There have been plenty of white American stars in the WNBA (including MVPs of the league) and no one gave a shit about any of them. Caitlin introduced an entirely new style of women's basketball and dominated college basketball in doing so. That separates her from everyone who came before her.
You post one of the most inane takes on the board this year and then have the gall to characterize someone else as dense and hopeless.
Have you been to a youth basketball tournament? Tons of white people. You would think they would all be playing lacrosse or water polo given the demographics of the NBA and WNBA.
Have you been to an ECNL event? Lots of minorities and there have been for years.
Good. Suggesting that white parents may shift their daughters to other sports because there is more diversity on the USWNT is insane. You may also want to consider reviewing the diversity in elite club volleyball and softball.
Are you suggesting that because there is some diversity on the the field that the young players weren't raised and developed in the pay-to-play system? All of the players on the USWNT roster under the age of 27 other than Lily Yohannes (raised in the Netherlands) were developed by ECNL clubs (the most expensive club league in the country). You might also want to look at the rosters of the US youth national girls teams where every player is from an ECNL or GA club (the two most expensive club leagues in the country).
Jaedyn Shaw (Solar - ECNL)
Korbin Albert (Eclipse - ECNL)
Hal Hershfelt (Corcorde Fire - ECNL)
Trinity Rodman (So Cal Blues - ECNL)
Jenna Nighswonger (Slammers - ECNL)
Sophia Smith (Real Colorado - ECNL)
Naomi Girma (De Anza Force - ECNL)
Catarina Macario (San Diego Surf - ECNL)
Sam Coffey (Match Fit Academy - ECNL)
Tierna Davidson (De Anza Force - ECNL) - Yes, our starting CBs both played for the same ECNL club
Mal Swanson (Real Colorado - ECNL)
She's right. It's not just one team . . . it's just one player. The market has the same level of interest in the WNBA outside of Caitlin Clark as it always has . . . almost none.
Auston Trusty for sure instead of Robinson.
Whatever young GK doesn't make the Olympic team out of Callender, Slonina and Schulte. Those guys need international experience and are all better than Johnson today.
Lennard Maloney for Tillman is obvious. I'd rather have more depth at the 6 when Adams gets hurt after gggg plays him for 90 every game.
I wouldn't bring another RB. I would sacrifice that spot to the cut. Plenty of other guys can play there.
Amazing that this fucking idiot put Tim Tillman and Shaq Moore on the roster. Sean Johnson and Miles Robinson also shouldn't be anywhere near this roster. The rest of the roster almost picks itself so he gets all 4 of the open spots laughably wrong. Truly one of the dumbest fucks on the planet.
Salzburg also had the largest payroll in Austria. Jesse's system is a particularly poor fit for a national team and I expect Canada to take a step back from their historic achievements in the last CONCACAF qualifying campaign. We all hate Greggg but Jesse was also an awful choice. The most concerning element of this story is that Crocker appears to be a complete moron with Jesse and Greggg as his two top choices.
That's the last major Valhalla will ever see. Craziest stat was that the field broke the record for total score relative to par at a PGA by over 250 strokes (-214 compared to +40 at Riviera in 1995). Insane.
Love Mobley's tone and particularly this album which was recently reissued as a Blue Note Classic.
Don't miss his work as a sideman. Horace Silver's 6 Pieces of Silver is great.