Angel Reese is fired as head coach

Angel Reese was a force in her rookie season in the WNBA.

Reese broke the WNBA record for consecutive games with a double-double and even held the single-season rebounding record at one point, although a wrist injury cut her season short and the record was later taken over by league MVP A’Ja Wilson.

Unfortunately, it looks like there was too much focus on Reese’s great season and not the team’s success. The Chicago Sky fired head coach Teresa Weatherspoon shortly after the Sky’s season ended, and now a report sheds light on why.

The Chicago Sun-Times published a report on Thursday with some very interesting facts. One sentence in particular caught my eye.

“According to league sources, Weatherspoon had lost control of the locker room due to a culture that was sensitive to the needs of a few players,” the report said.

Although this is vague, it is not difficult to see the connections. “T-Spoon got fired for chasing those double-doubles, we all saw it,” one user noted on Twitter, referring to Weatherspoon, who helped Reese take the record.

“Watched a few Sky games again. Whenever there was a technical foul on the opponents and Sky could decide who they wanted to shoot the free throws, “T-Spoon put Reese at the line… their fourth best free throw shooter,” another person tweeted following the report.

The report even states: “League sources had previously told the Sun-Times that free agents were skeptical about joining Sky.”

It appears that Reese and her new coach will have to put the team above their personal goals if they want to attract the talent needed to win championships.

[Chicago Sun-Times]