Sky coach Tyler Marsh addresses DiJonai Carrington ejection, social media post


<p>SEATTLE — <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky" target="_blank" >Sky</a> coach Tyler Marsh said the focus coming out of the Fever game — which included DiJonai Carrington’s flagrant foul 2 on Sophie Cunningham and subsequent “WHITE PRIVILEGE” social media post tagging the Fever — remains on basketball.</p><p>“I’ve spoken to DiJonai, obviously,” Marsh said. “She knows where I and we are … for her individually and for our team.”</p><p>When asked whether he thought the flagrant 2 designation was unfair, Marsh returned to the calls for consistency in officiating he has made throughout the season.</p><p>“I think that when we talk about consistency and officiating, it’s all parts,” he said.
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<p>SEATTLE — <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky" target="_blank" >Sky</a> coach Tyler Marsh said the focus coming out of the Fever game — which included DiJonai Carrington’s flagrant foul 2 on Sophie Cunningham and subsequent “WHITE PRIVILEGE” social media post tagging the Fever — remains on basketball.</p><p>“I’ve spoken to DiJonai, obviously,” Marsh said. “She knows where I and we are … for her individually and for our team.”</p><p>When asked whether he thought the flagrant 2 designation was unfair, Marsh returned to the calls for consistency in officiating he has made throughout the season.</p><p>“I think that when we talk about consistency and officiating, it’s all parts,” he said. “I think there are other fouls that may have been similar that didn’t result in a flagrant 2. If one does, then all of them should.”</p><p>After the game, officials said the criteria for a flagrant 2 was met “since the contact was deemed unnecessary and excessive to a player in a vulnerable position.” They cited the “windup, impact, follow-through and high potential for injury" at the time of the foul.
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- <p>SEATTLE — <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky" target="_blank" >Sky</a> coach Tyler Marsh said the focus coming out of the Fever game — which included DiJonai Carrington’s flagrant foul 2 on Sophie Cunningham and subsequent “WHITE PRIVILEGE” social media post tagging the Fever — remains on basketball.</p><p>“I’ve spoken to DiJonai, obviously,” Marsh said. “She knows where I and we are … for her individually and for our team.”</p><p>When asked whether he thought the flagrant 2 designation was unfair, Marsh returned to the calls for consistency in officiating he has made throughout the season.</p><p>“I think that when we talk about consistency and officiating, it’s all parts,” he said.
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