Should Caitlin Clark have been included on the Olympic team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. She didn’t even attend the tryout. She’s a rookie wnba player. The Olympics is about the best players, not putting together the team people want to watch.

Wasn't she playing in the Final four?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. She didn’t even attend the tryout. She’s a rookie wnba player. The Olympics is about the best players, not putting together the team people want to watch.

I’ve got no knowledge of this sport but all the news outlets indicate the tryouts were held during the WNBA final four games and she was playing in them. You state it like she intentionally snubbed the tryout process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. She didn’t even attend the tryout. She’s a rookie wnba player. The Olympics is about the best players, not putting together the team people want to watch.

I’ve got no knowledge of this sport but all the news outlets indicate the tryouts were held during the WNBA final four games and she was playing in them. You state it like she intentionally snubbed the tryout process

The fact that you said just said "WNBA Final Four" really demonstrates that you don't have any knowledge, yes. It's okay not to have an opinion when you don't know anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

Nobody watches women’s BB at the Olympics. There are more exciting sports to enjoy, like ribbon dancing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which guard should have been left off so Caitlin could get that spot? [/quot

Diana T is one of the greatest players of all time. This will be her 6th Olympics and she is no longer one of the best players in the league. Time to move on.

[Anonymous]

She didn’t go to the camp because she was playing in the NCAA final four. I am sure there is a waiver but she didn’t attend the camp. Definitely bad scheduling for the Olympics

[Anonymous]

You don’t watch women’s BB. I watch track, gymnastics, swimming and basketball for both men and women.

[Anonymous]

If any player got snubbed I would say it was Arike Ogunbowale.

[Anonymous]

The olympic team hasn't lost a game in years. They won't lose a game this year. Nobody will care about them or watch their games and they'll wonder why. Women's basketball has the worst marketing and promotion apparatus of any sport in the country. There are high school teams better at promoting themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The 5-member women's selection committee:


Top left clockwise Delisha Milton Jones (Former U Florida player, current Old Dominion coach),Jennifer Rossitti (Former UConn, current Conn Sun Pres and 2024 USA 3-on-3 Head Coach), Bethany Donaphin (Former Stanford player), Dawn Staley (So Carolina coach), and Seimone Augustus (former LSU player, current LSU ass't coach). Not pictured - Dan Padover, current Atlanta Dream GM and Exec VP for BB Ops, signed Rhyne Howard from Kentucky who is on the 3-on-3 USA team.

12 man Roster:
A Wilson, South Carolina; LV Aces
B Stewart, UConn, NY Liberty
D Taurasi, UConn, Phx
N Collier, UConn, Minn
A Thomas, Maryland, Conn. Sun (whose Pres was on Select committee)
B Greiner, Baylor (Mulkey was coach), Phx
K Copper, Rutgers, Phx
K Plum, Washington, LV Aces
J Young, Notre Dame, LV Aces
C Gray, Duke, LV Aces
J Loyd, Notre dame, Seattle
S Ionescu, Oregon, NY Liberty

3-on-3 Roster:
R Howard, Kentucky, Atl Dream (GM and Exec VP on 12-man committee)
C Brink, Stanford, LA Sparks,
C Burdick, Tenn Vols, UFlorida ass't coach)
HVL, former LSU, (Still in college b/c she wasn't sure she'd be drafted this year @ 5'7"

3-on-3 committee:
Jay Demings, Carolyn Peck (former Purdue coach), Linday Whalen (former Minn Gophers coach)
Head Coach: Rossitti (UConn and Conn. Sun)
Asst Coach: Tammi Reiss (former teammate of Staleys @ UVa and current Hd coach @ U Rhode Island)

Strong political smell involved in this

12 man Roster:
A Wilson, South Carolina; LV Aces
B Stewart, UConn, NY Liberty
D Taurasi, UConn, Phx
N Collier, UConn, Minn
A Thomas, Maryland, Conn. Sun (whose Pres was on Select committee)
B Greiner, Baylor (Mulkey was coach), Phx
K Copper, Rutgers, Phx
K Plum, Washington, LV Aces
J Young, Notre Dame, LV Aces
C Gray, Duke, LV Aces
J Loyd, Notre dame, Seattle
S Ionescu, Oregon, NY Liberty

3-on-3 Roster:
R Howard, Kentucky, Atl Dream (GM and Exec VP on 12-man committee)
C Brink, Stanford, LA Sparks,
C Burdick, Tenn Vols, UFlorida ass't coach)
HVL, former LSU, (Still in college b/c she wasn't sure she'd be drafted this year @ 5'7"

3-on-3 committee:
Jay Demings, Carolyn Peck (former Purdue coach), Linday Whalen (former Minn Gophers coach)
Head Coach: Rossitti (UConn and Conn. Sun)
Asst Coach: Tammi Reiss (former teammate of Staleys @ UVa and current Hd coach @ U Rhode Island)

Strong political smell involved in this

https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/usa-today-caitlin-will-not-be-selected-for-olympic-womens-basketball-team.444915/page-8

Also humiliated when she tried to guard Clark in the tournament.

[Anonymous]

Clark should discover that she's got some Serbian in her and play for their 3 on 3 team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. She didn’t even attend the tryout. She’s a rookie wnba player. The Olympics is about the best players, not putting together the team people want to watch.

I’ve got no knowledge of this sport but all the news outlets indicate the tryouts were held during the WNBA final four games and she was playing in them. You state it like she intentionally snubbed the tryout process

The fact that you said just said "WNBA Final Four" really demonstrates that you don't have any knowledge, yes. It's okay not to have an opinion when you don't know anything.

And it’s fine to not respond when you lack reading comprehension skills. I provided no opinion on the situation only pp’s writing tone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The olympic team hasn't lost a game in years. They won't lose a game this year. Nobody will care about them or watch their games and they'll wonder why. Women's basketball has the worst marketing and promotion apparatus of any sport in the country. There are high school teams better at promoting themselves.

This. As noted by pps - this was the worst business decision that could’ve been made. They’ve lost a great opportunity to grow their fan base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. She didn’t even attend the tryout. She’s a rookie wnba player. The Olympics is about the best players, not putting together the team people want to watch.

I’ve got no knowledge of this sport but all the news outlets indicate the tryouts were held during the WNBA final four games and she was playing in them. You state it like she intentionally snubbed the tryout process

The fact that you said just said "WNBA Final Four" really demonstrates that you don't have any knowledge, yes. It's okay not to have an opinion when you don't know anything.

Aside from calling it the WNBA final four, PP was not wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. She didn’t even attend the tryout. She’s a rookie wnba player. The Olympics is about the best players, not putting together the team people want to watch.

I’ve got no knowledge of this sport but all the news outlets indicate the tryouts were held during the WNBA final four games and she was playing in them. You state it like she intentionally snubbed the tryout process

The fact that you said just said "WNBA Final Four" really demonstrates that you don't have any knowledge, yes. It's okay not to have an opinion when you don't know anything.

And it’s fine to not respond when you lack reading comprehension skills. I provided no opinion on the situation only pp’s writing tone.

I think PP is pointing out that there is no “WNBA final four”.