Coach needs to shut the hell up! Caitlin shoots long threes! We need her to just play the way she plays! She is selling out arenas! Christie wants her to be like everyone else! That is just plain stupid! These comments should be private if at all! Christie! You don’t know more than Caitlin! You just don’t! Let her win for you!
And the coach is trying to change Kaitlyn Clark game and want her to play more like everybody else with Kaitlyn Clark is not like everybody else. That’s what make her special.
That is not the situation she is trying to expand her game no player already knows everything that's why they need a coach great players allow themselves to be coached great fans understand that.
@@hottrakz THAT is between the coach and the team. She has no business taking it up with the media. She has to say "There are a few things to work on" and leave it at that. Expressing her displeasure in a player in front of the media is not the best way to keep a job. Maybe she wants to get fired. They need to hire a man to coach the team and stick to technical issues in practice.
Coach is too candid and tends to rattle off, perhaps unused to this kind of attention that Clark brings to Fever. Praise in public and reprimand in private - good leaders do that.
EXACTLY. She is right about Clark but you have those discussions in private. Clark is a tremendous shooter and talent that must facilitate her PRO teammates talents. No more logos. To the rim, feed the open but dont overpass and take the midrange and floater, get to the LINE, work on the left hand. and mostly WIN. She will be historic.
@@jimkoll52 Sorry, I didn't say I agreed with the coach, only that she shouldn't be reprimanding her players in public. Saying no more logos is like telling Steph Curry not to play his game. If you watched Clark's college and highschool games, her logos are the differentiator. It fired up the Iowa team and got them into the national championships. Let Clark be Clark the way Steph is allowed to be Steph, and she will win them games.
Nah, Sides better get it together. Caitlin Clark has things she can work on of course, but Caitlin Clark should be Caitlin Clark as weve come to know her. You dont take that away. And the WNBA has a habit of making talented players justca cog. That cant happen here. Especially given what the fans came to see her. Sides will be gone if she cant figure it out.
Agreed. But it may be too late. She has set the tone, and it may take empty game seats and flying coach through busy airports to get her focused again. Hopefully somewhere else. I think she jumped the shark.
Coach needs to change her coaching style, not the other way around. If she can’t, then she needs to go. The WNBA success is predicated on CC’s success.
Seriously??? Do you think the coach was professional? Never in my life did I hear a coach act like she did… also that coach does not have the experience or IQ to handle CC. The coach needs to fix the team..not tamp down Caitlin. The coach does not make sense. Fix the team. The team misses every pass CC makes to them.
I too agree 100%. The coach needs to coach up the team so they can play with Caitlin. Caitlin plays at a quicker tempo than the WNBA. The coach needs to coach them up. An obvious example is that she needs to instruct her players on rim running. Then Caitlin will have outlets. Some players will have the hands, speed, and ability to finish. Caitlin will then work the ball to those player while the others spread the defense. That said, I do agree with the coach that Caitlin could take more of the opportunities she gets inside the arc. I recall at least two open opportunities outside the circle that she passed up. Taking those will pull the bigs to her in the future and open up passing lanes to the post.
Let CC be CC and let everyone else learn to blend with her. She has brought Iowa Hawkeyes to where they are now. Their team in Iowa is more coordinated,just saying. Coach should let her be herself.
I think she is diligently promoting Clark thru All of new Tools from Indiana Fever coaching staff to hone-in her skillsets. I think we should give her more props to say them publicly to WARN other teams about the new skillset to back down from hogging Clark. Just sayin.
am very serious of what I say I use to play basket ball in my home an when I started out my coach who taught me the game I use to play one on one with him he was very good an he use to beat me down an I started to study his game play he was bigger than me but what made me to beat him is studying his game an developing my game to beat his game an he was very suprise at my progress so this woman needs to get the team to understand her game an go with the flow an everyone has to execute their game how they know to play
Who is Christie Side? There's absolutely nothing in her coaching or playing resume that makes me believe she is more basketball savvy than the best colligate, women's player of all time. Sides seems to want to plug a square peg into a round hole, but the fans are not interested in the status quo of that style of WNBA play. I had to laugh at the notion that Sides doesn't like Clark's shot selection, I wonder what she would say about Steph Curry? Sides also complained about Clark's conditioning because she got winded. Forget the fact she (Clark) just finished an entire season of college ball while the rest of the Fever were enjoying their offseason. So far, I haven't seen or heard anything from Sides that would make me think she has a clue how to use a player of Clark's caliber. If Sides wants to help her team and please the fans, she needs to build her offence around Clark's skills. Sides needs to adapt to Clark's game, if she wants to win and keep fans happy.
Sides should be much more worried about her slow ass team, other than NaLyssa, who are not up to playing at Clark's mental speed. NaLyssa is hooked up to the Clark train already, others, including Sides better get it in gear. Or get left standing on the platform. Clark has handled the transition to pro far better and with more grace than most of the WNBA. She's used to the big stage and the hoopla, Fever ain't.
The coach is too stupid to recognise this is a pivotal time with a gernational player coming to her team. Coach needs to go. She should have talked directly to Caitlin and not to Caitlin through then media. I guess the coach will be happy if Caitlin talks to the coach through the media? Caitlin would not do that because it would be UNPROFESSIONAL. This coach needs to be fired or reassigned today.
Now we know why people are already sick of CC fans. Acting so entitled and judgey when most of us are new WNBA fans. CC’s life long dream is to play on the WNBA - she knew she was going to be coached especially in the early years, especially with that crazy relentless aggressive D played in the professional league! Nothing wrong with getting CC outside of her norm and working on weaknesses in the pre-season - that’s what pre-season is for … …. Signed a life long Iowa fan and graduate - and CC fan.
@@anthonypuccetti8779 - And THAT' comment is not entitled and judgey, lol ... Good grief. And I'm not sick of other player's fans at all - as I'm focused more on my own fellow fans of CC and Iowa in general.
Look. I've had a crash course in Clark play since I got the fever back in April. Watched by now probably every Iowa 23/24 game on YT. The reason why she didn't need to run around looking to get the ball back again after she passed to Syd, Hannah and previously Monika is that 9 times out of 10 they would convert the assist (and the same with Gabbie and her sneaky corner 3s) and then it was transitioning back to defence. Boston was rookie of the year, but she wasn't converting 9/10 assists those two preseason games, and neither were any of the other players. It's not Caitlin who needs to adapt to the "better" players around her, it's the other players who need play up to the standard Caitlin is used to. But most of all - WTF is Sides doing telling everyone in the world about this? Does she not realise that this is going into scouting reports for all the other teams? Good grief.
NO, the issue is she scolded a team member in public. What she said doesn't matter, Caitlin can ignore her and play how she wants. What she said is secondary to being a fool.
I’m a Cc fan with Iowa roots - but I was in awe of Raven - I thought she had to be like 6’1 and, it turned out she was a 5’8 sophomore!! I can’t wait to see how she progresses over the years.
