Comments on: No reason to fret about women’s hoops coverage http://www.wendyparker.org/2011/04/no-reason-to-fret-about-womens-hoops-coverage/ Discoveries, rants and comfort-food cravings of a sports omnivore Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:35:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Wendy Parker http://www.wendyparker.org/2011/04/no-reason-to-fret-about-womens-hoops-coverage/#comment-3941 Wendy Parker Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:39:20 +0000 http://www.wendyparker.org/?p=2106#comment-3941 Looks like Florida's got a lot of good talent coming back, and the SEC isn't as top-heavy as its been in the past, so they should be poised to have a good season. Think the stories were a good attempt by a student reporter to do some serious coverage of women's hoops, especially with so much pressure now on women's coaches to win. But the execution was off. Know the feeling! :-) Looks like Florida’s got a lot of good talent coming back, and the SEC isn’t as top-heavy as its been in the past, so they should be poised to have a good season.

Think the stories were a good attempt by a student reporter to do some serious coverage of women’s hoops, especially with so much pressure now on women’s coaches to win. But the execution was off. Know the feeling! :-)

]]> By: Lisa B http://www.wendyparker.org/2011/04/no-reason-to-fret-about-womens-hoops-coverage/#comment-3940 Lisa B Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:27:37 +0000 http://www.wendyparker.org/?p=2106#comment-3940 Yes, Wendy, I will occasionally read the Alligator. I did read the two part series on Butler and was one of the ones criticizing it. The tone and flavor put a bad taste into my mouth. I do agree that the team is going to need to win a few more games next year but I don't think Butler should be canned and I don't think she has anger issues as the writer was implying. I like Butler a lot and I'm pulling for her to be successful here at Florida. Yes, Wendy, I will occasionally read the Alligator. I did read the two part series on Butler and was one of the ones criticizing it. The tone and flavor put a bad taste into my mouth. I do agree that the team is going to need to win a few more games next year but I don’t think Butler should be canned and I don’t think she has anger issues as the writer was implying. I like Butler a lot and I’m pulling for her to be successful here at Florida.

]]> By: Wendy Parker http://www.wendyparker.org/2011/04/no-reason-to-fret-about-womens-hoops-coverage/#comment-3919 Wendy Parker Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:36:24 +0000 http://www.wendyparker.org/?p=2106#comment-3919 Glad to hear it, Lisa! There are quite a few people who are trying to make women's basketball coverage more readily available for fans like you, and Hoopfeed does it about as well as anyone. As for local coverage of Florida, you may want to also check out the student newspaper, which recently ran a rather critical two-part story on the Gators under Amanda Butler. It generated a lot of heat as well. Next year should be interesting in Gainesville. http://www.alligator.org/sports/basketball_-_women/article_9424751a-5a85-11e0-86e2-001cc4c03286.html http://www.alligator.org/sports/basketball_-_women/article_e518493e-5b42-11e0-9350-001cc4c002e0.html Glad to hear it, Lisa! There are quite a few people who are trying to make women’s basketball coverage more readily available for fans like you, and Hoopfeed does it about as well as anyone.

As for local coverage of Florida, you may want to also check out the student newspaper, which recently ran a rather critical two-part story on the Gators under Amanda Butler. It generated a lot of heat as well. Next year should be interesting in Gainesville.

http://www.alligator.org/sports/basketball_-_women/article_9424751a-5a85-11e0-86e2-001cc4c03286.html

http://www.alligator.org/sports/basketball_-_women/article_e518493e-5b42-11e0-9350-001cc4c002e0.html

]]> By: Lisa B http://www.wendyparker.org/2011/04/no-reason-to-fret-about-womens-hoops-coverage/#comment-3913 Lisa B Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:37:29 +0000 http://www.wendyparker.org/?p=2106#comment-3913 I live in a college town, Gainesville, FL, and our local newspaper, The Gainesville Sun, carries very little coverage of women's basketball including our own UF women's basketball team. I learned a long time ago that the real coverage is on the internet via different sites. Last year, I started following Rebecca Lobo's tweets. She's got a great sense of humor - she also turned me on to @Hoopfeed. And through @Hoopfeed I learned of Mel Greenberg's site. So, I've been in hog heaven the entire NCAA tournament and WNIT (yes, I enjoyed that tournament, too). BTW, I'm 50-something female who never played organized basketball but love the game - especially, the women's game. I might be a little more techno savvy than my contemporaries as my business is IT, but as I go along I try to tune friends into the internet and the wealth of women's basketball information there. I live in a college town, Gainesville, FL, and our local newspaper, The Gainesville Sun, carries very little coverage of women’s basketball including our own UF women’s basketball team. I learned a long time ago that the real coverage is on the internet via different sites.

Last year, I started following Rebecca Lobo’s tweets. She’s got a great sense of humor – she also turned me on to @Hoopfeed. And through @Hoopfeed I learned of Mel Greenberg’s site. So, I’ve been in hog heaven the entire NCAA tournament and WNIT (yes, I enjoyed that tournament, too).

BTW, I’m 50-something female who never played organized basketball but love the game – especially, the women’s game. I might be a little more techno savvy than my contemporaries as my business is IT, but as I go along I try to tune friends into the internet and the wealth of women’s basketball information there.

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