Sydney Johnson
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Oct 5, 2026
Jon BarberHOST
Atlanta was living at the line, overpowered them at the line.
Jon BarberHOST
I liked what coach Sydney Johnson was able to do from a team perspective.
Jon BarberHOST
We saw him pull a lever in game two and play Cass Prosper a little bit more and realize that she gave some more length and some more shooting.
Jon BarberHOST
And I kind of wish that we got the opportunity to see a game three in this series just to have that next play in the chess match.
Libasico El AdialoHOST
Sonja Citron, please be more aggressive from now on.
Libasico El AdialoHOST
And Sidney Johnson, hopefully you win Coach of the Year.
Libasico El AdialoHOST
Shout out to y'all.
Libasico El AdialoHOST
Yeah, thank you for just great basketball.
Jalen HunterHOST
But this is why.
Jalen HunterHOST
I was never on board with Sidney Johnson winning the coach of the year.
Jalen HunterHOST
I think that the Mystics excelled more than people thought, more than I definitely thought.
Jalen HunterHOST
I feel like they had a really good season, but I felt like, you know, when you need, where you see coaching the most in basketball is sets and defense, right? And those are the two things that the Mystics were not good at at all.
Sarah SpainHOST
That best of five semi series gets underway on Sunday with the Dream hosting the New York Liberty.
Sarah SpainHOST
Meantime, the Mystics' season is over, but there's so much to build on for Sydney Johnson and his young hos.
Sarah SpainHOST
They truly outperformed expectations this season, and they should head into next year super optimistic.
Sarah SpainHOST
[pen scratching] More WNBA.
Jordan RobinsonGUEST
Um, They should be proud.
Jordan RobinsonGUEST
Sidney Johnson, as that head coach, came in third place for Coach of the Year.
Jordan RobinsonGUEST
He definitely could have won it, and I would have been happy.
Jordan RobinsonGUEST
The Young Hoes, as they call themselves, they are a group that is fierce and fearless, and it is only up for them.
ColinHOST
They ended up with a five seed.
ColinHOST
And even though no one wants to get swept, it was still a really good year of growth for Sidney Johnson and the Mystics and their young core.
ColinHOST
I'm sure that we'll continue to see great things from the Mystics with Sonia Citroen, Kiki Erifan, and Shakira Austin as part of that Mystics core.
ColinHOST
I'll be right back in segment two to look ahead to the dream semifinal matchup.
Craig HoffmanHOST
Listening to players talk about not just, you know, the playoffs, but talk about the whole season, talk about the group, talk about each other, uh, and themselves, the growth that they had over the course of the season.
Craig HoffmanHOST
Uh, what did you take away from listening this morning to all the different players we heard, as well as Sydney Johnson?
Christy Winters ScottGUEST
Oh, just that my empathy is out of control.
Craig HoffmanHOST
[laughs]
6 MINS LATER
Craig HoffmanHOST
Mm-hmm
Christy Winters ScottGUEST
... part of the season.
Christy Winters ScottGUEST
But it was really interesting and intriguing to hear Sydney Johnson say today, well, it was like she had been here all year.
Craig HoffmanHOST
Yeah.
Caroline FentonHOST
She received 40 of 74 possible votes for the award.
Caroline FentonHOST
Natalie Nakase and Sydney Johnson each also received votes.
Caroline FentonHOST
Natalie Nakase received the second most votes and Sydney Johnson the third most.
Caroline FentonHOST
I don't think that should come to a surprise for anyone that those two coaches were also getting some Coach of the Year nods.
Caroline FentonHOST
But that'll be Cheryl Rue's fifth Coach of the Year award.
Meg HallHOST
So I think that very much for them they were like, "Okay, we cannot let that happen, but not only can we not let that happen, we've got to be able to weather the storm against a really tough and gritty Mystics team." Like, I wanna give the Mystics a lot of credit.
Meg HallHOST
They have a top defense with a whole lot of scoring options, and that is how they were able to get themselves all the way up to a, a five seed in just the second year of Sydney Johnson's tenure, which I think is super impressive.
Meg HallHOST
Um, however, I think for Atlanta, like the, the, the path gets a lot harder from here, right? Like, uh, one of the things that comes to mind is Angel Reese said earlier this season, she had a conversation with Nneka Ogwumike...
Meg HallHOST
Ooh, that might be too soon for me.
QuitaHOST
I, I don't think so.
QuitaHOST
Now, I do got some questions about Sydney Johnson.
QuitaHOST
I'm like, Sydney Johnson, I get it, you riding with Cass, uh, 'cause Cass prosper, got a lot of minutes.
QuitaHOST
Um, I, I would say minutes that, like, maybe, uh, Cody McMann would typically get.
QuitaHOST
Um, and I was personally a little bit confused of, like, okay, well, Cody ain't coming in the game.
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