The Sky have had 4 coaches in the last 5 years. Stop blaming players and Reese. There is something wrong with the front office. Coaches need more than a year to rebuild.
@@SilentRage01Reese is a NCAA champion unlike somebody else. Reese is Great at basketball you just a hater. Angry white male syndrome kicking in huh 😂😂
Word salad from these folks. No news here. Mabry didn’t want to stay. Dana Evans wants out. Don’t tell me everyone was “bought in” to TSpoon. Evidence suggest the opposite
The whole of the WNBA is a dumpster fire. As a new fan, I have never seen so much drama. The unexpected firing of a coach, the bullying, the hazing of rookies, the drama around intimate relationships between players, the narrative of racism, and death threats. Damn it so overshadows the basketball.
The "narrative of racism, and death threats" is just that: a narrative. A way to salvage some victimhood points from a situation where the WNBA players look awful. I'm so grossed out by what I've seen this year, I don't think I'll be back next year, with or without Caitlyn. Oh, and you left out the officiating. I've been a bitter critic of NBA refs for many years, and even I was shocked by some of the crap I've seen from the clowns the WNBA hires for the job.
@@cami-loo108 Listen with all of that said. It's great for the women"s sports that you're watching. The women play their butts off and it's really special to our daughters finally get noticed. I pray you keep showing up.
Personally, I hope all theChicago Sky players requests to be traded. In my opinion it is clear, that Chicago has a Horrible owner, horrible general manager. I hope the Chicago Sky lose all of their future games… Until the leadership start treating those WNBA player like they are human beings and Pay them their Money. I’m just saying !! A Fan 💯
Weatherspoon was given a job beyond her capabilities and maturity. She tolerated toxic behavior. She fist-pumped Carter's blindside bodycheck of Clark. She favored Reese to the detriment of her team. She underutilized Cardoso. She lost Mabry. A train wreck in Chicago.
When a player wildly swings her arm, clubs an opponents head or neck or body slams someone they’re out of control, coaches should send them to the lockers, there’s no excuses, and you three stooges, you’re all blind, you’re all untrustworthy, no respect.
Weatherspoon gave Carter permission to be violent. Other coaches hadn't tolerated that. I have no sympathy for Weatherspoon - - as with Carter, there should be more important things than just basketball ability.
@@BoBoBaleit’s more like she exposed the league lol. She dropped twenty plus on Carrington twice and had double digits v her 4 out of 6 games. DC is one of the best defensive players in the league. She also busted the sky all four games averaging 21 a game despite getting targeted lol. Keep hating and get used to that average PG running the Sky out of the gym 😅
The players in the league run the WNBA. I have never seen a successful organization that allows the employees to run things. That is why the WMBA is not successful to include it's wokeness.
When Angel goes to the Olympics and invites a person to come play with the team! Who is she to be able to hire people? Then the fouls on purpose. One person should of been fired and the other two gave each other high fives and clapped. That should of been stopped. Nothing was done.
The franchise had two picks in the first round to improve the team drastically. They had two players on the roster who needed help in building the team success. By taking two players to split playing time and getting the drama that came with Angel they drive their two best players out.
Except for Chennedy, who is erratic, they traded away their two best players. The culture that was created was part of the problem. The players did not act like professionals.
I don’t understand the panel’s reluctance to mention the obvious: -the toxic culture pushed Mabrey out -letting Angel chase stats in late game garbage time -selecting Angel to shoot technicals over their better shooters. The last two definitely caused some friction on the bench and in the locker room which Contributed to their toxic situation. Coach Spoon showed her bosses that she was not putting the team first but the group of 3 talkers never mention the obvious.
@claytonelledge3724 Mabrey asked to be traded before Tspoon was hired. Reese is one of the best free throw shooters on the team and the Sky's cash cow, who is responsible for sold out games. Mabrey has missed clutch free throws in tight games and is not the go-to person for technical fouls. Stop the hate on Reese. Tspoon's firing was due to other issues.
This interview is another example why WNBA is plagued with drama. Insiders unwilling to be honest about issues. R they scared of being cancelled or kicked out of the community? Lying doesn’t help ppl!! It fuels bitterness!! Constructive criticism helps us improve. Treating everyone like they’re infallible is insulting and dishonest.
I totally agree with you..I am from Chicago and these 3 seem like 3 blind mice...Weatherspoon couldn't coach, didn't know how to play her player's..player's couldn't get out of the SKY fast enough...and if she got asked any tough questions at the media sessions at the end of the game she would walk out...
The man in this video asks a question of the others, but then proceeds to speak on end about what he thinks. When you ask a question, GIVE OTHERS THE CHANCE TO ANSWER IT.
Part of the reason she was fired was due to chaotic situations. 1) good player in mabrey wanting out. 2) focusing on stat chasing over winning. 3) terrible offensive scheme. 4) too much attention to Caitlin clark.
Listening to you three and thinking about the Olympics, and also how they didn’t move certain games to later arenas, I’ve learned that the WNBA is too emotional to run as a business. They don’t prioritize the business side of the league. Your players can love you, you can be a well liked person outside of basketball, but when you don’t show professionalism in post game interviews, allow your players to act unprofessional, allow players to stay pack during garbage time, players want to leave,(all allegedly) well it becomes a business decision for the front office has to make
Wasn't surprised she was fired. As a 20 yr military vet, she didn't show leadership, team growth or stamp out unprofessional behavior. These are professional basketball players who tried to hurt other players on the court, prioritized personal goals and didn't take accountability when it mattered. They were even toxic with each other in their own locker room. Coach spoon has to nip that in the bud. You can't be or seem to be complicate in your players bad actions. The double double over wins was bad and your star rookie had poor development out of college. Not the same leage, but what NBA player have you ever SEEN not make layup consistently out of college??? There is a lot coaches have to should... Coach Spoon wasn't it. Whether she was given the right tooks or not. Sometimes ppl give us ish in both our hands!
@@dellzpg what are you talking about? Do you even know? Double doubles have been around since Wilt Chamberlain. Do you know who that was? I’m sick of the ignorance. Learn some basketball. Until then listen to your more experienced elders dunce.
@@syds8752 no it doesn’t say much about basketball but you don’t do 20 years without learning something about leadership, teamwork, respect, responsibility, and self respect. This year Weatherspoon didn’t show leadership, didn’t show she knew how to build a team, didn’t show she had control over her team, didn’t show discipline, and she allowed her team to prioritize personal goals over the team. Most importantly she didn’t hold her team accountable for their play and their actions. She should have stopped her team from being thugs on the court.
What a joke of a take! I can’t believe you are making excuses for “TSpoon,” and the unprofessionalism she not only allowed, but fostered…. How in the world did RUclips’s algorithm recommend this to me???
@@blackpearl8008 My biases??? Behind closed doors??? My comment was based on what factually went on during televised games! The entire team was a walking advertisement for disgusting behavior. Don’t believe me or MY bias? Go ahead and ask Marina Mabrey who couldn’t run fast enough from the dumpster fire of a franchise… #AttitudeReflectLeadership
You could have kept scrolling but. As usual you AR/SKY haters seem to find time to cry about Every Single Thing Angel do. You neglecting your family, quit your job, haven't washed your azz because you on FB, YT and X looking for anything with AR name on it.
I think when the "locker room fight?" leaked out the door during the post game interview was a factor. you know what I'm talking about right? I was embarrassed for the Sky. Kamilla Cordoso looked appalled. We may never know what that fiasco was about but I can't think of any scenario where that was acceptable. The Sky were definitely in chaos.
The locker room is not behind that press room. It was a weird narrative a troll page started. Usually fans are lined up adjacent to that door. There is a video of Chennedy Carter walking pass fans to get into that room
WTF you people are surprised that a coach who was a damn train wreck in so many ways gets fired! Get serious, your all just to used to worship being the norm in this dumpster of a league!
Nah, considering what she inherited as a team - she deserved at least 2 years to properly try to build something. While the vet guards were not buying into her game plans, that Chicago Sky front office should have never hired a FIRST TIME coach knowing that they had higher expectations.
How in the world can a coach stand up for a player that body checks a player to the floor in a dead ball inbound stuation? And have a player celebrating that body check? That postgame presser was it for me. She had no clue.
Bye Karen, it's a physical game. Players been getting put down all season. Angel got clothes lined. Aja got hit in the face. Many others got put down. This is not a Clark stan whining session. If you can't stand the heat get out the kitchen.
@@patriceturner5061 The percentage for CC was 18% of the league. You don't ruin someone's life for no reason. Clark should of been fired. No one deserves to be hit like that and Aja decided to cry to the TV. Big mistake. They griped about the name calling on line. Show proof. Stay off the lines and quit causing the problem. The fans do not want to watch that kind of play.
She screwed up,she prioritized Reece and ignored the other players, I think she concentrated more on her hate for Caitlin that she lost focus and control on her players,they ran their coach.
@@ClaraTrujillo-re5hf Here's a telling statement. For any fan of the Wnba to say that Coach T prioritized Angel over her other players is extremely twisted. When the same people think that the Wnba somehow is Caitlin Clarks Wnba. Is ridiculous. That's all yall do is Prioritize Clark over the entire complete Wnba. Really, come on white folks. Stop it.
@@ClaraTrujillo-re5hfWell, well, we'll. So the smell of baked chicken is stronger than the smell of the fried chicken? This is about basketball. Not women's make-up. Coach has a job to win. Not worry about viewership. Angel was leading the league by playing the best. Not by favoritism. You rebound over 5 players trying to stop you isn't a flaw snowflake it's Desire. But on behalf of snowflakes everywhere let's blame Coach T.
So many of these comments are ridiculous and clearly made by people who a were much too invested in the Clark Reese dynamic. I buy what these people are talking about - front office issues are her lack of experience. What was telling to me was the huge difference between the post-Olympic records of the Fever and the Sky. Both were young teams with very little Olympic participation. The Fever used that break to make a huge step forward. The Sky got worse.
The Fever’s season was front loaded with top teams. Their record reflected that. The Sky were very close to winning several games post-Olympic break, but then Chennedy’s illness and injuries to Cardoso, Reese, Deshields and then Chennedy again doomed them. And still they were one win away from the playoffs.
