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UConn coach Geno Auriemma and South Carolina counterpart Dawn Staley engaged in a heated argument in the women’s Final Four on Friday. The confrontation wasn’t about a handshake, @jerrybrewer.bsky.social writes. It was about a shift in control.

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"Nah, not really," Auriemma said. "We don't have a lot in common.” True, she’s a Black Women not having any of his passive racist misogyny. His interviews suggests he feels entitled to a level of respect that he has not earned in the multiple engagements with her. (re: coaching at Olympics)

I can accept a certain amount of acrimony between rivals and hot emotions after you lose and, really, are out-coached after so much success, losing against, really, your successor. I have no tolerance for an unaware photo editor who can't see their photo choice feeds racist/sexist tropes.

Why should she back down? He came at her aggressively, inconsiderately, and irresponsibly and on the pettiest of pretenses. If his butt was that hurt, he owed it to both his team and the SC team to not overshadow all of their accomplishments and have his tantrum in private. Send him home.