Several reports surfaced Saturday that Kelly Krauskopf, president of the Indiana Fever, deleted her X social-media account after Caitlin Clark fans savaged her over comments Krauskopf made in her introductory press conference ... in October 2024.

Krasukopf said this: "This is about the Indiana Fever. Yes, we have a foundational player in Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, and we're going to continue to add to that. But I want this team to be a leader in the country and a brand, an enduring brand, like Apple or something. We have a real opportunity here. This is the moment where it takes a generation some time to get to that level. I would tell our players, ‘Look, we’re building this for someone else. We're building this for someone's 10-year-old daughter now,' because that's what you do. We want to keep moving it forward, pushing it forward and paying it forward. I know what kind of support we have and we have it, and that's where I feel empowered and very confident in the direction that we're going, because we have that level of support."

For some reason, a Clark fan posted the Krauskopf clip Friday and it went viral with other Clark fans who insisted Krauskopf was disrespecting Clark, that Clark is the brand, and that Krauskopf should be terminated for being "a f***ing idiot," in that special way social media brings out the worst in people. These trolls are not only ignorant in the moment, they somehow failed to recognize that nobody took offense to these comments nine months ago.

Krauskopf acknowledged Clark as a foundational player, she recognized the special moment the team is in and articulated a vision for building a franchise that would thrive beyond Clark's career. The WNBA should make Krauskopf commissioner — her vision for the Fever is greater than Cathy Engelbert's is for the league.