Chicago Sky appear to have narrowly avoided Angel Reese disaster 

Angel Reese is one of the most popular players coming out of the 2024 rookie class. She is also a walking double-double and one of the Chicago Sky’s best players. 

Organizations are not obligated to abide by their star players’ wishes, but it can certainly help to keep them happy. When the Sky decided to fire head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after just one season in Chicago, they took a risk. 

Angel Reese was not happy with the decisions, posting a lengthy paragraph on X about how heartbroken she was by the move. She was not the only Sky player thrown off by the loss of their head coach. Chennedy Carter, who emerged as one of the Sky’s best players last season, owed much of her resurgence to Weatherspoon and said that she wanted to return to Chicago for next season. 

That was before the firing, though, and things might look differently now. The players’ reaction to this move upped the pressure on the organization to find the right coach to replace Weatherspoon, who was so beloved by the majority of the roster. After all, they do not want to lose one or two of their star players because they prematurely fired Weatherspoon. 

It seems the Sky might have found just the right coach. 

Angel Reese has voiced her approval of Tyler Marsh 

The Sky decided to go with Las Vegas Aces assistant coach Tyler Marsh as their new head coach. Marsh has experience working on a championship team and has some success stories as a player development coach on his resume. He is, for example, the reason for Jackie Young’s much-improved 3-point shot. 

Angel Reese seems pleased with the choice, reacting with “W” to the news on X before engaging in some friendly banter with Aces players. 

Sydney Colson was especially vocal on social media, expressing her respect for Marsh, lamenting the loss, and asking Reese for some time to grieve. Reese responded, “Sorry but your time is UP. It’s our turn!” She seems genuinely happy with the Sky’s new head coach. 

After firing a coach Reese bonded with during her rookie season, it was important for the Sky to find another coach she would approve of. Teams can overcome a lot of setbacks—injuries, players leaving in free agency, tough schedules—but a star player not agreeing with the organization’s methods is rarely one of them. Chicago has lost good players, like Kahleah Copper and Sylvia Fowles, who simply wanted out before and do not want to add Angel Reese to the list so early in her career.