maybe she trying to make a statement that even with a popular #1 draft pick you still have a hard time winning games. I don't understand that either, the other coach always calls timeout when their opponent is about to run away with the game. that is a good question the media should ask her.
It takes time and a team mentality/understanding. Getting to the point where it is instinctual is rare and honestly only Birds Celtics seem to have reached the highest level. I don't know much about basketball.......that is the only team that passed where I don't understand how anyone received them. It was crazy fast with way to much stuff going on for it to be called out.
@@stevehardwick7285 Are you serious?? The only replay of the game I have seen is only about 5 minutes long so can't get a feel as to why Indiana was buried during the whole game, about 18 points in the 4th quarter alone. I have NEVER seen a stat like that. You can't be serious!! Is that a record??
@@brgilbert2 They were 21 points down going into the fourth quarter and Clark almost single handedly brought them back to within 3, it was amazing! She ended up with 29 points, 13 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocks. Those stats have never been equaled in the WNBA or NBA in history.
@@ThulgoreMagic's Lakers were also making crazy no-look passes. Even the Pistons had a few. But Larry Bird's Celtics had it down to perfection. And the reason they, and to a lesser extent the Lakers, were so proficient at that play style was practicing catching everything Bird/Magic threw at their teammates. And since Clarke seems to be going for that same playstyle, her Fever teammates need to adapt to her, or they will continue to lose. And she'll become an exciting footnote, like Pistol Pete, with no WNBA Championships.
No, many of the turnovers were lazy passes, and eyesight problems. CC only had 5 of the 20+ turnovers and even CC had a couple that was inexcusable. The other turnovers were just 'shake my head' crazy plays from her teammates. There were three turnovers from CC's 5 that were absolutely her fault, a lazy pass cross court, one right into the opposing team, and she committed a crazy roll the ball around on the court turn over. Everyone on the team was giving the ball away.
The team needs to learn to catch a ball.Caitlin is 2nd in the league in assists. Those assists would be a lot higher if her passes were caught. The fever team are a much better team with Caitlin running the ball. It looks like the media is always trying to knock Caitlin down a peg. They have:" Caitlin Clark Derangement Syndrome" for whatever reason.
Not all of her turn overs is Clark's fault. Alot of those turn overs is because her team mates can't catch the ball!!!!!!!!! Also Sides needs to be fired. If Clark had a decent coach, just imagine what her stats would be!!!!!!!
her teammates don't show any hustle and if Clark get double team they just stand around as if their brain on standby. Agree her teammates can't catch a ball even at 7th grader passes to them. Maybe the whole team need a huge attitude adjustment and focus on making the playoff and possible the championship.
Coaching is dismal. Calling a time out when her team is on a run? Either she's intentionally sabotaging her own team or just not Coaching material!! Smh
The assist leaders are also the highest in turnovers. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. They need to RUN THE FLOOR. RUN. What was the defensive plan in the first 3 quarters? Terrible.
Clark going wild hitting shots. ...Sides: Ok Caitlin, time to feed Mitchell or anyone else. You've done enough scoring. Give someone else a chance. CC: Uh...coach you sure about that? No one else is hitting shots and I am red hot. Sides: Yep. I'm Sure. I'm the coach. Do it my way. I always know best.
@@stevehardwick7285 Sides: Yep. Sounds like she's the one I want to go to. No doubt about it. Mitchell. Ooops! Game over. We lose. Tee Hee. Off to the pool.
@stevehardwick7285 It's just an off day for Mitchell, so sit her out, or don't let her shoot. Everyone has an off day, CC was hitting her shots, so LET HER HIT HER SHOTS SIDES!!!! DAMN!!... what an idiot coach. I'm not being disrespectful, I'm stating a FACT..
I wonder the same thing... 12-0 strech in your favor, your team has momentum in the 4th with 2 minutes on the clock while you are down and Sides calls a time out!!!? What coach would do that? Why would that be an option? It absolutely would not be.... I wouldn't doubt that she probably is getting paid off. Who does that? Only sides, that's who.
My theory is Sides and Fever Front office want to lose to have better a draft position. But who knows… Sides maybe really just this BAD of a Coach and the GM / Owner maybe just this BAD at Management 🤷♂️
I think either Sides is a very incompetent coach or she's getting instructions by Fever or WNBA upper management to sabotage Clark's game. For instance, in the Mercury game, Clark only needed 1 more rebound to get a triple double and Sides took her out of that game. In this game, Sides drew up plays towards the end of the game that didn't even allow Caitlin to be a part of and it was Catlin who brought them all the way back from a 20 pt deficit. Why? It doesn't make sense. Was it because to keep Caitlin out of the spotlight? I don't know but something is definitely going on because it doesn't make sense to me and a lot of other fans besides me as well. 🤔
Their reason will be that, she doesn't have the experience yet. Well maybe she might be ahead of the class.For example MJ went to the NBA after 2 years of college, and became an overnight sensation,KG right out of highschool, Moses Malone, need I say more. Now we have a Caucasian straight female girl with no excess baggage that's turned a league upside down, and this wasn't supposed to happen. Well deal with it, she is successful, just watch and learn from her, and do your best, and odds are, you'll be successful too.
Coach Lisa Bluder knew how to orchestra her Iowa Team and did an excellent job. Maybe Sides should have had tutor class how to do that!!!! Too late now, Enjoy your retirement Lisa! Love you from CR!
For someone that supposed to be a defensive coach I find it hard to believe she knows anything about defense....junior high players play better defense than the fever.....they turn their back on the ball,don't switch or switch back,they being backdoored to death and don't anticipate anything.....if they can play zone they need to cause their man to man sucks and maybe they'd watch the ball instead of passes flying right over their head for layups.....CC is ROY
Christie Sides will go down in wnba history as the Most Stupid Coach. Coach Sides is intentionally throwing games. That new lineup AFTER beating a great Liberty team has got to be one of the most boneheaded coaching decisions in any league at any level. IF IT ANT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. But NOOOOOOO!!!! SIDES JUST GOTTA SCREW IT UP SOMEHOW. Before this season is over, Sides won't be able to walk down the street in peace. She will be despised.
