CC was asked if she gets any advice and she said, âADVICE, NOBODY GIVES ME ADVICE, I WISH!â WTH!! She looked miserable, very sad to see. I think she feels trapped. I wish she was happy like Kate Martin is with her coach/team. Sad situation coming from Fever Management for not stepping in and stopping this shit show from Coach Sides!! CC is on of the best woman shooters/players of all time, she deserves way better than this!!
Its getting worse to watch. Last night I shut it off and I look forward to watching CC. NEVER WATCHED WNBA BEFORE. IM A 65 YR OLD MAN. and boy is she good
She said no one "gives her in game advice" I'm not sure what was meant by the question and the answer wasn't clear eiither. A follow up was needed but the question was "in Game advice"
This is simply the reality of her situation. She was drafted by a bad team (this is normal for #1 picks) and Martin was drafted by a good team. She also has a ton of hype so she will get the best shot of the opposing team almost every night. This is not something to feel sorry for, but is simply the growing pains that come with the situation.
Wheeler and Mitchell should be released because if you're not a team distributor to a franchise player like CC is time to release those two because they only thinking about themselves and not the team in general. If CC doesn't win Rookie of the year then the fault goes to the Fever organization setting her to fail.
Sides needs to shut up!!!!!!! She gave the best defensive player in the league away, after allowing her to play 16 minutes all season, Sides is brain dead!!!!
The statement "Nobody gives me advice in the game, I wish" highlights a lack of coaching and communication. The coach should call timeouts and adjust plays, but instead, they force Caitlin Clark to pass to underperforming players, disrupting her natural flow. Indiana Fever needs an experienced coach to compete effectively.
Those of us who followed Iowa for the last 2 seasons already knew this about Caitlin. Caitlin has repeatedly said in interviews that she is very competitive and wants to WIN. If she doesn't have a coach interfering with her style of play, she'll pass if she thinks her teammate will be able to catch the ball and do something appropriate with it. She'll take the shot if she thinks she can make it. She needs a coach who will bench the people who refuse to pass to her. She needs a coach who will drill screens in practice and bench people who are incompetent at setting them.
There are only 12 players in the team...4 of them gets the most minutes and if one of them like Wheeler stays on the bench others will have the opportunities, but that is the problem. Sides, for some reason, do not let others get on the floor...
I would add that she needs a coach that insists on LOTS of practice shooting and scoring - I never imagined professionals could miss the basket so often!
Then why doesn't she guard thebbetter players? My daughter cries when she loses at Chutes n Ladders. If we supported this childlike behavior we'll certainly end up with a spoiled brat wearing a #22 Jersey. No Thank You!
If you saw the game, then you saw Clark work her way through traffic and on 4 occasions in the 4th quarter she came open and ready to shoot with a quick pass and in all 4 cases 2x Wheeler, 2x Mitchell either made a bad pass into the middle or took a shot . 1 2 point play out of 4 chances to pass to an open Clark. Either their court vision is bad or they just want their own points. The team is not together and that's a function of coaching . Those 4 would have given Clark 13 shots, probably made at least 2 of them. Holding her head with both hands like wtf after one wasn't passed to her was all I needed to see to know she's beyond frustrated. Good thing she's a team player or she'd make her dissatisfaction more publicly known.
If a coach or any leader, has to tell half truths, give excuses, and blame players, tells me they are out of their capabilities. Sides is actively holding her back. No one is talking to Caitlin about plays, screens or direction. Caitlin is being hamstringed.
CC is trying her best to fit in and work with the team but the team IS not working with her. She dishes to ball to her teammates but they donât dish it back, the donât set good screens and the ice her out. I believe CC needs to take over the game and force the teammates to beg her for the ball. I think CC can win without them.
Plain and simple her coach and black teammates don't like her. Don't think the coach wanted Caitlin but got stuck with her, she has an ego problem. Cautlins black teammates don't like her, think they have it made up not to pass the ball to her, not catch her passes, miss baskets on purpose, all to make Caitlin look bad, hoping to run her out of the league. They don't want white /straight players in a nearly all black gay sport.
I think she needs to start shooting 18-20 shots a game and if they don't like it, bench her. She's been double teamed her entire career and was able to get shots off at will. Many of these "mature women" she's playing against are the same girls she dominated in college. She should start bringing the ball up and shooting 3's. Show them what selfish play looks like!
Starting 5 should be Caitlin, Aliyah Boston, Temi Fagbenle, Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull. NaLyssa Smith has been cooked like a salmon in the last two games. She couldnât handle Angel Reese and the Seattle guards were all over her. The Fever had a chance to draft Skylar Diggins-Smith this past spring, but turned her down. She was the one covering Caitlin like a blanket last night. Also, she can drive to the basket, the bigs donât intimidate her. Sheâs married with a child. She was with the Mercury until she tied up with Taurasi, and they had a confrontation on the bench during a game. She later said she didnât feel like she fit in with the Mercury, the gayest team in the league. She would have been a great teammate for Caitlin, and definitely would throw her the ball. Not getting her on the Fever is another massive coaching error.
They keep saying the fever needs better DEFENSE That['s a lie the just need to make the shots after Caitlin passes them the ball The team is subpar offensive players who miss to many layups and easy shots. Caitlin will not last very much longer she already has been hit in the head so many times she has a rupture eardrum cant hear the players on her right side This league sucks and all they do is make excuses about how they treat Her.
Their defense is fundamentally horrible. Everything I see that can be better is a coaching thing... And having another guard on the court with 0 assists is crazy..
@@stevezrofsky8577 It is almost like half of their team plays 1 vs 1 when they have the ball. That is their mentality, and they, most of them even on other teams, do not know how to pass the ball. I don't see too many passes from players in WNBA, at least the significant ones that matter. Also, how da heck do these pros not able to jump??? Most of them can't even get off the ground when rebounding, They play like a High Schoolers....
Yeah that's sad but just learn to your players how to put a bal in the net when they are on the left, right or under the net !!! Too many easy shots lost when CC does them the perfect pass !!!
