Ros Gold-Onwude
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She has a lot of respect.
But, you know, I want to come back to the first point you made about just the representation aspect, too.
At the moment, there are no black female head coaches in the WNBA, which has been a big deal for a lot of people.
It's a very black female league.
But there has been representation in other ways.
Natalie Nakase, Asian-American head coach.
Now you've got Sonia Raman, who is an Indian-American, Indian descent head coach, first ever in the WNBA as well.
That's so important.
What does that mean for you?
I think she's going to need like a good former Hooper with like elite level experience.
Could even be a you, but like, I know you're still playing, but
But like, you know, someone who has lived that life, who understands, I mean, not that she doesn't understand, but just that extra voice on the bench.
And also I feel like, you know, for Seattle, it's going to be important to reset culture and expectations.
This is a legacy franchise in the Seattle storm.
championships after championships.
This is what they're used to.
And lately, they haven't been that.
And actually, culturally, there have been public issues for players wanting out, whether it was Alicia Clark, Jewel Lloyd.
So I have no idea who they're going to be building around, again, because of this big free agency coming up.
But you do know that they need a culture and expectation reset for a very legacied franchise in the Seattle storm.