Remember Sides before 2023 had never been a head coach at any level her entire career- not even a high school coach. She’s probably over her head, this team needs at least a Bluder level, and ideally better level strategist running this team.
Christie Sides needs to go, Caitlin Clark needs to be listened to, she wants that WIN and she knows how to get it done, I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to the whole team having to listen to someone who dose not have a clue as to how to create a winning team!!!
The Things That Christie Sides Does In These Games MAKES YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD! TEAM MATES NEED TO Catch The Ball 💯‼️This Coach Is Frustrating The Hell Out of Me! The Fever Has Improved… But Come On! Caitlin Is The Greatest Thing To Happen To The WNBA! 💯‼️🙌🏼
@@Donnydon1996 I think the lineup should have been Clark, Boston, Smith, Hull and Mitchell. Starting both Samuelson and Hull was a mistake in my opinion.
Lexie Hull was a great move! What makes it stupid is the 2nd and 3rd quarters where she rotated her out and rotated anyone and everyone in. Then finally going back to Lexie Hull in the 4th which almost salvaged the game along with CC.
@@stevehardwick7285 The lineup was fine. Clark, Boston, Hull, Mitchell... the 5th is up for grabs. Katie Lou needs to either get more playing time and start hitting shots or they need that woman that is coming back from a knee injury to get healthy. Smith is an odd one and I can't put my finger on it, but she plays good and not so good at the exact same time. I don't know. But her good out weighs the oddity of her play so until the knee injury woman gets better or Katie Lou starts hitting, then Smith is an option. That is how I see it anyway.
Despite her incredible games and improvement, the league and sports media are hard at work trying to rob Clark of due credit and the ROTY award. Today I clicked on a notification from ESPN that said “Angel Reese calls for ball in final seconds and makes free throws to keep her double-double streak alive” but by the time I got to the article they had changed the headline to say: “Reese’s double-double record now at 14.” The first headline must have sounded too much like stat padding, which of course would have been accurate. The revised headline shows the politics going on behind the scenes at ESPN. Meanwhile they love talking about Clark’s turnovers. They are committed to their biases, not to honest reporting.
The league is going to defend a lot of the black females that are in the league simply because they are tall. Now a lot of these younger ladies black and white are coming out of college faster, smarter and not sitting on their fat ass bit-chin all the time. They want to win. It’s a good thing for the league imo.
CC’s turn overs should start to get better as she gains experience with WNBA defense. Also her teammates should get better at catching the ball that CC is threading the needle with. I don’t think most of them have seen a player with this type of assist ability.
Lexie Hull played lights out, yet the rotating chair of subs in the 2nd and 3rd quarter by the craziness that is Sides makes you wonder before she finally put Lexie Hull back in the game in the 4th.
Christy Sides is a trash coach. Period. Full dead stop. Clark's turnovers are due to playing with a team full of Edwina Scissorhands who fumble away too many dimes.
Plus Clark sees plays “before” they are plays … she is such a savvy player Also I think her teammates are doggen’ sometimes it up and down the court instead of book in’ up and down the court. 😂
I don’t think Christie Sides knows how to utilize the strength of her players. I can’t wrap my head around why she would switch out her starters when they just won a close game. She’s not paying attention. She’s not present in the moment. She making some poor choices. 😳🙄🙄🙄
Christie Sides and the Ref's needs to be fired and the rest of the team needs to support Clark more. Also the Olympics Committee need to reconsider Clark to represent the USA.
I'm 68 and it seems to me that the coach here has no vision for this team,looks like all you hear her say is we need to get better but you don't see it transpiring, she is not a coach. Period.
You know when you pass the ball to a team mate that can’t make a wide open lay up we need to get some help from the bench but that won’t happen because they have a coach who is totally blind it’s unbelievable “WOW” 😮
She's just like Larry Bird. Give her the ball, just like Larry and let her decide what play to make and who to pass it to. To coach her to draw defense and pass it away like that 1. Let's your player know that you don't believe in her and that you as a coach lacks courage. This can sideline the momentum of courage in a player and also can act as a diminishing effect on the spirit of the player. But 2. To ask a player to kick it out to a player who has been cold, man, that's sad. I think it was Jason Kid who said that he'd look for hot hands. If someone is on fire then keep it going. Fever has a chance here, but this is so sad. I have to agree that it's the coach. The coach lost the game. There are other coaches out there who know the game. I have no clue why they don't fire this coach. She's a poison to the team and talent. It's as if the owners or those in charge don't know the game. They HAVE a chance THIS year. They beat a top team and have great momentum. I see now that the coach is ruining it. She's driving the team into the ground. Time to call Larry Bird.
There is speculation that the owner wants a tax write off for the team, so he is doing nothing to influance the general manager to fire the coach. Alzo speculation that the gm likes Sides, also that they didn't really want CC so they don't want to play to her strengths.
@@AnthonyWW45 That, my friend is the question....because they were expected to ? To keep her away from a rival team? Because they were idiots? Take your pick, who knows?
The people that know basketball know the the turnovers are on her teammates who can't catch the ball and make themselves unavailable when she double and triple team.so sick of pointing out what she does wrong, versus everything she does right
The only problem I have with that excuse is that in previous years, they picked players because of what they did in college ( DT first Olympics ). I'm not upset that CC isn't on the Olympic team, but the excuses they made were just bs. There are a few players that actually deserved to be on it instead of some they picked.