The fever have been rebuilding for over 4 years and are much more talented then the sky. The sky are only in thier first year. No one expected the sky to be good this year and people need to stop comparing the two teams. They are on two completely different schedules. It seems like everyone wants the sky to rush thier development in order to compete with the fever but that's not how this shit works
Lyndsey is being disingenuous. You know damn well why they fired her. She had ZERO control of her players or the locker room. They loved her because she let them run amuck. And then the fact she sacrificed team chemistry and wins for some stupid double double record was unprofessional to the highest degree. She had Angel Reece walking around like she run the tram. She was out of her depth and it was not going to change in another 2 years. The only positive with Tspoon vs Sides is that at least with Tspoon players knew she had their back. Sides is a cone and useless.
@@rebauer2000 I really think this entire league is going to turn around....there is way to much money to be made...wnba needs for LA to be contender..I believe Magic Johnson will make that happen....Most owners are now seeing that this league is no longer a tax write off but could be a profitable business. Money talks...now a days it screams!!! I believe there a change coming
Because she's a 1st year coach, in rebuild years you give 3 years minimum. Maybe they did better than expected so now want a coach to capitalize on the talent.
The flagrant fouls which on occasion the coach should have pulled and sat the offender down for a time. Spoon didn’t really create a culture that was opposed to that… more eyes than ever were on these games and hard fouls will be looked at differently rather than rejoiced. Spoon didn’t handle those in a professional way. IMO
@ThomasChrist-co5pq IMO you dont handle those things publicly and let the league decide on purpose punishments. How it works in all professional sports I watch. How it works in businesses I've owned or worked in. I would never feed my employees to the masses.
From watching the games against C.C., coaches around the league have been allowing their players to act and play like gangsters. This is a sport, not an arena for gangsters regardless of color, cultural upbringing, social strata, or economic position. Every sport has rules and if you do not follow the rules you must be toast out of the game, ejected, sayonara, adios, goodbye. I am very happy she was fired because her players have been totally abusive and bullish to CC. The league should clean up their act or they will face a 99 Million dollar lawsuit from some injured party or player or person.
I appreciate listening to all three of you on this subject. I'm trying to answer the question as to why. You gave me some great things to think about. At the same time, from the outside looking in, there seemed to be a toxic environment. This toxic environment became outwardly evident when Carter floored Clark and Reese along with other teammates celebrated. Seemingly the coach did little to nothing to correct this behavior. Mabrey was another outward sign of a toxic environment. Carter's dirty play with seemingly little being done about it was another sign. The outburst in the locker room was another sign. I likened this team in some senses to the Detroit Pistons of old. As you mentioned, it's possible she just didn't have the experience. It should be interesting what comes out in the days to come. On a positive note and maybe in her defense, If Carter had not gone out for 3 to 5 games and Reese had not injured her hand I believe this team would have been in the playoffs fighting for the 7th or 6th seed. Mabrey was a huge lose. While I'm not a fan of Reese, she made a huge difference. I hope they clean things up in Chicago however, as long as Reese and Carter are on this team I believe the toxic environment will continue. They seem to thrive on it.
Do you think it's coincidental that Reese's podcast with her asking swoooops if she would coach her team and swoooops said I'd love to coach you then Reese says good then your my coach, within 24 hours of Witherspoon's release? Reese's crocodile tears for Witherspoon? 🤔
Watching a lot of the games from a coaching standpoint I do not think Weatherspoon has the skills to coach these players to the next level. Some games that should have been won could have if she made changes on the court and knew how to get the best out of her players. A travesty to see Cordosa have to take a back seat to Reese and compromise her overall stats, especially when Cordosa was playing good and taken out when the “Reese stats” seemed more important to a coach(and her ego)than optimizing the best in each player. Never in hell would I have traded Maybre mid season. We saw how she is doing in playoffs but Weatherspoon undermined her playing and could not pull out the talent that the Sun coach has. Same with Dana Evan’s- much more talented but stifled some after a not so hot game. As far as disciple and letting players know where you stand, Weatherspoon fell far short. The initial incident with Chennedy Carter pushing Caitlin Clark should have been put to a halt letting in dealing with it swiftly behind closed doors letting team know it better not happen again. Later in season another Sky player bullying on the court means the team saw no ramifications in playing time and felt the liberty to do it again. Team out of control and Weatherspoon in a flux not knowing how to handle it when it escalated to serious drama later in season. When athletes do not feel safe or have appropriate boundaries the team falls apart like it did. We saw Mabry so relieved and desperate to get the h*ll out of there. Different environment…same athlete…go figure! Didn’t take rocket science to see that going forward with Weatherspoon would be unproductive and toxic.
Weatherspoon wasn't a coach. She enabled intolerable behavior and encouraged that unprofessional double double streak that cost the team a playoff spot. She never tried to lead, mold, and guide the team. Overall, the WNBA product is very unprofessional. Honestly, more WNBA coaches should be fired and let go. In fact, a lot of people from top to bottom should be let go in this poorly ran league.
Why didn't you discuss TSpoon's immaturity, walking out of pressers, supporting a dirty player's actions, creating a culture that encourages bullying? That alone was reason enough to fire her. Now the Sky wants a coach whose demeanor and personality are the polar opposites of TSpoon's? How could that be, when all the players adored her? I watched a pro-Sky live stream podcast in which some participants favored hiring Sheryl Swoopes or Diana Taurasi. Either of them would allow the coaching change to be a seamless continuation of the culture TSpoon promoted.
Swoopes would have an even more toxic atmosphere than the one the Sky had this year! And Diana Taurasi used to punch rookies. I don’t think either of them would provide a fresh start. (As for Witherspoon walking into a mess, that may be true,but she made it worse by not disciplining Chennedy Carter because she had a bad childhood (or whatever she meant when she said you all don’t know what I’ve been through. ).
Swoopes and TSpoon are great friends. She dragged the owners on her podcast. She would never. They also aren’t going to get anyone who hasn’t coached before.
Tspoon hired to clean up a mess - all she did was enhance the mess by adding her own mess - #1 rule for coaches - you can be friendly with your players - you don't become friends with your players
It’s clear you don’t understand basketball at all. You can’t WIN games with a team that has NO DEPTH! Sky have three solid players on their entire roster.
She coached thug mentality. It is fair. She encouraged all kinds of crap. She lost games to pad ARs stats. How can you say all of this crap. I saw it coming. I was not shocked and I was relieved.
Also why did she leave Angel in the game when they were losing to Fever by 25 points when both benches went into the game? It was clear she was stat padding for Angel
Maybe the Sky’s top management fired the now former coach Teresa Witherspoon because her deplorable attitude became a liability in that it brought into the WNBA too much bad publicity because she encouraged, enabled, and took joy in the wild escapades of her two primary assaulters, Reese and Carter, further, possibly indicating the W’s attempt to clean up the game and excising the rotten fruit as a result of Clark’s bright light illuminating the W's traditional, but no longer sustainable, bad behavior. But losing Reese who missed her and other’s layups and but favored her making those rebound should have improved the team’s performance but it did not.
Weatherspoon was more interested in promoting the 7th. selected (Reese) and not the 4th. (Cardozo), that was playing better than this immature and egotistic person like Angel Reese.
@@louislittleton5655 The most points scored as a college player. Reeks didn't win the Championship by herself. Back to back final fours? Naismith POTY?
@@louislittleton5655I’m not from the US, why does everyone put so much importance on achievements in high school or college to excuse poor/average/ok performance in the big leagues. I don’t see anyone caring about junior stats when talking about a pro athletes anywhere else. Say If an F1 driver finishes last I don’t hear anyone saying yeah but he won a go kart world title when he was 15…. Interesting
The team quit on Spoon and they tanked. It was pathetic how she favorited Reese and her double doubles over the team. That was horrible for morale. Also didn’t develop Cardozo who’s much better center than Reese. Also, laughed when her thug team took cheap shots at Clark.
@@bAkra60 1. Reese is not a center. Confirmation that the person doesn’t even watch the game. 2. Cardoso was injured at the beginning of the season, and had to work through the fear of getting reinjured, so she really couldn’t develop Cardoso to the full extent. If the double doubles were the problem, why wouldn’t the team win once Reese got injured?
@@bAkra60the dumb ass should be blaming Dana Evans who threw her coach under the bus, not Reese. When Reese got injured, Harrison who replaced had some double doubles too and played better than Cardozo who couldn't improve her game in Reese absence. But fools like to blame Reese for Cardozo lay back attitude
I wasn’t shocked … the team was toxic. TW may have inherited it, I’m not sure. But, she did nothing about it and allowed the nonsense to happen. The Carter hit on Clark early season set the tone of unacceptable behavior. TW supported it and she went downhill from there. Special treatment of Reese was bad too. The Sky made the right decision to dump her. Will they hire toxic Swoops ? Sounds like it’s their pattern. It would be a big mistake. Hire a classy coach and they’ll be a playoff team.
She got fired for cowtowing to Angel Reese, full stop . And yes , I'm making fun of people who say " full stop " . She let AR do whatever she wanted at the expense of W's for the TEAM. She allowed AR to play for the name on the back of her jersey when she should have been playing for the name on the front .
Sky fans will never admit AR was part of why Spoon got fired. Even a blind man can see the offense should have been run through Camilla. Sky fans love to bring up college stats comparing Reese to Clark. Well Cardoso was 5-0 v Reese in college. So the solution is to feed the person that lost five times..not the one who won 😂
@@kdavis002 I'll bet you believe Kamala Harris is going to fix our border and lower prices and taxes too , when she is the reason for our Border crisis and rising inflation . Stop believing everything you hear and do some thinking on your own .
@@Biggdoom344When they played more through Kamilla she would come close to fouling out early or pass the ball back because she wasn’t willing to play through contact. She was not ready to have a big role on the team and you could see this in the games after Angel got injured where Kamilla and the rest of the team ended up playing worse. If you don’t know what you’re talking about I would recommend not saying anything at all…
You don't even know how this works out they have two first-round draft picks if this team stayed together they would have been a monster to deal with next season😮
Marina Mabre said in her new team, that its a good team no selfishness they pass the ball to whomever is open. So I guess there was a favoritism passing the ball to favorite player instead of using the open players? Perhaps?
Yes, she has been around way too long to not know that walking out is not professional. Obviously anyone spending money on a professional sports team would not like this behavior.
