Friday, April 12, 2019

My Weekend Crush

Look, I’m neither a Baylor or Notre Dame fan. They’re both conservative Christian colleges. But being from Indiana, I had to root for the Fighting Irish. So I was dissapointed when they lost the Women’s NCAA basketball championships. But I was still thirlled about Muffet McGraw. The team’s head coach went viral last week after being asked about hiring practices in the sport. But what she was really talking about was hiring practices and women’s treatment in the wider world. It was great, really really great. She dissects traditional gender roles, the need for female leaders, workplace power dynamics and ye olde patriarchy all in just about two minutes with such passion and conviction there’s no wonder she’s a great coach. Because, damn, that was inspiring. Also her name is Muffet, so how could you not root for her? Happy weekend, all.

5 comments:

Helena said...

This is absolutely brilliant, thank you for sharing Dorothy and have a wonderful weekend.

Anonymous said...

Ann O'Brien "Muffet" McGraw is an American basketball coach, currently the head women's basketball coach at Notre Dame, where she has compiled a 905–272 record over 32 seasons. She has led her team to nine Final Fours and seven championship game appearances, and won the National Championship in 2001 and 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffet_McGraw

Carmen SanDiego said...

This was great. I shared it. Thank you for sharing too. Have a great weekend DS

AK said...

Super clip---I am on her team. Let's go, Coach!

Anonymous said...

@ndwbb coach Muffet McGraw went viral earlier this month after these comments on gender equality at the Women’s Final Four. Coming up on @CBSThisMorning, she joins us in Studio 57 to talk about equality in sports and how we can level the playing field. Wednesday, April 17.
https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell/status/1118478494311288832