Why in the hell is it that every coach being hired in the NCAA is female? Screw Title IX, Screw Women's equality they cannot coach as well as men, period. University wants a women's coach let her coach the women, men need male guidance if they are to fully reach their potential. In ten-fifteen years the NCAA male coaching ranks will be littered with women I would say 60% of male teams distance coaches will be women in 15 years. Is anyone else with me?
I feel your frustration. However, there are some (not very many) extremely good female coaches. They can coach with the best of any sex. The problem is in the hiring of female coaches to fill quotas. There are far too many extremely poor female coaches who got their job solely based on being female. Plenty of bad male coaches out there but not as many percentage-wise as the females. It's unfair to coaches and athletes who are forced to listen to a bad coach. Some of the problem, also, is the reality that athletic directors may not hire a female coach with no quota to fill regardless of her abilities because she is a female and viewed as inferior simply because of sex. It's an extremely complex issue that I've been bitten by before. I was a finalist for a position that ultimately was filled by a female with basically no credentials other than she had run before so that the university would meet the standard for female and minority coaches on the athletic staff.
One thing I will never do is judge a person's coaching ability by their gender. I say this only because the women on my team refused to listen to our male coach and he basically got fired because they are bitches. We then got a female coach and I was nervous of course for a bit, but it worked out fine. Actually probably better than it would have if that particular male coach would have stayed around.
I totally understand what you mean about the bitches on your team. I have seen it a million times when a male coach will tell some females something and they will think he is the biggest idiot in the world and then a female will say the exact same thing and for some reason its like the female hung the moon and is the smartest person alive.
[quote]Maybe... wrote:
There are far too many extremely poor female coaches who got their job solely based on being female. Plenty of bad male coaches out there but not as many percentage-wise as the females. quote]
well at least that will help balance out the first 180 years of hiring shitty male coaches.
It's not that there are some good women coaches,obviously there are a few. The troubling thing to me is that every position that is opening up nowadays seems to be almost automatically given to a woman just because she's a woman. To me that reeks of inequality, they should pick the best person for the job.
Not a Sexist wrote:
Why in the hell is it that every coach being hired in the NCAA is female? Screw Title IX, Screw Women's equality they cannot coach as well as men, period.
Wrong, period.
Women are BETTER coaches. Period.
Have a nice day.
Not a Sexist wrote:
men need male guidance if they are to fully reach their potential.
The same could be said about women. Men often know zilch when it comes to women's running.
Not a Sexist wrote:
In ten-fifteen years the NCAA male coaching ranks will be littered with women I would say 60% of male teams distance coaches will be women in 15 years. Is anyone else with me?
In addition, this kind of thing might really give a boost to women's running. Honestly I have no problem with it. IMHO, I am sure there are just as many shitty male coaches as women. People just feel more at liberty to say it when it is the case with a woman.
hungry gnome wrote:
Not a Sexist wrote:men need male guidance if they are to fully reach their potential.
The same could be said about women. Men often know zilch when it comes to women's running.
I'm not a coach, but I am a woman, so I'd like to know just what it is about "women's running" that is difficult to understand. Or men's for that matter. Please explain "male guidance."
look people. I'm a man. And, on occasion I'm a sexist male chauvinist pig. However, on this subject I can give a clear objective opinion: I really don't care WHO my coach is. I really don't care what their sex is. I really don't care what their sexual preference is. I want results. I want the coach to inspire me. I want to walk away feeling like the coach told me something that makes sense. End of story. Whoever said "women are better coaches. Period! " Is an idiot. Whoever said "Men are better coaches" is also an idiot. I would love it if Joan Smauelson coached me. I would not like it if someone got a head coaching position simply because of their sex. I would not like to be coached by a male sprint coach for my xc team simply because they needed a minority. This goes on and on.
Give me a good coach. Regardless of their sex. Period!
Not a Sexist wrote:
Why in the hell is it that every coach being hired in the NCAA is female? Screw Title IX, Screw Women's equality they cannot coach as well as men, period. University wants a women's coach let her coach the women, men need male guidance if they are to fully reach their potential. In ten-fifteen years the NCAA male coaching ranks will be littered with women I would say 60% of male teams distance coaches will be women in 15 years. Is anyone else with me?
I bet you couldn´t handle a female CEO at your job either, mr caveman.
you don't like it when someone gets a job because of their sex, but men have been doing this for centuries and currently there are plenty in track and field who are "old" and received their jobs 25-30 years ago because they were male. And if you would like a long list of shitty male coaches, I'll be happy to get the list started....now...
I can understand thinking this is unjust, just the way women felt it was unjust for the past 200 years.
Now, some of you (not a sexists) who just called someone a whore for disagreeing with you,(pathetic) should stop your belly aching and get a life.
