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Is #Cc22 #CaitlinClark the #Annieoakley of @WNBA, women's basketball? If the media, Bill Cody and Wild West fans acted like today's @WNBA, legacy Media: Nothing special about Annie, you only like her because she's white, etc. @SportsPatriotUS @lindacohn youtu.be/FEne2NSQMSw?is=QmYA…

This is a yardstick for reporting on the @WNBA refs. Very specific accountability measures and assessment by @NBA refereeing. Nothing like this in @wnba, where ill trained freelancers get $1500 a game. Basis for queries to Adam Silver, WNBA . @robinlundberg @cbrennansports 👇

youtu.be/O0kEnJk5FKE?is=duCs… @kenswift @KeepTheVision_ @NBA addressing officiating will @WNBA follow? @SportsPatriotUS @RADeMita

I agree with your theory completely, SP. You really have your thumb on the pulse with this one. Great job! I don't buy the official narrative for a second. There is no way Kelly Krauskopf planned and told staff before the regular season ended; she would be stepping down, that was purely a face-saving move. Her goodbye monologue didn't even sound like her—it felt entirely written by Herb Simon. If she were actually preparing to step down on her own terms, she would have written it herself. I believe Herb gave Kelly an ultimatum to fire Amber Cox, Kelly refused, and Herb responded with, "I'll take your resignation then." The timeline of what happened next on Friday, October 23rd says it all. Kelly resigned in the morning, and just hours later, The Athletic dropped that investigative "hit piece" by Annie Costabile and Brian Hamilton, which seemed designed to paint our entire fanbase with a very negative and unfair broad brush. In that article, Amber Cox explicitly outlined her big post-playoff plan, saying: "Once we get through the (WNBA) Finals, we will very aggressively start reaching out, asking to have these conversations. My hope is players will come to the table, and if they have had experiences that we don't know about, they will share those. We want to hear them." That quote proves Amber fully expected to stick around and lead this massive league-wide conversation. Kelly likely would have been right there with her, since they always did everything together. Instead, within four hours of that article hitting the internet, Herb Simon fired Amber "effective immediately." He didn't even give her time to clean out her office at a normal pace, let alone host a summit with the players' union. The clean slate is coming. I truly believe the new GM is going to bring in their own staff and clear out Stephanie White, along with all the extras working alongside her—including the medical and training staff. Everyone should be on the chopping block except for Caitlin’s trainer, Rob Dosier. If you look closely, Rob was the only staff member included in Caitlin’s end-of-season October photo dump. That is some serious Taylor Swift-level Easter egg hinting right there! Rob originally stepped in to lead Caitlin's intensive workouts after the primary development coach, Keith Porter, ruptured his Achilles. Players constantly seemed to be getting hurt on Keith's watch, and I'll be thrilled when he is officially gone. Even after Keith healed, Caitlin stuck with Rob; you never saw her training with Keith anymore, and it showed. This franchise desperately needs an identity and a clear hierarchy built around Caitlin Clark, and we all know she is at the top of that player hierarchy. I have high hopes that the best is yet to come. The new front office needs to let Stephanie and her entire staff gracefully bow out, no drama needed, while Lin Dunn is left on the shelf like a decorative knick-knack—hopefully no longer gossiping to YouTube sports creators that Caitlin is a "diva" or a "brat." That drama has to stop. If there are any further malicious leaks like that, then Lin Dunn can hit the road too. Excellent write-up, SP. I think your conclusions are absolutely spot on! 🙌👏👏✨️👍😊💛