That turn over stat is bullshit. My son played AAA hockey and the coach was smart. He told his teammates to keep their sticks on the ice because you never know when the puck is going to be on your stick. They call that vision, it’s not Clark’s fault at all the girls have to be ready when Clark has the ball. These turnovers aren’t Clark’s, they’re her players that can’t catch on.
Breaking records in her rookie season on the worst team in the league from last year. Wow. Imagine what she'll do when that team acquires a couple good players to compliment her. Serena is still the goat of women's sports for me, for now, but Caitlin looks like she's the next one.
I would not make a big deal about the turnovers. The amount Caitlin is handling the ball means she is going to have more turn overs. It is part of the game. After all, one of the years Babe Ruth broke the Home Run Record, he also broke the Strike Out Record.
Mitchell 0-8? Man, she is never that bad is she? I've seen her when they are on a run, all of them pulling of great moves - she is solid money. But when the heat is on? when they down? Something gets in her head and messes her up. Aint just her. Lot of good players deal with that.
Mitchell tried to play me ball, instead of team ball. If she would of just went to make a play, assist, pass or easy layup. But I don't like the way she plays, she's too of a wild card. All she has to do is wait for the ball, if it's not there, pass, make a run to the inside and CC would find her every time. She forces the shot and this time she didn't want to accept it and cause the team the game.
@@brgilbert2 I have watched every game the Fever played since Clark became a member. I suggest you do the same ... you will find the truth ... if that is what you desire rather than simple trolling.
@@williamelanningjr5440 Is that really your avatar. A rather ridiculous retort from someone who appears to be older then the usual in their 20's. "Find the truth", your words not mine. So, am I to assume from your frivolous comment (calling me a troll) that the 23 turnovers was a lie because, admittedly I haven't found any video displaying the full game and the number 23 comes from another posted comment. The only video I watched was the 5 minute variety. Let me be clear, I haven't watched professional sports in quite a while, ever since the Seattle Sonics left Seattle. I have watched a few games during the Bird & Magic era and fewer games during the Jordan era and of all those games I watched I cannot remember ANY one team committing 23 turnovers let alone 10 turnovers. So, your retort is silly!! You say "lack of ability" and then add "they are getting better" and I say by experience, 23 turnovers in one game "is NOT getting better". I am NO LONGER interested in a reply from you concerning whether the 23 turnovers is accurate or not, so you can put that in your pipe and "smoke" it. And I say that because I assume you know what an "IDIOM" is!!
@@brgilbert2 You tried ... and failed to denigrate Clark by ignoring facts easily discernible with a modicum of research. I don't care if you wasted your time watching the WNBA before the arrival of Clark or not ... we were talking about Clark and her performance. Yes I do know the meaning of idiom ... more so than you. Just because you are unable to understand simple English (or is it that you refuse to acknowledge the truth) does not make my statement an idiom. I also know the meaning of the word idiot as well you should ... since your picture is next to it in the dictionary. BTW ... thank you for promising to cease casting pejoratives in my direction ... but I doubt your sincerity and integrity.
@@williamelanningjr5440 My last post to you and so, just for those who will read our back and forth accusations. You say "I denigrated Caitlin Clark"!! Really!! Because I know how to use the English language and unlike "you", do NOT put words in other peoples mouth!! I never "blamed nor did I infer or suggest" that Caitlin Clark committed those 23 turnovers!! I think the problem is in your corner, your use of the English language and/or how to use the English language. It seems my comment which starts, ["team" had 23 turnovers] is where you stumble head over heels. Um, it seems you do NOT know the definition of the word "team" and my guess is you don't own a dictionary. Might I suggest a Library and if you give the location where you live I'll be glad to look it up for you and send the directions on how to get there. By the way do you align yourself with the Democrat Party and I ask that because it is ALWAYS the Democrats who change the meaning or put words in other peoples mouth!!!!!!!!!
She got into foul trouble early in the game. Btw, the Fever get some really bad calls. This has become a trend now, the whistle often dont favores them.
If im the Fever owner, I fire the coach and look for a team orrintated coach. Not a woke one that can't adjust her game plan to fit the players, specifically your superstar Clark. Next, I go out and get girls being disrespected just as Clark is who are also team orientated. Muhl in sealtle comes to mind. She is seen as a bench player, so you won't have to trade much for her. She's a game changer in a team orientated game plan. I find a 7 footer that dominates in the paint on the defense. I would also consult with Clark if each prospect would be a player that she thinks she could work with. At this point you have to huild the team around Clark. Shes phenom.
I rarely see fault in coaches but Christie Sides has a huge ego(still wondering why?) and no game/player savy. The Fever can be a championship team but not if butthead runs the show.
What an I love Caitlin Clark video. No mentioning of her incident with Julie Vanloo what so ever. No callback to an exactly same kind of incident from her college-days where she just pushes people off with both hands when being face-guarded. She doesn't like being face-guarded because when properly done she's not able to get the ball. Also no mentioning of the shove off with her backstep 3. Last time i watch this channel. I Was seriously hoping you would mention the incident as her serious problem, but left severely disappointed
This reminds me of Michael Jordan and the bulls, in his rookie season he was scoring a lot but there was not much talent beyond Jordan. Basically what they did was build around Jordan, that is what they need to do with Clark.
It's just frustrating. I don't understand how you know well that if you keep feeding her the ball, she'll keep scoring but you don't do it. The chemistry between Clark and Boston was well established. I don't see it anymore. Maybe because they want less Clark and more Mitchell. How is that working out for them?
