‘Go to Hell!’ Indiana Fever Coach GOES OFF on Critics Accusing Her of Failing to Back Sophie Cunningham After Hard Foul

Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White went scorched earth on her critics during a post-game presser on Tuesday night, saying she will always stand by her players and “everybody else can go to hell!”

White spoke out in the face of heavy criticism after a hard foul on Fever star Sophie Cunningham over the weekend, when she was grabbed around the neck and thrown to the court by Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington.

Carrington was slapped with a flagrant foul and tossed from the game.

After Cunningham chided Carrington for what she called an “intentional” hit, White astonishingly appeared to take Carrington’s side, saying, “I don’t think that DiJonai intentionally came out to get her across the neck like she did. But it did happen, and I thought it was the right call.”

The apparent failure to stick up for her own player led to intense backlash, as she was hit with boos from hometown fans ahead of Tuesday night’s game against the New York Liberty.

Speaking out before the contest, it was obvious that White had heard enough.

“We are united, we are connected,” White said. “We will not be divided. Every day, these women put their ass on the line every day. When they go low, we go high. Love will win. Grace will win. Humility will win, and kindness will win. I stand by them. I will always stand by them. Everybody else can go to hell!”

After the game, a 106-92 Fever victory, star player Caitlin Clark said she “hated” hearing the crowd jeer her coach.

“I hated that our fans booed her before the game,” Clark said. “That made me a little sick, to be honest. We’re going to ride for her, and we’re always going to have her back.”

The Fever have been in a swirl of controversy in the past few weeks since Cunningham spoke out against biological men playing in women’s sports, which has made her a shining star in right-wing circles.

“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans,” Cunningham said at the time. “And I’m like, ‘I never once said that. I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

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