Pokey Chatman out as LSU Women's Basketball Coach

I have been wanting to write about this for a while. In a shocking announcement two weeks ago, Pokey Chatman resigned as LSU Women's Basketball Coach in the midst of loss in the SEC Championship game and after going to 3 straight Final Fours. The winningest womens coach in her first 50 games (47-3) in women's basketball history, the resignation just WREAKED of controversy, and from the very start I smelled a rat. Two days later, it was confirmed that Coach Chatman had resigned due to the uncovering of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former player. Insiders in Baton Rouge have let me know that this "former player" is none other than former NCAA Player of the Year Seimone Augustus. Rumors like this had swirled around Pokey Chatman for years from being an assistant with the late great Sue Gunter. It is truly a shame for such a great coach of a great team at a great school as well as such a popular person in the Baton Rouge community has stepped into such big controversy.

Apparently the "rat" in the program was assistant coach Carla Berry. According to several sources, she was under pressure from several current players to go forward with the accusations to Athletic Department, with the threat that they themselves would go forward with the accusation to the press as well as the school, thus hanging the whole coaching staff out to dry.

Coach Bob Starkey, the mastermind behind the motion offense at LSU for years has taken over the helm for Coach Starkey and has led the Lady Tigers back to the Final Four for a 4th straight year, and only the 4th time in NCAA history that has occured.

I sincerely hope that the Lady Tigers can rebound from this mess and find a way to get back to normalcy and continue their dominance in the SEC and in the NCAA.