"...Indiana waived rookie guard Celeste Taylor. (Tarylor) a 2 x Defensive Player of the Year at Ohio State last year, the 15th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and 2nd Draft pick for the Fever behind Caitlin Clark... Taylor, was: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year - Coaches (2024) ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2023) ACC All-Defensive Team (2023) Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2024) (The FEVER) activated the contract of veteran forward Damiris Dantas, announced on June 25, (and as a result), in order to keep the roster at the maximum requirement of 12 players Celeste Taylor was cut from the team. I knew this was going to come back to bite the Fever in the azz but I didn't think it would happen so fast and so obviously during a game when Caitlin would put up big numbers and lose by one or two possessions. I understand the tough choice the Fever had, I struggle with choosing a player on the roster to cut to have kept Taylor and wouldn't want to be the guy to make such a decision. I do believe Sides made a huge mistake in the line up to start the game and made some substitution errors as well but we all must admit, Kelsey Mitchell going 0-8 from the 3 pt. line has never happened before and I wouldn't bet on it ever happening again. Mitchell has had a good year and a good history of making 3's so I am not going to pin all the blame on Side's mistakes or CC's turnovers, just because Mitchell had a highly unexpected and very rare bad shooting night from beyond the arc.
How many missed layups or balls not caught counted towards those turnovers? She could average a triple double with players that can catch and hit layups.
Does Caitlin Clark need help, or does Christie Sides need to go? Comment below.
Sides needs to go. She's the best asset to the opposition
Show Sides the Door. She's Pathetic at Best
Rookie of the Year Caitlan Clark ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Both.. sides sucks and so does half her team
Sides needs to go, That will help CC22
I’m 72 and a lifelong basketball fan. I think Clark sees the court as well as any man or woman who’s ever played the game.
We are they same age, an I agree.
She’s super talented but might want to watch at least one full season before comparing her to all time greats
Agreed. She is so fun to watch.
At Larry Bird's retirement, Magic said there will never be another Larry Bird. I guess they didn't expect it would be a woman.
@@jamesanderson5268 the greats could be mistaken too
Sides has to go. Why in the hell did she call a time out when they were on a 12-0 run???? And only a couple min to go 😡
maybe she trying to make a statement that even with a popular #1 draft pick you still have a hard time winning games. I don't understand that either, the other coach always calls timeout when their opponent is about to run away with the game. that is a good question the media should ask her.
Bad coaching.
yeah. that was a terrible move
thats fucking braindead lmao
Sides needs to be fired, NOW! I, for one, will not be watching the USA Women at the Olympics. Caitlin is the fireball they need.
Spot on!! Just can't fix stupid. Those with power need to get her into the Olympics
Why fire Sides? You have never coached so you have no clue on how that can set back a team. Sides is Okay. Let her develop the team.
Good don’t watch. Maybe that will keep her fans quiet and let the real fans of wnba enjoy.
I'm boycotting the Olympic woman's basketball
@@TheCollierjrare you serious?😂
All those turnovers are not all her fault. Her teammates need to catch her passes.
She had 5, but the entire team had 23 turnovers, it's hard to win like that.
It takes time and a team mentality/understanding. Getting to the point where it is instinctual is rare and honestly only Birds Celtics seem to have reached the highest level. I don't know much about basketball.......that is the only team that passed where I don't understand how anyone received them. It was crazy fast with way to much stuff going on for it to be called out.
@@stevehardwick7285 Are you serious?? The only replay of the game I have seen is only about 5 minutes long so can't get a feel as to why Indiana was buried during the whole game, about 18 points in the 4th quarter alone. I have NEVER seen a stat like that. You can't be serious!! Is that a record??
@@brgilbert2 They were 21 points down going into the fourth quarter and Clark almost single handedly brought them back to within 3, it was amazing! She ended up with 29 points, 13 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocks. Those stats have never been equaled in the WNBA or NBA in history.
@@ThulgoreMagic's Lakers were also making crazy no-look passes. Even the Pistons had a few.
But Larry Bird's Celtics had it down to perfection. And the reason they, and to a lesser extent the Lakers, were so proficient at that play style was practicing catching everything Bird/Magic threw at their teammates.
And since Clarke seems to be going for that same playstyle, her Fever teammates need to adapt to her, or they will continue to lose. And she'll become an exciting footnote, like Pistol Pete, with no WNBA Championships.
Those young ladies are playing their hearts out and it’s maddening when you see bad coaching decisions hurting them.
they could do better more practice w/cc
The coach change the starting line up the old line up with samuelson is better
If they wanna be a real franchise, they gotta get a legit coach
Stop blaming everyone it's a team sport cc never won nuttin in college n she had a good coach
@@RS-bl4zoactually she won a lot, look her up
People have been calling for Sides firing from the very beginning yet she is still the coach.
No one else want the job 😂
Equal Opportunity Employment is the culprit.
Because basically people don't know basketball. Sides is not on the court. Her players are young and inexperienced. Not all her thought at all.
@@tom7471 Sides does not know how to make good decisions.
Many of those turnovers are from dropped balls. Teammates can't handle hot passes.
No, many of the turnovers were lazy passes, and eyesight problems. CC only had 5 of the 20+ turnovers and even CC had a couple that was inexcusable. The other turnovers were just 'shake my head' crazy plays from her teammates. There were three turnovers from CC's 5 that were absolutely her fault, a lazy pass cross court, one right into the opposing team, and she committed a crazy roll the ball around on the court turn over. Everyone on the team was giving the ball away.
she is a female pitsol pete...
The team needs to learn to catch a ball.Caitlin is 2nd in the league in assists. Those assists would be a lot higher if her passes were caught. The fever team are a much better team with Caitlin running the ball. It looks like the media is always trying to knock Caitlin down a peg. They have:" Caitlin Clark Derangement Syndrome" for whatever reason.
shouldn't count against CC, if they can't catch.
@@stanleymyrick4068they are referring to cc's turnovers, and they are correct--many of them are due to her teammates mishandling the passes.
Sides and Caitlin Clark are wrong for each other. Sides is not taking advantage of CC's skills.
