#sandy brondello

[sheturnpesbian]

sandy please please look at what u can be coaching please you saw it first hand

[michaelsfirstwife]

sandy and Jose at the game

[bueckerstofudd535]

Azzi, Angel and Sandy do y’all like Tex-mex???

[batlleonafc]

Stewie's and Sandy's reaction of Marine saying "Shit" is priceless😂😂

[arinzeture]

I am sick and tired of reading the ignorant, racist, gaslighting comments of primarily white males posing as men regarding the offensive language of WNBA Coach Brondello that was directed towards Angel Reese of the Atlanta Dream.

The phrase “protected species” is considered offensive in this context because of both what it implied and who it was directed at.

When Toronto Tempo coach Sandy Brondello made the remark about Angel Reese during a game, she was reacting to a foul call involving Reese. In sports, saying a player is “protected” usually means the speaker believes referees are giving that player preferential treatment. However, Brondello’s actual wording was “protected species,” which generated a much stronger reaction.

There are several reasons the remark was viewed as offensive:

1. It dehumanizes the person. Referring to a human being as a “species” can sound as though they are being compared to an animal rather than treated as a person. That language has a long history of being used in derogatory ways against various groups, making it especially sensitive.

2. The racial context matters. Reese is a Black woman, and some people interpreted the phrase as carrying racial undertones because describing Black people with animal- or species-related language has historically been used in racist ways. Even if that was not the speaker’s intent, the phrase can evoke that history.

3. It suggested favoritism. The comment also implied Reese was receiving special treatment from officials, which many viewed as an unfair criticism directed at her rather than simply an argument with the referees.

The WNBA concluded that the comment was inappropriate and suspended Brondello for one game without pay, emphasizing that coaches are expected to uphold standards of professionalism and respect.

So, the controversy was not simply about saying Reese was “protected.” It was the combination of:

- using the phrase “protected species” rather than “protected player,”

- directing it at a Black athlete in an American context where “species” can be heard as dehumanizing, and

- the broader historical and racial associations that many listeners perceived, regardless of Brondello’s stated intent.

Now I have explained why the comments were offensive. If you still don’t understand, you are either willfully ignorant or a racist.

In either case, 🖕🏿!

Now run and tell that!!!

[shezgotgame]

OOOOH SANDYYYY!!!!!! 😆 this is gonna be a GREAT fit. i personally love sandy, she won a championship with the mercury and with the new york liberty. she brings a whole lotta experience and i’m excited to see what she does with a brand new team!

[itkdhdhshxc]

The leash male coaches have in the WNBA compared to female coaches, ESPECIALLY black women coaches is disgusting and sickening.

I’ve only been a WNBA fan for a few years now but I feel the need to report every thing I’ve witnessed just the past few years.

Chicago: What a joke of an organization. You give Tspoon last year a rebuilding roster that far exceeded expectations and was in playoff position until Angel had a shoulder injury. She gets fired after one season. Then Tyler who has LESS wins in a LONGER season with a better roster gets another chance.

Phoenix: in 2023 they started horribly and they fired their coach mid season. There might have been some other off the court issues that led to this girls firing but then the interim head coach (Nikki Blue i think was her name) had a much better second half of the season with the team. She is a black woman and wasn’t asked to be the head coach. Instead they hire Nate Tibbets - a white man that has never been involved with women’s basketball or a head coach before and his qualification was “girl dad”. He even admitted this year that the only reason he looks so good as a coach is because of Alyssa Thomas. His incompetency at the end of the season led to a 3 game losing streak ultimately costing AT MVP (not that she was guaranteed to win it anyways but that losing streak really hurt it).

Dallas: they fire their head coach Latrecia Trammel after two seasons, her first was really good and her second disasterous BUT she got their star player Arike to buy into playing defense. Then comes in man bun who they hire over LISA LESLIE. Mind you man bun is a finance bro who only first started in wbb because he was a videographer. They have just as bad of a season and waive multiple players who THRIVE on other GOOD teams showing how bad of a coach he is. Nothing.

Then we have Sandy who won a championship last year for the Liberty and while NY had a bad season, I can promise that man bun or girl dad wouldn’t have gotten fired for that. Same with Noelle Quinn’s season - they wouldn’t have gotten fired, however, Seattle has been disappointing these past few seasons. Tanisha Wright (a black woman) was also fired from Atlanta after 3 seasons, but she also did not help her players really.

But the Sandy & TSpoon firing while Tyler, girl dad & man bun get to ride in peace is just so disturbing to me especially since this is a WOMENS league. It makes me so angry. I’m sure there are more coaches that I don’t know about.

[clubhoops]

Toronto Tempo HC Sandy Brondello has been suspended without pay for one game for an inappropriate comment made regarding Angel Reese.

Brondello will serve her suspension on Monday when the Tempo hosts the Las Vegas Aces.

Brondello made the comment during Friday's game against Atlanta, yelling at the referees, "Angel, she's a protected species," for which she later apologized.