🎉 𝑀𝒶𝒿𝑜𝓇 𝒜𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 🎉
I’m so very PROUD to announce that I’ve teamed up with Dr.
@TragilWade
to bring her 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝒢𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓈 𝑀𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝐸𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒞𝑜𝓃𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 to South Carolina.
Dr. Tragil Wade-Johnson is the sister of Hall of Fame…
Y’all my students are so savvy…. Sooooo long story short—if they get text messages from unknown numbers, they search the phone number on cash app to see who the person is. 😅🧐
A THREAD 🧵
When I began team building sessions with
@GamecockWBB
in August of 2023—I remember briefly telling Coach “we have a problem”.” She said: “what kind of problem? 🧐” I said “GIRL, a GOOD one”.
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Ya’ll remember Cameron Brink mentioning that her mother Michelle Bain-Brink was on Coach Staley’s Nike shoe product team? Well, she was the Product Manager!
Raye Pond, a former Nike exec and marketing legend gave me permission to share these photos. 🥹
Basketball is the gift…
This is why I’m going to ALWAYS go hard for Coach Staley every chance I get! It’s bigger than basketball!
The whole staff + Kamilla’s mother & sister in NY to support Kamilla for the WNBA draft! 🥹😭
We are seeing Dawn Staley’s sentiments about her own team play out in real time for another predominantly black team. The double standard is on display. SHE TOLD YA’LL!!!!!!
@GamecockWBB
players have consistently spoke about their culture and chemistry all season and in the end it showed up in a big way—by going undefeated and winning a National Championship!
Thank you
@dawnstaley
for trusting me on this journey! Love you! 🤍
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I have a WHOLE lot to say about this. They’ve spent 4-5 trying to highlight any and everything other than the DYNASTY Dawn is building! And in a year she went undefeated 38-0….it’s been CRICKETS!
Do you know how good of coach you have to be to do that???
But stay tuned.
ESPN has failed Dawn and SC pretty much in every way the last 4-5 years. Don’t talk to me about needlemovers when that company just doesn’t really care. Somehow a team going 38-0 in a rebuilding season after losing all their starters just ain’t important enough
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IS SO IMPORTANT.
• WOMEN’S SWAG BAGS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
• WOMEN’S WEIGHT ROOM EQUIPMENT IS SO IMPORTANT.
• WOMEN’S FOOD OPTIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
• TITILE lX AND EQUALITY IS SO IMPORTANT.
• WOMEN ARE SO IMPORTANT.
CC:
@ariivory
POLL ALERT: Ohio State climbs to No. 2, Stanford up to No. 3 behind unbeaten No. 1 South Carolina in women's AP Top 25 while Iowa, N.C. State, Colorado, UConn fall.
WNBA players PRACTICE and PLAY against GROWN MEN EVERY practice! And NCAA WBB players PRACTICE and PLAY against COLLEGE-AGED MEN every day! Make it make sense! Likeeeeee you sound crazy! Put that million towards the W anyway tho!
I’ll put a million dollars on the line, your WNBA champion team against a 2024 high school boy’s state champion team of my choice. You guys win, you get a million bucks of my money, my team wins, you all pay me a million and I give it all to the boy’s high school team. You in?
This goes without mentioning that Coach is very strategic about recruiting high character people that will fit into her culture.
If you have players with good character, it will lead to a healthy culture, they will build great chemistry and genuine relationships.
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‼️PSA‼️ to my college WBB players… I hope ya’ll are paying attention to these WNBA roster cuts. They don’t care about you being a FIRST round pick or not!
Ya’ll think LeBron is a billionaire because of his NBA salary alone???? NO! It’s because he has endorsements and investments in addition to that NBA salary! People are intentionally obtuse when it comes to the WNBA!
I knew immediately. Secondly, when I did the first icebreaker and all of the players were able to answer the questions in depth, I was like OKAY. After the first session, I debriefed and I realized I had to take a different approach to my sessions while simultaneously—
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continuing to build on their chemistry. But also, still making sure they are developing from a personal standpoint.
It also showed me something about myself—I’m able to recognize when something doesn’t fit and I’m able to adjust to the needs of a team when it’s necessary.
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Normally when I lead team building sessions with teams, there’s a character, culture or chemistry issue. To my surprise, they had NONE. Again it was August, with 4 new players. A whole NEW team! It was early and I know you are like how could you tell? It t was a feel.
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The WNBA is about the right fit, no matter how talented you are.
The right organization. The right culture. The right team. The right coaching staff. The right offense. The right defense. The right development. The right FIT.
Imagine being the Women’s National Team Coach for the USA, your college team is
#1
in the country, you made HISTORY all season longggggg and you still CAN NOT get the coverage of others. What does that say to y’all?????????? The narrative is clear.
LOOK AT A!
@_ajawilson22
Brought South Carolina it’s FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP and just got the ACES it’s FIRST WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!! Trailblazer!
While the LSU Tigers took home their first-ever NCAA women’s basketball championship, there was one player who stole the show throughout March Madness.
You go from college and have to immediately guard Chelsea Gray, Jordin Canada, Skylar Diggins, Jewell Loyd, Kahleah Cooper, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, ARIKEEEEE, Tiff Mitch…. I mean the list goes on. Good luck!
It’s literally lazy journalism to me. South Carolina didn’t fit the narrative that was pushed all season long. They also never seen a team full of talented depth as such (1-9), so I THINK they lacked the range of how to articulate their greatness!
The media has also FAILED in acknowledging the historic run
@dawnstaley
and South Carolina have had all season. It’s literally shameful! I will be INTENTIONAL about ensuring I use my platforms to shine the light!
🤞🏾🏀
Make sure you write “THE MOST DECORATED” in front of Dawn Staley’s name—after tonight’s Gold Medal game. NO ONE has done what she’s done for USA basketball as a player or coach COMBINED.
Player: 7 Medals🏅 (6 GOLD, 1 Bronze)
Coach: 6 GOLD Medals 🥇 (going for medal
#7
tonight)