Realistically approaching this is normal: the coach's style vs Caitlin Clark's style of play would suggest that one is inferior to the other. Caitlin can lead a bunch of 2 to 3 star recruits with her "drive" and "passion" and on court performance to the PEAK of college basketball status: NCAA tournament championship. They should have never won against South Carolina, but they did. They shouldn't be able to beat teams like Uconn and LSU, but they did. Her playing style is highly effective and conducive of winning--the results spoke for themselves: conference championships for 3 years, 2 deep NCAA tournament runs, and an absurd amount of winning against arguably one of the hardest conferences in the country for the past few years. So, you cannot say that she is an issue when she's literally been able to produce results. Christie Sides is a question for the fact that she has yet to prove herself capable of producing a winning culture. If she came in with "success" and "proven" results, then it'd be a different conversation. This is her only season to prove herself. You have winners on your roster, with players that have gone pretty far and found success, and then you have a couple of players and coaches that simply have been content with failure and underperforming as their career. And it is visually noticeable when you break down the games as a sample: two preseason games, for example. (We don't even need to look at the previous year, as that would be a nail in the coffin) Christie Sides, herself, made two claims/ evaluations of her team from the year before as to why they didn't make the playoffs: 1) Her team's defense was not good enough to secure winning tendencies. 2) Her team's offense was not good enough to make precise passes and have a team full of capable three-point shooters on the floor. So, in the off-season, we have evidence that the team "found" some solutions in that regard: attain a player with strong experience at shooting from deep and passing and defense in Caitlin Clark as your point guard. Picked up Katie Lou as a free agent signee. Added a few veterans from overseas with high level production and experience to add to the same core players as last year. Drafted Celeste Taylor to add more versatility for defense. The team has 4 main pieces remaining on their roster: - N Smith is still starting at the forward spot. - A Boston is still starting at the center spot. - Kelsey Mitchell is still starting at the guard spot, and we haven't yet seen her in action. - Erica Wheeler, Lexie Hull, Grace Berger, Kristy Wallace are still on the team contributing as they did last year. You literally have the same exact team except now you added a new starting forward that replaces Lexie Hull's spot and acquired two extra backups at Center/ Forward in TF and DD. Plus adding in the fact that you drafted Caitlin Clark, which is besides the point. We've had enough evidence of all the potential pieces in action on this team, minus Kelsey Mitchell's actions, to get a gist of how the team will operate: their offense, defense, rotations, and substitution patterns within the game's duration for the past two preseason games. So, what has improved from the team concerning last year's results? 1) Offensively: same PPG values, so far. Regular season last year was at 81 PPG. 2) Defensively: you gave up 85 PPG, so now you've given up less so far. 3) Bad execution in late game situations still remains, as evidenced by both games. The expectation is supposed to be an improvement on all facets, and unfortunately the only improvement is that last year's preseason vs this year's preseason is like a 7 point improvement on offense, frankly speaking. But the philosophy for better games seems like not a serious element because focusing on "defense" in training camp is entirely shifty: your team lost games with an inability to score enough points and execution on the offensive side of the court. If this team isn't winning, then it is a reflection of coaching. They weren't capable of winning last year, and if they fail this year, then it is entirely on the coach. They have UPGRADED their roster from a talent and utilization perspective, however, if they fail to win then they have ultimately failed to live up to expectations. 1) Boston and Smith are "supposed" to be one of the best tandems in the league. 2) Mitchell is supposed to be a consistent scoring threat in the league. 3) Katie Lou is supposed to be an upgrade for shooting and still adding size and defense to the team. 4) Caitlin Clark is supposed to be an upgrade for size and length on the defensive side and a scoring threat with a better playmaker ability than whatever player is on the roster from last year. 5) Their bench added a championship player from London, two of their starters from last year, and a couple of pieces from last year that contributed--as well as sign another big and draft a defensive player (if she's kept) to help add some pressure. If this roster is so much more improved, then realistically you'd expect the team to have their kinks together and find some sort of success. The defense is better, in stretches when Kristy Wallace was not in the game, and used Caitlin Clark and a different guard there. The offense is not better. Boston, Clark, and Taylor are the only positive +/- box score contributions on this team, and that's alarming if your core 10 has only a couple of rookies and last year's ROY winner as their significant contribution towards winning. Maybe this is a reflection of terrible offensive sets from the coach? If you look at their offense, then you'd notice just how poorly drawn up all of their sets are on that end. For the coach to actually suggest someone to "blah blah blah" about something when her offense is a joke, I'd be concerned. There's no way to justify turnovers on set plays like inbound plays, or bad screens, bad handoffs, bad drawn up last second shots, bad post ups that end up in offensive fouls, etc. You should have at least a dozen basic plays with movement out there, where a team can run a simple series of screens to help a player get open and shoot a simple shot. However, this team has like nothing like that. Makes you wonder what exactly has this team done during practice: besides making videos of them running around or whatnot. They can't finish transition layups, have no late-game execution from last year to fall back on, have no set plays to get others open, and clearly have no real lineup order or success at substituting their roster over the course of the game. Looking at it logically, this team should be very good simply from the example of the two preseason games. You added better players at two positions, and that should essentially lead to more victories. Yet, you got out-coached in BOTH games from the get-go. It's painfully obvious that the coach is failing to deliver... and these interviews are far more damning since the problems aren't fixed and the coach isn't simply saying: I have to coach better and utilize my team for the success.
True, Clark already has a winning resume compared to Sides. She drove that Iowa program to great success and made everyone around her better. She knows how to win. Coach Sides still has to prove herself and shouldn't be throwing her one of a kind star player (and only chance at success) under the bus this early.
Coach Sides aside. The players need to learn how to play with Caitlin. Not one of these players at any level have played with a point guard that throws the ball to a spot where she expects the player to be. This is what good pro quarterbacks do routinely. This team is loaded with good outside shooters and several that have exceptional inside moves. Let the other guard bring the ball up. Then give it to CC or feed the post. At some point it will feel like the Fever is player 6 vs 5. Best passer and best shooter in one person. If Coach Sides is the wrong coach we will see it in the first 10 games.
Yes, Clark needs to work on developing a mid range shot. But what I was able to watch of the Atlanta game, Clark was not the Indiana player that needs to work on anything. In both games, it is obvious that the fever players are slow as f**k, do not move around with quality at the basket for Clark to avoid this "dancing," and the players seem to not care at times to play. When Clark had the ball at times, it looked like other players wanted to keep moving to a certain spot then look at Clark to see if a pass was already coming. They have not played with Clark enough to know timing of routs or plays so she doesn't have to wait 5 seconds for someone to get open and thus, has to do something with 2 people in her face.
She can shoot the midrange just as good, but why score 2 points when you can score 3? Rightly or wrongly, that is the basketball game now. Look at the nba, nobody wants to shoot a two, they always back away to the 3 point area before shooting.
The truth is usually in the middle with most things in life, but Ms. Clark just by herself has the ability to finally make the WNBA profitable. However, there is a movie, One on One from 1977 that shows what can happen when a Pete Maravich/Caitlin Clark phenom type of talent gets squandered. The first game has not even been played, but it already appears Coach Sides is already reining in Ms. Clark with some very public criticism. That would be like K.C. Jones dissing Larry Bird to the Boston Globe reporters instead of keeping it private. Not a good look!!!!!. If I were Ms. Clark, my trust in her coach would be on high alert!!
I think the coach is under a lot of pressure, honestly. Since day one of Caitlin Clark declaring herself for the wnba, almost everyone involved with the wnba has gone out of their to either downplay her accomplishments or outright criticize her with backhanded comments. And right now, some people are trying to use the race card against Caitlin saying she's not that good and she's only getting attention because she's white blah blah. Why isn't angel Reese getting the same attention? Blah blah. Therefore, I think strides are trying to make it look like she's not playing favoritism with Caitlin, but she kind of already is except in the opposite direction. I haven't seen strides coach much, but I do know this. So far this preseason, she hasn't made public criticisms about any other player but Caitlin. Unless you're trying to tell me all those other girls on the fever played flawlessly, it does come off as biased that Caitlin is the only player she goes out of her way to critique publicly.
Then once again, gotta take into account she’s not approving coach. She didn’t even want to be a head coach. I don’t know if she should actually be coaching a generational talent or she even know how to.
There is only one Caitlin Clark , dont try and out smart her , let her play her game and use her own instincts. Quit thinking you need to be the coaches coach with her or you will out smart yourself.
Nobody’s saying CC doesn’t need coaching but don’t stifle her. CC had just as good of players around her in college than she has now. At least they were able to handle her passes sir
The coach is trying to add 2 her game yes the circus shots are fun to watch but didn't translate to wins in her past when in big moments she would probably be a champion now if she added this to her arsenal.
This league is going to break her. Caitlin needs to play in Europe and let the WNBA play in front of empty seats and fly coach through busy airports. THAT is what Caitlin Clark brought to women's BB in just 1 week. She single-handedly brought in conservatively an additional $200M to the league, whereas the entire league made $45M last year. They messed with the wrong gal!