We must be more educated when talking about Caitlyn Clark's lack of shots. As a player and coach I will provide said education. Christie Sides continues to do the wrong things. When asked about Caitlyn's lack of shots she replied Caitlyn needs to take 15 shots a game, instead of saying I need to get Caitlyn 20 shots and I also have to get her 5 to 10 open uncontested shots a game. X's & O's; Christie Sides is not running an offense conducive to getting Caitlyn Clark open looks and many shots. Christie Sides does the same thing with Caitlyn 90% of the time. Caitlyn dribbles the ball up the court and receives a high screen and roll from Aliyah Boston. There are multiple problems with this: Aliyah Boston is not an effective outside shooter. That high screen/pick should be set by the shooting guard or shooting forward. This is predictable and in a professional league where a great deal of the film is watched, teams know they can get the ball out of Caitlyn's hands by committing to the double team and leaving Aliyah Boston as she is not an outside shooter. An offense's main job is to confuse the defense and make it hard to predict what the team is going to do, if you do the same thing over and over again professional coaches and teams are going to figure out how to stop that. Caitlyn should not be setting screens/picks. Once she gives the ball up she should get a back screen headed toward the baseline or corner then picks headed back up to the top of the key providing multiple opportunities for shots. Caitlyn needs a coach who can get her quality shots and her teammates must commit to her being the #1 option. As a point guard I have played in systems with hundreds of plays and systems comprised of motion offenses with no play calls. I preferred the motion offensive systems as there were no play calls so the other team could not predict what we were doing and I never did the same thing. For example I could pass left or right, pick where I passed or away, cut through on the ball side, middle or away, get a backscreen for a layup or to run to the corner etc,. the movement was based on all players knowing offensive team fundamentals, who should get the most shots, where were each persons high percentage areas, where the defense was weak at that time and most importantly no player ever and I mean ever doing the same thing unless the advantage and success was so great noone could stop it! John please utilize this knowledge at your leisure and let's be more educated when pointing out the flaws in Christie Sides coaching and Caitlyns teammates not being told, clearly, that Caitlyn is always the first option and to know when you should be looking for her and when you are in position to succeed in your high percentage areas on the floor. This sounds complicated but trust me for fundamentally sound professional players it is not and is completely instinctive! Arnette Chappelle Brogdon III
I certainly would ... I did send the same information to the Indiana Fever. The thing that bothers me the most is Christie Sides not taking the blame for everything which I expressed to the team. I believe in accountability so I provided my contact information to the team.
Celeste Taylor would've helped the defense. Why wasn't that aspect of the game explored deeper. Christie Sides talks about defense, but it never gets any better. The Fever needs a coach with a plan...and an eye to understand talent and how to use it.
lol thereâs a lot of coaches say things and there right. Your players have to have a mindset to play defense. And youâre not going to play defense if youâre not in shape. You canât blame any coach for a lazy player.. and remember some of those players just came from the draft so they just got out of college and came straight into the league.smh
The truth is she can't control her black player that's why she can't make a good decision in play making. Her black player they do what they want in the court. They need a coach that can control all the team member.
@@jaybavis5896 If they are lazy, THEN PUT THEM ON THE BENCH during games.....WTF you mean it isn't coaches fault?????? They can't even run a proper screen!!!!
The Fever have had the number one pick in each of the last two WNBA drafts and this is the best product the coaching staff can produce?!?!?! Really??? Sides sucks!!! Fire her sorry butt ASAP!!!
Iâm not buying Shines words, Iâm telling you behind the scenes she is sabotaging this girl. Look at her body language and how tight she is when the reporter ask her anything about Catlin. This coach thinks her team is getting better because She really donât want Catlin taking shots she wants her to pass the ball.
Sides said Clark needed to be more selective with her shots and to get away from bad college habits scoring advice to the college's leading scorer of allfrom a coach that hasn't even coached at HS level. She said she needed to start learning to screen but now says she dont want her off the ball but on the ball. I think she was out to sabotage early on but is now trying to survive as a coach. She see's everyone's want's her gone and she knows why.
Coach Christi Sides' tenure has been marred by a chronic inability to inspire discipline and tactical coherence among her players. Her apparent disregard for fundamental coaching principles has left the Fever languishing in mediocrity, with frequent lapses in both strategy and execution undermining any potential for success on the court.
They were worse last year. What do you expect? A rookie PG isn't going to turn a team around overnight. People just have no patience whatsoever and that includes both the CC stans and haters.
@@cobra7282 Hit the nail on the head. We all can clearly see she has all the talent. Sheâs transitioning into the pros, and that takes some adjusting. Let her play the game and grow. Iâm already tired of all the noise.
@@kayjobo8197 This doesn't just go for her either. This includes her whole team. They need time to grow and learn as a unit. This whole team is young and inexperienced for the most part.
@@cobra7282 Facts. Nothing but facts. It makes me more upset to see that theyâre comparing her to the greats, which in and of itself is what it is. But more or so not realizing that they were not banging out championship rings in their rookie years. Iâm just here to see the process. If they keep hounding her, sheâs gonna get too stressed (hopefully not) and retire young. And everyone will then talk about what couldâve been.
Her teammates donât see her as the âgo toâ person with the game on the line or the clock winding down or a tough shot needed to be taken. If you watch her give up the ball a few times in the last game and then get open and NOT get it back youâll see Iâm right.
It's not that at all They just don't want to pass her the đ bro It's been going on since the first game Wheeler started Not no more BCUS of Clark Mitchell scoring big ten record Broke BCUS of Clark Mitchell best player for 5 years Not no more Clark What Wheeler n Mitchell need to understand is that your way of playing got the number one picks two years in a row Your not winning 13 wins last year Your way of playing isn't winning When Mitchell ever avg 6 ass pg game or Wheeler I'll wait Oh and while seeing the most intense insane defense In history of the game I have never seen a player other then LeBron have all eyes in them They blitz her Trap her hard In the first qtr That's insane for a rookie to be such a big part of the game plan The Aces didn't play her that way Nor did the Liberty They played her straight up It seems these players are hell bent on making sure she can't shoot and until her teammates stop missing bunnies or dropping her passes They will lose
"We have to do a better job of screening or setting her up". WTF! You are the coach and they do what you tell them to do. It is obvious that CC is not getting any help and her teammates do not pass to her or screen for her. That is the coach's fault!
I agree with you. If you have a player who gets double teamed everytime they get the ball in a shooting position, somebody is open. Why aren't the coaches creative enough to design plays for the open players to cut for the shot? Just trying screens everytime for CC is not working as much because that is all that is happening. CC is a good passer and when they are in a groove and players are cutting off the ball, she finds them. There are 12 players on the team and all of them have scored and they all have the talent but it is up to the coaches to utilize the individual talent and turn it into team play. There is a lot of pressure on CC and AB but there are others on the court that have done well also.
Its not Caitlin's job to figure out offensive to defensive match-ups. Christie Sides doesn't have different teams and sets to match differing strengths and weaknesses of her opponents. Thus, CS has not been doing her job. Caitlin benefits from some sets and match-ups that gets her the ball. If the sets and match-ups doesn't favor Caitlin shooting then she will pass. Christie has not done one d*** thing to set anybody up for success except for commends for the whole team to feed the ball down to the post with Alayiah Boston.
Whatâs funny after last game Sides said she wanted Clark to shoot more, then at practice day before last nights game they asked her if sheâd told Clark to shoot more, she said no they were concentrating on defense. It takes what 5 minutes to pull Clark aside and say hey shoot more, instead they have her passing it off at half court in the 2nd half and rarely touching it again. From what Iâve seen they have her run through the defense to come around the backside but by the time she does that the person with the ball goes away from her this is like in 2 seconds.
Also add Boston missed 2 early easy layups on passes from Clark, happens a lot. Which leads to Clark getting frustrated and happens 2-3 times a game always a different player, same for dropped passes 2-3 a game resulting in TOs. As for defense Clark seems to be only one playing it these last 2 games, she still makes a mistake here and there but has gotten much better, her 2 main assignments last 2 games were Marina Mabrey and Skylar Diggins-Smith they shot 4-20 from the field. Both are very good perimeter shooters.
After happening consistently, it's no longer coincidences, no longer "mistakes", no longer that the coach is incompetent, you have to realize it's the agenda and CC remains clueless.
