re: I have never seen a coach almost universally hated in the media quite like Kim Mulkey

I am so tired of the constant hate Mulkey gets. She has both sides hating her now. And it's always misunderstandings.

People hate her for the Griner stuff at Baylor, yet that was Baylor's own policies wanting her to keep her lesbian status hush. That wasn't on Mulkey. Mulkey does not care what her players say or do as long as they show up for practice. Her players constantly say they love that she lets them be themselves.

Then they hated her, because she didn't do enough for Griner while she was in Russian jail? What is she suppose to do? She is a basketball coach. Griner also spread lies about Mulkey, but Mulkey still wished her the best.

Then people hated her, because she stood up for her player being assaulted on the court by saying pick on someone your own size. So she kept it real? Shouldn't people respect honesty? If a male coach said the same thing under the same circumstances he would be praised.
Not fully Kim related, but you also have Angel Reese getting crap for trash talking yet nobody cares when Clark does it. Nobody should regardless who does it.

Then some tried to call Kim a Karen for going off on journalists for shady behavior towards her team and herself. Yet she was just defending them. And guess what? It worked. They edited their trash content. Again, nothing wrong with this. That is not being a Karen. The UCLA coach losing her mind, because a player said something on the court was acting like a Karen. Mulkey wouldn't care what a player said on the court.

And now you have a mostly conservative fan base hating on Mulkey for something they don't even understand with the anthem. They think they did this as some sort of act of protest, yet they've always done this. And if anything it is done to PREVENT any type of protest. It was not done to be disrespectful. I feel so bad for Mulkey right now, because I honestly believe she is a great person and if people actually truly knew her they would like her. However, many just look for reasons to criticize her. It's really upsetting.

And by the way, Carter pointed out Pat Summitt's teams stayed off the court for the anthem as well. I haven't verified, but there are plenty of teams that aren't out for the anthem. Yet LSU gets all the hate. I am so sick and tired of LSU constantly getting singled out and shite on nationally.