@@TC-hl1ws double standard! Football coaches walk out all of the time- no outrage there😑 and she walked out at the end of a ridiculous media circus. ONCE
@@Jeh110 I stand by my statement it's not professional for any coach WNBA NFL to walk out like that. Yes, the NFL coaches will make the headlines when they lose their cool and get blasted on social media. The "walk out" wasn't the reason for the firing but is didn't help her cause. Personally I think T-spoon did a decent job with the team especially managing an interesting group of personalities and was surprised to hear of the news.
She got fired for lack of leadership - Things like, leaving AR in the game just so she can keep the fake DD game record going? Not answering post game questions and not holding the players accountable.
Sides left Clark in the game plenty. She averaged 37 to 38 minutes a game. How do you explain that? Clark grabbed a rebound with the last second ticking off with the game in hand to get her last triple double. Why was she still in the game? She’s padded her stats all year. She always has. Against Dallas she could have shot wide open jumpers but opted to go for the assist record instead. She sdmitted she was open. Of course they lost.
@@Barto-p4k ok I’ll explain, CC was in the games to try to win. The games against the LA Sparks is what you’re talking about (1 game), It was a close game and Fever won the game against the Sparks by 7 points. Yes - so what she got the last rebound. Starters from both teams were in the game. There were a few games where she could have gotten a TD easily, but was taken out of the game because it was in-hand. The Sky game you are referring to, they were getting blown out by Minnesota, with no chance of winning. The other team took their starters out of the game. AR had a horrible game but stayed in to get her DD. It’s clear she is the one stat padding - The Liberty didn’t allow it. Dream game, Sky up by 7 with 17 seconds to go, Sky don’t dribble out the clock, AR shoots the ball and gets fouled. Coach doesn’t know the priority, allows the players to run things. That’s why she got fired, and AR stat padding for a stupid double double even when they losing late in the 4Q 😂
@@louislittleton5655 The big difference between Reese and CC is. Caitlin was a team player and Reese wasn't. All Reese cared about was herself and padding her stats. CC passing ability is incredible. The way she sees the floor and pass the ball to her teammates is why she was successful this year. Turnovers need to improve.
Reese is topix. You draft a player in the 3rd n not give her min. Then you draft Reese in the 7th rd n you play her more to get some fake rebounds. Rebounds don't win games team work does. You give the ball to a player who can't shoot is sad.
The best thing the Fever could do is to fire Sides! SHE didn't bring the team to the payoffs, CC did! Also, don't yhink she deserved COTY. Again, CC being the General on the floor is what raised the team up. She did not protect her players & almost sacrificed CCs career!
TSpoon cheered her players dirty play. TSpoon brought LOTS of negative attention to the team. TSpoon helped Reese to pad HER OWN stats, to the absolute detriment of the team. I absolutely understandcwhy the Sky fired her! She forgot the mission! That being said, the Sky ownership/front office is a clusterf*ck!
Witherspoon brought it on herself by walking out of post game interviews. There is absolutely no excuse for not answering a question or being polite about not answering it. Witherspoon has not succeeded at a coaching position; she is always being "Let Go".
let's be honest, she messed up with the way she handled Angel Reese's situation. It's so obvious that the priority was Angel and not the team whether it was her idea of the front office's idea. Of course most players will not be brutally honest in exit interviews.
Who would you replace Reese with ?.. A developing rookie that became the leader of the team and best defensive player on the team., let me stop. Everytime they take Reese out the game Chicago couldn’t stop no one or score a basket.. you hate makes you sound, and look so stupid.
@@NormanJones-ex5yw there's people in the handicapped section of the arena that could ball better than Reese. She chucks up airballs 75% of the time from the POST.
Plenty of trolling in these comments. Good discussion. I found some of the experiences and Chicago Sky exit interviews upsetting. None of the players were upset with TSpoon though. It is clear that some are not clamoring to come back and will move on.
"...a historic rookie year from Angel Reese powering a playoff push, the Chicago Sky fired Teresa Weatherspoon." wut? So, these "sports journalists" didn't notice the standings at any point in the season? "...a rookie season where Angel Reese stat-padded and layup-bricked the Sky to nearly flirt with a .500 record before collapsing, a year where undisciplined players played in an undisciplined manner which is totally ownerships' fault..." Hate to be harsh, although we should sympathize with the difficult task of having to explain this disaster while avoiding even a hint of finding any fault with any player. That's a tough thing to do. Not so much for real journalists, who might assign blame, break some eggs, ruffle some feathers. But that's not what 2024 "sports journalists are asked to do.
They're winning less games if Reese isn't on the floor. She's a great passer, on ball defender and gives her team second chance opportunities with her rebounding (offensively and defensively). Outside of Chennedy, the vet guards shot an abysmal 21-23% from the field. They needed post play with that type of production.
Reece is good. Let me guess LSU coach Kim Mulkey sacrifice the team to make Angel look good huh? 50 Double Doubles out of 58 Games. Angel is Her. Deal with it
Any team Barbie plays for will have instability and drama. Witherspoon should have shown her some tough love and got the respect of the rest of the team.
@@louislittleton5655don’t you mean whiner lol. Reese went to a team that made the playoffs and helped them miss the playoffs. CC went to a team that had not made the playoffs in 8 years and got them to the playoffs. Yall talking about college…not the pros…college. 😂
@@Biggdoom344this is how we know you was bred on one of those hate channels. The Sky team that won a championship DONT EXIST. Look at the Championship Roster. Look at the 2024 Roster. The Entire team was Overhauled. You would know that if you take those hater shades off they passing out on those hate/Click bait channels
@@jaythomas3224 thanks for clearing that up lol. You just made my point. The sky dismantled a championship roster to save $$. They have been “ rebuilding “ ever since. Spoon cleaned house when she came in and added 8 new players. That was her team..and it flopped. Now a new coach will come in and do the same thing. The coach before spoon did the same thing. As long as ownership and management doesn’t change..the sky will continue to struggle.
Do you guys watch the same ignorant channels? I’ve seen your channels. The “Sides needs to do things the CC way,” and if “the players don’t fit in with CC they need to go,” and you have the nerve to accuse T-Spoon of catering to a player? Hypocrites.
@@Barto-p4k CC's way worked. Pushing pace will win games. That's why Sides went with it. Reese's way didn't work. Getting double-doubles will win games. TSpoon went with it. It's not hypocrisy. One coach figured it out, the other didn't. CC is great in transition and assists, whereas Reese is great at rebounding. CC's game involves the whole team. Reese's doesn't.
@@Barto-p4k CC took a team of lawyers and dental hygienists to the NCAA Finals 2x and broke an 8 year playoff drought for the Fever. CC has the accomplishments to get things done her way.
Wow, Tspoons firing was expected by anyone ever on a team who had a coach favoring a player who isn't playing for the team's success. Come on, she lost the locker room. Do you recall when her teammates wouldn't pass Reese the ball in garbage time while she was begging to get her stats up? Tspoon lacked character, and her conduct reflected that. How can you allow your players to cheer when Carter blind sides a competitor while staying waiting for play to begin. Really? No rebuke from the coach. Character determines conduct. Now Reese feels she's on an island and now decides she doesn't want to be a villain anymore. Good for her. You can only change what you acknowledge.
So it's obvious that you never seen a foul committed before the ball went into play. Or that somehow Coach T is a bad coach because a player made that foul. You're too damn sensitive to even have a rational opinion . Clark is a seasoned ball player. But you fan creeps keep trying to lift her up by attempting to exploit other good players as heaters of Clark. She doesn't want your racist energy. Look at her answers when asked those Bs questions. So keep you narrow minded limited aspirations out of the 20 plus years old Wnba and let those talented players play. Damn, white folks . Really!!!
These were just party line answers. No way were they going to say anything remotely controversial. Everything TSpoon did was promoting the diva Reese. Don’t you wonder why so many players wanted out of town?
You people have infinitely more expertise than I, but there are two possibilities you dismiss. First. Reese was obviously missing gimme shots to pump her rebound stats, and that detracts from the team’s flow and ability to win. Coach decided to place her protégés interest over team in affirm and support. Second, all those flagrant fouls with nothing close to a purpose beyond referee-approved harassment has irreparably damaged the reputation of the league. I can’t imagine threatening a player physically, but for sure, we’re not watching the WNBA when Clark is not in the game, and even with that if this continues next year.
@@TheCollierjrwhat's wrong with Sides other than she can't manage a bench, doesn't know when to call a timeout, doesn't stick up for her players, can't draw up a play and doesn't seem to have any idea how to fix a defence that's been broken all year, but she's probably cheap. 🤔
My thoughts about Teresa Weatherspoon was her and maybe other were caught up in getting Angel ROTY, for whatever reason.. One game, Angel was out and the team GEL'ED better without her. But Teresa put all her money on one horse and she lost
Lmao I can tell your a troll who doesn't watch any of the games you cc trolls are don't ever stop. The sky only won one game without reese and after that went on to lose everyone after that lmao. The sky defense took a big drop when reese went down because that's how important she is to this team. You would know that if you actually watch the games from start to finish. But you people on watch clips and highlights. Or only watch the game when the sky play the fever.
I believe that all the coach`s that don`t keep their players in line from vicious technical fouls might be at risk. You have to insert professionalism and violent play is not one. Maybre wanted out and Reese was a cry baby. Violent fouls another.
Whoever made the decision to draft Reese after drafting Cardoza instead of a player that could spread the floor should have been first out the door. They don't compliment one another at all. And then Reese, who should never have been anywhere near a leadership role, especially as a rookie, Chennedy Carter and Marina Mabry, who was smart enough to see the train wreck of personalities and immaturity demanding out. No coach was going to successfully navigate that toxic mixture.
If major players are requested to leave before was hired, the GM was hired after spoon and he pieces were traded without spoons, how is it on spoon? Gabby Williams alluded to this when Reese tried to recruit her… If you don’t remember, Reese said, “you can come play Here in Chicago“… Gabby responded, “they hurt me really bad… To then said, “but those people are gone now“… Then Gabby didn’t respond to that last statement. It seemed like she shifted… But now in retrospect, we realize that, perhaps the people who did hurt Gabby were not gone from the sky front office. Because Gabby then stated, “or you can come play somewhere else with me“… It was right there in front of our faces… Gabby was alluding to fungus that was among them
Coach Weatherspoon did as good a job as any first year coach could do Considering what all she had to deal with. Players, front office and ownership not used to having so much attention put on them because of a Superstar Rookie. That's something that no one in that organization has ever experienced. But Coach Weatherspoon handled it well. Mabrey and Evans disrupted that team because they couldn't handle all the attention Reese was getting. If Chicago brings Kurt Miller in, I hope Reese asks to be traded. Miller is a terrible coach. He had Zia on the bench for most of the season.
