In my experience as a high-performance athlete, what I want is the best person for the job. I don't care. I'm going to be 100% honest. I want the best-trained coach: male, female, Canadian, or international. I just want the best person for the job, flat out.
What I do want is the opportunity for women to be coaches, for a system to support their development. I think currently there are some barriers, whether patriarchal attitudes or history, that prevent them. I think they have to fight harder, honestly. I think it's harder for a woman to advance as a coach. I think Erica alluded to it.
As we've said before, you have to have a tough skin, whether it is in media or whatever. Women coaches have to. Unfortunately, that's the reality. It would be nice to see some of those barriers removed. Whether that's through policy development, I don't know, honestly.