BostonCouchGM wrote:Bad-Thoma wrote:denmuscles wrote:Nothing against women, but we need a man coach. What is happening to this country ?
So even entertaining the notion that if a female coach is the most qualified she should be hired is a "what's happening to this country" moment for you? That's special.
I'm not sure if it's just not being articulated correctly by people that have this opinion but I wonder if what they are alluding to is that a woman CAN'T be the most qualified. They've never played in the NBA. They've never been inside a men's locker room, privy to the banter and chemistry formed there and in all likelihood have never coached professional male athletes before. How can someone that lacks all this BE the most qualified? It's of course impossible to get that experience without first getting a chance. So there's a Catch-22. But a woman will never know what it's like inside the locker room with male athletes. Obviously she experienced locker rooms with women but it's a completely different thing. So won't it be harder to win them over and command respect? Won't it be that much more difficult and a barrier is being introduced that doesn't need to be something an owner, G.M. and players necessarily want to deal with? I'm not saying many of these posters aren't misogynists with their takes on a female coach, maybe they are, but maybe they just know it introduces challenges that aren't attractive to teams and players and for various reasons, they feel a woman can never truly be the "most qualified", but they aren't properly explaining that in their posts.
I personally think these challenges can be overcome. It will require a little getting used to and a chance will need to be taken and adjustments made and there are some very qualified women in this sport who deserve a chance. The woman will need to be very brave and resilient though because breaking that barrier will require it. She'll get so much heat. I think once it does happen and the woman has some success it'll open the floodgates in all sports. I also think a subset of fans will mock it no matter what and there's nothing we can say or do to change their minds about it so why even try.
That's the nuanced, thoughtful response. The "what's happening to this country" isn't.
Someone like Hammon does have some lockerroom experience, as does Lawson - though only 1 season. Regardless, I tend to think that respect is earned by how you perform. Some will have it walking in the door like Nash did - Chauncey, Cassell, etc. The lockerroom is their's to lose. The rest will have to earn it, regardless. Retread coach, promoted assistant, college coach, whatever. A woman coach might have a little higher barrier for some players, but hopefully that's a small minority, and she'd overcome it the same way any other coach would - competence and winning.
EDIT: to be clear, I know you stated basically the same, I was just reinforcing.
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