@@JoseManuelGonzalez-lr4ug I donât think CC is clueless can see her frustration and body language in game she is not happy, but sheâs been raised to be the donât make waves type, especially being her rookie year. Hopefully Sides, Mitchell, Wheeler and Wallace all be gone next year they seem to be the ones keeping this team from gelling.
Even if CC22 shoots the ball more, it may not be a better outcome. They need to be quality shots, and she can only get quality shots if her teammates participate and set proper screens. Also, CC22 gets a lot of turnovers because teammates cannot handle a pass. I'm not too fond of turnover stats because they fail to reflect the facts [a good pass that is mishandled is scored as a turnover to the passer].
Aliyah Boston could not have done a better job of radiating dislike toward C. Clark during that press interview. She looks like she is unhappy to be there. She appears to be sitting hunched/ turned slightly away from her teammate. After answering several questions, Caitlyn tells the press to ask her teammate questions. Boston turns toward Clark quickly, appears to glare at her and flaps her hand at her. What is going on? Where is the coach? She probably should have terminated the interview. If there is a problem between the players, it needs to be ironed out before they go in front of cameras.
IMO Boston's behavior was more about her having a crappy game, 3 for 14 or something like that, and not feeling very chatty towards the press. I was also noticing CC's weird body language, where normally she sits up straight and answers confidently, she was slouching, covering up her head with her arms, scratching herself, just a weird vibe.
The Coach NEEDS TO DRAW up plays..........If Caitlin is to score Make her open COACH !!! It's crazy but my High School Coach had a better Game plan........Just Watch how much Clark Is Standing Still........RUN A F***ING PLAY !!!!!!!
I donât see any animosity between Aliyah and Caitlin in this interview. It was obvious both of them didnât want to be there. Shoot, they just had their butts handed to them by a well-coached team. They were both emotionally drained, Caitlin speaking in a monotone, and Aliyah staring at her hands. Neither of them wanted to deal with the press. Thatâs why Aliyah waved her hand in a âthatâs okâ gesture when Caitlin told the reporters to ask Aliyah a question. The body language I see is two players at the end of their tether . It was Aliyah standing next to Caitlin when they had the strained conversation with Sides after the Sky beat them. They were all pissed at Sides and this game with Seattle has them depressed and disgusted with what is going on.
CC is playing her game the rest of the team need to get their sh*t together and make their points, foul shots, and pass it back to her when she is open which happens a lot. Wish she could of went to the Aces they understand how to play basketball.
Man I hope Sides heard what Jan said about the Goats!!! CC you are in sync with the greats, please donât let Sides or anyone else tell you otherwise.
I get a kick out of the fact that the voice of this woman is always hoarse because sheâs always screaming. Reminds me of when John Fox was Head Coach of the Chicago Bears. He ran up and down the sidelines screaming at the top of his lungs and the team still did nothing but lose!đđ
You donât bring in the (arguably) best womenâs college basketball player & make her fit into an offense that was worst in the league the previous year.. you create an offense to fit around her
Lol, I didn't hear the question and at first I thought Christie was praising Caitlin and I was amazed and then I realized she was talking about a girl on the other team đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
I don't think she know how to coach, period! when you get a good player that can help your team to move up in the standing. first you make good plays to run and get the other players to play together regardless of the attention CC gets in the media. she is there to help the team to win games and even a championship which everyone can feel good about themselves.
This coach seems obsessed with the data and suffers from analysis paralysis. She sees slight differences in the numbers and thinks they were right there to win. She doesnât seem to be able to see whatâs going on on the floor during the game and make the necessary adjustments. Probably because they have not practiced what to do in certain situations. How they hell can you sit there and tell the press that you aspire to be some other team!!! What the heck kind of team do YOU want to build and WHY is that a team that can WIN against the other teams. CS would just like to watch the other teams play. She is not head coach material.
Yea , even saying you want to be another team is a bad message. The message should be we are going to be us but the best version of ourselves. Sides is lost
Coach comes across as very defensive- look at her body language - she knows itâs on her mostly but doesnât look like she can admit it to herself / sheâll keep coming up with bs to protect herself.
Already getting sick to watch fever. Coach and players are not in sync period. Mitchell not showing team player. Looks like sheâs playing for herself. When CC and her two teammates are in post briefings the two , Boston and Mitchel , look like they donât like CC . Their heads are down and the looks are disrespectful. So many missed shots by these two as well. CC missed some shots also but sheâs being guarded by two sometimes three players. The other two missing easy shots and lay ups.
What Christie Sides says in a presser and what she tells her team to do are 2 separate things. She's holding Caitlin back. When we had 10 seconds to win the game against the Sky, she had Caitlin inbound the ball and told her to get it to Boston. She missed the shot. I would love to know why she thought that was the answer. She needs to look at the 2 most obvious times that while at Iowa she hit the clutch 3 at the buzzer to win the game. One is against Indiana for the B1G championship in 2023, the other is against Michigan State in 2024 when 2 players were trying their hardest to get her the ball with 2 defenders making it nearly impossible, somehow they finally got it to her where she put it up "from the beak". The refs had to check the monitor to see if she had gotten it off on time, and she did. The center of Carver-Hawkeye arena has the Tigerhawk. She was no closer than 35' when she drained that one, and the one against Indiana was probably a logo shot. She was out there a ways.
The WNBA is a sisterhood of 143 basketball players plus coaches. Caitlin Clark is not part of this sisterhood. Clark was not drafted to win games. Clark was drafted to increase the WNBA audience and showcase the skills of the sisterhood. Sister Sides and the sisterhood will not help her with proper screens. Clark needs to figure out a way to shoot 20 + three-point attempts. Caitlin Clark needs to protect her brand, or she will be considered a bust.
Nothing new here. I will not be watching the game against Phoenix Sunday because the total apathy I had for the WNBA is resurfacing. Pretty soon others will follow and it will go back to being a collection of uninteresting and unskilled women running around on the court missing layups and cat fighting off the court. There is only one reason I tuned in and is being stifled.
I think Caitlyn Clark has a VERY strong case of an employer creating a toxic work environment. Federal labor laws DO apply to WNBA teams, too. The bullying and snide remarks and public shaming is absolutely toxic and the labor law requires employers DO SOMETHING!
No one whatâs a true professional athlete that puts in the work to be successful. They believe everything is about them and that they are totally special entitled individuals.
Yeah, Christie Sides will tell in the presser that Caitlin has to take more shots, but in the huddles, she has told her that she wanted her to pass the ball to her teammates. Caitlin is frustrated because teammates can't catch her passes, but when she gives them a present from nearly the length of the floor and they can't catch it when it's landing right in her numbers, that's a layup thrown away and CC is charged with the turnover. Caitlin had to inbound the ball and get it to Boston for that last shot against the Sky. It should have been somebody else inbounding and getting it to Clark because she has a better aim, especially at 35 feet. Sides lost that game.
Go play abroad, CC, and then return as a free agent! Only then can you find a real Team and one who wants win! (Why would I want to watch the WNBA "teams" if they are going to act like spoiled, petty brats? They aren't teams and certainly not playing ball - they are just acting out!
