Marlo Egleston, you treat them the same. They want to be coached. A lot of women coaches yell and scream more than I do. The irony of the debate is that, at the same summit, women were applauding two of their own who have broken a gender barrier in men's sports. Dee Kantner just finished her second season as one of two female referees in the NBA, while Sandra Hunt is in her second year as one of two refs in Major League Soccer.
Men can take a negative comment and use it or lose it.
I needed to adjust to the way I received feedback. I began to think and accept feedback in a much more 'male' way, and that has assisted immensely in my ability to assimilate. So the female refs go with the argument that says men and women don't have to be separate but equal in sports. In fact, she isn't ready to endorse all-female crews at every women's Final Four until it's earned. We're really sensitive to that.