----I quit at 2:39!! When Weatherspoon "chose" to single out angel Reese as being more important then "the Team winning", that is NOT A COACHES DECISION!! That is an Ownership decision. Sorry people, that is the way it works. What I did NOT like was her "racial bigotry and hate" and that was often on display. Not with just Caitlin Clark but also with the girl who "wanted out" and was traded early in the season. Weatherspoon "encouraged violence" and Chennedy Carter delivered that violence against Mayberry? when Carter assaulted her during the game.
Question posed by this video: why was Weatherspoon fired. Unfortunately the 3 talking heads with an agenda don't answer their own question, I had to turn to the comments for the honest answer. ......Toxic culture
Yall are over political this is very simple. Why are yall dancing around the obvious reason any and everybody that watched that circus can clearly see what happened. She prioritized getting reese the roty than coaching the rest if the team. Yall aren't the type of media i listen too cause u guys are acting period. Call a spade a spade lol but i know why yall are acting this way smgdh lol yall need to stop
The coach sets the tone and expectations of the players conduct on the court And develops a scheme that maximizes the teams ability to win Witherspoon loss control of the players early and it went downhill from there
Weatherspoon didn't have control of Reese. Players were not happy with Reese. She was most concerned about getting her double-doubles to the detriment of the team. In the last game with the Fever, the Fever was ahead by about 30 points when the Fever pulled all its starters. Clark left the game with 3:52 left. Reese stayed in the game against the Fever backups to get her double-double. It was obvious that Reese's teammates were pissed at her before the Fever starters left the game. Reese is a stat padder and everyone in the W knows it. Let's see if Reese becomes as close to the new Sky head coach as she was supposedly with Weatherspoon.
Why did I come to the comments where men are commenting on what’s needed to coach women. Male mentality is not what female professional athletes need. 🤦🏽♀️ There are several issues here. As you said J, if the Sky was looking for HC experience that it what they should have hired. Based on the trades they were making for draft picks that told me they were looking to rebuild YOUNG for the future. That is why TSpoon was chosen! She is a veteran player development coach. She worked with players to build skills at the pro level. And trading Mabry was one more step in that direction, to get more draft spots to acquire more talent!!! The GM role with the Sky has been historically bad. The Sky just pissed away their own plan. You don’t look to rebuild and fold in the first year. And let’s be clear, take away the injuries and you’ve got a very different outcome on the season. The Sky was picked 12th and finished 10th. By the Sky’s logic IN, Dallas, WA, PHX, Seattle, ATL coaches should all fired. J said it right, Chicago needs basketball minds making basketball decisions. Current front office is not basketball minded. Great that you figured out the facilities part of the business but having the right Coach is key.
@@CanadaSno ok! so instead of working on her game, she chose to do a podcast her rookie season while your team is falling apart, falling out of playoff position and having team chemistry issues. Or what about putting her personal rebound record before the team’s success, or faking an injury because she saw they weren’t going to make the playoffs etc etc….
@Repeeeet How about coaching her up to shoot AT LEAST 55% from 5 feet from the hoop ?? She was LESS THAN 40% from that range . . layup range !! .if you want to play her up as a talented franchise player she needs to be a strong forward that cover that stuff much better. No improvement over the course of the year on shooting. If you take away the rebounds for her OWN missed shots that would probably be at least a couple a game !
@@tmorgan7939 yeah, they way you don’t know that this is usually improved in an off season speaks volumes. You have no idea how any of this basketball stuff works huh?😂
I agree that one year is not a lot of time to turn an entire franchise around, especially a problematic one. Building rapport & trust takes time. I’m fairly new here however I’ve seen a number of occasions where she needed to be a leader yet her inaction caused the team to be imbued with criticism. Had she stepped in and set an example, it would have shown her command of the team and helped her players avoid further criticism.
Plenty of players would want to play there. Great young players, great city. And I agree with the local reporter. Maybe the Sky should hire Curt Miller.
The assignment was to get the Sky into the playoffs. Agree, T Spoon didn’t have coaching skills but was hired anyway, even the players said T Spoon struggling to manage the team according to Ms Poe. Worst, T Spoon bent over backwards to appease AR to the detriment of the team, she did no better but worse than the previous Sky coaches. She had two of the top ten recruits in AR & KC plus Chennedy and Mabrey (before Mabrey escaped the madness) & T Spoon couldn’t coach the team into the playoffs. Seems she was more of a friend than a coach but it’s a biz not a family, so out she goes. Bet the next coach won’t play the favorites game😜
The Sky have had 4 coaches in the last 5 years. Stop blaming players and Reese. There is something wrong with the front office. Coaches need more than a year to rebuild.
They are just using her to drag Reese. It is amazing how much they hate this girl. She’s done nothing. They hate her for existing and that’s wild.
Just a bunch of 🤡 as Fever fans. Pay them no mind.
She was a bad coach.
Reese is bad at basketball. Statpaddling didn't work. 🤡
😂😂😂🤪🤯🤡@@leiannb.wrytes8893
@@SilentRage01Reese is a NCAA champion unlike somebody else. Reese is Great at basketball you just a hater. Angry white male syndrome kicking in huh 😂😂
Ownership problem..indecisive and inadequate leadership.
I wonder if deep down inside any one of these three knows the truth. I have never heard so many words to beat around the bush and say nothing.
I guess the word... incompetent..doesn't exist here
@@josephgonsalves8579 you literally listened to all that and didn’t hear a “why?”
Word salad from these folks. No news here. Mabry didn’t want to stay. Dana Evans wants out. Don’t tell me everyone was “bought in” to TSpoon. Evidence suggest the opposite
@@kdavis002 Exactly! You can tell the clowns that don't know basketball but feel the need to comment.
She lost the locker room
The whole of the WNBA is a dumpster fire.
As a new fan, I have never seen so much drama.
The unexpected firing of a coach, the bullying, the hazing of rookies, the drama around intimate relationships between players, the narrative of racism, and death threats.
Damn it so overshadows the basketball.
The "narrative of racism, and death threats" is just that: a narrative. A way to salvage some victimhood points from a situation where the WNBA players look awful. I'm so grossed out by what I've seen this year, I don't think I'll be back next year, with or without Caitlyn. Oh, and you left out the officiating. I've been a bitter critic of NBA refs for many years, and even I was shocked by some of the crap I've seen from the clowns the WNBA hires for the job.
This has been going on in sports for decades
@@cami-loo108 Listen with all of that said. It's great for the women"s sports that you're watching. The women play their butts off and it's really special to our daughters finally get noticed. I pray you keep showing up.
Please, find something else to watch. Don’t come back over here with that sensitivity.
Personally, I hope all theChicago Sky players requests to be traded. In my opinion it is clear, that Chicago has a Horrible owner, horrible general manager. I hope the Chicago Sky lose all of their future games… Until the leadership start treating those WNBA player like they are human beings and Pay them their Money. I’m just saying !! A Fan 💯
I looked into it last night, without a doubt the owners are just using it as an asset in their portofolio.
they're all lesbians, they will stick together no matter how toxic the room is.
Weatherspoon was given a job beyond her capabilities and maturity. She tolerated toxic behavior. She fist-pumped Carter's blindside bodycheck of Clark. She favored Reese to the detriment of her team. She underutilized Cardoso. She lost Mabry. A train wreck in Chicago.
She was setup and they were not fighting.
@@patriceturner5061 Then she wasn't capable to see it coming. A huge character flaw.
When a player wildly swings her arm, clubs an opponents head or neck or body slams someone they’re out of control, coaches should send them to the lockers, there’s no excuses, and you three stooges, you’re all blind, you’re all untrustworthy, no respect.
Take off the yt privilege shades so you can see better. It's not that serious
Same!!!
Carter then committed a very hard foul on Mabry. Team out of control under her watch.
Weatherspoon gave Carter permission to be violent. Other coaches hadn't tolerated that. I have no sympathy for Weatherspoon - - as with Carter, there should be more important things than just basketball ability.
@@BoBoBaleit’s more like she exposed the league lol. She dropped twenty plus on Carrington twice and had double digits v her 4 out of 6 games. DC is one of the best defensive players in the league. She also busted the sky all four games averaging 21 a game despite getting targeted lol. Keep hating and get used to that average PG running the Sky out of the gym 😅
TOO MUCH SKY “DRAMA & TOXICITY”
They use Spoon to get Angel, Kamilla, and the practice facility.
I believe this
The players ran her.
The players in the league run the WNBA. I have never seen a successful organization that allows the employees to run things. That is why the WMBA is not successful to include it's wokeness.
When Angel goes to the Olympics and invites a person to come play with the team! Who is she to be able to hire people? Then the fouls on purpose. One person should of been fired and the other two gave each other high fives and clapped. That should of been stopped. Nothing was done.
The franchise had two picks in the first round to improve the team drastically. They had two players on the roster who needed help in building the team success. By taking two players to split playing time and getting the drama that came with Angel they drive their two best players out.
Except for Chennedy, who is erratic, they traded away their two best players. The culture that was created was part of the problem. The players did not act like professionals.
Totally agree. The team's personality may be a fit with the Bears and Blacthanks of the past, but it's not what I want to watch as a new WNBA fan
I don’t understand the panel’s reluctance to mention the obvious: -the toxic culture pushed Mabrey out
-letting Angel chase stats in late game garbage time
-selecting Angel to shoot technicals over their better shooters.
The last two definitely caused some friction on the bench and in the locker room which
Contributed to their toxic situation.
Coach Spoon showed her bosses that she was not putting the team first but the group of 3 talkers never mention the obvious.
@claytonelledge3724 Mabrey asked to be traded before Tspoon was hired. Reese is one of the best free throw shooters on the team and the Sky's cash cow, who is responsible for sold out games. Mabrey has missed clutch free throws in tight games and is not the go-to person for technical fouls. Stop the hate on Reese. Tspoon's firing was due to other issues.
This interview is another example why WNBA is plagued with drama. Insiders unwilling to be honest about issues.
