Don't know if I'd call it "hate."
Some of what I've read sounds more like old-people who talk about how things were in "their day" ... and then they're just envious how young people have it now.
Were I Dawn Staley ... imagine how she could have "cashed in" with here game had she played now?! You need look no further to Hannah Hidalgo's play ... similar tenacious defensive play by a shorter guard-type.
Hidalgo will be able to completely cash in too ... given the current environment.
I'd say that the envy is understandable, to be honest ...