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[suemar]

This has got to be one of the worst comments I have heard during a televised game from a coach. Michael Cooper Sparks vs Merc

When asked by the announcer what needed to be done to avoid the 4th quater beating of the last 4 Sparks games, Cooper responded "get Derrick Fisher out of his fancy suit and bring him in." Fisher was doing the co announcing at the time.

Even as a joke this is just wrong. ITs the WNBA Cooper, not the NBA. We dont need their "help". Maybe if he coached instead of sitting there with his smug ass look they wouldnt slump in the fourth quater. What an interesting concept

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[MH122]

i think you are taking it a little too far with this one, if any former wnba player was doing guest announcing he would probably say they say thing again....chillllllll

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[CB]

I think he was probably just kidding with Derek Fisher, if he was in hearing distance.

However, it's a women's league and had he thought about things like this and what the proper reply would be, he should have chosen a female player to mention.

I don't think he should have said it at all personally. It's insulting to his players.

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[hooper1]

This is the kind of garbage you get when your league gives all of the NBA has-beens summer coaching jobs. Unbelievable!

[LibWNBAFan]

It would be easier to take this as a joke if he didn't already indicate how he feels about his point guards to the press. Man, enough already Coop. You have made your points. You are coaching two franchise players and a third player having an all-star season. Two players are Olympians and a third is rumored to be one. There's a lot of coaches around the league who would love to coach this roster even with the guard problems. The "woe-is-us" attitude is definitely not called for.

Separate from that, there's also a professionalism that is required from a coach. You've already called out your point guards once to the press. And, agree or disagree with that, I think a coach is within his or her professional rights to do so. But to do this on top of that crosses the line of professionalism in my opinion.

[shyguy1701]

I still say he's mad and bored.

Bored to be coaching in the WNBA.

Mad no one will hire him in the NBA.

Sucks to be him.

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[DTP]

I don't see what's the big deal, it was a joke, he was being sarcastic, get over it! People are so sensitive these days, can't say anything anymore.

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[TonyL222]

This (the angst) must be a woman thang. It wasn't any big deal. Obviously Coop respects the women's game or he wouldn't be in it.

PS - I wouldn't have made that comment regarding Stacey Dales, either. She was a good basketball player. I predict she'll be a great sports commentator - maybe a great TV personality in general.

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[hooper1]

I think the point is that this comment would never have been said in reverse without a sense of mockery. If this was an NBA game and Becky Hammon was sitting on the sideline (or commentating) such a comment would be made to ridicule female players.

The way I read it, he was saying "These women can't handle this game. We need a man to show them how it's done." Just my take.

[DTP]

[Str8_Butta]

It was a joke imo, I've heard it said before by NBA guys that certain NBA teams could use certain WNBA players over the years.. Please don't ask me who said it, and which players because I honestly can't remember right now. That's why I used the word "Certain"..

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[bballinmysoul]

I watched the game and heard his comment...I'm a guy, and even though I wouldn't have said that, I don't think he meant any harm by it. I think it was a comment that totally dodged the question more than anything, and he was trying to be funny at the same time.

Yes the Sparks have a point guard problem, but it hasn't been their only problem in their 4th quarter collapses. Guarding someone hard and not running the offense have been their biggest problems in the 4th quarter in my opinion.

They all stand around on offense in the 4th quarter and that's not just the point guard's fault - its all of their faults, which have resulted in turnovers. You have to move! Even teams that lack good point guards find ways to get their best players the ball when its crunch time.

I'd like to see Marie Ferdinand-Harris become more of a factor like she was against Seattle.

Bottom line is if they played defense the way they played it in the second Indiana game and the Seattle game, they would be 15-3 instead of 11-6. Nothing against Phoenix (1st home game), Washington, and New York, but the Sparks had double figure leads in all those games and should've put those games away at home.

That being said, they already have won more games this year than they did all of last year...so I'll chill.

[braveniler58]

It was a dumb comment, but man, are you guys taking this way too seriously.

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[jap]

If you think that comment was something, you ought to see Coop and Bill Laimbeer go after each other verbally. Coop has his own wierd sense of humor and he doesn't hold back where the Bad Boy is concerned.

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[suemar]

Sheesh Actually my main thought at the time was the fact that his comment, even if meant jokingly, was disrespectful of his players.
Avoiding the question with the joke? Maybe. Not having a good answer or a valid coaches solution to the "problem" of the 4th quater slump? Most likely. I think what hit me though was the fact that his comments sounded negative and its those types of comments about the play in the W that the league really doesnt need. Especially from the coach of what most people who do not follow the W percieve to be the "best" of the league.
It wasnt so much a male thing, although I do get tired of the NBA good ole boy give them a job thing.
About his guard issues. Poor poor pitiful Cooper. How many does he need? I have some great Reyes Point Blue cheese to go with his tons of whine.

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[bballfan2005]

[Youth Coach]

Overreact much anyone?

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[DTP]

People really need to let stuff go, like seriously. Only problem I have with him is that he left in the middle of the season (I think), that was whack but other than that it was a business decision I understand that.

Trying to go off on him for this little joke or whatever is bull too, just let it go people he didn't mean anything by it. It wasn't disrespectful to players and if it was start coming to play during the fourth quarters and that little problem will be solved.

He's the same person and coach he was before, live with it.

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[R U DUN]

I find it interesting that in general most posters that think it's no big deal are men and those that think it's offensive are women. Huh. Now who would have thunk it.

and as always it's the time tested "don't you think you're overreacting" patronizing BS.

Think you could give it a damn rest, much?

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[LitePal]

As a female, I have no problem with the comment at all, but as an Asian American, I do take offense to someone having the handle "jap". To divide it neatly down a gender line would be interesting I think but hardly definitive.

We women have enough enemies as it is without having to invent ones like Michael Cooper.

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[Futurama]

[CamrnCrz1974]

I love the hypocrisy on this board. If a WNBA coach makes a comment about an NBA player, it is derogatory. If an NBA coach makes a comment about a WNBA player, that coach "gets it."

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[MH122]

sometimes ppl tend to look more into somethin that was said when they shouldn't...this is michael cooper we are talking about not the "zen master" phil jackson

[Slovydal]

I find the comment hilarious because a week ago (after all the "we need a point guard" drama) I was thinking the Sparks will have to ask Fish to suit up.

[bballfan2005]

[hooper1]

[jersey_stupka]

cooper is just plain a dope who can't keep his trap shut. i suppose the sharks felt like they didn't have much of a choice after the coaches they went thru after coop. - bibby and jellybean bryant... but regardless without LLL last year you can see where the team ended up. in the cellar...but it wasn't all bad since they got their hot little hands on Parker...it ain't the coach...and god knows they've gone thru nba players...

they are trying to recreate some of the lost magic by bringing back DeNasty...i can't think of another W coach who is so dayum whiney...

we can always hope he'll get mad and leave again. put potter in charge...

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[mercfan3]

Do you think maybe Cooper meant it as a joke because Fisher is a POINT GUARD..and the lack of point guard has really hurt them.

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