R they scared of being cancelled or kicked out of the community?
Lying doesn’t help ppl!! It fuels bitterness!!
Constructive criticism helps us improve.
Treating everyone like they’re infallible is insulting and dishonest.
I totally agree with you..I am from Chicago and these 3 seem like 3 blind mice...Weatherspoon couldn't coach, didn't know how to play her player's..player's couldn't get out of the SKY fast enough...and if she got asked any tough questions at the media sessions at the end of the game she would walk out...
No disrespect to lesbian looking chick's brain is confused right there already . U think they're gonna give honest answers ain't happening
The man in this video asks a question of the others, but then proceeds to speak on end about what he thinks. When you ask a question, GIVE OTHERS THE CHANCE TO ANSWER IT.
Part of the reason she was fired was due to chaotic situations. 1) good player in mabrey wanting out. 2) focusing on stat chasing over winning. 3) terrible offensive scheme. 4) too much attention to Caitlin clark.
ADD: No defense
and too much attention to Angel.
Listening to you three and thinking about the Olympics, and also how they didn’t move certain games to later arenas, I’ve learned that the WNBA is too emotional to run as a business. They don’t prioritize the business side of the league. Your players can love you, you can be a well liked person outside of basketball, but when you don’t show professionalism in post game interviews, allow your players to act unprofessional, allow players to stay pack during garbage time, players want to leave,(all allegedly) well it becomes a business decision for the front office has to make
Wasn't surprised she was fired. As a 20 yr military vet, she didn't show leadership, team growth or stamp out unprofessional behavior. These are professional basketball players who tried to hurt other players on the court, prioritized personal goals and didn't take accountability when it mattered. They were even toxic with each other in their own locker room. Coach spoon has to nip that in the bud. You can't be or seem to be complicate in your players bad actions. The double double over wins was bad and your star rookie had poor development out of college. Not the same leage, but what NBA player have you ever SEEN not make layup consistently out of college??? There is a lot coaches have to should... Coach Spoon wasn't it. Whether she was given the right tooks or not. Sometimes ppl give us ish in both our hands!
You being a military vet does not mean you know how to be a basketball coach for a professional team. What? 😂
Stuff it. I’m sick of hearing your judgmental crap. Basketball isn’t life or death. I’m a veteran too. It doesn’t make me all knowing.
Double double over win? lol. Just say you don’t like Reese.
@@dellzpg what are you talking about? Do you even know? Double doubles have been around since Wilt Chamberlain. Do you know who that was?
I’m sick of the ignorance. Learn some basketball. Until then listen to your more experienced elders dunce.
@@syds8752 no it doesn’t say much about basketball but you don’t do 20 years without learning something about leadership, teamwork, respect, responsibility, and self respect. This year Weatherspoon didn’t show leadership, didn’t show she knew how to build a team, didn’t show she had control over her team, didn’t show discipline, and she allowed her team to prioritize personal goals over the team. Most importantly she didn’t hold her team accountable for their play and their actions. She should have stopped her team from being thugs on the court.
What a joke of a take! I can’t believe you are making excuses for “TSpoon,” and the unprofessionalism she not only allowed, but fostered…. How in the world did RUclips’s algorithm recommend this to me???
You don't know what was going on behind closed doors. Stop letting your biases distort reality.
@@blackpearl8008 My biases??? Behind closed doors??? My comment was based on what factually went on during televised games! The entire team was a walking advertisement for disgusting behavior. Don’t believe me or MY bias? Go ahead and ask Marina Mabrey who couldn’t run fast enough from the dumpster fire of a franchise…
#AttitudeReflectLeadership
You could have kept scrolling but. As usual you AR/SKY haters seem to find time to cry about Every Single Thing Angel do. You neglecting your family, quit your job, haven't washed your azz because you on FB, YT and X looking for anything with AR name on it.
I think when the "locker room fight?" leaked out the door during the post game interview was a factor. you know what I'm talking about right? I was embarrassed for the Sky. Kamilla Cordoso looked appalled. We may never know what that fiasco was about but I can't think of any scenario where that was acceptable. The Sky were definitely in chaos.
The locker room is not behind that press room. It was a weird narrative a troll page started. Usually fans are lined up adjacent to that door. There is a video of Chennedy Carter walking pass fans to get into that room
WTF you people are surprised that a coach who was a damn train wreck in so many ways gets fired! Get serious, your all just to used to worship being the norm in this dumpster of a league!
Name me the Top 3 coaches in the WNBA?
Someone should fire this trio
Nah, considering what she inherited as a team - she deserved at least 2 years to properly try to build something. While the vet guards were not buying into her game plans, that Chicago Sky front office should have never hired a FIRST TIME coach knowing that they had higher expectations.
@@dw00ds not at all. She did not play to win. She played to make AR pad stats. Anyone who would throw a game for 1 games player is not a leader.
@@pandanotorious 🧢. What game did she throw so Angel could stat pad? Please name 1 game.
How in the world can a coach stand up for a player that body checks a player to the floor in a dead ball inbound stuation? And have a player celebrating that body check? That postgame presser was it for me. She had no clue.
Bye Karen, it's a physical game. Players been getting put down all season. Angel got clothes lined. Aja got hit in the face. Many others got put down. This is not a Clark stan whining session. If you can't stand the heat get out the kitchen.
@@patriceturner5061 The percentage for CC was 18% of the league. You don't ruin someone's life for no reason. Clark should of been fired. No one deserves to be hit like that and Aja decided to cry to the TV. Big mistake. They griped about the name calling on line. Show proof. Stay off the lines and quit causing the problem. The fans do not want to watch that kind of play.
@@johnpierce9412 That's a foul. But I've seen much worse. Let the women play.
She screwed up,she prioritized Reece and ignored the other players, I think she concentrated more on her hate for Caitlin that she lost focus and control on her players,they ran their coach.
@@ClaraTrujillo-re5hf Here's a telling statement. For any fan of the Wnba to say that Coach T prioritized Angel over her other players is extremely twisted. When the same people think that the Wnba somehow is Caitlin Clarks Wnba. Is ridiculous. That's all yall do is Prioritize Clark over the entire complete Wnba. Really, come on white folks. Stop it.
@@warrenmckeithen2245 funny ,you make Karen comments on mine but don't see you on others,Karen get over it,bye Felicia 👋
@@ClaraTrujillo-re5hfWell, well, we'll. So the smell of baked chicken is stronger than the smell of the fried chicken? This is about basketball. Not women's make-up. Coach has a job to win. Not worry about viewership. Angel was leading the league by playing the best. Not by favoritism. You rebound over 5 players trying to stop you isn't a flaw snowflake it's Desire. But on behalf of snowflakes everywhere let's blame Coach T.
@@warrenmckeithen2245 face it coach failed,my little karen
So many of these comments are ridiculous and clearly made by people who a were much too invested in the Clark Reese dynamic. I buy what these people are talking about - front office issues are her lack of experience. What was telling to me was the huge difference between the post-Olympic records of the Fever and the Sky. Both were young teams with very little Olympic participation. The Fever used that break to make a huge step forward. The Sky got worse.
No they are just racist people.
The Fever’s season was front loaded with top teams. Their record reflected that. The Sky were very close to winning several games post-Olympic break, but then Chennedy’s illness and injuries to Cardoso, Reese, Deshields and then Chennedy again doomed them. And still they were one win away from the playoffs.
The fever have been rebuilding for over 4 years and are much more talented then the sky. The sky are only in thier first year. No one expected the sky to be good this year and people need to stop comparing the two teams. They are on two completely different schedules. It seems like everyone wants the sky to rush thier development in order to compete with the fever but that's not how this shit works
And, the team only had 2 games with every player 'healthy'.
Weatherspoon just never held her players accountable for their behavior on the court....plain and simple.
Lyndsey is being disingenuous. You know damn well why they fired her. She had ZERO control of her players or the locker room. They loved her because she let them run amuck. And then the fact she sacrificed team chemistry and wins for some stupid double double record was unprofessional to the highest degree. She had Angel Reece walking around like she run the tram. She was out of her depth and it was not going to change in another 2 years. The only positive with Tspoon vs Sides is that at least with Tspoon players knew she had their back. Sides is a cone and useless.
Shocked? I wasn't. The sky is a mess. Why wouldn't they fire the coach. Sparks firing couch surprised me.
They were already a mess. Why would anyone want to coach there?
@@rebauer2000 I really think this entire league is going to turn around....there is way to much money to be made...wnba needs for LA to be contender..I believe Magic Johnson will make that happen....Most owners are now seeing that this league is no longer a tax write off but could be a profitable business. Money talks...now a days it screams!!! I believe there a change coming
Because she's a 1st year coach, in rebuild years you give 3 years minimum. Maybe they did better than expected so now want a coach to capitalize on the talent.
The flagrant fouls which on occasion the coach should have pulled and sat the offender down for a time. Spoon didn’t really create a culture that was opposed to that… more eyes than ever were on these games and hard fouls will be looked at differently rather than rejoiced. Spoon didn’t handle those in a professional way. IMO
@ThomasChrist-co5pq IMO you dont handle those things publicly and let the league decide on purpose punishments. How it works in all professional sports I watch. How it works in businesses I've owned or worked in. I would never feed my employees to the masses.
From watching the games against C.C., coaches around the league have been allowing their players to act and play like gangsters. This is a sport, not an arena for gangsters regardless of color, cultural upbringing, social strata, or economic position. Every sport has rules and if you do not follow the rules you must be toast out of the game, ejected, sayonara, adios, goodbye. I am very happy she was fired because her players have been totally abusive and bullish to CC. The league should clean up their act or they will face a 99 Million dollar lawsuit from some injured party or player or person.
CC is the gangster. She has a bad temper and flops to get attention. She won't get a pass next season.
I'm glad you guys provided an objective perspective! It was definitely unfair and the leadership is REALLY questionable!
