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GOOD FOLLOW - Sandy Brondello Fired From New York, Zero Black Women Headcoaches In The W, A’ja’s 4th MVP & More!
23 Sep 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Hey, what's up, everyone? Welcome to Good Follow, presented by DraftKings. I'm Roz Gold on what day, and that is five-time WNBA All-Star Angel McCautry. Angel, what's good, girl? I'm in the New York City studios.
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You're getting it done coast to coast because this show never stops. Basketball never stops. Sports never stops. So we're bringing you the coverage. Here is the menu we have for you today on this episode of Good Follow. Breaking news. Head coach Sandy Brandello is out in New York for the Liberty. And there's no black female head coaches left in the WNBA. Asia Wilson, four-time WNBA MVP now.
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Thank you, Angel. Absolutely. Let's do this. Let's do it. You nailed it. All right, here we go. Breaking news out of New York. Sandy Brandello is out for the Liberty. Shocking for a lot of people. She is only one year removed from winning the championship with New York. The press release coming out of New York noted that.
They said thank you to the winningest head coach in the history of the New York Liberty, bringing them a championship and wished her well, Angel.
Wow. Well, Roz, you've covered the Liberty all season. So I'm really anxious to know, like, what do you think of all of this?
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Chapter 2: What happened with Sandy Brondello and the New York Liberty?
And I do think the injuries were really significant and, you know, still trying to overcome that. So I think there were real reasons why the Liberty fell short this season that were largely outside of their control and that Sandy has very commendable achievements and admirable achievements for the franchise.
I'll just, yeah, from hearing all that, I just want to know how that justifies the,
a fire because I feel like do we think that it's supposed to be a fairytale season every season Roz like because you have some great points there if I'm here to put on a hat of objectively looking at why this may have happened and again this is breaking news that just happened honestly minutes ago there could be signals right so some missteps that Sandy had this season um
You know, given the talent, the team often had effort and urgency issues this season. And it was very public, discussed by the coach and the players publicly this season. There were multiple times they did not come ready to play. There were some really bad head-scratching losses.
And perhaps, you know, brass and the executives upstairs thought it showed a lack of preparedness for a team with that much talent. Another misstep during the playoffs is there was critique that there were very few rotations in the playoffs. In these games, the starters did not have it at times. And those starters raised their hand and said, I was not my best.
And in many ways, it seemed that Coach Brandello was going to live or die with them versus going deeper into her bench. And for some people, those rotations or lack of may have been a head scratcher. For me, those are smaller things.
I think the bigger message that we're getting from the Liberty is that, and this is from the Liberty organization and franchise, all those people up at the top, the message is that A first-round exit is not the standard. It will not cut it. And not with all that talent on the roster, not with all of those finals MVPs on the roster. Liberty played with three finals MVPs.
Not with the investment of an $80 million practice facility coming. Not with the pressure of rising ticket prices that their fan base has been very vocal about and the disappointment of that. It signals to me that the Liberty... are highly competitive and they're willing to be really bold right now.
And perhaps as a sign of accountability to themselves, to the fan base, to New York, and that they're saying right now that first round exit, not the standard, the only standard is championship. The other thing I would add, too, is that the Liberty job is high profile. You know, that's a shiny job. The next coach for the Liberty could honestly be anyone. It could be a woman's coach.
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