Mystics’ top HC candidate: Lindsey Harding red herring?
Any other news, rumors, leaks, or speculation about the top candidates for the Mystics or Wings? Is the release of Lindsey Harding’s name as a top candidate in response to the fan pushback of sixty percent of the last five HC hires have been men? I know. I know. It should be about finding the best coach for the game; but can you take gender, and thus gender politics out of discussions when gender is literally the first word in the league’s name?
My biggest question is whether the older franchises’ leadership teams or the league’s leaders are aware of the changing landscapes in which their teams operate, not only as a sport and business but as a social barometer and influencer (and all the baggage that entails)?
Thus was the very quiet release of Lindsey Harding’s name a deaf tone bone to a segment of the WNBA fanbase?
Yes, this year’s season has been quite a case study for WNBA leadership’s adaptability to the changes increased popularity (and notoriety) brought with it. The Valkyries seem to be pulling in fans who have been searching for a home team that reflects how the see many women athletes as strong, bold and fearless. Now let’s talk basketball. Where oh where will Jewell Loyd end up? Will the Lynx find a big bruiser to give Phee some space?