Doocy: ‘Being a coach for girls is like herding cats.’
Doocy: ‘Being a coach for girls is like herding cats.’
Promoting his new book, Tales from the Dadside, Fox and Friends co-host Steve Doocy explained why the book contains different sets of sports stories “based on gender.” Boys “actually want to play and hit the ball” while “girls don’t really want to play these sports,” claimed Doocy. He then said coaching girls “is like herding cats”:
HEWITT: But your daughters were only menaced by Donald Rumsfeld in a West Wing bathroom, so that I guess comes through. And did you, were you conscious of the fact that they’re different sets of stories here based on gender?
DOOCY: I was very concious of that because with boys they actually want to play and hit the ball. With girls, girls don’t really want to play these sports. They just want to hang out. Being a coach for girls is like herding cats, which of course was the title of that Trent Lott book. But it really is.
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Transcript:
HEWITT: Well, you know, I want to contrast your raising of Peter with the two daughters and the stories that you tell about them because he was imperiled much more than they were, apparently. You had him baiting a hook with a water moccasin at one point by mistake.DOOCY: hahahaha
HEWITT: But your daughters were only menaced by Donald Rumsfeld in a West Wing bathroom, so that I guess comes through. And did you, were you conscious of the fact that they’re different sets of stories here based on gender?
DOOCY: I was very concious of that because with boys they actually want to play and hit the ball. With girls, girls don’t really want to play these sports. They just want to hang out. Being a coach for girls is like herding cats, which of course was the title of that Trent Lott book. But it really is. I would constantly just have to re-focus the girls. “Hey, hello, I’m over here.”
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October 8th, 2008 at 1:41 pmDoocey is half-right: Coaching children is a miserable experience regardless of gender.
My own father had the patience of a saint.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:44 pmPS: This in no way ‘half-excuses’ Doocey for being a ‘Complete-tool’
October 8th, 2008 at 1:45 pmDOOCY: I was very concious of that because with boys they actually want to play and hit the ball.
Oh really ?
Let’s see your imbecilic son stand in and whale a softball off the b-b’s that Jennie Fitch hurls , you sexist moron ……I guarantee you he doesn’t even foul one pitch off , you skid mark…….
October 8th, 2008 at 1:47 pmWho cares about anything out of that idiots mouth. He can eat cat-Sh!t for all I care!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pmObviously Doocey’s daughters were just playing to keep their father happy. My daughter has many friends who are on traveling baseball and soccer leagues that could kick this snot’s a$$.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pmHe’s so right. Our phenomenal female Olympic team was just there for the pretty gold necklaces.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:49 pmDid anyone tell Sarah Palin this?
October 8th, 2008 at 1:50 pmMary Magdelyn Says:
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Who cares about anything out of that idiots mouth. He can eat cat-Sh!t for all I care!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
And that would effectively leave him headless ………Bon Apetit , D0uchey ……
October 8th, 2008 at 1:50 pmGroan…
All that really needs to be said.
I’m sure his daughters (does he have any?) must be thrilled with this book.
It’s funny, I’ve always thought of Doocy’s ‘brain’ as being akin to a herd of cats…
October 8th, 2008 at 1:50 pmGood point, she’d field dress him in a heartbeat.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:51 pmUhhh, Doocey (Doocey? What the hell kinda name is Doocey? Sounds like bathroom talk.).
I bet you don’t dare say that face to face with the Detroit Shock’s WNBA team!
I bet you they’d mop the floor with you. Then they’d herd you like the dog you really are.
Mucking sexist foron!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pmRepublicans watch sports Democrats play sports.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pmClusterTim Says:
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I dunno, it all kinda makes sense to me.
JIff
Privacy when it Matters
October 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
So nice of you to admit throwing rocks at the moon when you first glimpsed it …………
October 8th, 2008 at 1:54 pmWorking for Fox is like doing TV for cats.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:55 pm.
The day after the debates and all we get are hits on Steve Doushbag?
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October 8th, 2008 at 1:56 pmi can haz sexizm?
October 8th, 2008 at 1:58 pmHEWITT: Well, you know, I want to contrast your raising of Peter with the two daughters and the stories that you tell about them because he was imperiled much more than they were, apparently. You had him baiting a hook with a water moccasin at one point by mistake.
HEWITT: But your daughters were only menaced by Donald Rumsfeld in a West Wing bathroom, so that I guess comes through. And did you, were you conscious of the fact that they’re different sets of stories here based on gender?
Very wierd. Doocy gave his son a poisonous snake to bait a hook? Real hard to mistake a water moccasin with a worm. But his daughters were “only menaced in a bathroom?” What the hell is wrong with this guy?
October 8th, 2008 at 2:02 pmit’s the fact this guy is procreating that bothers me.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:02 pmHYUCK! What a FumbDuck!
