Caitlin Clark Waved Off by Both Kelsey Mitchell & Christie Sides
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Caitlin Clark had another record-setting game in the Indiana Fever's crushing loss to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday. Despite Clark leading the charge to cut the deficit from 21 to 3 in the fourth quarter, guard Kelsey Mitchell and Coach Christie Sides waved her off, each in her own way.
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Caitlin had 5 steals in this game...but she took her out when she wanted to get a steal. ROFL! Tell me that's not ridiculous on its own, smh. Thank you for breaking it down, I love your clear analysis! Give the hot hand the ball in a close game...Caitlin was the hot hand in that quarter. How does Sides not know that? There are just no words.
I was at the game, CC was so upset coach called that time out at the min mark, She yelled "dont call that time out" we had the mystics on their heals and gave them time to reset. I have to agree with CC you have to let the game play out here. I want to like Sides and give her Grace.. but she is making it hard.
Don’t forget, sites has been pulled by Engelbert about what she can, and cannot do. She is complacent in the sabotaging. She might get fired by Indiana, but she has bigger fish to fry in the WNBA.
Coach Sides' thinking: Man, we need a steal. Time to take out the girl who has five steals in this very game.
😆 that is pretty funny or SAD???
CC had 5 steals and 3 blocks and she is a defensive liability? Fire that coach already.
She doesn't guard a player well. She gets turnovers off of anticipating what on off player will do. Allen Iverson did the same thing. When you observe what the player or area of assignment that she has, and how much scoring is produced, that's where the liability is seen.
@@robertparker3586 finally! Someone is talking about plus/minus in regard to CCs defense. So, what are the stats in regard to her defensive assignments or area of defense? Who, exactly, is going off against her?
@@barbiedahl What a good question! Also, what are others on her team doing because I see a WHOLE LOT of her teammates not being able to keep their assignment in front of them.
@@theadriennerossshow3143 💯🎯 a lot of people are harping on her supposed lack of defense but nobody is bringing the receipts. Until then it's just a lot of opinions and no facts.
The whole team, especially the post players, gets cooked. If they actually play good, both Smith and Boston... they win!
To take out your best player, best stealer, best shooter when you need a steal and a 3 point shot to tie? That is next level crazy.
The Iowa coach kept CC on the floor in games as much as possible, that was not favouritism, it was common sense.
CC had more steals in this game than anyone but you take her out in hopes of getting a steal??? Truly embarrassing level of stupid for Coach Sides. At this point, CC should only come out of the game when she asks for a rest. At this point, CC should be allowed to run this team as a veteran point guard is allowed to do in most cases. She is clearly smarter than the coach .
Sides lack of intelligence is obvious
One other thing Coach Sides did which makes ZERO sense is changing the starting lineup after a win against #1 team.
@@jodale1972 If I remember correctly, she also did this the game after beating Phoenix.
Sides should have benched Mitchell right on the spot and explain to her that she should have passed it to Caitlin since Caitlin was hot and Mitchell was not.
CC has more steals than the rest of the team combined and she’s the defensive liability???😅
And she blocks shots.
Yup, Kelsey wanted to play hero ball. I don't like her unpredictability. And Sides is a joke. I can't stand her idiotic decisions...needs to go.
At Iowa Clark was the team’s general. The offense ran through her, and everyone was on board, coach and teammates. As a result, they far exceeded expectations given their size, talent, etc. relative to other teams. If the Fever would simply follow Iowa’s example, they would obviously be a better team and have more wins. I can understand their hesitation at the beginning of the season: giving a rookie full command. But now Clark has proven herself beyond a doubt. You can see she’s a five-star general on the court, but she’s being waved off and undermined by her lieutenants. In basketball and the military, breaking chain of command is disastrous to your strategy and morale. As a veteran, Mitchell is probably embarrassed to hand over leadership to Clark, especially in critical moments. Her act of waving Clark off was pure egoism. That’s very destructive. Even if they replace Mitchell with a lesser talent, the team would do much better.
💯 well said
If I need a steal, why would I take the player that understands passing lanes out of the game. Who had the most steals and blocked shots? Please explain how she is a liability.
