Your recent article about the relationship of Maryland's basketball coaches Brenda Frese and Mark Turgeon triggered a variety of thoughts ("Brenda Frese and Mark Turgeon are mutual admirers as their Maryland teams prepare for March Madness," March 19).
The male and female basketball players share with each other support and camaraderie. Both Ms. Frese and Mr. Turgeon provide structure, discipline and encouragement to their players and assistant coaches.
With that said, a majority of the players are black and multi-tasking education and sports. Yes! There is tutoring and support in the academic areas, but the black students are cooperating, displaying teamwork and modeling the values and social interacting demonstrated by Ms. Frese and Mr. Turgeon.
My point is obvious. Both coaches happen to be white and majority of the basketball players are black and things are working.
Black and white politicians, clergy and activists continue the mantra that more needs to be done with equality, representation of their peers and race relations.
The University of Maryland men's and women's basketball teams are certainly success stories with Ms. Frese and Mr. Turgeon, whose race is not representative of the majority of their players.
Its a "slam dunk" that structure, discipline, encouragement, family values and appropriate role modeling results, for the most part, in basketball players who represent the state of Maryland in a positive light.
Joe Regula, Severna Park