After the call, Mulkey tore off her blazer and stormed toward the officials in protest but did not earn a technical foul.
USA Today trying to make her look more coordinated than she really is
"Attempted to tear off but didn't know where her arm holes were" would be better wording.
That gif never ceases to make me smile as I remember it all unfolding on the tv. I did a great impression of it for my co-workers the next day. But the suspension means very little. It's basically a token symbol from the NCAA that says, "see, we can follow through on something."
Maybe Mulkey will thumb her nose at the NCAA again by failing to make the tournament to serve her suspension.
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There a plenty of coaches that could instruct her on the proper technique for removing and tossing the jacket. Tim Floyd for example!
And it is not like the pros aren't going to get physical with Griner:
Lynx stifle Brittney Griner with physical team defense
I dont know im no mulkey fan but i think it might be a bit extreme. If the penalty is usually just a fine, i dont see anything wrong with making the public decision that it is worth the fine to speak your mind. I also dont know that there should be game suspensions for that sort of thing either, refs already have too much protection imo just with the fines. It doesnt really penalize mulkey either as everyone's saying, but could have much more effect on a lower level coach.
Out of curiosity, what do you think Fenelly's penalty would've been had he done the exact same thing?