Pro coaching and college coaching is way different. Coach Sides made a comment about Aaliyah Boston and a few others. When CC passes the ball to AB she needs to shoot the ball not be unselfish and look to pass. When you catch the ball on a fast break get the layup don't look to pass. CC lost 7+ assist due to blown layups and passing up a easier shot.
The Steph Curry statement is interesting. Steve Kerr has put in place an offense that requires the other players on the floor to move in a way that creates good shooting opportunities for Curry. That is not what's happening with the Fever's offense. Sides said CC is "dancing" after the entry pass to the post and should be "setting screens" and be confident that the ball is going to come back to her. Curry's off-ball movement provides others to set screens so he can pop open with a good look. Sides should not be openly criticizing her star rookie. Sides should not engage in throwing shade on the Iowa's coaching staff. These "habits" are part of Iowa's success of going to back-to-back NCAA tournament finals with less on court talent than their opponents. Beating powerhouses (LSU, UCONN & SC) to get there.
If the league wants to survive, the league and Indiana coach needs to adapt to the type of play fans want to see. They won't, so the only way to save the league is to get rid of the old style players and coaches and let the new style players save the league.
Caitlin’s deep shots and incredible passing is what people come to see . She sells out games , why do you want to lose that money . Coach quit trying to reinvent Caitlin Clark . Coach Bluder let Caitlin be a winner which helped the team be a winner .
Agreed. She was open quite often in the mid range and she didn't take the shot. She said in an interview that she doesn't feel comfortable taking 2 pointers. CC will succeed is right. Go Fever!
People getting a little overreacting to an off shooting night. It happens , not a big deal , and a new set up so its expected really till they get comfortable
Rule #1 in coaching... DO NOT insult your team in front of the media. Say whatever you want in private. Caitlin is never going to change for her, so that is not the issue.
I dont think we should relax one bit. She is forgetting why she has 13,000 in the seats. I think it’s the Coach who has to figure out how to coach Caitlin. I disagree with you as well. Everyone has the right to dpeak their mind the ladt I checked.
Kaitlyn Clark have a mid range game. She just need to use it more. She needs to add to her games is a floaters The coaches literally said she don’t want Kaitlyn dancing with the ball that is part of her game smh
Every star needs to earn that green light and CC's game needs the greenest of lights to really explode. So she's going to have to earn her coach's trust. And her coach is going to have to earn the player's trust by doing these tough talks behind closed doors. Because trust is a 2 way street with star players.
I'm new to WNBA. I heard all the buzzing about CC and came to check it out. As good as she is, she's got to transition to a new league, new team and new coach. Coaches coach, fans watch and some pay. It takes time for the fans to transition from college, too. The girl hasn't played a single game and the fans want to fire the coach already. Wow. People need to slow down.
And when the guy asked her about Kaitlyn Clark shot, she should be saying those are a bad shot for the rest of the girls in the wnba , but those are not bad shots for her Exactly what she should be saying
You remind me of that group of students shouting "overrated" to Clark at a highschool basketball game. She proceeded to destroy the opposing team with her scoring 40 pts.🤣
I heard what the coach said, in other words: (1) Shoot a higher percentage shot like a long 2 pointer or (2) Pass the ball and let someone else take a higher percentage shot. If coach didn't like what she saw in the NCAA she should of drafted someone else!
Most old school coaches believe that plan A (play determined by coach, like triangle offense or inbound play) is the best execution of a score. But most points are made by both plan B (determined by players for example like pick and roll or alley-oop) and plan C (determined by individual for example like a break away lay-up or isolation play).
My favorite two basketball players of all time are MJ and Caitlin Clark .........but ......... Christie is kinda correct here....... I would tell Caitlin "you get one heat check .... if you are 'on' then you get the green light for awhile" to bring the defense out ....... but Christie don't forget ...those logo shots are what is putting butts in seats ....... but if she is 0-12 she'll keep shooting ..... so a little policing is a good thing.
You are absolutely correct. Caitlin has stated she has benefited greatly from coaching. Diana T has the personality of a brick but she is correct about transitioning to the W.N.B.A. and the associated learning curve that all players go through. Great players will become even greater.
For me this is still their learning curve. Both CC, their coach, and teammates are still learning what clicks and what doesn't. I'd be more concerned if this is how they play halfway of the season. It's a little unfair to compare her playing with her Iowa team vs her new team and expect them gel like they've been doing it for a long time. They just played 2 games, 2. Not 2 years. I've been a long time Spurs fan. Even getting Wemby, the so called generational player since LBJ, their team was still a disaster. 😅😅😅 So, I don't expect the Fever to just dominate the W immediately. There will be more turnovers before we start to see them kick more butts. Tho I hope they will not give all the plays they are trying to make for her during interviews. I dunno if that's normal since I often do not watch interviews like that until now. 🤷
Totally agree with all your points! People need to quite jumping to such negative conclusions regarding coach Sides...classic arm-chair quarterbacks. I did a background check on Sides about a week ago - impressive. She knows her stuff and she knows how to win in this league. People need to simply STFU and let the coach and players all gel together. This all takes time.
that coach is a total clown how could u tell a person who is playing a game from having a natural talent for the game try an break their game Jordan came into the NBA with his talent an passion for what he love doing so what she is saying makes no sense she is playing the game not the coach my coach talk the game an basic but as a player is who is playing the game so the best thing is studying the players of the teams u play that way u will know how to get your team to be effective so that coach needs a coach
Lol she was literally answering a direct question, like it wasn't even criticism really. Clark herself has even said in the past that those long 2s are actually harder for her than the 3s. These Clark fans who seem to think Clark has reached the height of her abilities and doesn't need to grow as a player are so confusing to me. She's fantastic, AND she has room to grow. And that's good news for the Fever!
Caitlin needs to make it plain to the coach that she will play like she always have, which is her signeratuee logo 3's instead of long 2's, if coach don't like it, go to owners. Caitlin is the star of the wnba , she has the power. Betweem her and the coach think if there is choice between coach or Caitlin going , think we know who will be packing.
You are right. Coach said (1:37) of Caitlin: "She's used to some shots that she's taken in the last few years that are just those deep shots." Coach did NOT say she shoots too many 3s. ONLY said Caitlin can get more 2s. This is a pro coach working on a deadly interior offense--Caitlin inside + greats Boston, Smith, Mitchell, & others. Thanks for seeing it.
You never hear her coach talk about all magical. She is with her skills and the way she could shoot the ball and where she shoot from what help make up her greatness.
Hey Man, Your Are Missing The Point Why Her Fans Are Upset!!!!!! Yes All Those Thinks Maybe True But The Media And The Public Doesn’t Need To Hear Her Faults !!!!!! It So Should Have Been In House Between The Coach & The Player Not The Rest Of The World !!!!!! It Sounds Like The Coach Is Laying The Ground Work To Why They Lose Games That Caitlin Wouldn’t Listen To Me & She Kept Taking Bad Shots and That’s Why We Loosing Games !!!!! And The Coach Is Not A Big Fan Of Caitlin’s Lago 3’s But The Coach Has To Understand That Caitlin Is a Volume Shooter and Yes She Going To Take Some Bad Shots Just Like Steps Does !!!! I Know It Drives Coaches Crazy But When She On Fire She Can Drop 30 at a Drop of Hat !!!!!
The Fans are correct after reading all the comments. They want the coaching to be private and not public. I feel sides wants CC to adapt to the team when I feel the team should adapt to CC . CC's game IQ is far superior.
I've noticed Caitlin "dancing" around, kind of aimless at times. She needs to get into the defense faster and zero in on someone. Can't disagree with the coach on that one also.
Agree with you Robin. Fans, ease up on coach for now. But fans 'should' eventually keep her accountable. Time will tell, but let's give coach a few more games into the season. I believe Caitlin has so much more potential that can blossom- coach is just trying to mine that out of Caitlin. Need to give the coach some room, since the team as a whole needs to win. Sure Caitlin could score 40 points ave every game, and they potentially could end up losing a good portion of those games. I do agree with some other comments that Christie should not have to tell the press 'everything', she has to keep some things in her back pocket and just talk about most things only to her players.