The only thing it seems would be, from Clark, let her run the offense. She has "played" in bigger, stronger teams, within tight ball games than her coach being an assistant for 15 or 20 years, till last year. Sides can and has help Clark, in her rookie season, at the start. Now, Clark is beyond all that and ready to get her team into winning. Problem being I do not see her major teammates and coach on Clark's side at all.
It really seems that Christie Sides Lide to get this coaching job with the Fever. Both Dunn and Sides agree she's a Defensive coach and Not a good one at that! She surely does not know the Offensive side of basketball! Sounds to me as well as thousands of other's, Fever Organization have Good grounds for Immediate Termination of her contract!!
Why do they not work on CC dishing? These are pros. Her Iowa teammates were able to handle her dishes. Sides just wants CC to get open on her own to shoot with no offensive game plan.
I honestly think Sides is trying to help, she simply doesnât know how to design an offense other than pass down low and bang. Thatâs why she says something different every time.
Can you imagine how great Caitlin would be if she had a good team and coach to play for.......feel sorry for her. Get her open for shots and teach her teammates how to catch the ball and hit layups.
@Jon The Liquidator true in the start of the season she said she did not want Clark to shot like that but in order to win they need to run there O through Clark also no one on the fever team is aggressive to get rebounds so until they get a rodmen type player to do the dirty work or the players get a back done it wont matter how much Clark scores it almost reminds me of when Jordan started with the Bulls
If I was Caitlin Clark I would pass the ball to Boston unless Mitchell is open to take a 3 point shot then when Caitlin can shoot a 3 then go for it !!â€â€â€â€â€
Brooooo facts đŻ Why has no one asked either one of them. I thought I was the only person on Earth who caught that Bcus the previous game a week ago they barely spoke Now a full embrace and a minute worth of dialog đ€ What the fuck did Sides say to her This woman literally diss'd you 5 days ago After the game Why did u grab her and whisper in her ear đđż Needs to be an investigation about that That really bothers me
How does a player build consistency when the coach says 'pass more' one day and 'shoot more' the next. The coach has to be an anchor for the team. That means that the team directive doesn't change because we lost one game - or won one game. Coach Sides does not appear to know how this team should play.
Right, this coach is full of it. First, it was she (Clark) needs to pass more. If she missed a shot, then Sides would comment on needing to work on sharing the ball. Now it's that she has to shoot more, yet Side isn't telling CCs teammates to share the ball Michells got a 1.9 asst percentage, and she's not passing to a wide open Clark. This Coach pits the players against each other. Says one thing in front of cameras but another thing in the lockeroom.
What position would she play? Center field? Shortstop?
PĆed 2 dny+1
Sheâs CC, is over it⊠she should go to the European league. Sides does her no favors, neither does her teamâŠ. Itâs like theyâre sabotaging her
See the problem with Jens statement. Christy Sides already said earlier this year. The Indiana Fever are going to play like they did last year that won 13 games, and CC is going to have to learn how to play within the system with her new teammates.
I find it so funny how they keep trying to align and position her next to black great players. Lmao like let her earn that position instead of forcing it and we wouldn't be in this situation that we're in currently.
This team was pretty much rock bottom bad last year, thatâs how they got the number 1 draft pick. Then they draft a superstar and unfortunately, this GM and coaching staff are way in over their heads. Some of the players are actually playing better however, even then their own coach hobbles them. With all the pressure of being in the WNBA and so much attention, it wouldnât surprise me if CCâs shoulders break from all that emotional weight. Hang in there kiddo. Itâll get better.
Exactly!! Build the team around CC....those who can play with her..boy is this team discombobulated....coaching is everything...i know this isnt football but heck when Manning and Elway played for the Broncos they drafted players that COMPLIMENTED their star player.
CC was asked if she gets any advice and she said, âADVICE, NOBODY GIVES ME ADVICE, I WISH!â
WTH!! She looked miserable, very sad to see. I think she feels trapped. I wish she was happy like Kate Martin is with her coach/team. Sad situation coming from Fever Management for not stepping in and stopping this shit show from Coach Sides!!
CC is on of the best woman shooters/players of all time, she deserves way better than this!!
Its getting worse to watch. Last night I shut it off and I look forward to watching CC. NEVER WATCHED WNBA BEFORE. IM A 65 YR OLD MAN. and boy is she good
Bro sheâs literally lying
She said no one "gives her in game advice" I'm not sure what was meant by the question and the answer wasn't clear eiither. A follow up was needed but the question was "in Game advice"
Exactly that's what I was saying she needs to be traded to the ACES to be with her colleague Kate Martin, and Kelsey Plum is cool too
This is simply the reality of her situation. She was drafted by a bad team (this is normal for #1 picks) and Martin was drafted by a good team. She also has a ton of hype so she will get the best shot of the opposing team almost every night. This is not something to feel sorry for, but is simply the growing pains that come with the situation.
Sides cannot coach. Screens are so bad. Wheeler and Mitchell refuse to pass to CC. That is coaching failure!
Truth. Been shouting this from the rooftopsâŠand we need to keep on shouting!
Mitchell is also accomplished in fishing. That why catch & release is all she does.
True, so true.
Wheeler and Mitchell should be released because if you're not a team distributor to a franchise player like CC is time to release those two because they only thinking about themselves and not the team in general. If CC doesn't win Rookie of the year then the fault goes to the Fever organization setting her to fail.
Sides needs to shut up!!!!!!! She gave the best defensive player in the league away, after allowing her to play 16 minutes all season, Sides is brain dead!!!!
The statement "Nobody gives me advice in the game, I wish" highlights a lack of coaching and communication. The coach should call timeouts and adjust plays, but instead, they force Caitlin Clark to pass to underperforming players, disrupting her natural flow. Indiana Fever needs an experienced coach to compete effectively.
Those of us who followed Iowa for the last 2 seasons already knew this about Caitlin. Caitlin has repeatedly said in interviews that she is very competitive and wants to WIN.
If she doesn't have a coach interfering with her style of play, she'll pass if she thinks her teammate will be able to catch the ball and do something appropriate with it. She'll take the shot if she thinks she can make it.
She needs a coach who will bench the people who refuse to pass to her.
She needs a coach who will drill screens in practice and bench people who are incompetent at setting them.
There are only 12 players in the team...4 of them gets the most minutes and if one of them like Wheeler stays on the bench others will have the opportunities, but that is the problem. Sides, for some reason, do not let others get on the floor...
I would add that she needs a coach that insists on LOTS of practice shooting and scoring - I never imagined professionals could miss the basket so often!
Then why doesn't she guard thebbetter players?
My daughter cries when she loses at Chutes n Ladders. If we supported this childlike behavior we'll certainly end up with a spoiled brat wearing a #22 Jersey.
No Thank You!
@@justindoud251 Do not let your daughter despoil the world-wide admired #22 jersey like a spoiled brat that she may become under your mentorship.
Does anyone else think of the Beavis and Butthead principal when listening to Christie Sides?
