WNBA Off-Season

[cancontent]

It’s a mess but… diggins once again is in the middle of a hot mess

With what proof do you have to assume it's related to her? This comes across as petty.

 

[Geew1992]

With what proof do you have to assume it's related to her? This comes across as petty.I posted the tweet

 

[Dillon77]

Thanks for adding something factual to the discussion.
It's published that Diggins-Smith signed with Seattle for two main reasons: to play with Jewell Loyd and play under Noelle Quinn, with whom she's had a longstanding relationship. Judging by this article, it might appear that Diggins-Smith might be siding on whatever Quinn was trying to get across. S D-S prefers hard leadership, ranging from what she grew up, who she is and her coach at Notre Dame. Last week, she talked to the ND team and said the first step in responsibility is "looking in the mirror."

Now, having said that, this article still doesn't answer the question: what was going on with the coaching staff. Or, as one commenter said:
"This article instead of explaining what happened with the staff and Quinn, emphasizes the bad temper of SDS or the fact that Nneka is a mediator, but not a leader. Tell us about the staff and Quinn and what they did against the players!"

We'll see what happens next.

 

[JellyBean]

Seattle Storm Investigating Its Own Coaching Staff for Alleged Player Mistreatment

The intrepid Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun-Times (who also broke the Stephanie White break-up with the Conn. Sun) reports this. Apparently, it caught the WNBA off its guard, too.
Let's see what happens, but could there be yet another open position?
Posted Costabile's twitter and an MSN article based on that.

MSN

Sad. I heard about this on Friday and was surprised that it was not posted sooner. The exit interviews, players that were able to talk or shown, spoke highly of Coach Quinn and what type of "caring, competitive, and supportive" environment/culture that Coach provides. Then this story drops a few weeks after the exit interviews. Just sad because now it becomes a finger pointing match and a whole lot of attacking a person's character. We will see what develops from this investigation.

 

[TheFarmFan]

Thanks for adding something factual to the discussion.
It's published that Diggins-Smith signed with Seattle for two main reasons: to play with Jewell Loyd and play under Noelle Quinn, with whom she's had a longstanding relationship. Judging by this article, it might appear that Diggins-Smith might be siding on whatever Quinn was trying to get across. S D-S prefers hard leadership, ranging from what she grew up, who she is and her coach at Notre Dame. Last week, she talked to the ND team and said the first step in responsibility is "looking in the mirror."

Now, having said that, this article still doesn't answer the question: what was going on with the coaching staff. Or, as one commenter said:
"This article instead of explaining what happened with the staff and Quinn, emphasizes the bad temper of SDS or the fact that Nneka is a mediator, but not a leader. Tell us about the staff and Quinn and what they did against the players!"

We'll see what happens next.

Yikes... Am I a sick b@st@rd that my first reaction was, "Nneka, leave the drama behind and sign with Golden State!"?

 

[cancontent]

@Geew1992 Thanks for providing the post for the context. Did you mean to post it with your original comment?

 

[Geew1992]

@Geew1992 Thanks for providing the post for the context. Did you mean to post it with your original comment?

I didn’t read the articles posted and assumed it was mentioned. Guess I should never do that

 

[cancontent]

I didn’t read the articles posted and assumed it was mentioned. Guess I should never do that

Making assumptions on what a media outlet reports is never a good thing, especially nowadays. None of the major media outlets have reported anything specific in comparison to the blog report you shared.