{"id":851605,"date":"2026-09-18T02:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/851605\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T02:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:12:09","slug":"judgment-day-is-coming-for-sky-coach-tyler-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/851605\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgment day is coming for Sky coach Tyler Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a disappointing year, some hard conversations are coming for the Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The big one will be with coach Tyler Marsh about whether he\u2019s earned a third season.<\/p>\n

Marsh told the Sun-Times on Thursday he hasn\u2019t yet discussed his job status with general manager Jeff Pagliocca or principal owner Michael Alter, and those conversations will be reserved for the offseason.<\/p>\n

Until then, Marsh is full steam ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as I\u2019m here I\u2019m gonna give my best for this organization and these players and this city,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t control what happens beyond that, but it\u2019s never a question of if I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what I worked my whole life for. I haven\u2019t had any handouts. I\u2019ve worked and earned my way into an opportunity. You never know when these opportunities come the first time, or ever, and you don\u2019t want to let them slip away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should Marsh get the boot? On one hand, the Sky have a 30% win rate during Marsh\u2019s tenure, the roster underperformed relative to its talent this year, and end-of-game management was an issue.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Marsh clearly improved this season, generally has strong relationships with players, and appears to have installed a viable offensive system.<\/p>\n

But maybe the most important factor has nothing to do with Marsh. It\u2019s whether Alter, Pagliocca and company think they can actually attract someone better. They do have an appealing young core in Rickea Jackson, Sydney Taylor and Kamilla Cardoso to go along with two first-round picks in 2027; maybe that\u2019s enough to convince a top-tier coach to come on board.<\/p>\n

But the organization still doesn\u2019t have the best reputation. Nor do they have an All-Star on the roster or a chance at landing one in the lottery. It\u2019s far from a perfect job.<\/p>\n

Easy does it<\/p>\n

When discussing how he\u2019ll manage rotations to close out the season, Marsh has repeatedly used phrases like \u201cexercising caution,\u201d \u201cnot wanting to overload anyone\u201d and \u201cpreserving bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words: don\u2019t expect the Sky to be at full throttle during their final week.<\/p>\n

DiJonai Carrington missed Thursday\u2019s game against the Mystics managing her foot injury. Natasha Cloud has not been a full participant at practice and left after the first half (knee), and Azur\u00e1 Stevens also told the Sun-Times that she and the health staff will be managing her knee.<\/p>\n

The upside is that rookies Gabriela Jaquez and Aicha Coulibaly will get more playing time, which should be the priority at this point. But it also means any hope of Marsh strengthening his case with some upsets in the final week is probably naive.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Chicago<\/p>\n

Not only have the Mystics excelled ahead of schedule this season, they\u2019re also on track to receive a 2027 lottery pick from the Sky.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because of the pick swap included in the 2025 trade that brought Ariel Atkins to Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank goodness [President of Monumental Basketball] Michael Winger and the folks back in D.C. have positioned us to have a lottery pick,\u201d Mystics coach Sydney Johnson said before the game. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

As things stand, the Mystics are projected to receive the No. 3 pick, while the Sky would get No. 10 in return.<\/p>\n

The Mystics also own the Sky\u2019s 2028 pick which they got in return for guard Jacy Sheldon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a disappointing year, some hard conversations are coming for the Sky. The big one will be with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-851605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}