The coaching situation in Seattle is bad, Quinn never should have been made Head Coach. Now they add a retread, and a person with no previous coaching experience. Stewie needs to get out of Seattle.
I'm surprised I believe no one on this thread has mentioned KLS. Saddled by injury in Chicago and then with Mabrey and Arike as selfish teammates in Dallas, Katie Lou finally had found a WNBA home in Seattle.
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“You go get her.”
She probably won’t, but listening to their offer is the smart play.
And sending a message to Seattle organization that if they don't get act together ...
The decisions by the front office the last 2 years have been terrible. Hiring an unproven coach as Head coach, rather then promoting the guy who led the team to the 2020 championship. Sign and trade a starter, and your 6th man for draft picks.
I try to learn something new every day. From this article I learned that Chelsea Gray’s wife’s name is Tipsea. I hope that’s not a given name. On the other hand, I hope it’s not a nickname.
I used to live close to Syracuse. No one I met would consider NYC as their home. New York is a big state.
Mets brought Willie Mays “home” in 1973. Not good. Sue is too smart to leave Seattle…New York City will be hers for the taking for years to come. And she did make it off the mean streets of Syosset !
The Mets actually brought Mays back to NYC for his final 2 years in 1972 & 73. Unlike Stewie, who’s in her prime, Mays was well past his prime in 72-73. He played fewer than 70 games in both seasons, and was more about getting fans to buy tickets than putting up big numbers.
Exactly. Any athlete should want to conquer the biggest market in the country.
Lawn Guyland is a dangerous place.
But is NYC actually the biggest market for WCBB? Seattle, Minneapolis, and Phoenix especially have really embraced the WNBA - Seattle doesn't have any other pro basketball, and the Phoenix Sun and Mercury have really worked well together unlike most other NBA/WNBA city teams. The Liberty have been a dumpster fire for most of the last two decades - MSG mismanagement and rotating through GMs and coaches and then being homeless for a season.
So you want the best player in the world to make a decision based on what would be best for a journeyman player on her 4th team? I'm thinking that's not a good reason.
NYC is potentially the biggest market for anything, including WBB. It also helps that they're now playing at Barclays instead of Timbuktu.
Referring to Sue…not Stewie. Forgot Willie‘s fabulous 1972 season with the Amazins.
Very humorous comparing Westchester County to Timbuktu. It might be the wealthiest place in the country
I know that they were sold and have a home now, but I still wonder how long it will take to build momentum. Yankees and Mets rule the summer as far as sports. And the other pro teams create a pretty full plate of star athletes. I don't think any of the WNBA stars have created a buzz in the city to date (and they have had stars.) And with the non-traditional avenues for building brand available now, Maya, DT, and Bird are as marketable as any WNBA player playing in the traditional 'big market' cities. Same goes for Stewart who has been hitting her stride in that minor market of Seattle.
It's wealthy, but it's not the City, which is where the Liberty belong. Besides, I've never seen the tea and crumpets crowd as the main supporters of WBB.
