back at my reaction, you’ll get exactly what I think about it.”
Those reactions, and the ongoing smolder after a cool down period, looked like someone very unhappy with the officiating. Also, someone with the fire this program has needed."