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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I should start by saying that I don't agree with this coaching style. At the same time, I have no sympathy for players who miss (part of) the practice because of church. [b]Every time I hear how important religion is to people, my mind goes directly to the book Fantasyland.[/b] I get the same feeling when people complain on this forum about the conflict between some tournaments and Easter. [/quote]

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Grace said team culture meetings with team culture consultant Theresa “Tree” Beeckman — who was hired independently by Campbell — were “not 100% focused on problems that we would actually have on the team.” The team and coaching staff met regularly with Beeckman on Zoom.

[b]Over summer 2024, Mattox texted Campbell to ask if their meetings with Beeckman could be moved by half an hour so that she could attend church services with her family, adding that “a lot of other girls” also had church schedule conflicts with the 11 a.m. meetings. [/b]Mattox told The Dartmouth she had texted her teammates asking if they also had conflicting church services. They asked her to reach out to Campbell because “on our team, there’s such a fear of communication and a fear of backlash,” she said.

Campbell originally told Mattox that the meetings could be moved to avoid the conflict, but rescinded the change three days later, writing in a text message that “Tree … can only join us at 11.”
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Players did not miss practice because of church. The coach scheduled stupid, useless “team culture meetings” on Sundays at 11 a.m.

Religion and God are not important to some people. But for those who take risks in their lives—such as soldiers going to the battlefield, astronauts going to space, and pilgrims sailing to the New World—religion and God can be very important. Some of the most courageous people are also among the most religious.[/quote]

Fantasyland has a special place for the pilgrims sailing to the New World.

I heard on NPR an astronaut saying that she was looking down from the space at the place where humanity emerged. And she was talking about Israel, not Africa. And her comment was not challenged in any way by the host. You can have your separate reality even on NPR if you are an astronaut.[/quote]
Listening to NPR tells me a lot about the kind of person you are.[/quote]

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