Major upset in women's tourney

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Juulie has been getting huffy and puffy over this topic for years. She got upset when it was discussed on the chat room that was developed for the tournament the last couple of years. She went out of her way to claim that she was not excited about the Men's tournament but the Women's tournament was what she was excited about (and no one asked about what we thought).

I just went out of my way to say that the beginning of the men's tournament wasn't the high point of the year. Women's basketball wasn't the only issue I raised, btw. Mostly I was just trying to razz Nevada a little.

I mostly don't get huffy and puffy about people disliking women's ball. I do get way past frustrated when that dislike turns into belittling women and girls. Which you never did, Jeff, btw, but others did.

Also, I'm perfectly willing to disagree about which is more difficult to ref, women's or men's, but in the past it's always ended up with mud-slinging and flaming and I didn't just go away from that, but tried to defend myself. That was my mistake, and I left when I realized that there was going to be no way I could change the culture or tenor of this board to actively omit that stuff.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And she claimed one of the reasons she left was because people put down women's or girl's basketball.

There were plenty of put downs of women's or girl's basketball, but that wasn't the reason I left, but I"m not going to go into that here. It's just not a constructive topic.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

If you do not want what you perceive negative comments, then do not bring up people's names and do not comment in a place you claim is hostile to your opinion.

I was simply responding to your comment that there weren't upsets in the women's tournament. I was simply pointing out that while you may or may not be right overall, here was a big upset that happened very, very shortly after your comment. Just kinda interesting.

If you have not noticed, I will say what I want and do not care what others feel about those comments. And if I do not feel like talking about something, I do not bring it up. See how easy that is to do?

I certainly don't mind you expressing your opinions. But it IS frustrating when you claim to be dragged into something that actually, you started. Just saying...