Agreed with everything you said here. But to be fair, I don't think the officials really try to protect anyone. I've been amazed at how bad the officials are in the WNBA. They are really really bad.
Boston, bless her, doesn't seem to carry it that way. Doesn't have that mentality. Mitchell appears to be all in for team Mitchell. Can't speak for the others.
Agreed. And that's a problem.
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I thought this same thing. Boston is a good player, but she's definitely not going to come up and be a part of any altercation going down on the floor. The team chemistry w/ the Fever is not great. My fiance no pics brought up a good point on Saturday after the foul on Caitlin. She said that if that had happened to Kate Martin, she would have a hard time believing none of the Aces players would immediately be right there in Chennedy's face, and I think she's right.
To be fair to some extent, this is a difficult season for a young team to build chemistry thanks to the crammed schedule they’ve had to start with, with almost no time for for anything besides games and travel.
Oh I understand that. But they're currently at a point where they don't even defend each other when one gets leveled while the ball isn't even in play. That's beyond just a young team with a crammed schedule. IMO the coach has to go before the team will ever be able to succeed. Reminds me of the line from Remember the Titans, "Attitude reflects leadership"
This.
Guess we are all racists now according to WP writer. And Clark too...
Clark’s fans are engaging in these bigoted narratives, but so are the alarmists who have nothing better to do than to ruin women’s basketball. It would be naive to think that Clark hasn’t noticed this messiness swirling on social media and in major news outlets. She’s a pro, she has agency. And power. She is not a minor, but rather an adult woman. And if this narrative that pits her against her Black peers makes her uncomfortable, then she needs to speak up and say so. Same goes for the Fever organization — as soon as those in charge are done using their platform to complain that their golden ticket is getting bruised up.
Always the victim, never the victor.Guess we are all racists now according to WP writer. And Clark too...
Clark’s fans are engaging in these bigoted narratives, but so are the alarmists who have nothing better to do than to ruin women’s basketball. It would be naive to think that Clark hasn’t noticed this messiness swirling on social media and in major news outlets. She’s a pro, she has agency. And power. She is not a minor, but rather an adult woman. And if this narrative that pits her against her Black peers makes her uncomfortable, then she needs to speak up and say so. Same goes for the Fever organization — as soon as those in charge are done using their platform to complain that their golden ticket is getting bruised up.
Also in the men's league, the bench would have cleared to protect their teammate. Bless Boston, she was the only one to come over and offer help. As others of said, that's her way of showing support vs going after the other player. That's fine, but you also need someone who will go after the perp
