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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]a) The Spirit definitely went local and did a small search to hire Richie.  Ok.

b) He inherited a team that JG had basically lost control of...aided by an owner clinging on to the old world (playing the anthem prior to the Reign taking the field just so Rapinoe would not be able to protest.  This infuriated Labbe, Dunn, Krieger and others who eventually demanded to leave or were nudged along by the same owner (BL).  Enter SB as an additional owner - a GREAT person who is trying to help improve a team...RB did just that - he improved the team, added accountability and got more out of the players than JG could have ever.  This team was a mess.  He recognized that it was better to move Pugh a year early than a year late - and got draft picks for it that put us in a situation to be competitive.

c) The players loved playing for him.  Sullivan, Huster, senior team members would have stepped forward to nip this garbage in the bud if there was really fire near the smoke.

d) Most importantly - the largest mistake the WS made was drafting KM from UCLA - the source in the article.  She was a divisive influence at UCLA.  She and Sanchez were not “that” close.  When she came to the WS after the draft and into the Challenge Cup she divided the locker room.  The Challenge Cup occurred at the peak of pandemic craziness and after the awful murder of George Floyd.  Rightfully so, the team kneeled and supported BLM, etc.  However, an out of shape rookie, with no playing time under her belt has zero right to come in the locker room and take over conversations about what the team should and should not be doing socially.  Yelling at veteran players that want to help her is beyond the realm of poor locker room behavior.  The WS did not do their homework and could have picked any number of players in that spot of the draft.  When she did not EARN minutes, she was very vocal about playing time….and she never played into any level of respect of the veterans.  An outspoken, locker room cancer who demanded to be released or traded for lack of playing time – got her wish and was waived.  She was vocal about everything and did not think it was “fair” she wouldn’t be played.  She claimed she was “promised” she would play but all she was promised is that she would compete for a spot and they believed she had the talent.  Once she was waived – and this will tell you something – the only team that would take her is a 3rd tier German club that ultimately moved her on for the same reasons.  She was scared to speak up?  Hardly. She spoke up and acted like an a$$ in the locker room and a know-it-all / uncoachable player on the field.    It is NOT brave to reach out to the Washington Post when you’re out of the game 18 months after you were drafted – and grinding your ax.   She has nothing to lose.  She can blame RB all she wants for not liking soccer, but accountability starts with yourself.  She never acclimated to the pro environment.  The WS has leaders on the team that LOVE RB and hate that he is leaving.  Is he everyone’s cup of tea?  Surely not – that’s the way it is with coaches.  But isn’t it funny that the players with the least impact, the most entitled….always have the most to say.  Poor baby – the coach was mean?  Did he use the N word?  No.  No player would have tolerated that.

Ask anyone who knows him – RB is not the demon he’s being made out to be, but it sure does get clicks in an article.

The WS have been ready for the next level of coaching for some time since the players have evolved to the next level.  Fair. 
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How does this explain the other former Spirit players in the article who supported her account?[/quote]

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