After a first-round playoff exit in the 2025 WNBA season, the New York Liberty management decided to part ways with head coach Sandy Brondello. It mattered little that she was the very coach who had delivered the franchise’s first championship just a year earlier. Naturally, many have speculated about what went on behind the scenes, with No Offseason’s Sabreena Merchant saying, “ i t didn’t seem like the two of them were quite in alignment on what they wanted the future of the New York Liberty to look like.”

However, finally, we have an answer from the former Liberty head coach herself. In her recent appearance on Bird’s Eye View with Sue Bird, Brondello opened up about the challenges that followed New York’s title run. “ We’re the champions from last year, and the hardest thing is

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