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Bullying accusations continue against BU coach
Boston Globe ^ | March 8, 2014 | Bob Hohler

Posted on 03/12/2014 6:29:24 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

One basketball player at Boston University said she felt so emotionally damaged by her coach she considered suicide.

Another player said the coach, Kelly Greenberg, treated her so poorly she sought mental health care. And two other players said Greenberg’s emotional abuse ruined their love of the sport.

All four women walked away from the BU women’s basketball team this academic year, an exodus that has renewed questions about Greenberg’s treatment of her student-athletes — and her future at the school.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: basketball; blde; bu; bullying; sports
“Giving up a $60,000-a-year scholarship is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.’’

Get ready for the real world.

1 posted on 03/12/2014 6:29:24 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

But don’t call her bossy cause that’s officially banned now.


2 posted on 03/12/2014 6:32:20 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Okay I’ll call her a b**l d**e instead. That’ll probably work.


3 posted on 03/12/2014 6:34:53 AM PDT by OKSooner ("As the riders went on by him, he heard one call his name...")
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To: ConservativeStatement

Boston University has been in the news alot for various reasons.


4 posted on 03/12/2014 6:36:17 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

I heard that the coach yelled at them that they played like girls...


5 posted on 03/12/2014 6:38:53 AM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

BU’s gonna bring in Bob Knight to coach next season..


6 posted on 03/12/2014 6:43:46 AM PDT by ken5050 (I fear a world run by adults who were never spanked as kids and got trophies just for participating)
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To: ConservativeStatement

If these girls had had my football coach for about fifteen minutes, their perspective would change dramatically.


7 posted on 03/12/2014 6:46:42 AM PDT by tomkat (3%+1)
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If you’ve ever played sports, you can look back and realize that some of the coaches who gave you the roughest time actually made the greatest impact on your life.


8 posted on 03/12/2014 6:48:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ConservativeStatement

These kids do not understand they were hired by the school to provide paid entertainment for the financial benefit of the school.


9 posted on 03/12/2014 6:50:11 AM PDT by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: ConservativeStatement

Wouldn’t have anything to do with sexual harassment, now, would it?


10 posted on 03/12/2014 6:53:08 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: ConservativeStatement

What a bunch of pus**es.


11 posted on 03/12/2014 7:00:09 AM PDT by Third Person
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To: ConservativeStatement

Found pictures of the four young ladies. They range from quite attractive to beautiful.

Kelly Greeberg; a decidedly lesbo appearance. What non-lesbo wears a mens suit jacket?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2577381/Boston-University-womens-basketball-coach-bullied-players-badly-multiple-women-quit-sought-mental-health-care.html


12 posted on 03/12/2014 7:06:41 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: tomkat

My DI would make them appreciate the holiday with their coach.


13 posted on 03/12/2014 7:29:29 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Third Person
What a bunch of pus**es.

Absolutely! They need to grow a pair, right?

14 posted on 03/12/2014 7:30:12 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SeaHawkFan

one who is confused?


15 posted on 03/12/2014 7:33:12 AM PDT by representativerepublic (...loose lips, sink ships)
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To: ConservativeStatement

NEI (not enough info) to comment


16 posted on 03/12/2014 8:03:50 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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Saw the picture of the coach...looks like Rachel Maddow has a side job

A quick (and not exhaustive) web search yielded no evidence that the coach is a lesbian; not that it would be news if a women's coach of player was.

17 posted on 03/12/2014 8:31:13 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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There is an organization of lesbian college basketball coaches that plan a number of activities at the women’s Final Four every year.

They have also tried put a provision in the code of ethics that coaches cannot use the sexual orientation of coaches of other schools in recruiting.


18 posted on 03/12/2014 10:37:15 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: fungoking

Do google image serches for Sherri Coale at Oklahoma, or Kim Mulkey at Baylor, and compare them to the Boston University coach.


19 posted on 03/12/2014 10:53:26 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SoFloFreeper

Don’t be surprised that lawsuits will be filed based on sexual harassment and the young ladies may be able to keep their scholorships without having to play basketball. Some womens BB coaches don’t like attractive straight girls, and the four of them fall into the attractive to beautiful range.


20 posted on 03/12/2014 11:00:31 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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