Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Wednesday, June 29, 2005

The Sun-Times interviews Dave Cowens, future coach for the Chicago Name That Team:

"I hear women like to practice more than the guys do...And they're very unselfish. They like to make the extra pass and do the right thing. But sometimes you might need to to teach them to step up, take the team on their back. That's a problem you don't have with boys. Their egos will do that."

WNBA haters "need to get a life"; they're "mainly [callers] to sports radio shows, and there's only about 12 of those people in the whole world.... We're not trying to appeal to the NBA audience. It's a whole different audience. Look at who is in the stands at WNBA games. There are a lot of girls and boys, kids under 10, and their [parents]. The city of Chicago certainly is big enough to support a team."

More about how he expects the game to evolve, how to prepare for an expansion draft, and Laimbeer and Mahorn as perverse role models. Read the whole thing.