Michael Smoak

the things that they have to contribute are really wonderful.

Wouldn't it be great if more people knew about it?

I've got a good take on what should happen with the WNBA.

I really think that I can contribute to this.

I think I could improve the WNBA, which I imagine needs improving.

And why is no one listening to me?

I think that my ideas have got veracity.

I think that there's some truth in them.

I think that they're really, really useful.

Oh, no one listens to me because of the style thing.

And it's kind of like being in a band and your band's music is just too cool.

It's just so progressive, man.

Like people just don't get it.

It's a...

a strange kind of protectionist strategy.

It keeps you at arm's distance because the fact that nobody gets it means that you're safe from ever having to compete in the landscape of ideas, music, whatever.

Criticism.

Yeah, with people who have got their foot in the door.

And I think that this is one of the reasons that kind of the underground hero band is seen as a little bit sexy in that way.

You wouldn't get it, man.