Kim Mulkey Declines To Further Discuss 'Post' Story Outside Comfort Zone Of Baton Rouge | Trey Wallace

Coaches tend to say things in the comfort zone of their own media room, with reporters who have been covering the team all season. That has to be the reason as to why LSU coach Kim Mulkey decided not to comment today on the upcoming Washington Post story, right? Mulkey is in Albany, N.Y., preparing the Tigers for their Sweet 16 matchup against UCLA on Saturday.

For the past week, we have heard rumblings of a story involving Kim Mulkey that could send some shockwaves around the sport. The questions she was sent by the reporter must've been difficult to answer, given that Mulkey mentioned that the reporter writing the story has been trying to interview her for two years now. 

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It wasn't enough for Mulkey to go after the reporter that was writing the story, which could be about anything, but the LSU head coach decided to attack journalists around the country for the ‘lies’ they continue to spread. 

Why doesn't Kim Mulkey trust the media? I have no idea, it's not as if she's been put through the ringer in Baton Rouge. She obviously does a good job of controlling the narrative. 

Known for her brash answers and looking to give out as little information as possible on certain subjects, Mulkey decided to read a statement last week outlining the problems she had with the Washington Post story. This was also clear evidence that Kim has no idea how the press operates, especially when you're on a deadline for a story that's been investigated for over two years. 

But she's a basketball coach, not a member of the press, so we'll give her a pass. 

What we aren't going to give her a pass on is the decision not to answer any questions about the upcoming story while sitting on-stage in Albany, New York for the women's Sweet 16. For the past seven days, Kim Mulkey has made it a priority to slam the reporter, Kent Babb, for just doing his job, which is report on a story he feels is worth the attention. 

"This is exactly why people don’t trust journalists and the media anymore," Mulkey said in a statement last week. "I’m fed up. I will sue the Washington Post if they publish a false story about me."

She would go on to call Kent Babb a ‘sleazy’ reporter who was looking to ‘smear’ her in the process. 

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It's interesting the things you will say in front of your hometown press, but then decide the day before playing in a game is not the right time to discuss the topic further. She decided last week while LSU was playing at home in Baton Rouge to attack the upcoming report, along with anyone else who covers sports for a living. 

Kim Mulkey Decides To Not Comment Further, Outside Of Her Comfort Zone

But when she got on the stage in Albany today, I guess it wasn't the right time and place to discuss this any further. 

"I did make a statement & that’s all I’ll comment on at this time because all I’m focused on is to win another basketball game," Mulkey told reporters at the NCAA site. 

I guess it's easy to disparage the folks sitting in front of you for a week, but when you get on a bigger stage and outside the comfort zone of Baton Rouge, you just decide to go silent. I would imagine that the reporters covering a loaded Albany regional that includes South Carolina and Iowa had a number of questions about why she decided to threaten a lawsuit for a story that hasn't been released yet, or look for further comment on the ongoing situation. 

I'd say she acted like a coward on Friday, when given the chance to add context to her fury with the Washington Post. 

No, these games are much too important for her to get distracted by a story that nobody really knows what it entails. If she were in Baton Rouge today answering questions, I'd imagine she would've taken the time to throw a few more jabs. 

But not today, you know, since LSU has a game to play on Saturday. It's funny how that didn't matter last week.