Sides doesn’t know how to coach much less a player of CCs caliber
Are you sure"he,he,😜😜😜😠
@@bperol1900. Hey man, I'm only here for Caitlin. I'm just trying to be nice.
@@elizabethchase6528 thanks Elizabeth, have a great day!
I get the impression she doesn’t like CC
Get rid of Sides!
Not all of her turn overs is Clark's fault. Alot of those turn overs is because her team mates can't catch the ball!!!!!!!!! Also Sides needs to be fired. If Clark had a decent coach, just imagine what her stats would be!!!!!!!
her teammates don't show any hustle and if Clark get double team they just stand around as if their brain on standby. Agree her teammates can't catch a ball even at 7th grader passes to them. Maybe the whole team need a huge attitude adjustment and focus on making the playoff and possible the championship.
So true!!!!!
Coaching is dismal. Calling a time out when her team is on a run? Either she's intentionally sabotaging her own team or just not Coaching material!! Smh
The assist leaders are also the highest in turnovers. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
They need to RUN THE FLOOR. RUN. What was the defensive plan in the first 3 quarters? Terrible.
Sorta like a turnover accumulator rather than a turnover machine.
Sides is incompetent...PERIOD!
sides didn’t want the job
@@daytonwoodford4386 Then she should resign!
WNBA is incompetent...PERIOD!
I’m here now YT, gunna block me now?
WNBA is incompetent....PERIOD!
Harder to bully her when she's always pushing the pace.
Fire the coaching staff. It's obvious the hate her. Sad
The coach is deeply jealous of all the attention Clark is getting, when SHE wants to be the center of attention.
Clark going wild hitting shots. ...Sides: Ok Caitlin, time to feed Mitchell or anyone else. You've done enough scoring. Give someone else a chance. CC: Uh...coach you sure about that? No one else is hitting shots and I am red hot. Sides: Yep. I'm Sure. I'm the coach. Do it my way. I always know best.
Especially the way Mitchell was shooting 3's today, 0-8 and one went off the top of the backboard!
@@stevehardwick7285 Sides: Yep. Sounds like she's the one I want to go to. No doubt about it. Mitchell. Ooops! Game over. We lose. Tee Hee. Off to the pool.
Idk I see her feeding Boston for some good plays
@stevehardwick7285 It's just an off day for Mitchell, so sit her out, or don't let her shoot. Everyone has an off day, CC was hitting her shots, so LET HER HIT HER SHOTS SIDES!!!! DAMN!!... what an idiot coach. I'm not being disrespectful, I'm stating a FACT..
Sides is a clueless coach
It Seems like Sides is Throwing the Team Under the Bus!!! Is She getting Paid Off???.
I agree
I wonder the same thing... 12-0 strech in your favor, your team has momentum in the 4th with 2 minutes on the clock while you are down and Sides calls a time out!!!?
What coach would do that? Why would that be an option? It absolutely would not be.... I wouldn't doubt that she probably is getting paid off. Who does that? Only sides, that's who.
Her turnovers would be assist if her team mates finished and or could catch!!
BINGO!!
Sides is sabotaging the team. Terrible coach.
[Daurio4747] I hate to say it but it does appear that way.
My theory is Sides and Fever Front office want to lose to have better a draft position.
But who knows… Sides maybe really just this BAD of a Coach and the GM / Owner maybe just this BAD at Management 🤷♂️
Too harsh 🙄
I think either Sides is a very incompetent coach or she's getting instructions by Fever or WNBA upper management to sabotage Clark's game. For instance, in the Mercury game, Clark only needed 1 more rebound to get a triple double and Sides took her out of that game. In this game, Sides drew up plays towards the end of the game that didn't even allow Caitlin to be a part of and it was Catlin who brought them all the way back from a 20 pt deficit. Why? It doesn't make sense. Was it because to keep Caitlin out of the spotlight? I don't know but something is definitely going on because it doesn't make sense to me and a lot of other fans besides me as well. 🤔
The women’s Olympic team lost 11 major sponsors when they opted not to pick the MVP in the league to join the team. 😂
And they let it be known they didn’t care at all because the olympics is about SKILL NOT POPULARITY… don’t forget that part lol
Their reason will be that, she doesn't have the experience yet. Well maybe she might be ahead of the class.For example MJ went to the NBA after 2 years of college, and became an overnight sensation,KG right out of highschool, Moses Malone, need I say more. Now we have a Caucasian straight female girl with no excess baggage that's turned a league upside down, and this wasn't supposed to happen. Well deal with it, she is successful, just watch and learn from her, and do your best, and odds are, you'll be successful too.
It should be a coach that would know how to manage Caitlin Clark. Someone that can get the best out of Caitlin Clark. And not hold her back
Coach Lisa Bluder knew how to orchestra her Iowa Team and did an excellent job. Maybe Sides should have had tutor class how to do that!!!! Too late now, Enjoy your retirement Lisa! Love you from CR!
For someone that supposed to be a defensive coach I find it hard to believe she knows anything about defense....junior high players play better defense than the fever.....they turn their back on the ball,don't switch or switch back,they being backdoored to death and don't anticipate anything.....if they can play zone they need to cause their man to man sucks and maybe they'd watch the ball instead of passes flying right over their head for layups.....CC is ROY
The Fever sure as heck didn't play defense today. There was an open lane to the hoop for Mystic layups all game long.
Defense may have been an issue in this game but it was key to their win against New York. As a young team that will develop and eventually solidify
Oh that’s for middle schoolers she’s know for that 😅
Christie Sides will go down in wnba history as the Most Stupid Coach. Coach Sides is intentionally throwing games. That new lineup AFTER beating a great Liberty team has got to be one of the most boneheaded coaching decisions in any league at any level.
IF IT ANT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
But NOOOOOOO!!!! SIDES JUST GOTTA SCREW IT UP SOMEHOW.
Before this season is over, Sides won't be able to walk down the street in peace. She will be despised.