We should at least wait until the end of the season to judge the coach, at the end she probably know more than we do about how to coach. Also, ppl take what she said out of context imo
Well sure did you ask Ashley study that first game and the second game like I always do when she said the party says yeah she could take more tools she gets an open that I agree with but the part she don't say is this because when she's dancing around down there do you understand she's already made it down in the car and she's got to pull up while the rest of her team slowly gets down there sir this is what we're taking the issue to she's already down there like a like a rabbit I know you're going down there like a snail's pace so she's got two pull up and dance around while the rest of the team slowly gets down there no they need to get off your fat butts Enron instead of water waddle down the court this is the true problem so they're her coach is making it more about her and not the rest of the team getting their asses down there so she don't have to pull up and dance around and wait for them and this is why she's got a dance around waiting for the rest of her team to catch up to her this is the true problem they call them professional basketball players slowly running down the car I started running the same page or get somebody down or fast you touch the problem tell their coach fix that problem make it all about Clark problem is that she's making only about Clark and not about the rest of the team not getting their butts down there faster so she don't have to just pull up and wait for them to get down there sir this is the major problem don't just make it about Clark her two-point shot range if the recipe can't get their butts down there quicker we have a problem they ain't going to win no championship games cuz I played basketball in junior high and high School from 1971 to 1977 sir this is the problem I actually see
Change the way Caitlin plays overtime. To fit the way the fever want to play but on day two game 2 don't try to change what's worked so quickly she will get her mid-range game overtime but you cannot change what is worked for Caitlin for 4 years over two games it's too fast
CC needs to listen to her coach. She has to appreciate, college is over and livelihoods are being impacted, The team no longer revolves around her. The need of the many outweigh the need of the one. Being called out in public is part of the job, she's a big girl and should take it positively.
this coach is not a smart lady. indicative of the level of coaching for a league that can't sustain itself, prior to CC. coach knows how to coach ONE way. she's not going to change. which means that CC must fit into her coaching style. a smart coach would completely revamp the offense to take advantage of the greatest gift to women's basketball, EVER. that would mean being smart enough to develop an offense that would put CC at the center, being able to use all of her talents to make everyone else on the team better. that mindset, coaching style could spell WNBA national champion. sorry, but the current coach is not the one to pull this off. and if it goes on too long, it could ruin Caitlin Clark.
Everyone should shut up and let Caitlin play... Without anyone or anything holding her back.. She knows how to play the game.. That's why she's number one. 💕
Including the .5 seconds to decide? What the hell can you do in 1/2 second? That is so unrealistic. Yes, she can get better. As long as adding something doesnt stop something else. People come to see the CC they saw in college. Right or wrong. Time will tell whether they get a watered-down or improved version.
I completely agree with the title of your video! It takes time for her and her teammates to learn to play together. IMO there was a little over correction in the second game, but her teammates need to understand how to catch and finish her passes. Her long shots will always be available to her, but the offense has to be much better than the Iowa offense or the first preseason game. The second game looked much better (meaning, more inclusive, since the WNBA has way too many top-tier athletes to throw at her, and her teammates are much better), but I think ultimately it will be, someplace between the first and second game. The biggest thing is if she does not pull up and hit those longer shots, then the advantage of spacing and gravity that she provides will be lost. There absolutely has to be the right balance. The only thing I do disagree with is that coach through shade at the Iowa coach, without really understanding her entire situation. She took a team two years in a row to the finals with significantly less talent and depth than a lot of other teams. This i is going to take time. 10 or 15 games, then come back and assess. In the meantime… Patience!
Let's see how things go this week in their first real game. Caitlin has been under huge pressure for at least two years and she's come through the whole way. She is a natural champion and I think her and the coach will work it out.
Coach Sides got it exactly right. Butthurt Iowa fans need to get their half-eaten corn cobs out of their rear holes and realize this is a much higher level.
Caitlin can do no wrong in the eyes of her unwavering fans. Any other legitimate coach AND WNBA coach would have made the same comments, publicly and privately. Dawn Staley makes comments like this all the time.
Wow! When in the history of basketball has a rookies deserve so much lead way. All the greatest players such as Jordan, Kobe, and Bird . Their rookies season had to be coached up for the level of the league. College is different from the professional leagues regardless of the sports. Society had become so soft that you can’t criticize or speak your truth. Coach Sides was hire to coach and bring out the best in Caitlin and the other players. I guarantee if she had said this about another player on the team. There wouldn’t be outcry’s for her to be fired. I understand stand that the power that be want Caitlin to be the face of the WNBA. But Bird and Magic didn’t become the face of the NBA in one year. Therefore when the coach was ask a question. Coach Sides responded with her honest evaluation of her games.
Caitlyn doesn't have to carry the team anymore she needs to give her teammates the credit for being good it will only male Caitlin better in the long run
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You’re wrong Robin. You coach in private and praise in public. Bluder handled Clark brilliantly.
Bingo!
Great players don't care how hard they're coached. She did praise her y'all are just to death to hear it you only want to hear what you want
You don't watch sports
Coach needs to shut the hell up! Caitlin shoots long threes! We need her to just play the way she plays! She is selling out arenas! Christie wants her to be like everyone else! That is just plain stupid! These comments should be private if at all! Christie! You don’t know more than Caitlin! You just don’t! Let her win for you!
So what if they defend the long Threes and watch the passing lanes then what else she have?? She does commit a lot of turnovers when defended well
@@anthonytaylor7928exactly what happened in her first home game against the Dream. The pros lock you up.
I agree100%!!! She has this generational talent and she needs to let Caitlin play her game! No one is coming to these games to see NORMAL!
And the coach is trying to change Kaitlyn Clark game and want her to play more like everybody else with Kaitlyn Clark is not like everybody else. That’s what make her special.
That is not the situation she is trying to expand her game no player already knows everything that's why they need a coach great players allow themselves to be coached great fans understand that.
@@hottrakz THAT is between the coach and the team. She has no business taking it up with the media. She has to say "There are a few things to work on" and leave it at that. Expressing her displeasure in a player in front of the media is not the best way to keep a job. Maybe she wants to get fired. They need to hire a man to coach the team and stick to technical issues in practice.
It's Caitlin not Kaitlyn.
The attraction is CC not a WNBA version of CC
TRYINT TO FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKE
Coach is too candid and tends to rattle off, perhaps unused to this kind of attention that Clark brings to Fever. Praise in public and reprimand in private - good leaders do that.
EXACTLY. She is right about Clark but you have those discussions in private. Clark is a tremendous shooter and talent that must facilitate her PRO teammates talents. No more logos. To the rim, feed the open but dont overpass and take the midrange and floater, get to the LINE, work on the left hand. and mostly WIN. She will be historic.
@@jimkoll52 Sorry, I didn't say I agreed with the coach, only that she shouldn't be reprimanding her players in public. Saying no more logos is like telling Steph Curry not to play his game. If you watched Clark's college and highschool games, her logos are the differentiator. It fired up the Iowa team and got them into the national championships. Let Clark be Clark the way Steph is allowed to be Steph, and she will win them games.
@@jimkoll52
In college Caitlin’s FG% on long threes was nearly the same as from just beyond the arc.
Nah, Sides better get it together. Caitlin Clark has things she can work on of course, but Caitlin Clark should be Caitlin Clark as weve come to know her. You dont take that away. And the WNBA has a habit of making talented players justca cog. That cant happen here. Especially given what the fans came to see her. Sides will be gone if she cant figure it out.
100%
Agreed. But it may be too late. She has set the tone, and it may take empty game seats and flying coach through busy airports to get her focused again. Hopefully somewhere else. I think she jumped the shark.
Coach needs to change her coaching style, not the other way around. If she can’t, then she needs to go. The WNBA success is predicated on CC’s success.