I appreciate listening to all three of you on this subject. I'm trying to answer the question as to why. You gave me some great things to think about. At the same time, from the outside looking in, there seemed to be a toxic environment. This toxic environment became outwardly evident when Carter floored Clark and Reese along with other teammates celebrated. Seemingly the coach did little to nothing to correct this behavior. Mabrey was another outward sign of a toxic environment. Carter's dirty play with seemingly little being done about it was another sign. The outburst in the locker room was another sign. I likened this team in some senses to the Detroit Pistons of old. As you mentioned, it's possible she just didn't have the experience. It should be interesting what comes out in the days to come. On a positive note and maybe in her defense, If Carter had not gone out for 3 to 5 games and Reese had not injured her hand I believe this team would have been in the playoffs fighting for the 7th or 6th seed. Mabrey was a huge lose. While I'm not a fan of Reese, she made a huge difference. I hope they clean things up in Chicago however, as long as Reese and Carter are on this team I believe the toxic environment will continue. They seem to thrive on it.
Carter should of been fired.
Do you think it's coincidental that Reese's podcast with her asking swoooops if she would coach her team and swoooops said I'd love to coach you then Reese says good then your my coach, within 24 hours of Witherspoon's release? Reese's crocodile tears for Witherspoon? 🤔
The podcast was filmed over a week ago.
Swoopes was also asked if she’d want to coach on the Sky on twitter and she said hell no. So stop.
AR Barbie is a $3 bill on two feet… she’s a fake, fraud and phony. “I’ve gone thru so much”😅😢😢😢😁😭😭😭
Swoope won’t do no better. Some of these coaches show favorite. Swoop good 🏀 baller, but not necessary a coach material 😊
Almost like Lebron and his new Coach
Watching a lot of the games from a coaching standpoint I do not think Weatherspoon has the skills to coach these players to the next level. Some games that should have been won could have if she made changes on the court and knew how to get the best out of her players. A travesty to see Cordosa have to take a back seat to Reese and compromise her overall stats, especially when Cordosa was playing good and taken out when the “Reese stats” seemed more important to a coach(and her ego)than optimizing the best in each player.
Never in hell would I have traded Maybre mid season. We saw how she is doing in playoffs but Weatherspoon undermined her playing and could not pull out the talent that the Sun coach has. Same with Dana Evan’s- much more talented but stifled some after a not so hot game.
As far as disciple and letting players know where you stand, Weatherspoon fell far short. The initial incident with Chennedy Carter pushing Caitlin Clark should have been put to a halt letting in dealing with it swiftly behind closed doors letting team know it better not happen again. Later in season another Sky player bullying on the court means the team saw no ramifications in playing time and felt the liberty to do it again. Team out of control and Weatherspoon in a flux not knowing how to handle it when it escalated to serious drama later in season.
When athletes do not feel safe or have appropriate boundaries the team falls apart like it did.
We saw Mabry so relieved and desperate to get the h*ll out of there. Different environment…same athlete…go figure!
Didn’t take rocket science to see that going forward with Weatherspoon would be unproductive and toxic.
Weatherspoon wasn't a coach. She enabled intolerable behavior and encouraged that unprofessional double double streak that cost the team a playoff spot. She never tried to lead, mold, and guide the team. Overall, the WNBA product is very unprofessional. Honestly, more WNBA coaches should be fired and let go. In fact, a lot of people from top to bottom should be let go in this poorly ran league.
Why didn't you discuss TSpoon's immaturity, walking out of pressers, supporting a dirty player's actions, creating a culture that encourages bullying? That alone was reason enough to fire her. Now the Sky wants a coach whose demeanor and personality are the polar opposites of TSpoon's? How could that be, when all the players adored her? I watched a pro-Sky live stream podcast in which some participants favored hiring Sheryl Swoopes or Diana Taurasi. Either of them would allow the coaching change to be a seamless continuation of the culture TSpoon promoted.
Swoopes would have an even more toxic atmosphere than the one the Sky had this year! And Diana Taurasi used to punch rookies. I don’t think either of them would provide a fresh start. (As for Witherspoon walking into a mess, that may be true,but she made it worse by not disciplining Chennedy Carter because she had a bad childhood (or whatever she meant when she said you all don’t know what I’ve been through. ).
Lmao.. stupid new fans
Tspoon thinks she's still playing
Swoopes and TSpoon are great friends. She dragged the owners on her podcast. She would never. They also aren’t going to get anyone who hasn’t coached before.
Did she walk out of 1 press conference - making generalizations when they are not there.
Tspoon hired to clean up a mess - all she did was enhance the mess by adding her own mess - #1 rule for coaches - you can be friendly with your players - you don't become friends with your players
It may have been a mess but you don’t pressure a rookie to focus on individual goals instead of winning. The assignment is to WIN GAMES
It’s clear you don’t understand basketball at all. You can’t WIN games with a team that has NO DEPTH! Sky have three solid players on their entire roster.
She coached thug mentality. It is fair. She encouraged all kinds of crap. She lost games to pad ARs stats. How can you say all of this crap. I saw it coming. I was not shocked and I was relieved.
A coach that allows her team to play dirty shouldn’t be allowed to coach, WNBA is unprofessional slop.
Exactly!!!!!!
And meanwhile Stephanie White is coaching Connecticut Sun. Dirty or physical? I will wait.
ooh no he won't answer this, he's already blind.@@kennethrobinson6738
@@kennethrobinson6738 Me TOO!! Waiting.....
@@kennethrobinson6738 White is dirty too .. If you have to cheat to win then shame on you .
Also why did she leave Angel in the game when they were losing to Fever by 25 points when both benches went into the game? It was clear she was stat padding for Angel
This is a good interview. Julia made me see things clearer. Thanks for the insider info.
Maybe the Sky’s top management fired the now former coach Teresa Witherspoon because her deplorable attitude became a liability in that it brought into the WNBA too much bad publicity because she encouraged, enabled, and took joy in the wild escapades of her two primary assaulters, Reese and Carter, further, possibly indicating the W’s attempt to clean up the game and excising the rotten fruit as a result of Clark’s bright light illuminating the W's traditional, but no longer sustainable, bad behavior. But losing Reese who missed her and other’s layups and but favored her making those rebound should have improved the team’s performance but it did not.
Weatherspoon was more interested in promoting the 7th. selected (Reese) and not the 4th. (Cardozo), that was playing better than this immature and egotistic person like Angel Reese.
Why you mad 😂😂😂 All that hate still won’t change the fact that Angel is a NCAA champion and CC is not
@@louislittleton5655 The most points scored as a college player. Reeks didn't win the Championship by herself. Back to back final fours? Naismith POTY?
@@louislittleton5655I’m not from the US, why does everyone put so much importance on achievements in high school or college to excuse poor/average/ok performance in the big leagues. I don’t see anyone caring about junior stats when talking about a pro athletes anywhere else. Say If an F1 driver finishes last I don’t hear anyone saying yeah but he won a go kart world title when he was 15…. Interesting
@@samfrancisco8095 nobody celebrates 2nd place 😂😂😂
@@louislittleton5655 shut up @ss wipe. Just shut up. Your gossip adds nothing to the conversation about Coach Spoon
The team quit on Spoon and they tanked. It was pathetic how she favorited Reese and her double doubles over the team. That was horrible for morale. Also didn’t develop Cardozo who’s much better center than Reese. Also, laughed when her thug team took cheap shots at Clark.
Your willingness to display ignorance is unmatched 😂
@MsGoodyTwoShoes what did that person say that was ignorance?
@@bAkra60 1. Reese is not a center. Confirmation that the person doesn’t even watch the game. 2. Cardoso was injured at the beginning of the season, and had to work through the fear of getting reinjured, so she really couldn’t develop Cardoso to the full extent. If the double doubles were the problem, why wouldn’t the team win once Reese got injured?
@@bAkra60 She has limited critical thinking skills. And is in denial towards the facts.
@@bAkra60the dumb ass should be blaming Dana Evans who threw her coach under the bus, not Reese. When Reese got injured, Harrison who replaced had some double doubles too and played better than Cardozo who couldn't improve her game in Reese absence. But fools like to blame Reese for Cardozo lay back attitude
I wasn’t shocked … the team was toxic. TW may have inherited it, I’m not sure. But, she did nothing about it and allowed the nonsense to happen.
The Carter hit on Clark early season set the tone of unacceptable behavior. TW supported it and she went downhill from there. Special treatment of Reese was bad too.
The Sky made the right decision to dump her. Will they hire toxic Swoops ? Sounds like it’s their pattern. It would be a big mistake. Hire a classy coach and they’ll be a playoff team.
She got fired for cowtowing to Angel Reese, full stop . And yes , I'm making fun of people who say " full stop " . She let AR do whatever she wanted at the expense of W's for the TEAM. She allowed AR to play for the name on the back of her jersey when she should have been playing for the name on the front .
That’s not what happened. 😂 Did you listen to this at all?
Sky fans will never admit AR was part of why Spoon got fired. Even a blind man can see the offense should have been run through Camilla. Sky fans love to bring up college stats comparing Reese to Clark. Well Cardoso was 5-0 v Reese in college. So the solution is to feed the person that lost five times..not the one who won 😂
@@kdavis002 I'll bet you believe Kamala Harris is going to fix our border and lower prices and taxes too , when she is the reason for our Border crisis and rising inflation . Stop believing everything you hear and do some thinking on your own .
@@Biggdoom344When they played more through Kamilla she would come close to fouling out early or pass the ball back because she wasn’t willing to play through contact.
She was not ready to have a big role on the team and you could see this in the games after Angel got injured where Kamilla and the rest of the team ended up playing worse.
If you don’t know what you’re talking about I would recommend not saying anything at all…
@@alekh1681 that’s your franchise pick. You figure it out.
I guess we know why teams passed up on picking Reese with toxic attitude!
Chicago shoulda fired her sooner. She was a bad coach. 2 top 10 draft picks and had no clue. The city deserves better than that.
You don't even know how this works out they have two first-round draft picks if this team stayed together they would have been a monster to deal with next season😮
Two rookies is a liability. No other team has started two rookies. Don’t be dumb.
Marina Mabre said in her new team, that its a good team no selfishness they pass the ball to whomever is open. So I guess there was a favoritism passing the ball to favorite player instead of using the open players? Perhaps?
All them post game interviews walk out didn’t help lmao
Yes, she has been around way too long to not know that walking out is not professional. Obviously anyone spending money on a professional sports team would not like this behavior.