It's done on purpose... sabotage
If it ain't fixed, don't break it.
Sides is in over head -- leadership, play making, decision making, bball IQ, and ability to speak to the media is professional way.
English 101, Mary.
Does wonders.😂😂
Remember Sides before 2023 had never been a head coach at any level her entire career- not even a high school coach.
She’s probably over her head, this team needs at least a Bluder level, and ideally better level strategist running this team.
and clueless.....!
Christie Sides needs to go, Caitlin Clark needs to be listened to, she wants that WIN and she knows how to get it done, I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to the whole team having to listen to someone who dose not have a clue as to how to create a winning team!!!
The Things That Christie Sides Does In These Games MAKES YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD! TEAM MATES NEED TO Catch The Ball 💯‼️This Coach Is Frustrating The Hell Out of Me! The Fever Has Improved… But Come On! Caitlin Is The Greatest Thing To Happen To The WNBA! 💯‼️🙌🏼
Is the coach getting paid secret side hustle money from other sources in exchange for the bad/horrible coaching decisions that she has been making?
[Reviewoftheday365] Possibility!!
CC is a LEGEND!! Let them eat your dust because you’re a true professional and the court and the world loves you xx
CLEARLY THE MOST COMPLETE PLAYER OF ALL TIME.
LOL!! Yep, HIGHLY DELUSIONAL.
@@user-bv6eg8cl9s what kind of weed are you smoking. The most complete player of all time be real
The fever definitely need a new coach and yes Caitlin Clark absolutely needs some help
The WNBA told Christie to lose. They want Angel to win the ROTY. 😂
What makes a stupid coach changing the lineup when you're winning
The lineup change wasn’t bad. Hull had a good game
Are you sure Sides doesn't want them to lose? Maybe she is getting paid to lose
@@Donnydon1996 I think the lineup should have been Clark, Boston, Smith, Hull and Mitchell. Starting both Samuelson and Hull was a mistake in my opinion.
Lexie Hull was a great move! What makes it stupid is the 2nd and 3rd quarters where she rotated her out and rotated anyone and everyone in. Then finally going back to Lexie Hull in the 4th which almost salvaged the game along with CC.
@@stevehardwick7285 The lineup was fine. Clark, Boston, Hull, Mitchell... the 5th is up for grabs. Katie Lou needs to either get more playing time and start hitting shots or they need that woman that is coming back from a knee injury to get healthy. Smith is an odd one and I can't put my finger on it, but she plays good and not so good at the exact same time. I don't know. But her good out weighs the oddity of her play so until the knee injury woman gets better or Katie Lou starts hitting, then Smith is an option. That is how I see it anyway.
Women's team USA are looking like idiots now. Clark is shredding the league.
9-14 dude, relax!
@@DetroitTyler Maybe in your imagination, but in the real world she’s up and down like all the other rookies.
FDR. We need a Fire Sides chat.
I believe Sides' lineup change led to the early turnovers and Boston getting into early foul trouble .
We need Lisa Bluder here to coach the FEVER NOW!!!
Despite her incredible games and improvement, the league and sports media are hard at work trying to rob Clark of due credit and the ROTY award. Today I clicked on a notification from ESPN that said “Angel Reese calls for ball in final seconds and makes free throws to keep her double-double streak alive” but by the time I got to the article they had changed the headline to say: “Reese’s double-double record now at 14.” The first headline must have sounded too much like stat padding, which of course would have been accurate. The revised headline shows the politics going on behind the scenes at ESPN. Meanwhile they love talking about Clark’s turnovers. They are committed to their biases, not to honest reporting.
The league is going to defend a lot of the black females that are in the league simply because they are tall. Now a lot of these younger ladies black and white are coming out of college faster, smarter and not sitting on their fat ass bit-chin all the time. They want to win.
It’s a good thing for the league imo.
If you don't give all the credit to the black lesbian they will cry hell maybe they'll burn down the arena don't let the white girl have anything
I wonder how many of those turnovers are dropped passes.
The 2024 ESPYS will air Thursday 7/11/24 on ABC at 8 p.m. ET Clark up for 3 ESPYS
Won't win one because of well you know why
Thanks for reminder!
@@user1-c8y hate to say it but it is what it is
I hope that she wins them all
Didn’t they rename them the DEI awards
That call on Boston was BS
CC’s turn overs should start to get better as she gains experience with WNBA defense. Also her teammates should get better at catching the ball that CC is threading the needle with. I don’t think most of them have seen a player with this type of assist ability.
Sides is a DEI coach, Fire Sides now...........
She is so frustrating. Don’t change what works.
Lexie Hull played lights out, yet the rotating chair of subs in the 2nd and 3rd quarter by the craziness that is Sides makes you wonder before she finally put Lexie Hull back in the game in the 4th.
Christy Sides is a trash coach. Period. Full dead stop. Clark's turnovers are due to playing with a team full of Edwina Scissorhands who fumble away too many dimes.
Plus Clark sees plays “before” they are plays … she is such a savvy player
Also I think her teammates are doggen’ sometimes it up and down the court instead of book in’ up and down the court. 😂
They should let her player coach
I don’t think Christie Sides knows how to utilize the strength of her players. I can’t wrap my head around why she would switch out her starters when they just won a close game. She’s not paying attention. She’s not present in the moment. She making some poor choices. 😳🙄🙄🙄
Not present in the moment. Well put.
Christie Sides and the Ref's needs to be fired and the rest of the team needs to support Clark more. Also the Olympics Committee need to reconsider Clark to represent the USA.
Won't work. She doesn't know the teams maneuver and some of them hate her
I'm 68 and it seems to me that the coach here has no vision for this team,looks like all you hear her say is we need to get better but you don't see it transpiring, she is not a coach. Period.