Coach needs to change her way of coaching instead of trying to change the best player
Exactly
Not really- the coach is the one that needs to relax- shes trying to take what has made Clarks successful and clamp it down. That is complete BS
Seriously??? Do you think the coach was professional? Never in my life did I hear a coach act like she did… also that coach does not have the experience or IQ to handle CC. The coach needs to fix the team..not tamp down Caitlin. The coach does not make sense. Fix the team. The team misses every pass CC makes to them.
100% Coach is not reading the room
I too agree 100%. The coach needs to coach up the team so they can play with Caitlin. Caitlin plays at a quicker tempo than the WNBA. The coach needs to coach them up. An obvious example is that she needs to instruct her players on rim running. Then Caitlin will have outlets. Some players will have the hands, speed, and ability to finish. Caitlin will then work the ball to those player while the others spread the defense. That said, I do agree with the coach that Caitlin could take more of the opportunities she gets inside the arc. I recall at least two open opportunities outside the circle that she passed up. Taking those will pull the bigs to her in the future and open up passing lanes to the post.
Exactly
Let CC be CC and let everyone else learn to blend with her. She has brought Iowa Hawkeyes to where they are now. Their team in Iowa is more coordinated,just saying. Coach should let her be herself.
Coach needs to coach in private.
Exactly. This is my problem with how coach handled this.
I think she is diligently promoting Clark thru All of new Tools from Indiana Fever coaching staff to hone-in her skillsets. I think we should give her more props to say them publicly to WARN other teams about the new skillset to back down from hogging Clark. Just sayin.
Yeah bro 🤣
am very serious of what I say I use to play basket ball in my home an when I started out my coach who taught me the game I use to play one on one with him he was very good an he use to beat me down an I started to study his game play he was bigger than me but what made me to beat him is studying his game an developing my game to beat his game an he was very suprise at my progress so this woman needs to get the team to understand her game an go with the flow an everyone has to execute their game how they know to play
@@johnandrews6005 I’m sure Caitlin could run circles around her coach so I don’t see the comparison
Coach need to drill other players to be ready for her passes.So many passes went through their hands.
And teach them to make some layups wouldn’t hurt
Obviously this woman is not the right coach for the fever. She looks conflicted and not in touch with her team.😢
Who is Christie Side? There's absolutely nothing in her coaching or playing resume that makes me believe she is more basketball savvy than the best colligate, women's player of all time. Sides seems to want to plug a square peg into a round hole, but the fans are not interested in the status quo of that style of WNBA play.
I had to laugh at the notion that Sides doesn't like Clark's shot selection, I wonder what she would say about Steph Curry? Sides also complained about Clark's conditioning because she got winded. Forget the fact she (Clark) just finished an entire season of college ball while the rest of the Fever were enjoying their offseason. So far, I haven't seen or heard anything from Sides that would make me think she has a clue how to use a player of Clark's caliber. If Sides wants to help her team and please the fans, she needs to build her offence around Clark's skills. Sides needs to adapt to Clark's game, if she wants to win and keep fans happy.
U do realize most wnba players play all Year round in leagues overseas right??
Those players don't finish well
Sides should be much more worried about her slow ass team, other than NaLyssa, who are not up to playing at Clark's mental speed.
NaLyssa is hooked up to the Clark train already, others, including Sides better get it in gear. Or get left standing on the platform.
Clark has handled the transition to pro far better and with more grace than most of the WNBA. She's used to the big stage and the hoopla, Fever ain't.
The coach is too stupid to recognise this is a pivotal time with a gernational player coming to her team. Coach needs to go. She should have talked directly to Caitlin and not to Caitlin through then media. I guess the coach will be happy if Caitlin talks to the coach through the media? Caitlin would not do that because it would be UNPROFESSIONAL. This coach needs to be fired or reassigned today.
That coach need to be fired if she think of changing Kaitlyn Clark 💯💯💯
Spell her name right.
I agree
Now we know why people are already sick of CC fans. Acting so entitled and judgey when most of us are new WNBA fans. CC’s life long dream is to play on the WNBA - she knew she was going to be coached especially in the early years, especially with that crazy relentless aggressive D played in the professional league! Nothing wrong with getting CC outside of her norm and working on weaknesses in the pre-season - that’s what pre-season is for … …. Signed a life long Iowa fan and graduate - and CC fan.
@@marceybull Her fans don't act entitled and judgy and not many people are sick of them. More people are sick of the fans of other players.
@@anthonypuccetti8779 - And THAT' comment is not entitled and judgey, lol ... Good grief. And I'm not sick of other player's fans at all - as I'm focused more on my own fellow fans of CC and Iowa in general.
Sorry you’re wrong Steve, Indiana Coach is a control freak without the record to be a control freak.
Look. I've had a crash course in Clark play since I got the fever back in April. Watched by now probably every Iowa 23/24 game on YT. The reason why she didn't need to run around looking to get the ball back again after she passed to Syd, Hannah and previously Monika is that 9 times out of 10 they would convert the assist (and the same with Gabbie and her sneaky corner 3s) and then it was transitioning back to defence. Boston was rookie of the year, but she wasn't converting 9/10 assists those two preseason games, and neither were any of the other players. It's not Caitlin who needs to adapt to the "better" players around her, it's the other players who need play up to the standard Caitlin is used to.
But most of all - WTF is Sides doing telling everyone in the world about this? Does she not realise that this is going into scouting reports for all the other teams? Good grief.
Coach is obviously ENVIOUS of CC!
Coach’s comments about Caitlin should not be voiced in public. Any development matters about Caitlin games should be done in private.
I think the issue is, she seems to want to replace her game play.
NO, the issue is she scolded a team member in public. What she said doesn't matter, Caitlin can ignore her and play how she wants.
What she said is secondary to being a fool.
Nah that coach is a problem. To think that not even half a season in is wild.
The "dancing" is how CC confuses the opposite team members so she can sneak in her shot.
True. It's a mental game also. Psy-war.
It didn't confuse Raven Johnson... Just Saying
I’m a Cc fan with Iowa roots - but I was in awe of Raven - I thought she had to be like 6’1 and, it turned out she was a 5’8 sophomore!! I can’t wait to see how she progresses over the years.
@@curtisloden7201 It may not have confused her but caitlin was still scoring at will
@@rap3208 and Raven went home with a championship ring.
Realistically approaching this is normal: the coach's style vs Caitlin Clark's style of play would suggest that one is inferior to the other. Caitlin can lead a bunch of 2 to 3 star recruits with her "drive" and "passion" and on court performance to the PEAK of college basketball status: NCAA tournament championship. They should have never won against South Carolina, but they did. They shouldn't be able to beat teams like Uconn and LSU, but they did. Her playing style is highly effective and conducive of winning--the results spoke for themselves: conference championships for 3 years, 2 deep NCAA tournament runs, and an absurd amount of winning against arguably one of the hardest conferences in the country for the past few years. So, you cannot say that she is an issue when she's literally been able to produce results.
Christie Sides is a question for the fact that she has yet to prove herself capable of producing a winning culture. If she came in with "success" and "proven" results, then it'd be a different conversation. This is her only season to prove herself. You have winners on your roster, with players that have gone pretty far and found success, and then you have a couple of players and coaches that simply have been content with failure and underperforming as their career. And it is visually noticeable when you break down the games as a sample: two preseason games, for example. (We don't even need to look at the previous year, as that would be a nail in the coffin) Christie Sides, herself, made two claims/ evaluations of her team from the year before as to why they didn't make the playoffs:
1) Her team's defense was not good enough to secure winning tendencies.
2) Her team's offense was not good enough to make precise passes and have a team full of capable three-point shooters on the floor.
So, in the off-season, we have evidence that the team "found" some solutions in that regard: attain a player with strong experience at shooting from deep and passing and defense in Caitlin Clark as your point guard. Picked up Katie Lou as a free agent signee. Added a few veterans from overseas with high level production and experience to add to the same core players as last year. Drafted Celeste Taylor to add more versatility for defense. The team has 4 main pieces remaining on their roster:
- N Smith is still starting at the forward spot.
