tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post5521921305347861142..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Scarlet Women (Temporarily) RuleRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-80423188833521338662007-03-28T09:38:00.000-04:002007-03-28T09:38:00.000-04:00My life had stood a sweaty uniform?Hope is a thing...My life had stood a sweaty uniform?<BR/><BR/>Hope is a thing like overtime?<BR/><BR/>After great pain a foul shot comes?<BR/><BR/>Goose will have to come up w/ others from her years of careful study of Dickinson's lost basketball manuscripts. And, yes, dog-eared book, Roxie's World has previously commented on the parallels between coaching and teaching. See "Fear the Brenda," a post from early April 2006 that honored Coach B's skill in the wake of last year's championship.<BR/><BR/>Boy, did Tennessee ever make mincemeat out of those poor Rebels from Ole Miss last night! I hope the Terps take a look at that game tape.<BR/><BR/>Go, Knights!!!!Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-72917161354212343052007-03-27T16:30:00.000-04:002007-03-27T16:30:00.000-04:00My, my. Dog-eared book's pages were certainly fli...My, my. Dog-eared book's pages were certainly flipping yesterday -- and at the end of the Duke game, which Roxie characterizes so vividly and so well. I was sure Harding would land both of those shots, and sighed in despair on behalf of my Knights who, amazingly, lived to play another game. I think it's the sheer unpredictability of college basketball -- and the effect, as I'm sure you'd agree, dear Roxie, of sheer doggedness -- that's part of the appeal. What I like about these Scarlet Women is that they take none of this for granted. Coach Stringer really rode them hard this year, knocking all of the presumption out of them. They seem as if they know both how good and how lucky they are. <BR/><BR/>I bet Moose and Goose like the coaching part of basketball, too -- kinda like teaching, insofar as there's only so much you can do. The kids have to do their own thing, with you on the sidelines egging them on. Man, I can imagine both Moose and Goose as basketball coaches! But it's probably not a good idea to put that idea in their heads!<BR/><BR/>Now what was it that Emily Dickinson said about March Madness? Watch all the hoops, but watch them slant? There is no time-sink like a game /Between Maryland and Duke? Better check those new Franklin numbers. . . . <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, why not an opera about basketball? I'll leave that one to Jason. <BR/><BR/>Go Knights!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-33445267332670858252007-03-27T08:31:00.000-04:002007-03-27T08:31:00.000-04:00Hey Roxie -- Do you think Dog-Eared Book got to se...Hey Roxie -- Do you think Dog-Eared Book got to see the game last night? If so, surely there are cartwheels being turned all across western Massachusetts (you know, in Emily D country; or is that book hanging out down Jersey way?). Anyway, this post of yours on sport & life is AMAZING, dear Rox. Very wise, very eloquent, very moving. I'm going to save it and read it. . .again and again.<BR/><BR/>GO SCARLET WOMEN. May Hester Prynne REIGN SUPREME in the 2007 NCAA!!!<BR/>love,<BR/>your GooseMartha Nell Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066686045532002283noreply@blogger.com