It only makes sense in Sides' brain, and I don't think I want to go there.
Great evaluation. Bad mistake by Sides. Caitlin was hot at that point defensively and in offence.
@@BMA0522 apparently, to some of the haters in this comment section, it's because CC can't guard ANYONE. 🤣😂🤣😂5 steals and 3 blocks but SHE can't guard anyone 🤦🏻♀️
And yet, Mitchell and wheeler are left in the game... how many blocks and steals did they have, TOGETHER, at that point in the game?
Good defensive teams don't want to rely upon the gamble. The Fever will have to build around CC. Look at the GS model. Steph Curry isn't a defensive stopper either. Hence, you put people who are good two way players around your franchise. Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, ect....
For every 1 turnover she may collect, there are dozens of plays where she gets blown by on defense. You have to watch both sides of the game.
How is Sides not fired after this game. Omg she is awful
Something isn’t right 🏀
@@pattiesalyards6192 Sides wants to call a play where the coach gets the credit for winning the game. It's about her
5 steals, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks and she's a defensive liability?
CC not a great defender but she definitely makes up for it with those steals, blocks, rebounds
I have noticed Mitchell will hardly pass the ball to Caitlin. She will pass or dribble away from Caitlin. There is something going on.
Exactly! She seems to dislike her.
Totally agree. CC was a spectator at the end of the game. The problem is Sides. Sides doesn't seem to see Mitchell's play as a problem. She's a shooter and doesn't see the floor. Meanwhile, Sides downplays CC's performance saying, " She's showing improvement". I wonder if Sides wanted Clark on her team. Fire Sides
Sides didn't want CC, ownership did ...
Christie Sides did an injustice to Caitlin Clark. Caitlin Clark has 15 points in the last quarter to close the 21-point deficit. She deserves to take the shot try in the dying seconds. To take her out of the last play is an unforgivable decision of Christie Sides. #FIREChristieSidesNOW
Bad decision for sure!
FIRE SIDES NOW!!
Sides is undoubtedly trying to sabotage CC. Even a blind person listening to a Fever game on the radio would be able to see what she is doing.
@@gregglass119 but why would she do that? What would she gain from doing that?
....I know this is the internet where we can just say any ol' thing as if its true and no one bats an eye. And I'm sorry to be that one lone person who doesn't go with the flow. But I just can't do it. I can't just say any ol' thing simply because it's a trendy thing in this generation to make everything controversial.
I just have to ask. Why would Sides just have it out for Caitlin?
I actually think it's more difficult than we fans think it is to manage the egos of an entire team of professionals who feel they are equally capable and should be getting just as many touches of the ball as the new fan favorite-girl.
This puts Sides in a position to make sure everyone is happy with how often they touch the ball. Which makes fans of CC mad. I don't think Sides is against Caitlin....she just understands the feelings of the entire team. Any coach they get will have to deal with that.
I think Kelsey is talented but my problem is that she's doesn't see anything but the net and is not a team player. I'm not asking for her to be a play maker, just pass to an open player and don't hijack the ball for ten seconds in a possession.
I feel like Mitchell is what people who had never actually watched Caitlin thought she was. When in reality she’s probably the best playmaker in the entire league, already. Mitchy is a scorer and a good one unfortunately sometimes you’ve got to find a better play and she’s either incapable or is deciding not to. Would love if they had a coach that could help get the best out of her and show her when to drive like she does and when to see her teammates.
I blame sides for not helping Mitchell understand a lot of this
Sides has let her do this all season
@@daz97 horse to water but make it drink it....
@@joeyirc
Its the Couch's responsibility
If the player refuses to play their role in the team you bench them
I want Mitchell to stay, but I also want her to become part of the team
She can do her own thing, but she needs to choose when and when not to do that better
Sides' strategy:
1. We need a steal. Let's substitute out the player with five steals who's led this comeback.
2. We need a three. Let's send the player who is 5-9 (with 15 points in the quarter) to the far side away from the ball so we can set up a shot for a player who is 0-7.