@@TC-hl1ws double standard! Football coaches walk out all of the time- no outrage there😑 and she walked out at the end of a ridiculous media circus. ONCE
@@Jeh110 this is WNBA they don’t have the luxury to walk out dude barely anyone watches so your missing the whole point but go off tho lmao 🤣
@@Jeh110 I stand by my statement it's not professional for any coach WNBA NFL to walk out like that. Yes, the NFL coaches will make the headlines when they lose their cool and get blasted on social media. The "walk out" wasn't the reason for the firing but is didn't help her cause. Personally I think T-spoon did a decent job with the team especially managing an interesting group of personalities and was surprised to hear of the news.
@@TC-hl1ws That’s fine! 😊 we can agree to disagree. Arguing will not change the outcome. Thanks for respectful dialogue
She got fired for lack of leadership - Things like, leaving AR in the game just so she can keep the fake DD game record going? Not answering post game questions and not holding the players accountable.
Sides left Clark in the game plenty. She averaged 37 to 38 minutes a game. How do you explain that? Clark grabbed a rebound with the last second ticking off with the game in hand to get her last triple double. Why was she still in the game? She’s padded her stats all year. She always has. Against Dallas she could have shot wide open jumpers but opted to go for the assist record instead. She sdmitted she was open. Of course they lost.
@@Barto-p4k
ok I’ll explain, CC was in the games to try to win. The games against the LA Sparks is what you’re talking about (1 game), It was a close game and Fever won the game against the Sparks by 7 points. Yes - so what she got the last rebound. Starters from both teams were in the game.
There were a few games where she could have gotten a TD easily, but was taken out of the game because it was in-hand.
The Sky game you are referring to, they were getting blown out by Minnesota, with no chance of winning. The other team took their starters out of the game. AR had a horrible game but stayed in to get her DD. It’s clear she is the one stat padding - The Liberty didn’t allow it.
Dream game, Sky up by 7 with 17 seconds to go, Sky don’t dribble out the clock, AR shoots the ball and gets fouled. Coach doesn’t know the priority, allows the players to run things. That’s why she got fired, and AR stat padding for a stupid double double even when they losing late in the 4Q 😂
CC the ultimate stat padder and loser. Fever will never win a championship with CC. 😂😂😂
@@louislittleton5655 Give an example of CC stat padding one single time all year or STFU.
@@louislittleton5655 The big difference between Reese and CC is. Caitlin was a team player and Reese wasn't. All Reese cared about was herself and padding her stats. CC passing ability is incredible. The way she sees the floor and pass the ball to her teammates is why she was successful this year. Turnovers need to improve.
Reese is topix. You draft a player in the 3rd n not give her min. Then you draft Reese in the 7th rd n you play her more to get some fake rebounds. Rebounds don't win games team work does. You give the ball to a player who can't shoot is sad.
Also the GM didnt hired her the ownership did so the GM didn't like how she was running the team
The best thing the Fever could do is to fire Sides! SHE didn't bring the team to the payoffs, CC did! Also, don't yhink she deserved COTY. Again, CC being the General on the floor is what raised the team up. She did not protect her players & almost sacrificed CCs career!
TSpoon cheered her players dirty play. TSpoon brought LOTS of negative attention to the team. TSpoon helped Reese to pad HER OWN stats, to the absolute detriment of the team. I absolutely understandcwhy the Sky fired her! She forgot the mission! That being said, the Sky ownership/front office is a clusterf*ck!
Witherspoon brought it on herself by walking out of post game interviews.
There is absolutely no excuse for not answering a question or being polite about not answering it. Witherspoon has not succeeded at a coaching position; she is always being "Let Go".
let's be honest, she messed up with the way she handled Angel Reese's situation. It's so obvious that the priority was Angel and not the team whether it was her idea of the front office's idea. Of course most players will not be brutally honest in exit interviews.
What you meant was, "Let's be biased. I don't like Angel and will blame any faulure on her. I'm both threatened by and obsessed with her." 😂😂😂
Who would you replace Reese with ?.. A developing rookie that became the leader of the team and best defensive player on the team., let me stop. Everytime they take Reese out the game Chicago couldn’t stop no one or score a basket.. you hate makes you sound, and look so stupid.
@@NormanJones-ex5yw there's people in the handicapped section of the arena that could ball better than Reese. She chucks up airballs 75% of the time from the POST.
Wow I didn’t think anyone was going to bring that up! Prioritizing Stat padding over team performance isn’t going to help too many coaches.
She was a rookie head coach‼️
Plenty of trolling in these comments. Good discussion. I found some of the experiences and Chicago Sky exit interviews upsetting. None of the players were upset with TSpoon though. It is clear that some are not clamoring to come back and will move on.
"...a historic rookie year from Angel Reese powering a playoff push, the Chicago Sky fired Teresa Weatherspoon." wut? So, these "sports journalists" didn't notice the standings at any point in the season?
"...a rookie season where Angel Reese stat-padded and layup-bricked the Sky to nearly flirt with a .500 record before collapsing, a year where undisciplined players played in an undisciplined manner which is totally ownerships' fault..."
Hate to be harsh, although we should sympathize with the difficult task of having to explain this disaster while avoiding even a hint of finding any fault with any player. That's a tough thing to do. Not so much for real journalists, who might assign blame, break some eggs, ruffle some feathers. But that's not what 2024 "sports journalists are asked to do.
Sacrificing teem to make Reece look good.
They're winning less games if Reese isn't on the floor. She's a great passer, on ball defender and gives her team second chance opportunities with her rebounding (offensively and defensively). Outside of Chennedy, the vet guards shot an abysmal 21-23% from the field. They needed post play with that type of production.
Seek help😂😂😂 Angel obsession Syndrome
Reece is good. Let me guess LSU coach Kim Mulkey sacrifice the team to make Angel look good huh? 50 Double Doubles out of 58 Games. Angel is Her. Deal with it
Angel the toxicity got her.fired!!!!!! Compare the Sky to the Fever.locker room. Sky players were.out of control!!!
Angel Reese lives rent free in yall head 😂😂
Made a black woman is so successful huh?? Lmao
I do agree she was fired because of Reese comments towards Clark and Kennedy's hit on Clark. Bottom line, all roads leads back to Clark....
@@dellzpgthat bimbo makes laugh.
@dellzpg at least i can make a layup
Thank for being a true sports channel with professional insight.
Any team Barbie plays for will have instability and drama. Witherspoon should have shown her some tough love and got the respect of the rest of the team.
She a Winner unlike CC 🤷🏾♂️😂😂😂👑🏆
@@louislittleton5655don’t you mean whiner lol. Reese went to a team that made the playoffs and helped them miss the playoffs. CC went to a team that had not made the playoffs in 8 years and got them to the playoffs. Yall talking about college…not the pros…college. 😂
They all respected Angel. People that ACTUALLY WATCH SKY GAMES KNOW THAT
@@Biggdoom344this is how we know you was bred on one of those hate channels. The Sky team that won a championship DONT EXIST. Look at the Championship Roster. Look at the 2024 Roster. The Entire team was Overhauled. You would know that if you take those hater shades off they passing out on those hate/Click bait channels
@@jaythomas3224 thanks for clearing that up lol. You just made my point. The sky dismantled a championship roster to save $$. They have been “ rebuilding “ ever since. Spoon cleaned house when she came in and added 8 new players. That was her team..and it flopped. Now a new coach will come in and do the same thing. The coach before spoon did the same thing. As long as ownership and management doesn’t change..the sky will continue to struggle.
She was horrible.... no control over the team.... and cater to angel instead of wins
Do you guys watch the same ignorant channels? I’ve seen your channels. The “Sides needs to do things the CC way,” and if “the players don’t fit in with CC they need to go,” and you have the nerve to accuse T-Spoon of catering to a player?
Hypocrites.
@@Barto-p4k CC's way worked. Pushing pace will win games. That's why Sides went with it. Reese's way didn't work. Getting double-doubles will win games. TSpoon went with it. It's not hypocrisy. One coach figured it out, the other didn't. CC is great in transition and assists, whereas Reese is great at rebounding. CC's game involves the whole team. Reese's doesn't.
@@Barto-p4k CC took a team of lawyers and dental hygienists to the NCAA Finals 2x and broke an 8 year playoff drought for the Fever. CC has the accomplishments to get things done her way.
How was she Catering to Angel please explain so I can prove you don't watch games
@@richs6926double doubles wasn't some new phenomenon. Angel grabs Rebounds like she breaths. Look at her highschool games
Wow, Tspoons firing was expected by anyone ever on a team who had a coach favoring a player who isn't playing for the team's success. Come on, she lost the locker room. Do you recall when her teammates wouldn't pass Reese the ball in garbage time while she was begging to get her stats up? Tspoon lacked character, and her conduct reflected that. How can you allow your players to cheer when Carter blind sides a competitor while staying waiting for play to begin. Really? No rebuke from the coach. Character determines conduct. Now Reese feels she's on an island and now decides she doesn't want to be a villain anymore. Good for her. You can only change what you acknowledge.
Thank you !! Even Stevie wonder could see it all unravel one game at a time
So it's obvious that you never seen a foul committed before the ball went into play. Or that somehow Coach T is a bad coach because a player made that foul. You're too damn sensitive to even have a rational opinion . Clark is a seasoned ball player. But you fan creeps keep trying to lift her up by attempting to exploit other good players as heaters of Clark. She doesn't want your racist energy. Look at her answers when asked those Bs questions. So keep you narrow minded limited aspirations out of the 20 plus years old Wnba and let those talented players play. Damn, white folks . Really!!!
These were just party line answers. No way were they going to say anything remotely controversial. Everything TSpoon did was promoting the diva Reese. Don’t you wonder why so many players wanted out of town?
She was/is not a good head coach. She is probably a great assistant coach.
She would do good on welfare.
She would do good on welfare.
@@mjones755 yep
You really don’t listen, do you? Coaches have to start somewhere. She can and would have improved if given a chance.
The Sky need a coach that demands respect as soon as she/he walks into the locker room or before.
The Sky became a ghetto squad. That type of play won’t fly as the league moves on to the next step.
What humbug!!!
TSpoon was the perfect coach for a ghetto squad. She made the players believe in themselves.
Black? Do you even listen to their press conferences and see how these women represent themselves?
What about the refs, are they getting paid to look the other way. They are as bad as the coach I think, if not worse.
You people have infinitely more expertise than I, but there are two possibilities you dismiss. First. Reese was obviously missing gimme shots to pump her rebound stats, and that detracts from the team’s flow and ability to win. Coach decided to place her protégés interest over team in affirm and support.