I don't know what the breakout is for track/xc, but for the NCAA in general, the percentage of women coaches is the lowest its been since Title IX was enacted. There was an article in the arizona republic just yesterday that I don't have time to find, but it's out there.
For colleges with less resources (i.e., pay), it could be that qualified men aren't applying. I don't think I'm being sexist when I say that women are more willing to accept low pay than men (that's true across the workforce).
If I am reading legally blonde correctly 2 wrongs = a right, so because of the discrimination I face eventually my grandsons will have grounds to discriminate against her granddaughters.
Also, please spare me the "this type of thing has been going on for centuries" garbage. If you want to clear trees off of land, fight hand to hand combat, etc. go ahead, but I think there is a reason men did that kind of thing.
I would liek to state that your kind of claptrap gives women a bad name. It reeks of the intellectual laziness of the past 40 years or so. Women are just as good as men and vice versa, but it doesn't mean that they have the same abilities in all areas. Also, solving discrimination with more discrimination doesn't solve anything.
plbbbbbbbbt wrote:
If I am reading legally blonde correctly 2 wrongs = a right, so because of the discrimination I face eventually my grandsons will have grounds to discriminate against her granddaughters.
Also, please spare me the "this type of thing has been going on for centuries" garbage. If you want to clear trees off of land, fight hand to hand combat, etc. go ahead, but I think there is a reason men did that kind of thing.
I would liek to state that your kind of claptrap gives women a bad name. It reeks of the intellectual laziness of the past 40 years or so. Women are just as good as men and vice versa, but it doesn't mean that they have the same abilities in all areas. Also, solving discrimination with more discrimination doesn't solve anything.
judging by the sexist shit that has been written here, YOU have a bad name.
cleared trees off the land? do your homework bud, pioneer women did a LOT of hard work, working the farm, carrying water to livestock, clearning land etc. Women didn't sit in the house and bake all day. And by the way, what does physical labor have to do with coaching - nothing.
Solving discrimination with discrimination isn't the solution, but you don't know if the university hired females to coach because, 1) they had the experience THE SCHOOL WAS LOOKING FOR 2) they came across top notch in the interview 3) They are trying to level their ratio of female and male coaches because they see how tilted it has been and they want role models for female athletes.
Get over yourselves. You make some blanket statement about females and then you try to convince everyone else it is true. The immaturity and stupidity of many of you is shining brightly today.
Come on, when there are a vast majority of men applying for the job and the job is given to a woman who was probably one of 2-3 women applying that isn't discrimination? What about the programs that are going down the shitterbecause they have a know-nothing woman in charge. Wake Forest anyone? If the school wants women coaches let them coach the women.
Or Look at Ohio State Women program.....WOW......what a crappy team.
This is for P&F: You say to keep them barefoot and pregnant; fortunately for the world, you probably cannot impregnate them?
legally blonde wrote:
judging by the sexist shit that has been written here, YOU have a bad name.
--> You sound like a very classy lady throwing profanity out there. You probably are self-styles as "sassy." I any case I suggest you keep it up as it makes anyone more seriously. No, really, I mean you must be REALLY serious if you start using profanity.
cleared trees off the land? do your homework bud, pioneer women did a LOT of hard work, working the farm, carrying water to livestock, clearning land etc. Women didn't sit in the house and bake all day. And by the way, what does physical labor have to do with coaching - nothing.
--> I was responding to your assertion that there has been all this discrimination for centuries based on something other than necessity. I have no doubt that pioneer women lived a hard life, but I hate to break it to you that they weren't the ones following the plow, building the railroads, or working in the mines. You know what, good for them! They don't lack dignity just because they don't fall into whatever mold you are retroactively trying to fit them into.
--> I also never said that women can't coach. I do think it's wrong to hire someone for a coaching position based on something other than their qualifications, however. But then I am arguing with someone who was trying to quote the "Oregon Trail" computer game to me without bothering ot read my post.
Solving discrimination with discrimination isn't the solution, but you don't know if the university hired females to coach because, 1) they had the experience THE SCHOOL WAS LOOKING FOR 2) they came across top notch in the interview 3) They are trying to level their ratio of female and male coaches because they see how tilted it has been and they want role models for female athletes.
--> I'm smarter than you think and can tell discrimination when I see it. Plus I had my old coach tell me that they were specifically looking for a woman, so that probably qualifies as well. As to your third point, don't you think they should hire the best qualified candidate? Do you think that people (and women specifically) are disserved by having a subpar coach based on a quota syatem?
--> Next time you put some money in your 401k don't put it in the best stock, put it into a fund of only women-run companies. What, you aren't going to put your money where your mouth is? Don't you want to encourage women in busines just based on the fact that they are women and are under-represented?
Get over yourselves. You make some blanket statement about females and then you try to convince everyone else it is true. The immaturity and stupidity of many of you is shining brightly today.
--> I'll get over myself when you get over yourself.
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