October 8th, 2008 at 2:04 pmThat’s a good one.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:06 pmI imagine the women who regularly swallow FOX News will just giggle and say “He’s Right!”
October 8th, 2008 at 2:09 pmNeanderthals still exist: exhibit A: Mr. Doocy.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:09 pmObviously, any children this limpdick has originated in a petri dish — and I feel sorry for them.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:11 pmI wasn’t into athletic activities much as a child, but I had female friends who were. Unlike the stereotype Doocy tries to perpetuate, my friends took their softball and soccer very seriously, and were very good at what they did.
I am guessing that Doocy probably wound up with a bunch of girls who were engaging in the activity to make somebody else happy (like their parents?) and would have been happier themselves if they had been doing something else.
Trying to get kids to stay focused when they have no enthusiasm to do so is a challenge regardless of gender.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:12 pmJust another example of sports playing the absolute wrong role in our society. The win at any cost mentality is strong in our atheletic programs.
Why isn’t his example about academics, you know, something that matters.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:13 pmAm I the only one who wants to know what Donald Rumsfeld was doing, menacing Doocy’s daughters in a West Wing bathroom?
October 8th, 2008 at 2:15 pm…and working for ‘Fox in the Henhouse’ is like wallowing with Water Buffaloes in Wasilla, donchaknow.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:16 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
“Am I the only one who wants to know what Donald Rumsfeld was doing, menacing Doocy’s daughters in a West Wing bathroom?”
No, but I’m not certain we are ready for the answer – given the propensity of the g.o.p. and restrooms…
October 8th, 2008 at 2:37 pmIs that rove with his horns showing in the pic?
October 8th, 2008 at 2:37 pmOh, but the Repukes picked Sarah Poopsie (sp?) to be their veep candidate because *obviously* she’s the MOST qualified Republican woman out there – you know, like girls don’t like to play sports and all because they might get dirty…
No sexism here! Nope. Move along, folks.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:45 pmWho would have guessed Steve Doocey is hetero?
October 8th, 2008 at 3:23 pmGotta love the picture of the cowboy and the boy-cow.
Did someone slip in the index finger via Photoshop???
October 8th, 2008 at 3:35 pmDoocy celebrates stupidity. He is the poster boy for all that is wrong with American culture…a toxic Barney Fife.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:59 pmWhat a doozy!
October 8th, 2008 at 4:24 pmTry your hand at herding Republican liars, traitors and fascists…
October 8th, 2008 at 5:14 pmSilly Doofy…
October 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pmMaybe I shouldn’t tell Doocy the story of a fellow female classmate and athlete I watched and admired greatly in high school, no matter if she dominated on the practice fields in P.E. class, went after the ball, defended and scored on the basketball court en route to the team being one of the best in the county or how she was ultra competitive on the track and field in multiple events and would go onto being a league and division winner.
Then again, she would go onto West Point to learn how to be an officer in this nation’s Army and served in Iraq. Then would lose her arm in service for our nation. But don’t tell Steve Doocy that. He wouldn’t like to know the story of one Dawn Halfaker.
October 8th, 2008 at 10:18 pmSounds like Doocy is disparaging our female members of the military. Can they not be trained? Can they not have teamwork?
October 8th, 2008 at 11:00 pmWhat you all SERIOUSLY lack is a sense of humor. And so much TIME on your hands to worry about “catching” somebody saying something stupid! Have you considered working for a living, becoming productive and actually making a contribution???? Not likely. Your comments reek of pubescent jealousy. Would love to hang out and read more mindless responses, but I have to go to work.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:23 amAw. Poor troll. Its candidate is going down in flames so all its got is to post a drive by trolling on its way to its ‘work’. Of course it was only here in a mad rush to get ready for work. Of course. *snicker*
It should be thankful that the Left is alot more tolerant of postings than the Right. Why, just the other day, Redstate had at least one posting in every comment thread that had been defaced by the admins because the poster didn’t toe the line. Funny how they come here to talk $#!+ but can’t stand it in their back yard.
Well, Mr. Troll, part of this site is to expose the neandertalish behavior of your side. I mean: Saying girls don’t wanna play sports? They’re just there to ‘hang out’? Wow. Tell that to the Lady Buccaneers track and field team of ‘92. Tell that to the Lady Tigers Basketball Team of ‘94. Tell that to today’s Lady Roadrunners Volleyball team. You’re likely to get your little pasty fat ass beaten by all those women, and every other woman who DOES take playing sports seriously. Your sexism is showing, and so is Doocy’s.
Oh, and yes. *Flagged* for inappropriate comment.
October 9th, 2008 at 10:08 amI know Steve – he’s funny, he’s down to earth. This interview is about a BOOK – wherein he tales great stories about his kids, his dad. It’s about HUMOR – maybe in the times we live in, we all need to get a dose of that?
October 9th, 2008 at 11:57 am