You know when you pass the ball to a team mate that can’t make a wide open lay up we need to get some help from the bench but that won’t happen because they have a coach who is totally blind it’s unbelievable “WOW” 😮
Steve Jobs said “Some mistakes are made along the way, that’s good because at least some decisions are being made.”
Well according to Christie Sides "It's always all Caitlin's fault"
She's just like Larry Bird.
Give her the ball, just like Larry and let her decide what play to make and who to pass it to.
To coach her to draw defense and pass it away like that 1. Let's your player know that you don't believe in her and that you as a coach lacks courage. This can sideline the momentum of courage in a player and also can act as a diminishing effect on the spirit of the player.
But 2. To ask a player to kick it out to a player who has been cold, man, that's sad.
I think it was Jason Kid who said that he'd look for hot hands. If someone is on fire then keep it going.
Fever has a chance here, but this is so sad.
I have to agree that it's the coach. The coach lost the game. There are other coaches out there who know the game. I have no clue why they don't fire this coach. She's a poison to the team and talent. It's as if the owners or those in charge don't know the game.
They HAVE a chance THIS year. They beat a top team and have great momentum. I see now that the coach is ruining it. She's driving the team into the ground.
Time to call Larry Bird.
There is speculation that the owner wants a tax write off for the team, so he is doing nothing to influance the general manager to fire the coach. Alzo speculation that the gm likes Sides, also that they didn't really want CC so they don't want to play to her strengths.
@@mikehall4517why draft her??
@@AnthonyWW45 That, my friend is the question....because they were expected to ? To keep her away from a rival team? Because they were idiots? Take your pick, who knows?
Her passing is insane.
The people that know basketball know the the turnovers are on her teammates who can't catch the ball and make themselves unavailable when she double and triple team.so sick of pointing out what she does wrong, versus everything she does right
Turnovers...her teammates can't catch or shoot.
She's got to go. Get a coach that has what it takes to move them forward. She sucks.
Team USA was picked before Caitlin Clark proved to be so good at this level. If the team was picked now she would have had a better shot of making it
The only problem I have with that excuse is that in previous years, they picked players because of what they did in college ( DT first Olympics ). I'm not upset that CC isn't on the Olympic team, but the excuses they made were just bs. There are a few players that actually deserved to be on it instead of some they picked.
That turn over stat is bullshit. My son played AAA hockey and the coach was smart. He told his teammates to keep their sticks on the ice because you never know when the puck is going to be on your stick. They call that vision, it’s not Clark’s fault at all the girls have to be ready when Clark has the ball. These turnovers aren’t Clark’s, they’re her players that can’t catch on.
Once again, should have had a lot more assists , but her teammates couldn't make open shots .
Clark is playing NBA (minus dunks) the rest of the league is playing WNBA.
No, they are still playing LNBA.🙄
They should have Unleashed the Beast before the 4th Qtr?
fire the coach😊
i'M STARTING TO THINK THESE GAMES ARE ALL SET-UP BEFORE HAND.
Breaking records in her rookie season on the worst team in the league from last year.
Wow. Imagine what she'll do when that team acquires a couple good players to compliment her.
Serena is still the goat of women's sports for me, for now, but Caitlin looks like she's the next one.
CC may have had 5 turn overs today, but te team had 24.
Her 5 steals make up for that
You hear a lot of broadcasters say the coach is playing the percentages. Coach Sides does not know what that means.
I would not make a big deal about the turnovers. The amount Caitlin is handling the ball means she is going to have more turn overs. It is part of the game. After all, one of the years Babe Ruth broke the Home Run Record, he also broke the Strike Out Record.
Yes she needs fired
The coach is very questionable, she looks like is trying to keep down, this team should be in contention, Clark ,Boston OMG
Mitchell 0-8? Man, she is never that bad is she? I've seen her when they are on a run, all of them pulling of great moves - she is solid money. But when the heat is on? when they down? Something gets in her head and messes her up. Aint just her. Lot of good players deal with that.
Mitchell tried to play me ball, instead of team ball. If she would of just went to make a play, assist, pass or easy layup. But I don't like the way she plays, she's too of a wild card. All she has to do is wait for the ball, if it's not there, pass, make a run to the inside and CC would find her every time. She forces the shot and this time she didn't want to accept it and cause the team the game.
She had her hand in 65 of the teams 84 points! Half of her turnovers are due to teammates fumbling.
Most of Clark's turnovers have been from her teammates lack of ability to receive passes. They are getting better, but hey still need improvement.
[williamelanningjr5440] What do you mean, they are getting better???????? Is it true the team had 23 turnovers?? That has to be a record.
@@brgilbert2 I have watched every game the Fever played since Clark became a member. I suggest you do the same ... you will find the truth ... if that is what you desire rather than simple trolling.
@@williamelanningjr5440 Is that really your avatar. A rather ridiculous retort from someone who appears to be older then the usual in their 20's. "Find the truth", your words not mine.
So, am I to assume from your frivolous comment (calling me a troll) that the 23 turnovers was a lie because, admittedly I haven't found any video displaying the full game and the number 23 comes from another posted comment. The only video I watched was the 5 minute variety.
Let me be clear, I haven't watched professional sports in quite a while, ever since the Seattle Sonics left Seattle. I have watched a few games during the Bird & Magic era and fewer games during the Jordan era and of all those games I watched I cannot remember ANY one team committing 23 turnovers let alone 10 turnovers. So, your retort is silly!! You say "lack of ability" and then add "they are getting better" and I say by experience, 23 turnovers in one game "is NOT getting better". I am NO LONGER interested in a reply from you concerning whether the 23 turnovers is accurate or not, so you can put that in your pipe and "smoke" it. And I say that because I assume you know what an "IDIOM" is!!
