{"id":189304,"date":"2025-08-31T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189304\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:09:09","slug":"tyler-marsh-faces-exit-calls-after-storm-loss-exposes-wasted-potential-of-angel-reese-kamilla-cardoso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189304\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Marsh Faces Exit Calls After Storm Loss Exposes Wasted Potential of Angel Reese &#038; Kamilla Cardoso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Tyler Marsh probably imagined the story differently. Approaching the final stretch of the regular season, he must have dreamt of redemption, of erasing the sting of his debut as head coach. But his first night in charge set the wrong kind of tone that has stayed along all season. The Chicago Sky were blown out by the Indiana Fever, 93-58, a loss so lopsided it ranked as the fifth-biggest margin of defeat in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Little of what Marsh drilled into his players in training camp showed up under the lights. Weeks of preaching faster pace, spacing the floor with shooters, and giving Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso more freedom in the post all dissolved into one of the worst offensive nights the Sky had endured in years. Their 29.1% field-goal mark was the lowest since 2018.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">\u201cThe vision is still there,\u201d he said after the game, insisting that his players had one another\u2019s back. \u201cWe\u2019ve got Angel\u2019s back.\u201d Fast-forward three and a half months, and that reassurance rings hollow to the fans. Now, after their 30th loss of the season (handed to them by the Storm), Chicago doesn\u2019t even have double-digit wins to its name. The patience of Sky Town has run out. Fans don\u2019t see a coach with Angel Reese\u2019s back. They see a coach out of his depth, unable to manage rotations, unable to build on the promise he spoke of in training camp, and they are no longer quiet about it. Have a look-<\/p>\n<p data-article=\"true\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Fans Side with Angel Reese, Slam her HC Tyler Marsh<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">A person wrote on X (formerly Twitter), \u201cKamilla could\u2019ve had a much better game if Tyler Marsh wouldn\u2019t have had her on the 3-point line in the first half\u2026 dumb to not have her in the paint.\u201d And honestly, that comment backed by the tape. Chicago\u2019s best offense kept showing up when Kamilla lived on the block: simple, direct, and punishing. When she drifted out, the possession bled value.<\/p>\n<p data-article=\"true\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\"><a class=\"es-hyperlink-new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/chi\/chicago-sky?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=website_internal&amp;utm_campaign=web_link_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">For instance:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dom-traversal_domUlTag__GWrxL\">\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">With 8:18 left in Q1, Kamilla missed an 18-foot jumper (a face-up long two, not a block touch).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">Then at the 5:07 mark in Q1, Kamilla layup (Banham ast), it was an immediate payoff from a paint touch.<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">And after halftime, the rhythm was undeniable as, 9:14 Q3 and 8:28 Q3 were both driving layups right at the rim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Then another fan dragged Angel Reese into the debate. They posted: \u201cThe mismatch almost every night is Angel and Kamilla. Block touches every possession\u2026 Force teams to double.\u201d Again, not just noise, just consider the no-bigs window that hurt the most. It came from the start of Q2 to 6:08 Q2. During this stretch, neither Angel nor Kamilla appeared in the rotation. By the time Reese checked back in, the scoreboard had ballooned from 19\u201322 to 24\u201332 (\u20137). That single stretch alone justifies all the outrage in our opinion.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">It also leads us to comments like: \u201cSo what exactly does Tyler Marsh have his team doing during practice? Pls get rid of him and Jeff.\u201d You can hear the exasperation; the film shows why. Chicago repeatedly tripped over basic execution like travels, live-ball turnovers, and even shot-clock violations.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dom-traversal_domUlTag__GWrxL\">\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">9:48 Q1 \u2013 Rachel Banham traveling.<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">4:36 Q1 \u2013 Angel lost ball (Diggins stl).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">3:38 Q1 \u2013 Kamilla bad pass (Sykes stl).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">6:35 Q2 \u2013 Banham lost ball (Diggins stl).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">6:08 Q2 &amp; 3:00 Q2 \u2013 Shot-clock turnovers.<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">5:59 Q3 \u2013 Angel bad pass (Magbegor stl).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">5:31 Q3 \u2013 Banham bad pass (Magbegor stl).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">So when people typed, \u201cTyler Marsh\u2026 how is he a coach in the WNBA\u2026\u201d or \u201cAll Tyler Marsh and Jeff have done this season is throw Angel under the bus,\u201d the receipts were right there. Considering the lack of good plays here, the conversation then even shifted from Reese and Cardoso to Rachel Banham. One frustrated fan wrote: \u201cRachel Banham has had a problem all year taking the ball out. Why still let her???\u201d And again, it wasn\u2019t empty criticism.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dom-traversal_domUlTag__GWrxL\">\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">9:48 Q1 \u2013 traveling.<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">3:38 Q1 \u2013 bad pass (Sykes stl).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">6:35 Q2 \u2013 lost ball (Diggins stl).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">5:31 Q3 \u2013 bad pass (Magbegor stl).<\/li>\n<li class=\"dom-traversal_domLi__tO3gG\">1:31 Q4 \u2013 missed 28-ft pull-up 3 in chase time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-article=\"true\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">That\u2019s five big errors from your secondary ball-handler in one game. Hard to ignore, and even harder to excuse. And finally, the sarcasm. One fan capped it off with: \u201cI can\u2019t believe Tyler Marsh told Angel Reese, the 100% free throw shooter, to miss 5 free throws.\u201d Funny line, but slightly off, because Angel didn\u2019t miss five\u2026 she missed six and hit six.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Now, was Marsh actually telling her to miss? We can\u2019t say for sure. Coaches do sometimes signal intentional misses to burn clock or avoid a set easy inbound play. But whether that happened here or not, the play-by-play itself builds the case: misuse of Kamilla Cardoso, mistimed rotations with Angel Reese, and sloppy execution with Banham\u2019s blunders. The only mystery left is whether Marsh\u2019s vision is still \u201cthere,\u201d as he once insisted? Do you agree? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyler Marsh probably imagined the story differently. 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