Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White was targeted with calls for her firing for how she handled the recent Sophie Cunningham/DiJonai Carrington situation, which led to members of the media and several Fever stars coming to her defense.
Over the weekend, Phoenix Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts joined the fray, sticking up for White after being asked about the WNBA having to deal with recent discourse unrelated to the actual play on the court.
"It really **** me off," Tibbetts told reporters Saturday. "It's disappointing. This is a great league. We've got great players. There's great stories, great rookies, great teams.
"We just spend so much time talking about the wrong stuff. I don't know why that happens in our league. It's disappointing. I don't know who can help change the narrative. Is it the coaches? Is it the players? Is it the media? There's outside sources that are trying to create division, and at times it's not a lot of fun. It's not a lot of fun for our players. It's not a lot of fun for our coaches, our organizations, because we are doing great things."
From there, Tibbetts got into White specifically, as he lamented what "certain coaches in our league have to deal with that on a night-to-night level

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