Lez Keep It Real

The last time I wrote about Pokey Chatman was about six months ago. On Sunday, I had the more page views for this blog than I’ve had in a long time.

Where am I going with this you wonder?

Pokey Chatman is the reason for those page views as most of the visits to this blog revolved around search strings like, “Pokey Chatman” and “Pokey Chapman,” and even “Pokey Chatman scandal.”

It’s been almost a full year since the “scandal” broke headlines. But so many of you are still searching for answers. So many of you feel that we are owed some answers. I have to say, I feel the same way.

As of today, Pokey is in Russia coaching the Spartak with the likes of Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird on her roster. She hasn’t spoken out about LSU or what happened since she abruptly stepped down as LSU’s head women’s basketball coach.

I can’t imagine that she is happy in Russia. Living in another country can be a cold, gray and lonely existence if you are there by yourself (and in Russia of all places). But at least she has basketball, right? At least she’s free of the looks and whispers. At least she’s free from speculation.

That is … at least she is for now. But what happens when she returns home?

The fact of the matter is that she can’t hide from this forever. And until she directly addresses the situation, it will be patiently waiting for her to return. I know Pokey just wants to move on. But I don’t think she will be able to move on fully unless she makes a comment or two about what happened. History has proven that living in exile can only work for so long. And it seems that many of you still want some answers.

Don’t we all?

Don’t we all still wonder, ponder and speculate about the circumstances in which one of the most respected, talented and likable coaches in women’s college basketball history suddenly disappeared from the limelight.

Like a jigsaw puzzle with a piece missing from the sky, the whole thing just seems unfinished. And while many of you are still searching for the answers, or in this case — the missing piece, rest assured that I am as well.

In the mean time, here are all the posts I wrote about Pokey over the past year. Hopefully, they will satisfy your curiosity for the time being. I promise that the next time I hear a peep out of Pokey, I’ll share it with all of you.

Where in the word is …

Pokey’s been spotted …

Swoopes weighs in …

Pokey walks away with …

Pokey says …

Pokey off to Russia …

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