C.C , is the first woman to break a record , while getting an award for breaking a record she was the first women while winning an award at the ESPYS , and ESPN brushes is under the rug She was the first woman to ever win 'best record-breaking performance ESPY award .
Typical behavior from those 2. CC played well but im tired of seeing the league, her coach, espn and certain teamates work against her. On top of that seeing AR stat padding in a desperate attempt to keep her double double streak alive sickens me. Its bush league play and ruins the fair level of competition, it makes the W look bad and is disrespectful to the game.
@@asherbrijalba20 yes. Did you see that play when AR didn't even come down to defend and waited for an outlet pass to score? Can't remember who the Sky were playing but it was ridiculous, she never even came into the frame until the ball was thrown the length of the court to her under the offensive basket.
Sides rook Caitlin out for defensive purposes? Caitlin had 5 steals and 3 blocks. Those are unbelievable defensive stats by Caitlin. Fire Sides and the assistant coaches.
Adrienne is saying that's what she thinks Sides is thinking, but yes I agree fire Sides immediately.
@arlypaulmigueldamuy5221 I think you realize this, but just in case: *I'm* not saying she's a liability. I'm saying that's what Sides thinks.
Mitchell will always take the last two pieces of candy in the box. She is not a team player
@@tiffinhappy9744 She has always been a number 1 option. Hard to change that mentality, especially for a rookie.
5 blocked shots and 3 or 5 steals, but Clark was the defensive weak link 🙄
Sides needs to be fired.
She is the only person standing in the way of the Fever realizing their potential.
well I don't know if I"d go that far. they need to work on defense, e.g. not waive Celeste Taylor. and they need to buy in to actually using the 1st round draft pick they have, and use her as a point guard. but yes, the coach could be part of making that happen.
Cach Sides is a horrible excuse for a coach. She has NO IDEA about what she is doing.
She took her out. What an incompetent move. Like a high school move. Like trying to be a brilliant coach but instead proves incompetence. She had 5 steals already. No one else had 5 steals. Foolish
Caitlin should have never been taken out … she had 3 steals already smh. Can’t believe you got the best shooter on your team and she’s been hit all the 4th quarter and you don’t draw a play for her ??? She needs to go man .
She had 5 steals in this game! I'm with you, I just don't understand what she was thinking. smh
Mitchell runs the game because Coach Sides allows this to happen
What's odd about Kelsy waiving CC off is Caitlin had given her 6 or 7 wide open looks during the game. Kelsey just didn't make the shots. Sides takes out CC late in game when she had 5 steals and 3 blocks that contributed to the comeback. Was Sides not watching the game unfold in front of her. It's inexcusable coaching and really poor situational awareness.
Remember, she's being subbed out for defense in a game she had 5 steals and 3 blocks. Fire Sides.
Exactly... Makes no sense 😮
If we are this frustrated, I can't imagine how CC must be feeling.
She lets the other team go on a huge run,, without calling time-out, but when HER team is hot, she call time-out.
It's almost as she wants to humiliate CC by taking her out when they need something big. WHICH TEAM MATE HAS SHE CLEARLY PULLED FOR A SPECIFIC PLAY LIKE THAT.
She's jealous of CC too and is undermining her team's success because of it. Who's paying her money to sabotage her team?
Mitchell would rather shoot than win.
Agree she has no team in her vocabulary or basketball value.
I must admit, I don't understand why that coach would not have given the ball to Clark. That was ridiculous!
Having watched Fever only this season the weakness is Mitchell. A streaky, selfish player who listens to no one. Mitchell should be taken aside and told her purpose on the team, and that is to support her team.
All focus should be on CC running the offense. CC should touch the ball every single time up the floor (Magic Johnson). This gives CC the best view to see what the defense is giving them and react. Sitting CC on the bench in critical junctions is like taking the QB out of the game in the final 2 minutes of an NFL game. STUPID.
That's where a legitimate coach would put Mitchell on the bench until she learned to play team basketball.
As soon as Mitchell and Boston were named All-Stars, I would have traded them. They'll never be worth more than that moment.
