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Fever coach fires back at critics after Sophie Cunningham-DiJonai Carrington incident: 'Go to hell' - CBS Sports
Stephanie White gave an impassioned statement before the Fever's game against the Liberty on Tuesday night
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Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White used her entire pregame media session ahead of Tuesday's 106-92 win over the New York Liberty to deliver a defiant statement rather than take questions, defending her relationship with her players.
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The remarks were prompted by online criticism of White's earlier comments about DiJonai Carrington's Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham during Indiana's win over the Chicago Sky on Saturday.
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After the Saturday game, White had said Carrington would "play her butt off," that she didn't oppose the hard foul, and that she didn't believe Carrington intentionally went for Cunningham's neck.
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On Tuesday, White revised her stance, saying that after watching replays she considered the foul "egregious," while explaining she hadn't seen the play in real time before her postgame press conference.
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White stressed that her players' safety, health and success are always her top priority, insisting she rides with them "10 toes down" and takes personally any suggestion she doesn't have their backs.
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She condemned what she called "hate," "fear-mongering" and "divisiveness" aimed at hijacking the WNBA, declaring the league united and closing with "Love will win... Everybody else can go to hell."