If you saw the game, then you saw Clark work her way through traffic and on 4 occasions in the 4th quarter she came open and ready to shoot with a quick pass and in all 4 cases 2x Wheeler, 2x Mitchell either made a bad pass into the middle or took a shot . 1 2 point play out of 4 chances to pass to an open Clark. Either their court vision is bad or they just want their own points. The team is not together and that's a function of coaching . Those 4 would have given Clark 13 shots, probably made at least 2 of them. Holding her head with both hands like wtf after one wasn't passed to her was all I needed to see to know she's beyond frustrated. Good thing she's a team player or she'd make her dissatisfaction more publicly known.
Yes! Jewel Loyd! (Been a Storm fan for 25 years. Gotta support my women)
Man I canât stand SidesâŠ
If a coach or any leader, has to tell half truths, give excuses, and blame players, tells me they are out of their capabilities. Sides is actively holding her back. No one is talking to Caitlin about plays, screens or direction. Caitlin is being hamstringed.
@Shastasays TRUTH!!!
In the midst of this craziness and idiocy, the only sane person is 22 year old Caitlin Clark.
She is the adult in the room that is the WNBA
@@MarlaGrimes-ej8uj Truer words were never spoken.
CC is trying her best to fit in and work with the team but the team IS not working with her. She dishes to ball to her teammates but they donât dish it back, the donât set good screens and the ice her out. I believe CC needs to take over the game and force the teammates to beg her for the ball. I think CC can win without them.
Plain and simple her coach and black teammates don't like her. Don't think the coach wanted Caitlin but got stuck with her, she has an ego problem. Cautlins black teammates don't like her, think they have it made up not to pass the ball to her, not catch her passes, miss baskets on purpose, all to make Caitlin look bad, hoping to run her out of the league. They don't want white /straight players in a nearly all black gay sport.
I think she needs to start shooting 18-20 shots a game and if they don't like it, bench her. She's been double teamed her entire career and was able to get shots off at will. Many of these "mature women" she's playing against are the same girls she dominated in college. She should start bringing the ball up and shooting 3's. Show them what selfish play looks like!
Starting 5 should be Caitlin, Aliyah Boston, Temi Fagbenle, Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull. NaLyssa Smith has been cooked like a salmon in the last two games. She couldnât handle Angel Reese and the Seattle guards were all over her. The Fever had a chance to draft Skylar Diggins-Smith this past spring, but turned her down. She was the one covering Caitlin like a blanket last night. Also, she can drive to the basket, the bigs donât intimidate her. Sheâs married with a child. She was with the Mercury until she tied up with Taurasi, and they had a confrontation on the bench during a game. She later said she didnât feel like she fit in with the Mercury, the gayest team in the league. She would have been a great teammate for Caitlin, and definitely would throw her the ball. Not getting her on the Fever is another massive coaching error.
I agree!
agreed!
They keep saying the fever needs better DEFENSE That['s a lie the just need to make the shots after Caitlin passes them the ball The team is subpar offensive players who miss to many layups and easy shots. Caitlin will not last very much longer she already has been hit in the head so many times she has a rupture eardrum cant hear the players on her right side This league sucks and all they do is make excuses about how they treat Her.
Their defense is fundamentally horrible. Everything I see that can be better is a coaching thing... And having another guard on the court with 0 assists is crazy..
@@stevezrofsky8577 It is almost like half of their team plays 1 vs 1 when they have the ball. That is their mentality, and they, most of them even on other teams, do not know how to pass the ball. I don't see too many passes from players in WNBA, at least the significant ones that matter. Also, how da heck do these pros not able to jump??? Most of them can't even get off the ground when rebounding, They play like a High Schoolers....
Yeah that's sad but just learn to your players how to put a bal in the net when they are on the left, right or under the net !!! Too many easy shots lost when CC does them the perfect pass !!!
Correct catilin made alot passes just for them to miss shots.
@@1flash3571 I follow women's volleyball also. These women have hops and are intense about it. These women in the W need to step it up.
Caitlin needs to use her clout and send a no kidding message to the Fever owner. The message is simple. Fix this mess now or I'll be leaving.
He dont care. He admitted that his WNBA team is just a tax write off.
The owner doesn't care. He publicly stated the Fever is a tax write off and doesn't care about making a profit.
4 year contract for Caitlin she's stuck
â@@eugenesherow3817-Would think she has an opt out/trade clause in her contract.
Can wnba players ask for a trade đ€ đ
We must be more educated when talking about Caitlyn Clark's lack of shots.
As a player and coach I will provide said education.
Christie Sides continues to do the wrong things. When asked about Caitlyn's lack of shots she replied Caitlyn needs to take 15 shots a game, instead of saying I need to get Caitlyn 20 shots and I also have to get her 5 to 10 open uncontested shots a game.
X's & O's; Christie Sides is not running an offense conducive to getting Caitlyn Clark open looks and many shots. Christie Sides does the same thing with Caitlyn 90% of the time. Caitlyn dribbles the ball up the court and receives a high screen and roll from Aliyah Boston. There are multiple problems with this:
Aliyah Boston is not an effective outside shooter. That high screen/pick should be set by the shooting guard or shooting forward.
This is predictable and in a professional league where a great deal of the film is watched, teams know they can get the ball out of Caitlyn's hands by committing to the double team and leaving Aliyah Boston as she is not an outside shooter.
An offense's main job is to confuse the defense and make it hard to predict what the team is going to do, if you do the same thing over and over again professional coaches and teams are going to figure out how to stop that.
Caitlyn should not be setting screens/picks. Once she gives the ball up she should get a back screen headed toward the baseline or corner then picks headed back up to the top of the key providing multiple opportunities for shots.
Caitlyn needs a coach who can get her quality shots and her teammates must commit to her being the #1 option.
As a point guard I have played in systems with hundreds of plays and systems comprised of motion offenses with no play calls.
I preferred the motion offensive systems as there were no play calls so the other team could not predict what we were doing and I never did the same thing.
For example I could pass left or right, pick where I passed or away, cut through on the ball side, middle or away, get a backscreen for a layup or to run to the corner etc,. the movement was based on all players knowing offensive team fundamentals, who should get the most shots, where were each persons high percentage areas, where the defense was weak at that time and most importantly no player ever and I mean ever doing the same thing unless the advantage and success was so great noone could stop it!
John please utilize this knowledge at your leisure and let's be more educated when pointing out the flaws in Christie Sides coaching and Caitlyns teammates not being told, clearly, that Caitlyn is always the first option and to know when you should be looking for her and when you are in position to succeed in your high percentage areas on the floor.
This sounds complicated but trust me for fundamentally sound professional players it is not and is completely instinctive!
Arnette Chappelle Brogdon III
Right on
well said !
I love your analysis. I wish you were Caitlin's coach!
Can you go coach the Fever....Please???!!!
I certainly would ... I did send the same information to the Indiana Fever.
The thing that bothers me the most is Christie Sides not taking the blame for everything which I expressed to the team.
I believe in accountability so I provided my contact information to the team.
CAITLIN just took NINE SHOTS! NINE FREAKIN SHOTS !!!! That's how bad the Fever wants her to fail.
How many she make?
