“We know what it takes to win, we know what it takes to lose.” Sabrina Ionescu’s words are ringing hollow after the Liberty’s shocking decision to get rid of head coach Sandy Brondello. Honestly? We still can’t process this front-office gamble by New York. The thing is, Brondello built up this team from scratch and took them to the Finals two years in a row! And even now, after this ‘disaster’ of a season, her team was still the sixth seed. So, is this firing justified?
Actually, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Instead of giving an opinion, we’ll just present you with the numbers: Sandy Brondello served as head coach of the New York Liberty for 160 regular-season games, of which she won 107. Impressive, right? You can’t fault a winning percentage of 0.668, after all. But that’s not the