- A Boston is still starting at the center spot.
- Kelsey Mitchell is still starting at the guard spot, and we haven't yet seen her in action.
- Erica Wheeler, Lexie Hull, Grace Berger, Kristy Wallace are still on the team contributing as they did last year.
You literally have the same exact team except now you added a new starting forward that replaces Lexie Hull's spot and acquired two extra backups at Center/ Forward in TF and DD. Plus adding in the fact that you drafted Caitlin Clark, which is besides the point.
We've had enough evidence of all the potential pieces in action on this team, minus Kelsey Mitchell's actions, to get a gist of how the team will operate: their offense, defense, rotations, and substitution patterns within the game's duration for the past two preseason games. So, what has improved from the team concerning last year's results?
1) Offensively: same PPG values, so far. Regular season last year was at 81 PPG.
2) Defensively: you gave up 85 PPG, so now you've given up less so far.
3) Bad execution in late game situations still remains, as evidenced by both games.
The expectation is supposed to be an improvement on all facets, and unfortunately the only improvement is that last year's preseason vs this year's preseason is like a 7 point improvement on offense, frankly speaking. But the philosophy for better games seems like not a serious element because focusing on "defense" in training camp is entirely shifty: your team lost games with an inability to score enough points and execution on the offensive side of the court. If this team isn't winning, then it is a reflection of coaching. They weren't capable of winning last year, and if they fail this year, then it is entirely on the coach. They have UPGRADED their roster from a talent and utilization perspective, however, if they fail to win then they have ultimately failed to live up to expectations.
1) Boston and Smith are "supposed" to be one of the best tandems in the league.
2) Mitchell is supposed to be a consistent scoring threat in the league.
3) Katie Lou is supposed to be an upgrade for shooting and still adding size and defense to the team.
4) Caitlin Clark is supposed to be an upgrade for size and length on the defensive side and a scoring threat with a better playmaker ability than whatever player is on the roster from last year.
5) Their bench added a championship player from London, two of their starters from last year, and a couple of pieces from last year that contributed--as well as sign another big and draft a defensive player (if she's kept) to help add some pressure.
If this roster is so much more improved, then realistically you'd expect the team to have their kinks together and find some sort of success. The defense is better, in stretches when Kristy Wallace was not in the game, and used Caitlin Clark and a different guard there. The offense is not better. Boston, Clark, and Taylor are the only positive +/- box score contributions on this team, and that's alarming if your core 10 has only a couple of rookies and last year's ROY winner as their significant contribution towards winning. Maybe this is a reflection of terrible offensive sets from the coach?
If you look at their offense, then you'd notice just how poorly drawn up all of their sets are on that end. For the coach to actually suggest someone to "blah blah blah" about something when her offense is a joke, I'd be concerned. There's no way to justify turnovers on set plays like inbound plays, or bad screens, bad handoffs, bad drawn up last second shots, bad post ups that end up in offensive fouls, etc. You should have at least a dozen basic plays with movement out there, where a team can run a simple series of screens to help a player get open and shoot a simple shot. However, this team has like nothing like that. Makes you wonder what exactly has this team done during practice: besides making videos of them running around or whatnot. They can't finish transition layups, have no late-game execution from last year to fall back on, have no set plays to get others open, and clearly have no real lineup order or success at substituting their roster over the course of the game.
Looking at it logically, this team should be very good simply from the example of the two preseason games. You added better players at two positions, and that should essentially lead to more victories. Yet, you got out-coached in BOTH games from the get-go. It's painfully obvious that the coach is failing to deliver... and these interviews are far more damning since the problems aren't fixed and the coach isn't simply saying: I have to coach better and utilize my team for the success.
Thanks for the breakdown.
True, Clark already has a winning resume compared to Sides. She drove that Iowa program to great success and made everyone around her better. She knows how to win. Coach Sides still has to prove herself and shouldn't be throwing her one of a kind star player (and only chance at success) under the bus this early.
Coach Sides aside. The players need to learn how to play with Caitlin. Not one of these players at any level have played with a point guard that throws the ball to a spot where she expects the player to be. This is what good pro quarterbacks do routinely. This team is loaded with good outside shooters and several that have exceptional inside moves. Let the other guard bring the ball up. Then give it to CC or feed the post. At some point it will feel like the Fever is player 6 vs 5. Best passer and best shooter in one person. If Coach Sides is the wrong coach we will see it in the first 10 games.
Yes, Clark needs to work on developing a mid range shot. But what I was able to watch of the Atlanta game, Clark was not the Indiana player that needs to work on anything. In both games, it is obvious that the fever players are slow as f**k, do not move around with quality at the basket for Clark to avoid this "dancing," and the players seem to not care at times to play. When Clark had the ball at times, it looked like other players wanted to keep moving to a certain spot then look at Clark to see if a pass was already coming. They have not played with Clark enough to know timing of routs or plays so she doesn't have to wait 5 seconds for someone to get open and thus, has to do something with 2 people in her face.
The Indiana players don't finish bucket also
She can shoot the midrange just as good, but why score 2 points when you can score 3? Rightly or wrongly, that is the basketball game now. Look at the nba, nobody wants to shoot a two, they always back away to the 3 point area before shooting.
The truth is usually in the middle with most things in life, but Ms. Clark just by herself has the ability to finally make the WNBA profitable. However, there is a movie, One on One from 1977 that shows what can happen when a Pete Maravich/Caitlin Clark phenom type of talent gets squandered. The first game has not even been played, but it already appears Coach Sides is already reining in Ms. Clark with some very public criticism. That would be like K.C. Jones dissing Larry Bird to the Boston Globe reporters instead of keeping it private. Not a good look!!!!!. If I were Ms. Clark, my trust in her coach would be on high alert!!
100%. Coach needs to not mess this up. CLARK HAS A MAGNIFICENT GIFT. DO NOT BEAT IT OUT OF HER.
I think the coach is under a lot of pressure, honestly. Since day one of Caitlin Clark declaring herself for the wnba, almost everyone involved with the wnba has gone out of their to either downplay her accomplishments or outright criticize her with backhanded comments. And right now, some people are trying to use the race card against Caitlin saying she's not that good and she's only getting attention because she's white blah blah. Why isn't angel Reese getting the same attention? Blah blah. Therefore, I think strides are trying to make it look like she's not playing favoritism with Caitlin, but she kind of already is except in the opposite direction. I haven't seen strides coach much, but I do know this. So far this preseason, she hasn't made public criticisms about any other player but Caitlin. Unless you're trying to tell me all those other girls on the fever played flawlessly, it does come off as biased that Caitlin is the only player she goes out of her way to critique publicly.
let her play her game, or trade her, plenty team are willing to take her. after 4 years of college I think she knows the game how to get open!!
Then once again, gotta take into account she’s not approving coach. She didn’t even want to be a head coach. I don’t know if she should actually be coaching a generational talent or she even know how to.
She should not be speaking in front of the media. Saying the quiet part out loud.
There is only one Caitlin Clark , dont try and out smart her , let her play her game and use her own instincts. Quit thinking you need to be the coaches coach with her or you will out smart yourself.
Clark makes more money than Coach Sides, if you include endorsements. Let that sink in.
CC made more money last year than Bluder. Matter of Fact, she made more money in one year than Bluder made in CC 4 years.
WRITE THIS DOWN: Both will not be with the team by the end of the season. Either the coach goes hard... or Caitlin joins the Big 3 and Europe.
Perhaps the entire league.
Nobody’s saying CC doesn’t need coaching but don’t stifle her. CC had just as good of players around her in college than she has now. At least they were able to handle her passes sir
Exactly exactly. She’s a basketball genius, but the coach trying to shock her to not play her game.
The coach is trying to add 2 her game yes the circus shots are fun to watch but didn't translate to wins in her past when in big moments she would probably be a champion now if she added this to her arsenal.
