USA Today: Caitlin will not be selected for Olympic Women's Basketball Team
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These women are never going to admit that the Selection Committee royally f'd up by not putting Caitlin Clark on the Olympic team.
Watch the mental gymnastics:
Watch the mental gymnastics:
I have found the biggest idiots on the planet are the ones who don't think CC should have been on team
The "Old Guard" female heads response was, "who would you leave off" to put CC on. As if that wasn't an option.
In retrospect, anyone not named Wilson & Collier would have been the answer. Again, for years we were told how great these players and the league was. Geno, Taurasi, ESPN Female Heads etc. were all wrong. The only real discussion now would be who you would start your franchise with now. Wilson and CC would be the only conversation. Guarenteed, the Female Heads would choose Wilson and dismiss any other argument. Anyone else with a brain and a financial interest would choose CC. I wish it was known, earlier in the year, when one GM said they would trade their entire team for her. That is one smart GM.
In retrospect, anyone not named Wilson & Collier would have been the answer. Again, for years we were told how great these players and the league was. Geno, Taurasi, ESPN Female Heads etc. were all wrong. The only real discussion now would be who you would start your franchise with now. Wilson and CC would be the only conversation. Guarenteed, the Female Heads would choose Wilson and dismiss any other argument. Anyone else with a brain and a financial interest would choose CC. I wish it was known, earlier in the year, when one GM said they would trade their entire team for her. That is one smart GM.
Diana Taurasi, for sure, should have been left off the Olympic team. But she is all about herself and wanted that 6th gold medal, where no one will ever top that record.
This. Easiest answer ever. She barely played and was only on the team because of her past accomplishments. Oddly, CC's past accomplishments weren't considered a reason to put her on the team.
I would have rather left off Griner. I don't buy the "but she's a center" argument for a team that hadn't lost in 40 years.
If Taurasi wasn't such a miserable B, it could have been a pretty cool moment to see her get her 6th gold while "passing the torch" to Caitlin Clark. But nope, that made absolutely too much sense for the WNBA, the committee and the selfish old guard.
If Taurasi wasn't such a miserable B, it could have been a pretty cool moment to see her get her 6th gold while "passing the torch" to Caitlin Clark. But nope, that made absolutely too much sense for the WNBA, the committee and the selfish old guard.
Taurasi, Griner, Gray are three obvious choices. Taking only one point guard who was about 60% recovered from an injury is not good team selection.
1st team All WNBA and 4th in MVP.... Not good enough for the OLD Girls Club....errr... Oh....
I mean Team USA
I mean Team USA