Celeste Taylor would've helped the defense. Why wasn't that aspect of the game explored deeper. Christie Sides talks about defense, but it never gets any better. The Fever needs a coach with a plan...and an eye to understand talent and how to use it.
lol thereâs a lot of coaches say things and there right. Your players have to have a mindset to play defense. And youâre not going to play defense if youâre not in shape. You canât blame any coach for a lazy player.. and remember some of those players just came from the draft so they just got out of college and came straight into the league.smh
The truth is she can't control her black player that's why she can't make a good decision in play making. Her black player they do what they want in the court. They need a coach that can control all the team member.
@@jaybavis5896 If they are lazy, THEN PUT THEM ON THE BENCH during games.....WTF you mean it isn't coaches fault?????? They can't even run a proper screen!!!!
They should have let Saxton go. Saxton was a 3rd 25th pick in 2023. Taylor best defensive player.
Yet, no one picked up Celeste. That tells you all you need to know.
The Fever have had the number one pick in each of the last two WNBA drafts and this is the best product the coaching staff can produce?!?!?! Really??? Sides sucks!!! Fire her sorry butt ASAP!!!
Hate when she talks đïžđïžđ€ą
Iâm not buying Shines words, Iâm telling you behind the scenes she is sabotaging this girl. Look at her body language and how tight she is when the reporter ask her anything about Catlin. This coach thinks her team is getting better because She really donât want Catlin taking shots she wants her to pass the ball.
Sides said Clark needed to be more selective with her shots and to get away from bad college habits scoring advice to the college's leading scorer of allfrom a coach that hasn't even coached at HS level. She said she needed to start learning to screen but now says she dont want her off the ball but on the ball. I think she was out to sabotage early on but is now trying to survive as a coach. She see's everyone's want's her gone and she knows why.
@@lahoward1963 I thought that Boston, not CC, sets mushy screens.
Coach Christi Sides' tenure has been marred by a chronic inability to inspire discipline and tactical coherence among her players. Her apparent disregard for fundamental coaching principles has left the Fever languishing in mediocrity, with frequent lapses in both strategy and execution undermining any potential for success on the court.
Same! Sides is lying. Her job is to sabotage Caitlin
@@destingerr She had 1.5 years to remedy her malady.
To my understanding, a couple of weeks ago fever owner Herb Simon had lunch with Lisa Bluder. Very interested in what transpired during that meeting.
It is a sad note that you hv clown bullies and the coach to. WE RESPECT CC.STOP THE PLAYERS COACHES BEING FKEN CLOWN BULLIES
Wow! Nice catch to let Jan Jensen weigh in. Justifies sides inept ability to coach Caitlin as we already knew. Geez Jez! Change can't come soon enough
The owner of the Fever needs a tax write-off. This team IS NOT meant to succeed. IMPO
They were worse last year. What do you expect? A rookie PG isn't going to turn a team around overnight. People just have no patience whatsoever and that includes both the CC stans and haters.
@@cobra7282 Hit the nail on the head. We all can clearly see she has all the talent. Sheâs transitioning into the pros, and that takes some adjusting. Let her play the game and grow. Iâm already tired of all the noise.
@@kayjobo8197 This doesn't just go for her either. This includes her whole team. They need time to grow and learn as a unit. This whole team is young and inexperienced for the most part.
@@cobra7282 Facts. Nothing but facts. It makes me more upset to see that theyâre comparing her to the greats, which in and of itself is what it is. But more or so not realizing that they were not banging out championship rings in their rookie years. Iâm just here to see the process. If they keep hounding her, sheâs gonna get too stressed (hopefully not) and retire young. And everyone will then talk about what couldâve been.
Tbf the WNBA as a whole is a tax write off..
Clark is on a horrible team the coach needs to be fired yesterday! Anyone who cuts Celeste Taylor and keeps Wallace and wheeler needs walking papers
Exactly
Those are NOT screens. Its a smile and wave
Her teammates donât see her as the âgo toâ person with the game on the line or the clock winding down or a tough shot needed to be taken. If you watch her give up the ball a few times in the last game and then get open and NOT get it back youâll see Iâm right.
It's not that at all
They just don't want to pass her the đ bro
It's been going on since the first game
Wheeler started
Not no more BCUS of Clark
Mitchell scoring big ten record
Broke BCUS of Clark
Mitchell best player for 5 years
Not no more
Clark
What Wheeler n Mitchell need to understand is that your way of playing got the number one picks two years in a row
Your not winning
13 wins last year
Your way of playing isn't winning
When Mitchell ever avg 6 ass pg game or Wheeler
I'll wait
Oh and while seeing the most intense insane defense In history of the game
I have never seen a player other then LeBron have all eyes in them
They blitz her
Trap her hard
In the first qtr
That's insane for a rookie to be such a big part of the game plan
The Aces didn't play her that way
Nor did the Liberty
They played her straight up
It seems these players are hell bent on making sure she can't shoot and until her teammates stop missing bunnies or dropping her passes
They will lose
"We have to do a better job of screening or setting her up". WTF! You are the coach and they do what you tell them to do. It is obvious that CC is not getting any help and her teammates do not pass to her or screen for her. That is the coach's fault!
I agree with you. If you have a player who gets double teamed everytime they get the ball in a shooting position, somebody is open. Why aren't the coaches creative enough to design plays for the open players to cut for the shot? Just trying screens everytime for CC is not working as much because that is all that is happening. CC is a good passer and when they are in a groove and players are cutting off the ball, she finds them. There are 12 players on the team and all of them have scored and they all have the talent but it is up to the coaches to utilize the individual talent and turn it into team play. There is a lot of pressure on CC and AB but there are others on the court that have done well also.
Its not Caitlin's job to figure out offensive to defensive match-ups.
Christie Sides doesn't have different teams and sets to match differing strengths and weaknesses of her opponents.
Thus, CS has not been doing her job. Caitlin benefits from some sets and match-ups that gets her the ball.
If the sets and match-ups doesn't favor Caitlin shooting then she will pass.
Christie has not done one d*** thing to set anybody up for success except for commends for the whole
team to feed the ball down to the post with Alayiah Boston.
Whatâs funny after last game Sides said she wanted Clark to shoot more, then at practice day before last nights game they asked her if sheâd told Clark to shoot more, she said no they were concentrating on defense. It takes what 5 minutes to pull Clark aside and say hey shoot more, instead they have her passing it off at half court in the 2nd half and rarely touching it again. From what Iâve seen they have her run through the defense to come around the backside but by the time she does that the person with the ball goes away from her this is like in 2 seconds.
Also add Boston missed 2 early easy layups on passes from Clark, happens a lot. Which leads to Clark getting frustrated and happens 2-3 times a game always a different player, same for dropped passes 2-3 a game resulting in TOs. As for defense Clark seems to be only one playing it these last 2 games, she still makes a mistake here and there but has gotten much better, her 2 main assignments last 2 games were Marina Mabrey and Skylar Diggins-Smith they shot 4-20 from the field. Both are very good perimeter shooters.
After happening consistently, it's no longer coincidences, no longer "mistakes", no longer that the coach is incompetent, you have to realize it's the agenda and CC remains clueless.
@@JoseManuelGonzalez-lr4ug I donât think CC is clueless can see her frustration and body language in game she is not happy, but sheâs been raised to be the donât make waves type, especially being her rookie year. Hopefully Sides, Mitchell, Wheeler and Wallace all be gone next year they seem to be the ones keeping this team from gelling.
