Not sure I'd let Ashley be doing any "eye opening." She got beat out for a starting position by a player with generational-level talent, who then went on to win 4 all-conference honors, make honorable mention all-American, and led a team with only one returning starter to the Elite-8 and a conference tournament championship. Her response to the decision was to just abandon her team prior to mid-season and leave them without their backup point guard. Many thousands of individuals (athletes and non-athletes alike) throughout time have lost positions they wanted to someone that others perceived to be better at that position. Its just part of life. But the way she handled it says far more about Ashley than it could possibly say about anyone else. Its pretty clear that she left her teammates (and, dare I say, "friends") in a bind, mid-season, because she said she needed to go work on her mental health. I'd like to take her word on that. But by continuing to harp on it and trash a program that she suddenly found herself not comfortable with (in her 2nd year with the same staff, mind you) all she does is draw attention to a fact that no one (other than her) would have thought or cared about - her losing a starting spot. If you want more PT, just finish the damn season and give it your very best like a good, unselfish teammate would, and then transfer somewhere else that offers you want you want. That's what almost every person who hits the portal does. There's no reason for having to explain why you did what you did unless you are just concerned about the way it looked - which is apparently the case.
Anyone who is fooled by the campaign to draw attention to whatever this drama queen wants to draw attention to needs to only know this: on the day she posted her long, deeply thought out social media post purporting to raise mental health awareness, she also posted a tiktok video. The name of it is "compliance hmu (i.e. - hit me up) if you want the tea." In the video she sings along to lyrics from a song which says "Boy, I'm finna tell on you", and the caption on the video is "When you not on scholarship anymore so there is nothing keeping from telling the truth about a program." Does this sound like a real victim trying to raise awareness for the need to provide whatever support she thought she wasn't getting? Or someone who feels scorned or embarrassed about the way she left, and wants to blame someone else for her actions? I guess she'll fit right in at Tech. Tech fans responding to her twitter post were all to eager to offer her sympathy and encouragement, crown her as a hero, and to opine that this all reinforces what they already knew about that dastardly school in Austin. Give me a f#%*ing break! She's all yours Tech. There's your new team leader. And I've got news for you . . . she ain't gonna change. I guess it kinda gives new meaning to the phrase "wreck-'em".
