The Baltimore Sun looks at the trend of men coaching in the WNBA.

Some people like Dawn Staley are frustrated by it. "It still should not rob the women who know our game as well as any of the opportunity to coach in this league," she said.

The article notes that underlying problems is that top college coaches don't want to move to the pros. Coach Summitt, eg, won't move, especially not that Candace is on the way. "Do you think I'm going to leave this recruiting class? Absolutely not."

I have been unable to get myself too worked up about this issue because I think the trend will reverse itself eventually.

Sports franchises are like lemmings, often just trying to imitate what seems to be the winning formula right then. Teams see the success of Cooper and Laimbeer, so they scramble to copy the strategy.

But it can flip pretty quickly. Suppose the Mystics finish last and the Mercury do great this year. The common wisdom will be that Adams was a mistake who didn't know how to coach women. Everyone will view Carrie Graf as a hero, the future of coaching in the league (which is true, after all -- god, I love her). Instead of looking for the next Laimbeer, everyone will look for the next Graf.

Or suppose, as Barry suggested a couple weeks ago, that Laimbeer and Cooper leave for NBA coaching jobs. Then everyone will start avoiding former NBA coaches.

In any case, the primary concern right now should be the league's survival. Once we get stabilized -- once it's clear we're here for the long haul -- then we can focus on ancillary issues, such as the gender of the coaches.