Sides is a liar
@@JoseManuelGonzalez-lr4ug Caitlin knows whatâs happening she canât do anything about it
Cmon its obvious the entire wnba is sabotaging her
It's A LGBTQ+- league.
Even if CC22 shoots the ball more, it may not be a better outcome. They need to be quality shots, and she can only get quality shots if her teammates participate and set proper screens. Also, CC22 gets a lot of turnovers because teammates cannot handle a pass. I'm not too fond of turnover stats because they fail to reflect the facts [a good pass that is mishandled is scored as a turnover to the passer].
If this CC effect fails the whole WNBA will be nonexistent.
Aliyah Boston could not have done a better job of radiating dislike toward C. Clark during that press interview. She looks like she is unhappy to be there.
She appears to be sitting hunched/ turned slightly away from her teammate. After answering several questions, Caitlyn tells the press to ask her teammate questions. Boston turns toward Clark quickly, appears to glare at her and flaps her hand at her. What is going on? Where is the coach? She probably should have terminated the interview. If there is a problem between the players, it needs to be ironed out before they go in front of cameras.
IMO Boston's behavior was more about her having a crappy game, 3 for 14 or something like that, and not feeling very chatty towards the press. I was also noticing CC's weird body language, where normally she sits up straight and answers confidently, she was slouching, covering up her head with her arms, scratching herself, just a weird vibe.
@@jdaniels1313BOSTON WAS 4 FOR 14 AT ONE POINT
BOSTON AND SMITH WERE UNDER 30% FROM UNDER THE RIM
The Coach NEEDS TO DRAW up plays..........If Caitlin is to score Make her open COACH !!! It's crazy but my High School Coach had a better Game plan........Just Watch how much Clark Is Standing Still........RUN A F***ING PLAY !!!!!!!
I donât see any animosity between Aliyah and Caitlin in this interview. It was obvious both of them didnât want to be there. Shoot, they just had their butts handed to them by a well-coached team. They were both emotionally drained, Caitlin speaking in a monotone, and Aliyah staring at her hands. Neither of them wanted to deal with the press. Thatâs why Aliyah waved her hand in a âthatâs okâ gesture when Caitlin told the reporters to ask Aliyah a question. The body language I see is two players at the end of their tether . It was Aliyah standing next to Caitlin when they had the strained conversation with Sides after the Sky beat them. They were all pissed at Sides and this game with Seattle has them depressed and disgusted with what is going on.
CC is playing her game the rest of the team need to get their sh*t together and make their points, foul shots, and pass it back to her when she is open which happens a lot. Wish she could of went to the Aces they understand how to play basketball.
This young, player should not be treated like this! It's time to leave this league! That's all , just leave, and get rid of this, unqualified coach!
Sides say one thing then she switch up. Everything should not be on CC, this should be a team effort. Period
sides just makes it up as she goes along
Man I hope Sides heard what Jan said about the Goats!!! CC you are in sync with the greats, please donât let Sides or anyone else tell you otherwise.
Given em some time, there is some massive talent out there throughout the league. It's probably going to take some time to build things up.
I get a kick out of the fact that the voice of this woman is always hoarse because sheâs always screaming. Reminds me of when John Fox was Head Coach of the Chicago Bears. He ran up and down the sidelines screaming at the top of his lungs and the team still did nothing but lose!đđ
CC here is the key of the team. Do what you want. Thats the solution coach!
You donât bring in the (arguably) best womenâs college basketball player & make her fit into an offense that was worst in the league the previous year.. you create an offense to fit around her
That's exactly right, but you have to have a coach that knows how to create an offense around her. Sides has no clue how to create that offense.
Sides talks in riddles. The riddler she's the only person that understands the riddles .
Lol, I didn't hear the question and at first I thought Christie was praising Caitlin and I was amazed and then I realized she was talking about a girl on the other team đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Fever were 4 minutes into 4th quarter before the made 1st basket. Storm is strong team, but 89 isn't a rediculous amount given up.
I don't think she know how to coach, period! when you get a good player that can help your team to move up in the standing. first you make good plays to run and get the other players to play together regardless of the attention CC gets in the media. she is there to help the team to win games and even a championship which everyone can feel good about themselves.
This coach seems obsessed with the data and suffers from analysis paralysis. She sees slight differences in the numbers and thinks they were right there to win. She doesnât seem to be able to see whatâs going on on the floor during the game and make the necessary adjustments. Probably because they have not practiced what to do in certain situations. How they hell can you sit there and tell the press that you aspire to be some other team!!! What the heck kind of team do YOU want to build and WHY is that a team that can WIN against the other teams. CS would just like to watch the other teams play. She is not head coach material.
Yea , even saying you want to be another team is a bad message. The message should be we are going to be us but the best version of ourselves. Sides is lost
Coach comes across as very defensive- look at her body language - she knows itâs on her mostly but doesnât look like she can admit it to herself / sheâll keep coming up with bs to protect herself.
Already getting sick to watch fever. Coach and players are not in sync period. Mitchell not showing team player. Looks like sheâs playing for herself. When CC and her two teammates are in post briefings the two , Boston and Mitchel , look like they donât like CC . Their heads are down and the looks are disrespectful. So many missed shots by these two as well. CC missed some shots also but sheâs being guarded by two sometimes three players. The other two missing easy shots and lay ups.
I appreciate the journalist asking the question: "do you want her to make the shot"?
What Christie Sides says in a presser and what she tells her team to do are 2 separate things. She's holding Caitlin back. When we had 10 seconds to win the game against the Sky, she had Caitlin inbound the ball and told her to get it to Boston. She missed the shot. I would love to know why she thought that was the answer. She needs to look at the 2 most obvious times that while at Iowa she hit the clutch 3 at the buzzer to win the game. One is against Indiana for the B1G championship in 2023, the other is against Michigan State in 2024 when 2 players were trying their hardest to get her the ball with 2 defenders making it nearly impossible, somehow they finally got it to her where she put it up "from the beak". The refs had to check the monitor to see if she had gotten it off on time, and she did. The center of Carver-Hawkeye arena has the Tigerhawk. She was no closer than 35' when she drained that one, and the one against Indiana was probably a logo shot. She was out there a ways.
First time I have heard Sides say she needs to be better. Actions speak louder than words.
Sides can't praise other teams players enough but can say much about her own
Because after she passes the ball aroun she never gets it back to take a shot plus team mates need to help out when she gets the ball
The WNBA is a sisterhood of 143 basketball players plus coaches. Caitlin Clark is not part of this sisterhood. Clark was not drafted to win games. Clark was drafted to increase the WNBA audience and showcase the skills of the sisterhood. Sister Sides and the sisterhood will not help her with proper screens. Clark needs to figure out a way to shoot 20 + three-point attempts. Caitlin Clark needs to protect her brand, or she will be considered a bust.
Nothing new here. I will not be watching the game against Phoenix Sunday because the total apathy I had for the WNBA is resurfacing. Pretty soon others will follow and it will go back to being a collection of uninteresting and unskilled women running around on the court missing layups and cat fighting off the court. There is only one reason I tuned in and is being stifled.