Maybe against LSU but no one had a chance against this year’s South Carolina …
This league is going to break her. Caitlin needs to play in Europe and let the WNBA play in front of empty seats and fly coach through busy airports. THAT is what Caitlin Clark brought to women's BB in just 1 week. She single-handedly brought in conservatively an additional $200M to the league, whereas the entire league made $45M last year. They messed with the wrong gal!
@@RealPackCat her play will not fly in Europe they believe in coaching and fundamentals sorry. She will be exposed quickly there
Caitlin Clark is a great. She’s going to take and make tufts shots. That’s what great players do.
tough shots
Pro coaching and college coaching is way different. Coach Sides made a comment about Aaliyah Boston and a few others. When CC passes the ball to AB she needs to shoot the ball not be unselfish and look to pass. When you catch the ball on a fast break get the layup don't look to pass. CC lost 7+ assist due to blown layups and passing up a easier shot.
The Steph Curry statement is interesting. Steve Kerr has put in place an offense that requires the other players on the floor to move in a way that creates good shooting opportunities for Curry. That is not what's happening with the Fever's offense. Sides said CC is "dancing" after the entry pass to the post and should be "setting screens" and be confident that the ball is going to come back to her. Curry's off-ball movement provides others to set screens so he can pop open with a good look.
Sides should not be openly criticizing her star rookie. Sides should not engage in throwing shade on the Iowa's coaching staff. These "habits" are part of Iowa's success of going to back-to-back NCAA tournament finals with less on court talent than their opponents. Beating powerhouses (LSU, UCONN & SC) to get there.
100%
If the league wants to survive, the league and Indiana coach needs to adapt to the type of play fans want to see. They won't, so the only way to save the league is to get rid of the old style players and coaches and let the new style players save the league.
Caitlin’s deep shots and incredible passing is what people come to see . She sells out games , why do you want to lose that money . Coach quit trying to reinvent Caitlin Clark . Coach Bluder let Caitlin be a winner which helped the team be a winner .
Exactly that's what LBJ also said about Steph.
Agreed. She was open quite often in the mid range and she didn't take the shot. She said in an interview that she doesn't feel comfortable taking 2 pointers. CC will succeed is right. Go Fever!
People getting a little overreacting to an off shooting night. It happens , not a big deal , and a new set up so its expected really till they get comfortable
I disagree it is Sides who is over reacting to an off night by Clark.
Rule #1 in coaching... DO NOT insult your team in front of the media. Say whatever you want in private.
Caitlin is never going to change for her, so that is not the issue.
I dont think we should relax one bit. She is forgetting why she has 13,000 in the seats. I think it’s the Coach who has to figure out how to coach Caitlin. I disagree with you as well. Everyone has the right to dpeak their mind the ladt I checked.
Kaitlyn Clark have a mid range game. She just need to use it more. She needs to add to her games is a floaters The coaches literally said she don’t want Kaitlyn dancing with the ball that is part of her game smh
Every star needs to earn that green light and CC's game needs the greenest of lights to really explode. So she's going to have to earn her coach's trust. And her coach is going to have to earn the player's trust by doing these tough talks behind closed doors. Because trust is a 2 way street with star players.
I'm new to WNBA. I heard all the buzzing about CC and came to check it out. As good as she is, she's got to transition to a new league, new team and new coach. Coaches coach, fans watch and some pay. It takes time for the fans to transition from college, too. The girl hasn't played a single game and the fans want to fire the coach already. Wow. People need to slow down.
And when the guy asked her about Kaitlyn Clark shot, she should be saying those are a bad shot for the rest of the girls in the wnba , but those are not bad shots for her Exactly what she should be saying
Exactly
She could have said, "We are constantly working to improve" and left it at that. She did not have to give a lecture on her disagreement.
We shall see if this coach is a fit for CC.
Excuses by Clark fans after all their trash talk, she'll just be another role player
So true
You remind me of that group of students shouting "overrated" to Clark at a highschool basketball game. She proceeded to destroy the opposing team with her scoring 40 pts.🤣
Highschool not the pros.
Coach should Further Develop CC's talents...not INSIST on the styles she wants her players to play...or RESIGN!
Yes!!!
I heard what the coach said, in other words:
(1) Shoot a higher percentage shot like a long 2 pointer or
(2) Pass the ball and let someone else take a higher percentage shot.
If coach didn't like what she saw in the NCAA she should of drafted someone else!
Maybe Caitlin can give her coach some pointers of how to talk to the press?
Most old school coaches believe that plan A (play determined by coach, like triangle offense or inbound play) is the best execution of a score. But most points are made by both plan B (determined by players for example like pick and roll or alley-oop) and plan C (determined by individual for example like a break away lay-up or isolation play).
My favorite two basketball players of all time are MJ and Caitlin Clark .........but ......... Christie is kinda correct here....... I would tell Caitlin "you get one heat check .... if you are 'on' then you get the green light for awhile" to bring the defense out ....... but Christie don't forget ...those logo shots are what is putting butts in seats ....... but if she is 0-12 she'll keep shooting ..... so a little policing is a good thing.
That is one sure way to make a shooter lose confidence and start doubting if he can make the shots that she used to do confidently.
Logo shots don't mean crap if shes missing them and shes have been clanking them
@@anthonytaylor7928 Like Curry missesthose logo shots too?
She is getting all this hoopla because she makes these logo shots as you call them.
Styles sounds so dour. I want her to stop leashing the CC filly to a covered wagon.
YES!!
In baseball we love the home run. In football we love the bomb. In basketball we love the 3 pointer. Simple. Stay out of the way coach.
You are absolutely correct. Caitlin has stated she has benefited greatly from coaching. Diana T has the personality of a brick but she is correct about transitioning to the W.N.B.A. and the associated learning curve that all players go through. Great players will become even greater.
For me this is still their learning curve. Both CC, their coach, and teammates are still learning what clicks and what doesn't. I'd be more concerned if this is how they play halfway of the season. It's a little unfair to compare her playing with her Iowa team vs her new team and expect them gel like they've been doing it for a long time. They just played 2 games, 2. Not 2 years.
I've been a long time Spurs fan. Even getting Wemby, the so called generational player since LBJ, their team was still a disaster. 😅😅😅 So, I don't expect the Fever to just dominate the W immediately. There will be more turnovers before we start to see them kick more butts.
Tho I hope they will not give all the plays they are trying to make for her during interviews. I dunno if that's normal since I often do not watch interviews like that until now. 🤷
Totally agree with all your points! People need to quite jumping to such negative conclusions regarding coach Sides...classic arm-chair quarterbacks. I did a background check on Sides about a week ago - impressive. She knows her stuff and she knows how to win in this league. People need to simply STFU and let the coach and players all gel together. This all takes time.
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO STEPH CURRY WHEN HE CAME INTO THE LEAGUE...IT DOESN'T WORK TO CHANGE THE TALENT, IT'S WHAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE GAME.
that coach is a total clown how could u tell a person who is playing a game from having a natural talent for the game try an break their game Jordan came into the NBA with his talent an passion for what he love doing so what she is saying makes no sense she is playing the game not the coach my coach talk the game an basic but as a player is who is playing the game so the best thing is studying the players of the teams u play that way u will know how to get your team to be effective so that coach needs a coach
Lol she was literally answering a direct question, like it wasn't even criticism really. Clark herself has even said in the past that those long 2s are actually harder for her than the 3s. These Clark fans who seem to think Clark has reached the height of her abilities and doesn't need to grow as a player are so confusing to me. She's fantastic, AND she has room to grow. And that's good news for the Fever!
Caitlin needs to make it plain to the coach that she will play like she always have, which is her signeratuee logo 3's instead of long 2's, if coach don't like it, go to owners. Caitlin is the star of the wnba , she has the power. Betweem her and the coach think if there is choice between coach or Caitlin going , think we know who will be packing.
Clark is an animal, let her run!
You are right. Coach said (1:37) of Caitlin: "She's used to some shots that she's taken in the last few years that are just those deep shots." Coach did NOT say she shoots too many 3s. ONLY said Caitlin can get more 2s. This is a pro coach working on a deadly interior offense--Caitlin inside + greats Boston, Smith, Mitchell, & others. Thanks for seeing it.
