John B Olthoff wrote:
> If the L.A. Sparks had any
> smarts, we wouldn't have to
> write. They would already be
> phoning her and asking her to
> come NOW!!!


Agreed, but I do NOT think the L.A. Sparks have any "smarts", which
is why they went ahead with hiring Joe Bryant, even though he (and
Henry Bibby) never coached a women's basketball team before.

The fact that their previous assistant coach, Karleen Thompson, had
been hired as an assistant with the Houston Rockets --- when they
should have at least asked her about the head coaching vacancy ---
indicates the Sparks front office is being mismanaged.

Right now, most of the WNBA coaches are men, nine of them. Only four
WNBA teams have women coaches. This is a HUGE contrast with the time
when the WNBA first started in 1997, the only male coach was Van
Chancellor of the Houston Comets, who is still there. All the other
coaches at the time were women.