Second, all those flagrant fouls with nothing close to a purpose beyond referee-approved harassment has irreparably damaged the reputation of the league.
I can’t imagine threatening a player physically, but for sure, we’re not watching the WNBA when Clark is not in the game, and even with that if this continues next year.
They can have Christy Sides 😂😂
What's wrong with Sides? She just helped turned the Fever around and she is growing into the job well.
@@TheCollierjr The Fever turnaround was accomplished despite Christy Sides.
@@TheCollierjrwhat's wrong with Sides other than she can't manage a bench, doesn't know when to call a timeout, doesn't stick up for her players, can't draw up a play and doesn't seem to have any idea how to fix a defence that's been broken all year, but she's probably cheap. 🤔
@@Fred-vy1hmand yet she retained her job 😁
@@paulingu Lin Dunn is too cheap to replace Sides while she's on the payroll. She'll be out before Aliyah's rookie contract ends
Spoon keep your head up when one door closes God opens another. Your team is out there. Much love coach ❤❤❤❤❤
"Surprise" is a PC/woke take. There was clearly a culture problem - her vibe as a person is terrible. She was a classic DEI hire.
She was a lot more qualified than Redick and a much better player too. His mediocrity will be tolerated though which is typical. I wonder why?
LoL😂 Theresa was 5× Allstar WNBA Champion is A DEI hire?? You must be racist You guys never die only multiply only in the USA 😂
My thoughts about Teresa Weatherspoon was her and maybe other were caught up in getting Angel ROTY, for whatever reason.. One game, Angel was out and the team GEL'ED better without her. But Teresa put all her money on one horse and she lost
Lmao I can tell your a troll who doesn't watch any of the games you cc trolls are don't ever stop. The sky only won one game without reese and after that went on to lose everyone after that lmao. The sky defense took a big drop when reese went down because that's how important she is to this team. You would know that if you actually watch the games from start to finish. But you people on watch clips and highlights. Or only watch the game when the sky play the fever.
Karen weatherspoon got herself fired can’t be best friends with the damn players she was terrible no discipline
Theresa is her name not Karen
I believe that all the coach`s that don`t keep their players in line from vicious technical fouls might be at risk. You have to insert professionalism and violent play is not one. Maybre wanted out and Reese was a cry baby. Violent fouls another.
Another 🤡 cult Clark fans chiming in about about Clark when this conversation about t spoon being fired
Stop it, you’re going to make me cry. lol. You’re a softie.
So with the way CC has been behaving, is Indiana's head coach at risk?🤔🤔
@@wesleyquan6581they’re obsessed
You should stay quiet the way CC cried to the refs all year. She is the cry baby.
Lezbe honest she was a terrible coach. She let the prisoners run the asylum 🤡💩
Another corrosive CC fan. They are easy to spot.
@Redridge07 the truth hurts doesn't it🤡💩
@@Ginslice27 You would have to ask a corrosive CC fan.
Whoever made the decision to draft Reese after drafting Cardoza instead of a player that could spread the floor should have been first out the door. They don't compliment one another at all.
And then Reese, who should never have been anywhere near a leadership role, especially as a rookie, Chennedy Carter and Marina Mabry, who was smart enough to see the train wreck of personalities and immaturity demanding out.
No coach was going to successfully navigate that toxic mixture.
If major players are requested to leave before was hired, the GM was hired after spoon and he pieces were traded without spoons, how is it on spoon? Gabby Williams alluded to this when Reese tried to recruit her… If you don’t remember, Reese said, “you can come play Here in Chicago“… Gabby responded, “they hurt me really bad… To then said, “but those people are gone now“… Then Gabby didn’t respond to that last statement. It seemed like she shifted… But now in retrospect, we realize that, perhaps the people who did hurt Gabby were not gone from the sky front office. Because Gabby then stated, “or you can come play somewhere else with me“… It was right there in front of our faces… Gabby was alluding to fungus that was among them
Coach Weatherspoon did as good a job as any first year coach could do Considering what all she had to deal with. Players, front office and ownership not used to having so much attention put on them because of a Superstar Rookie. That's something that no one in that organization has ever experienced. But Coach Weatherspoon handled it well. Mabrey and Evans disrupted that team because they couldn't handle all the attention Reese was getting. If Chicago brings Kurt Miller in, I hope Reese asks to be traded. Miller is a terrible coach. He had Zia on the bench for most of the season.
Anyone who allows their players to play dirty should not be coaching period. I'm glad she lost her job.
Great cast and information!! Im new to wnba this year.
I hope Angel Reeves leave Sky ❤
She won'.t do any better anywhere else. She is a marginal player with padded stats.
@@samfrancisco8095 at least she’s marginal like you said and not a bottom feeder like all those out there that pass out hate😀😀😀
@@BobbieT1969 Stating fact isn't hate.
----I quit at 2:39!! When Weatherspoon "chose" to single out angel Reese as being more important then "the Team winning", that is NOT A COACHES DECISION!! That is an Ownership decision. Sorry people, that is the way it works.
What I did NOT like was her "racial bigotry and hate" and that was often on display. Not with just Caitlin Clark but also with the girl who "wanted out" and was traded early in the season. Weatherspoon "encouraged violence" and Chennedy Carter delivered that violence against Mayberry? when Carter assaulted her during the game.
Question posed by this video: why was Weatherspoon fired. Unfortunately the 3 talking heads with an agenda don't answer their own question, I had to turn to the comments for the honest answer. ......Toxic culture
Good info. I'm going to subscribe to your channel but avoid your comment section😢
Well I just hope they find a great Coach🤞🏼🙏🏼
The Sky have had 4 coaches in 5 years. The Pittsburgh Steelers have had 3 coaches in 55 years.
Yall are over political this is very simple. Why are yall dancing around the obvious reason any and everybody that watched that circus can clearly see what happened. She prioritized getting reese the roty than coaching the rest if the team. Yall aren't the type of media i listen too cause u guys are acting period. Call a spade a spade lol but i know why yall are acting this way smgdh lol yall need to stop
The coach sets the tone and expectations of the players conduct on the court
And develops a scheme that maximizes the teams ability to win
Witherspoon loss control of the players early and it went downhill from there
Weatherspoon didn't have control of Reese. Players were not happy with Reese. She was most concerned about getting her double-doubles to the detriment of the team. In the last game with the Fever, the Fever was ahead by about 30 points when the Fever pulled all its starters. Clark left the game with 3:52 left. Reese stayed in the game against the Fever backups to get her double-double. It was obvious that Reese's teammates were pissed at her before the Fever starters left the game. Reese is a stat padder and everyone in the W knows it. Let's see if Reese becomes as close to the new Sky head coach as she was supposedly with Weatherspoon.
Wasn"t Carter the best guard?
Why did I come to the comments where men are commenting on what’s needed to coach women. Male mentality is not what female professional athletes need. 🤦🏽♀️ There are several issues here. As you said J, if the Sky was looking for HC experience that it what they should have hired.
Based on the trades they were making for draft picks that told me they were looking to rebuild YOUNG for the future. That is why TSpoon was chosen! She is a veteran player development coach. She worked with players to build skills at the pro level. And trading Mabry was one more step in that direction, to get more draft spots to acquire more talent!!!
The GM role with the Sky has been historically bad. The Sky just pissed away their own plan. You don’t look to rebuild and fold in the first year. And let’s be clear, take away the injuries and you’ve got a very different outcome on the season.
The Sky was picked 12th and finished 10th. By the Sky’s logic IN, Dallas, WA, PHX, Seattle, ATL coaches should all fired. J said it right, Chicago needs basketball minds making basketball decisions. Current front office is not basketball minded. Great that you figured out the facilities part of the business but having the right Coach is key.
@@MP-bk5sfdidn’t say anything about physicality in my comment. I said male mentality and that approach not working for coaching women.
She got fired because she didn’t know how to handle Reese. No accountability, no discipline and no game plan.💯
What did you see Reese do wrong?
@@locklife4336 🫵 suffer from Reese derangement syndrome.
@@CanadaSno ok! so instead of working on her game, she chose to do a podcast her rookie season while your team is falling apart, falling out of playoff position and having team chemistry issues. Or what about putting her personal rebound record before the team’s success, or faking an injury because she saw they weren’t going to make the playoffs etc etc….
@Repeeeet How about coaching her up to shoot AT LEAST 55% from 5 feet from the hoop ?? She was LESS THAN 40% from that range . . layup range !! .if you want to play her up as a talented franchise player she needs to be a strong forward that cover that stuff much better. No improvement over the course of the year on shooting. If you take away the rebounds for her OWN missed shots that would probably be at least a couple a game !
@@tmorgan7939 yeah, they way you don’t know that this is usually improved in an off season speaks volumes. You have no idea how any of this basketball stuff works huh?😂
Exactly. If you wanted experience why did you hire her? She was growing with the team. Unfortunately she was held to a ridiculously high standard.
I agree that one year is not a lot of time to turn an entire franchise around, especially a problematic one.
Building rapport & trust takes time.
I’m fairly new here however I’ve seen a number of occasions where she needed to be a leader yet her inaction caused the team to be imbued with criticism. Had she stepped in and set an example, it would have shown her command of the team and helped her players avoid further criticism.
What great interviews of knowledgeable people. Nice.
Plenty of players would want to play there. Great young players, great city. And I agree with the local reporter. Maybe the Sky should hire Curt Miller.
The assignment was to get the Sky into the playoffs. Agree, T Spoon didn’t have coaching skills but was hired anyway, even the players said T Spoon struggling to manage the team according to Ms Poe. Worst, T Spoon bent over backwards to appease AR to the detriment of the team, she did no better but worse than the previous Sky coaches. She had two of the top ten recruits in AR & KC plus Chennedy and Mabrey (before Mabrey escaped the madness) & T Spoon couldn’t coach the team into the playoffs. Seems she was more of a friend than a coach but it’s a biz not a family, so out she goes. Bet the next coach won’t play the favorites game😜
Great analysis on TSpoon. She deserved better. It's a shame trolls took over your comment section.
It seemed like she spent too much time, energy and affection on Angel Reese and not enough on the rest of the team and the work needed to be done.
🤡 your talking more about Reese than t spoon ...Reese us the franchise player..fall tf back
How would you know?
It seemed to you? How many games you watched? Or you heard that on a Hate on Reese youtubers channels