Never heard of her TBH,nice to say that i suppose,but IMO a roll model should be a parent,relation or guardian,not a sports personality,its what i would say to young children anyway,no offence though….

March 25th, 2015 at 4:14 pm

HC,
I think she is relating this (role model)to her sport, and behavior towards the media and fans, not her parenting.

March 25th, 2015 at 5:01 pm

Thats fair enough Skeezer,however i dont think Cilic should be used as a sporting roll model after what hes done,and i dont care what anyone says….

March 25th, 2015 at 5:07 pm

Ms. Shiffrin has chosen the Premire Tennis Ambassador as an excellent role model. He commands the respect amongst his colleagues; former players believe him to be the Greatest Player of all time (see Tennis Channel run down of 2014). She has selected an admirable gentleman as a role model. Fabulous choice, good idea young lady.

March 25th, 2015 at 6:01 pm

“i dont think Cilic should be used as a sporting roll model after what hes done,”

Who cares, he did the time, if someone finds him cool and sweet, what does it take away from you?

At least he’s a man so we won’t get the typical HC sexist comment about how cute is or not.

March 25th, 2015 at 11:39 pm

“2013 Olympic gold medallist”

2014?

March 26th, 2015 at 6:02 am

Jack Lewis just what is your your problem with me?im refering to him seen having his picture taken with a Neo Nazi pop star,with the hashtag underneath saying proud,it might not be his policy but having his picture taken with the guy means he obviously condones it?even Wogboy and The DA both thought it was in poor taste,for the record i have alot of respect for Cilic as a player the USO win was fantastic,but i said i dont think he is a good roll model and i stand by that and im not about to apologize for my stance on that….

About the other stuff i said maybe i have been ageist,sexist but i wouldnt be the first on this forum to do this when talking about a players looks and i certainly wont be the last,but i will tone it down if it offends you,i just think its unfair to single just me out on that….

March 26th, 2015 at 9:46 am

Hippy, no need to apologize for anyone! I don’t think Jack understood what you were referring to.

I don’t know enough about Croat culture to understand that Thompson guy- perhaps others here could enlighten us. His statements that I can find do not really indicate anything abhorrent, though certainly his fans seem to all adopt the Stasi symbols, and he’s been criticized by many outside groups. Still, without understanding it better myself I’m more inclined to withhold judgement. That is to say: unless I heard of Thompson saying something in that racist/fascist vein, then not only are we blaming him for his fans fetishes but holding Marin to account… for Thompson’s fans fetishes.

I guess for myself its enough to keep me from cheering Cilic on, but without understanding better I wouldn’t condemn him

If anyone has a better grasp of that, I’d appreciate having it clarified.

March 26th, 2015 at 10:21 am

@TV……Sienna might could clarify that for you.

March 26th, 2015 at 10:48 am

Hippy Chick, I was wondering why you don’t like Cilic because of his association with Marko Perkovic of the band Thompson. So I read about him. He calls himself a Croatian patriot and is very popular in his country. He does a lot of humanitarian work. He denies accusations that he is a fascist. However, his actions and the songs he writes seem to belie this. His songs allegedly support the Ustasha and he does not dissuade his fans from wearing Ustasha inspired shirts or their racist chants. Therefore, HC, now I understand your stand about this and I agree with you. Cilic himself may not be a clerical-fascist but his association with one makes him a supporter. And that is what is not good about it.

March 26th, 2015 at 11:10 am

Thanks for the feedbabck TV and Markus

TV yeah i cant speak for Jack Lewis,but i think he thought i was talking about the doping thing,which i dont care about if thats the case,as its as he said Cilic has done his time and paid for that, but i saw what this guy was about on Wiki and it was all there in black and white,so im not prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt….

Markus true the humanitarian stuff is fantastic and i applaud any person who does that for the greater good of mankind,Cilic might not support these ideas himself as you say,but it certainly looks like he supports a supporter otherwise why have your photo taken with the guy?….

I used to like Cilic and was really pleased for him when he won the USO even though i wanted Nishikori to win the title,but i cant get past this because of what i know now,Cilic is a fantastic player,but i hope he never wins another GS ever again….

March 26th, 2015 at 12:57 pm