Stick with CC. She needs our support even more now.
Wow. Jan is all over it!!!! Coach sites needed to hear this. Someone make a short and let it go viral. Need this front loaded on the video.
I think Caitlyn Clark has a VERY strong case of an employer creating a toxic work environment. Federal labor laws DO apply to WNBA teams, too. The bullying and snide remarks and public shaming is absolutely toxic and the labor law requires employers DO SOMETHING!
No one whatâs a true professional athlete that puts in the work to be successful. They believe everything is about them and that they are totally special entitled individuals.
Yeah, Christie Sides will tell in the presser that Caitlin has to take more shots, but in the huddles, she has told her that she wanted her to pass the ball to her teammates. Caitlin is frustrated because teammates can't catch her passes, but when she gives them a present from nearly the length of the floor and they can't catch it when it's landing right in her numbers, that's a layup thrown away and CC is charged with the turnover. Caitlin had to inbound the ball and get it to Boston for that last shot against the Sky. It should have been somebody else inbounding and getting it to Clark because she has a better aim, especially at 35 feet. Sides lost that game.
Listening to Sides' voice, I have say it's amazing she can show up, let alone coach, with emphysema.
Go play abroad, CC, and then return as a free agent! Only then can you find a real Team and one who wants win!
(Why would I want to watch the WNBA "teams" if they are going to act like spoiled, petty brats? They aren't teams and certainly not playing ball - they are just acting out!
If male coaches answered this way they'd be fired
How can CC take more shots when the defense is set up to get the ball out of her hands? Does Sides want CC to start chucking up 30ft jumpers all game?
There is a reason Sideâs voice always cuts out and is losing her voice. Sheâs wasting her breath with whatever it is sheâs yelling.
This coach is talking like she is a Jr high coach
The only thing it seems would be, from Clark, let her run the offense. She has "played" in bigger, stronger teams, within tight ball games than her coach being an assistant for 15 or 20 years, till last year. Sides can and has help Clark, in her rookie season, at the start. Now, Clark is beyond all that and ready to get her team into winning. Problem being I do not see her major teammates and coach on Clark's side at all.
Sides is the issue and CC pointed that out CLEARLY in the presser after this game... Without crossing the line... But that wont last
It really seems that Christie Sides Lide to get this coaching job with the Fever. Both Dunn and Sides agree she's a Defensive coach and Not a good one at that! She surely does not know the Offensive side of basketball! Sounds to me as well as thousands of other's, Fever Organization have Good grounds for Immediate Termination of her contract!!
Why do they not work on CC dishing? These are pros. Her Iowa teammates were able to handle her dishes. Sides just wants CC to get open on her own to shoot with no offensive game plan.
I honestly think Sides is trying to help, she simply doesnât know how to design an offense other than pass down low and bang. Thatâs why she says something different every time.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING SIDESâ WHAT ARE YOU DOING SIDESâ......... IT'S JUST đ NO PLAN SIDES đ
Considering that chump players are getting 3x-4x her salary, I think she'd be justified in looking for a better situation
Can you imagine how great Caitlin would be if she had a good team and coach to play for.......feel sorry for her. Get her open for shots and teach her teammates how to catch the ball and hit layups.
@Jon The Liquidator true in the start of the season she said she did not want Clark to shot like that but in order to win they need to run there O through Clark also no one on the fever team is aggressive to get rebounds so until they get a rodmen type player to do the dirty work or the players get a back done it wont matter how much Clark scores it almost reminds me of when Jordan started with the Bulls
When season started I said CC will be the MJ of woman's basketball, or maybe Magic Johnson. I still believe that on the right team.
15? She was taking 25 in college and was the all time leader in points
If I was Caitlin Clark I would pass the ball to Boston unless Mitchell is open to take a 3 point shot then when Caitlin can shoot a 3 then go for it !!â€â€â€â€â€
Iâm still curious as to what was exchanged between Sides and Witherspoon
Brooooo facts đŻ
Why has no one asked either one of them. I thought I was the only person on Earth who caught that
Bcus the previous game a week ago they barely spoke
Now a full embrace and a minute worth of dialog đ€
What the fuck did Sides say to her
This woman literally diss'd you 5 days ago After the game
Why did u grab her and whisper in her ear đđż
Needs to be an investigation about that
That really bothers me
How does a player build consistency when the coach says 'pass more' one day and 'shoot more' the next. The coach has to be an anchor for the team. That means that the team directive doesn't change because we lost one game - or won one game. Coach Sides does not appear to know how this team should play.
Right, this coach is full of it. First, it was she (Clark) needs to pass more. If she missed a shot, then Sides would comment on needing to work on sharing the ball. Now it's that she has to shoot more, yet Side isn't telling CCs teammates to share the ball Michells got a 1.9 asst percentage, and she's not passing to a wide open Clark. This Coach pits the players against each other. Says one thing in front of cameras but another thing in the lockeroom.
And teammates need to give the ball back to her so she can Do Her Thing. Quit stopping her flow!
Her passes were good, the other team members were sleeping at the wheel.
CC needs a Mike DâAntonio offense to unleash her potential like steve nash.
The question was f veterans gave her advice in the game. No veterans can give you advice during a game
CC is very smart, all these haters want her out, so give them what they want. And when she is, hopefully she signed that 28M deal, and she can move on to international baseball. I'm hesitant to get her jersey now. I rather support her outside of the WNBA. #TeamCaitlinClark đđđœâ€đ©đ»đđ
What position would she play? Center field? Shortstop?
Sheâs CC, is over it⊠she should go to the European league. Sides does her no favors, neither does her teamâŠ. Itâs like theyâre sabotaging her
See the problem with Jens statement. Christy Sides already said earlier this year. The Indiana Fever are going to play like they did last year that won 13 games, and CC is going to have to learn how to play within the system with her new teammates.
It didn't take but 1 minute to realize sides is way in over her head.
Damn boy you love Caitlin! Every 10 min you dropping videos đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
I find it so funny how they keep trying to align and position her next to black great players. Lmao like let her earn that position instead of forcing it and we wouldn't be in this situation that we're in currently.
She canât even look at the press to answer. Too busy looking at the papers on the desk
This team was pretty much rock bottom bad last year, thatâs how they got the number 1 draft pick. Then they draft a superstar and unfortunately, this GM and coaching staff are way in over their heads. Some of the players are actually playing better however, even then their own coach hobbles them. With all the pressure of being in the WNBA and so much attention, it wouldnât surprise me if CCâs shoulders break from all that emotional weight. Hang in there kiddo. Itâll get better.
I had never watched WNBA before CC22. The drama of the lesbians is insane. I soon will no longer watch the clear stupidity and hatred of CC22.
This franchise not making any changes to coaching staff with their record and the coachâs performance
Something tells me Cristie prolly thought Biden killed the debate too.
Wallace and Smith should not be starting or getting heavy minutes on this team in my opinion
Let her loose!! The team needs to get on the bus or get off.
Exactly!! Build the team around CC....those who can play with her..boy is this team discombobulated....coaching is everything...i know this isnt football but heck when Manning and Elway played for the Broncos they drafted players that COMPLIMENTED their star player.
Her threes were awesome shots in that game.