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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4763623, member: 2117"] He's a long time assistant with zero experience as a head coach and zero experience coaching women. No direct experience with the WNBA or women's basketball in general. I think it's great that more money is being poured into the sport, but to many the optics don't look great: a women's basketball league that prides itself on being progressive and fighting for women in sports hires a male assistant coach without any direct experience, making him the highest paid coach in league history. It understandably can be perceived as a slap in the face to the likes of Cheryl Reeve (4 titles as a championship coach), Becky Hammon (championship coach, trail blazer in women's coaching), and Sandy Brondello (championship coach, 3 Finals appearances). I don't see this as a slam dunk or bad hire, it's more just unknown at this point how his experience as an assistant in a different league will translate to coaching in the WNBA. I hope his hire leads to other coaches negotiating better salaries as a result. [/QUOTE]