CC is magic🤔 mmm Magic Clark😉her first trick could be to make Sides disappear! Go Magic Ponytail🐎!
You never hear her coach talk about all magical. She is with her skills and the way she could shoot the ball and where she shoot from what help make up her greatness.
"talk about all magical" What?
0.5 sec decision?
The coach is only helping her take advantage of more opportunities. Anyone should review all of Ms. Clark's college games before judging this.
The Problem is Sides is not an offensive minded coach. Get Dantoni in there
She’s trying to improve her game. Growth comes with accepting advice. She has to feel comfortable with some uncomfortable conversations.
Offer the job to the coach of Iowa.
Hey Man, Your Are Missing The Point Why Her Fans Are Upset!!!!!! Yes All Those Thinks Maybe True But The Media And The Public Doesn’t Need To Hear Her Faults !!!!!! It So Should Have Been In House Between The Coach & The Player Not The Rest Of The World !!!!!! It Sounds Like The Coach Is Laying The Ground Work To Why They Lose Games That Caitlin Wouldn’t Listen To Me & She Kept Taking Bad Shots and That’s Why We Loosing Games !!!!! And The Coach Is Not A Big Fan Of Caitlin’s Lago 3’s But The Coach Has To Understand That Caitlin Is a Volume Shooter and Yes She Going To Take Some Bad Shots Just Like Steps Does !!!! I Know It Drives Coaches Crazy But When She On Fire She Can Drop 30 at a Drop of Hat !!!!!
The Fans are correct after reading all the comments. They want the coaching to be private and not public. I feel sides wants CC to adapt to the team when I feel the team should adapt to CC . CC's game IQ is far superior.
So true Robin…I agree with every word!
Coach needs to be replaced.....NOW!
I've noticed Caitlin "dancing" around, kind of aimless at times. She needs to get into the defense faster and zero in on someone. Can't disagree with the coach on that one also.
After listening to your perspective, I've come to agree with you.
Agree with you Robin. Fans, ease up on coach for now. But fans 'should' eventually keep her accountable. Time will tell, but let's give coach a few more games into the season. I believe Caitlin has so much more potential that can blossom- coach is just trying to mine that out of Caitlin. Need to give the coach some room, since the team as a whole needs to win. Sure Caitlin could score 40 points ave every game, and they potentially could end up losing a good portion of those games. I do agree with some other comments that Christie should not have to tell the press 'everything', she has to keep some things in her back pocket and just talk about most things only to her players.
My cousin is a real estate agent in Indianapolis and is meeting with the retired coach from Iowa. Just saying.
We should at least wait until the end of the season to judge the coach, at the end she probably know more than we do about how to coach. Also, ppl take what she said out of context imo
wonder if she means .5 seconds or 5 seconds you can't do anything in.5seconds
Well sure did you ask Ashley study that first game and the second game like I always do when she said the party says yeah she could take more tools she gets an open that I agree with but the part she don't say is this because when she's dancing around down there do you understand she's already made it down in the car and she's got to pull up while the rest of her team slowly gets down there sir this is what we're taking the issue to she's already down there like a like a rabbit I know you're going down there like a snail's pace so she's got two pull up and dance around while the rest of the team slowly gets down there no they need to get off your fat butts Enron instead of water waddle down the court this is the true problem so they're her coach is making it more about her and not the rest of the team getting their asses down there so she don't have to pull up and dance around and wait for them and this is why she's got a dance around waiting for the rest of her team to catch up to her this is the true problem they call them professional basketball players slowly running down the car I started running the same page or get somebody down or fast you touch the problem tell their coach fix that problem make it all about Clark problem is that she's making only about Clark and not about the rest of the team not getting their butts down there faster so she don't have to just pull up and wait for them to get down there sir this is the major problem don't just make it about Clark her two-point shot range if the recipe can't get their butts down there quicker we have a problem they ain't going to win no championship games cuz I played basketball in junior high and high School from 1971 to 1977 sir this is the problem I actually see
Change the way Caitlin plays overtime. To fit the way the fever want to play but on day two game 2 don't try to change what's worked so quickly she will get her mid-range game overtime but you cannot change what is worked for Caitlin for 4 years over two games it's too fast
CC needs to listen to her coach. She has to appreciate, college is over and livelihoods are being impacted, The team no longer revolves around her. The need of the many outweigh the need of the one. Being called out in public is part of the job, she's a big girl and should take it positively.
this coach is not a smart lady. indicative of the level of coaching for a league that can't sustain itself, prior to CC. coach knows how to coach ONE way. she's not going to change. which means that CC must fit into her coaching style. a smart coach would completely revamp the offense to take advantage of the greatest gift to women's basketball, EVER. that would mean being smart enough to develop an offense that would put CC at the center, being able to use all of her talents to make everyone else on the team better. that mindset, coaching style could spell WNBA national champion. sorry, but the current coach is not the one to pull this off. and if it goes on too long, it could ruin Caitlin Clark.
I agree!!
Everyone should shut up and let Caitlin play... Without anyone or anything holding her back.. She knows how to play the game.. That's why she's number one. 💕
That’s what puts fans in the seats
This coach is 🗑, the Indiana team can't put up a screen for CC they are never ready for a pass, CC iowa team would crush this Indiana team
Yes, they would.
@rondafyall are hilarious un1
Including the .5 seconds to decide? What the hell can you do in 1/2 second? That is so unrealistic. Yes, she can get better. As long as adding something doesnt stop something else. People come to see the CC they saw in college. Right or wrong. Time will tell whether they get a watered-down or improved version.
I completely agree with the title of your video! It takes time for her and her teammates to learn to play together. IMO there was a little over correction in the second game, but her teammates need to understand how to catch and finish her passes. Her long shots will always be available to her, but the offense has to be much better than the Iowa offense or the first preseason game. The second game looked much better (meaning, more inclusive, since the WNBA has way too many top-tier athletes to throw at her, and her teammates are much better), but I think ultimately it will be, someplace between the first and second game. The biggest thing is if she does not pull up and hit those longer shots, then the advantage of spacing and gravity that she provides will be lost. There absolutely has to be the right balance. The only thing I do disagree with is that coach through shade at the Iowa coach, without really understanding her entire situation. She took a team two years in a row to the finals with significantly less talent and depth than a lot of other teams. This i is going to take time. 10 or 15 games, then come back and assess. In the meantime… Patience!
Coach saying shoot more, take the mid range shots.
She should be coached hard because of the amount of distraction she will be faced with.
CC22 develops a mid range unstoppable
Let's see how things go this week in their first real game. Caitlin has been under huge pressure for at least two years and she's come through the whole way. She is a natural champion and I think her and the coach will work it out.
Otherwise she needs a different coach
Coach Sides got it exactly right. Butthurt Iowa fans need to get their half-eaten corn cobs out of their rear holes and realize this is a much higher level.
Great video and lots of great commentary here.
Caitlin can do no wrong in the eyes of her unwavering fans. Any other legitimate coach AND WNBA coach would have made the same comments, publicly and privately. Dawn Staley makes comments like this all the time.
Wow!
When in the history of basketball has a rookies deserve so much lead way. All the greatest players such as Jordan, Kobe, and Bird . Their rookies season had to be coached up for the level of the league. College is different from the professional leagues regardless of the sports.
Society had become so soft that you can’t criticize or speak your truth. Coach Sides was hire to coach and bring out the best in Caitlin and the other players. I guarantee if she had said this about another player on the team. There wouldn’t be outcry’s for her to be fired. I understand stand that the power that be want Caitlin to be the face of the WNBA. But Bird and Magic didn’t become the face of the NBA in one year.
Therefore when the coach was ask a question. Coach Sides responded with her honest evaluation of her games.
Caitlyn doesn't have to carry the team anymore she needs to give her teammates the credit for being good it will only male Caitlin better in the long run