re: If you don’t think the Mulkey hate is real you are delusional!

There's a fine line in WBB and women's sports in general. There are a lot of lesbians. At the same time there are parents who don't want their daughters playing at a "lesbian" program. So as a coach you can't have the lesbians thinking you're a homophobe. At the same time you're recruiting kids with parents who have questions about what kind of environment they'll be going into. And at Baylor there's the added complication of the university being officially against homosexual activity. Kim finessed all that about as well as anybody could have, but of course not everybody was happy about it.

Then there's the Greiner situation. It's no secret she and Greiner weren't the best of friends. But when Greiner got locked up people expected Kim to be out there leading protest marches or something.

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I’ve never understood that label. If you have a problem with homosexuality, coaching women’s basketball is probably not the career for you. Things have changed through the years, but I would guess there are players who are gay on most teams most years.

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There is more to it than just that issue. Kim has made enemies everywhere because she speaks out and rubs folks the wrong way with her courtside antics. The woman is a great coach but her competitive nature has made her very unlikeable to many in the sport and media.

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I’ve never understood that label. If you have a problem with homosexuality, coaching women’s basketball is probably not the career for you. Things have changed through the years, but I would guess there are players who are gay on most teams most years.

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She refuses to comment on it and won’t openly say how great being gay is so they hate her. It should be that way. Coaches shouldn’t comment on it. That’s what they hate her.