Lindsay Whalen on Barreiro at 3:30 Today

[Ignatius L Hoops]

First appearance since the departure

 

[thatjanelpick]

Presumably talking about the Lynx’s Whay Day Friday? Very curious how forthcoming she will be but I suspect not very.

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Excellent interview. It should be posted at the end of the show. Whalen covered a lot of ground including her decision to coach her fifth season.

 

[Roland Brooks]

I thought she was great. The couple things I came away with . 1- The decision by Coyle to move on was the right one. Whalen said in her conversations with Coyle she expressed to him that she was struggling she had doubts.. that’s a red flag IMO.. Whalen admits doubting herself as a coach… 2- I appreciate how humble she was and how she came to the decision she needed to separate herself from the program and not stay on as an ambassador.. she said that decision was best for everyone especially best for her.

The only other thing KFAN played back some audio from Coyle the day she was let go… she listened to it and didn’t disagree with anything that was said regarding her departure sounds like Coyle’s statements were accurate.. thus I think IMO Coyle was not as much the bad guy as people think..

On the court the teams play made it obvious a change was needed and now hearing some of the struggles and doubts she had behind the scenes further confirmed it..

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Weed is Legal/Lindsay Whalen In-Studio – Bumper to Bumper 8/2/23 Hour One - Dan Barreiro | iHeart

Dan Barreiro opens the show discussing life now that marijuana is now officially legal in Minnesota before former Gopher head coach Lindsay Whalen joins in-studio with her first extended comments and thoughts since losing her job back in March.

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More Lindsay Whalen/Attorney Joe Friedberg – Bumper to Bumper 8/2/23 Hour Two - Dan Barreiro | iHeart

We continue the conversation with Lindsay Whalen with some more of her side of the story about her coaching run and the current state of college sports before attorney Joe Friedberg joins with his reaction to the latest Donald Trump indictment.

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[Spaulding!No!]

Good interview. She seems classy - coulda dropped some blah about another program but didn’t

 

[Gopher68]

Good interview. She seems classy - coulda dropped some blah about another program but didn’t

Whalen has been, is, and will always be classy.

 

[60's Guy]

Lindsay Whalen in awe of Caitlin Clark: "I've never seen a player play at the pace she plays at...said that last year...we played them in Iowa. There's nobody I've ever seen and for sure in college at that point...play at the pace she played at last year. It's unbelievable! ...she's unbelievable...best player...she is a transcendent player."

 

[60's Guy]

Lindsay, down to earth and likable. Definitely agree with Roland's comments in post #4 above.
She needed to go and Coyle was very good at this part of his job. Lindsay very supportive of Coach P and the players. It was very good interview. Hopefully, the season goes well and we are all happy come April and beyond.

 

[BigTenGuy]

Lindsay Whalen in awe of Caitlin Clark: "I've never seen a player play at the pace she plays at...said that last year...we played them in Iowa. There's nobody I've ever seen and for sure in college at that point...play at the pace she played at last year. It's unbelievable! ...she's unbelievable...best player...she is a transcendent player."

She said Clark was "best player Big Ten women's [basketball] has ever seen." Also said she would take Bueckers over Clark, but admitted she was a "homer."

 

[2nd Degree Gopher]

I thought she was great. The couple things I came away with . 1- The decision by Coyle to move on was the right one. Whalen said in her conversations with Coyle she expressed to him that she was struggling she had doubts.. that’s a red flag IMO.. Whalen admits doubting herself as a coach… 2- I appreciate how humble she was and how she came to the decision she needed to separate herself from the program and not stay on as an ambassador.. she said that decision was best for everyone especially best for her.

The only other thing KFAN played back some audio from Coyle the day she was let go… she listened to it and didn’t disagree with anything that was said regarding her departure sounds like Coyle’s statements were accurate.. thus I think IMO Coyle was not as much the bad guy as people think..

On the court the teams play made it obvious a change was needed and now hearing some of the struggles and doubts she had behind the scenes further confirmed it..

Well said. The only thing that I would add is that I doubt that Whalen would have come across so well had she chosen to grant any of the interview requests that came in the immediate aftermath of her separation from the U. Credit to her for resisting the temptation to speak out of anger (or sadness or whatever else she was feeling at the time). Whalen and the University have both benefited from her exercise of restraint.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Coyle's press conference announcing her departure was vintage Coyle. Agree with all who say Whalen came off as very grounded and classy in this interview.

 

[MaxyJR1]

I wonder how much of this truly was a surprise to the players in the end. Also wonder what weight they felt lifted from her being let go. Players had to know she was struggling.

 

[60's Guy]

I wonder how much of this truly was a surprise to the players in the end. Also wonder what weight they felt lifted from her being let go. Players had to know she was struggling.

I disagree. The doubt was when all the people transferred and NIL became prominent between seasons last year. She was all in at this seasons end, excited about the freshmen and expecting to be back. If that was not the case her reaction would have been very different to getting fired.

 

[alchemy2u]

Lindsay Whalen says she had two options: Resign or be fired. She tells Jana Shortal the story.

Whalen was an All-American player for the University of Minnesota women's basketball team before taking over as the team's coach in 2018.

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Lindsey is a great person and a great basketball player. True legend in Minnesota basketball.

She was just given the coaching job too early and without the experience needed to be a coach at that level. It was an exciting gamble, but as she said in this interview... she is not a quitter and she was never going to quit. Coyle did her a favor by replacing her as the coach.