@@brgilbert2 You tried ... and failed to denigrate Clark by ignoring facts easily discernible with a modicum of research. I don't care if you wasted your time watching the WNBA before the arrival of Clark or not ... we were talking about Clark and her performance.
Yes I do know the meaning of idiom ... more so than you. Just because you are unable to understand simple English (or is it that you refuse to acknowledge the truth) does not make my statement an idiom. I also know the meaning of the word idiot as well you should ... since your picture is next to it in the dictionary.
BTW ... thank you for promising to cease casting pejoratives in my direction ... but I doubt your sincerity and integrity.
@@williamelanningjr5440 My last post to you and so, just for those who will read our back and forth accusations. You say "I denigrated Caitlin Clark"!! Really!! Because I know how to use the English language and unlike "you", do NOT put words in other peoples mouth!! I never "blamed nor did I infer or suggest" that Caitlin Clark committed those 23 turnovers!! I think the problem is in your corner, your use of the English language and/or how to use the English language. It seems my comment which starts, ["team" had 23 turnovers] is where you stumble head over heels. Um, it seems you do NOT know the definition of the word "team" and my guess is you don't own a dictionary. Might I suggest a Library and if you give the location where you live I'll be glad to look it up for you and send the directions on how to get there. By the way do you align yourself with the Democrat Party and I ask that because it is ALWAYS the Democrats who change the meaning or put words in other peoples mouth!!!!!!!!!
FIRE SIDES!🙌🏽🚩
C.C needs help and Christie needs to be FIRED!!
They need to change her coach and trade the players around her.
I didn't watch the game but looking at the stats... what happened with Aliyah? We need her!
She got into foul trouble early in the game. Btw, the Fever get some really bad calls. This has become a trend now, the whistle often dont favores them.
Took the day off. Mystics owned the paint.
Foul trouble.
If im the Fever owner, I fire the coach and look for a team orrintated coach. Not a woke one that can't adjust her game plan to fit the players, specifically your superstar Clark. Next, I go out and get girls being disrespected just as Clark is who are also team orientated. Muhl in sealtle comes to mind. She is seen as a bench player, so you won't have to trade much for her. She's a game changer in a team orientated game plan. I find a 7 footer that dominates in the paint on the defense. I would also consult with Clark if each prospect would be a player that she thinks she could work with. At this point you have to huild the team around Clark. Shes phenom.
I hate what's going on with the Indiana Fever because their wins always a hard wins.
"If you run, she will deliver" on the Court of Caitlin (with apologies to Field of dreams).
I rarely see fault in coaches but Christie Sides has a huge ego(still wondering why?) and no game/player savy. The Fever can be a championship team but not if butthead runs the show.
AB only played 20 minutes because of foul trouble. She wasn’t there to help like she normally was.
Sides is out of her depth...she has to go!!
I have never seen so many players run the baseline, no one takes charges and they give up wide open 3 point shots.
What an I love Caitlin Clark video. No mentioning of her incident with Julie Vanloo what so ever. No callback to an exactly same kind of incident from her college-days where she just pushes people off with both hands when being face-guarded.
She doesn't like being face-guarded because when properly done she's not able to get the ball. Also no mentioning of the shove off with her backstep 3. Last time i watch this channel. I Was seriously hoping you would mention the incident as her serious problem, but left severely disappointed
Who the Hell told Sides She's a Coach? A Coach for What Side???? Rookie of the Year Caitlan Clark
Sides needs to go.
No 22 is a better player, than Sides is a coach. So, someone has to go, and trust me it will not be No.22.
They need another coach another shooter and another post player this year the playoffs is their ceiling
Sides needs to go NOW!
There's a reason why the Fever got the #1 pick
Watch Indiana sign CCs college coach
This reminds me of Michael Jordan and the bulls, in his rookie season he was scoring a lot but there was not much talent beyond Jordan. Basically what they did was build around Jordan, that is what they need to do with Clark.
Every problem that you define is the coach's job to correct. Too bad Caitlin didn't bring her coach with her from Iowa.
It's just frustrating. I don't understand how you know well that if you keep feeding her the ball, she'll keep scoring but you don't do it. The chemistry between Clark and Boston was well established. I don't see it anymore. Maybe because they want less Clark and more Mitchell. How is that working out for them?
"...Indiana waived rookie guard Celeste Taylor. (Tarylor) a 2 x Defensive Player of the Year at Ohio State last year, the 15th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and 2nd Draft pick for the Fever behind Caitlin Clark... Taylor, was:
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year - Coaches (2024)
ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
ACC All-Defensive Team (2023)
Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2024)
(The FEVER) activated the contract of veteran forward Damiris Dantas, announced on June 25, (and as a result), in order to keep the roster at the maximum requirement of 12 players Celeste Taylor was cut from the team.
I knew this was going to come back to bite the Fever in the azz but I didn't think it would happen so fast and so obviously during a game when Caitlin would put up big numbers and lose by one or two possessions. I understand the tough choice the Fever had, I struggle with choosing a player on the roster to cut to have kept Taylor and wouldn't want to be the guy to make such a decision. I do believe Sides made a huge mistake in the line up to start the game and made some substitution errors as well but we all must admit, Kelsey Mitchell going 0-8 from the 3 pt. line has never happened before and I wouldn't bet on it ever happening again. Mitchell has had a good year and a good history of making 3's so I am not going to pin all the blame on Side's mistakes or CC's turnovers, just because Mitchell had a highly unexpected and very rare bad shooting night from beyond the arc.
Sides isn't smart enough to set up the double picks Iowa ran to free up CC to shoot. And she can't adjust the defense for the same reason.
The Fever need a shot blocker/rebounder. A blind man can see they are weak in the low post area.
Some of the people on Caitlin Clark's team for whatever reason are taking a dive!!!
🔥SIDES🔥
How many missed layups or balls not caught counted towards those turnovers? She could average a triple double with players that can catch and hit layups.