Or Zeke Thomas
I’m an IU fan. Live here in Indiana. While CC was at Iowa, I disliked Caitlin of course. She complained a lot to officials. Still does, but now she plays for our team in Indy. THE number 1 thing I did learn is that if a team wants to win, you NEVER take Caitlin Clark out at the end of the game. If it was for defense, wouldn’t you want the player with the most steals to be in? It’s mind blowing. Kelsey was the best player on the team. Twenty three games into her career, Caitlin is among the top 20 players in the league. Someone needs to advise Christie Sides that.
She is the best player I have seen in my 63 years and I played and watched a lot of basketball in my life.
CC doesn't complain anymore to the refs than anyone else does. And most of the time, she is correct in doing that.
Top 20? That sounds like something a uconn alum would say.
@@7671889 not a member of the UConn mafia.
To be fair, there were/are many players who complained to the refs on a regular basis, Clark was definitely one, but the cameras were constantly on Caitlin, so it made her look bad.
Clark has 5 steals in the game today but she took her out to get a steal. Sidesnhas to be fired. .
Absolutely ridiculous that Sides took out CC after that timeout.
It was CC’s steals that got them within 3 points.
Sides is used to coaching mediocre players on a loser of a team. She's not equipped to coach a player of Caitlin's calliber...can't keep up with greatness.
Exactly. They should interview Lisa Bluder. She certainly knows how to coach CC!
The weakest lonk in this fever team is sides. 24 games in and she still don't know who to play . Where and when
Trust me these dummy fever management people like the general manager and the owner think this young coach is doing a good job. Caitlin Clark is not shooting the ball when the game is on the line all season coming out of time out you have to set something up for her. She doesn't have to shoot the clutch shot every time Mitchell can help with that or somebody else but this is ridiculous Caitlin never shoots when time is running out in the game and the game is undecided.
What a horrendous pathetic performance yesterday for 3 and 1/2 quarters by the fever. That's that f***** up coaches for.
There you’ll go blaming the coaches again after an L 🤣🤣🤣.
@@Rich2rich87 We also blamed her after the win tonight. It’s always easy to tell who doesn’t watch the game but wants to comment. No one who knows basketball thinks Sides is a good coach. So… do YOU think she’s a good coach?
@@theadriennerossshow3143 I ain’t hear anyone blaming her after the win, that’s why I wrote the message.
@@Rich2rich87 Yep, not only did I do a live after, was a part of a live during, and just watched two videos blasting Sides after tonight’s win, I can assure you, people are and have always been calling out Sides-win or lose.
Not only is Coach Sides acting like Caitlyn Clark is a defensive liability like you showed, she's also acting like Caitlyn Clark is a liability on offense! Why deny the ball to Caitlyn when she brought back in the game? She might as well bench her for the last minute altogether! Why put her back in the game with 16.2 seconds, only to have her set screens and run decoy!? Either she can't coach or she wants to limit Caitlyn Clark's potential for success. Anyway, thanks for the video!!!
SPOT ON I agree with you 100%
Sides killed their chances when she called a time out when Clark got fouled shooting a 3. I was at the game and it was very chippy. Also please credit Lexie Hull's defense in the comeback. She had to defend HinesAllen and Dolson in the post and she got deflections both times the Mystics tried to get the ball to them.
YES! Hull always brings the intensity. I didn't say it in this video, but I did talk about it during my live of the game. Good point!
I was at the game, too. Did you see Clark’s frustration when the Sides called the timeout? I don’t blame her. They had the momentum. Sides makes bad decisions, bad substitutions and she doesn’t stand up for her players or use her challenge. Dolson clobbered Samuelson, and I thought it could have been upgraded to a flagrant, but Sides hardly said anything. Clark got fouled on a block when she was taking the ball to the basket in the 4th quarter, and Sides didn’t say anything but yelled at Clark about he inbounds play as the block had went out of bounds. The way Clark looked walking off the court at the end of the game reflected what us fans were feeling…disappointment over a missed opportunity of Clark taking the final shot. Sides needs to go!
Yes, her frustration was very evident. I'm guessing the Fever management will keep Sides through the end of the season and look for a new coach during the off season.
I usually like Mitchell and her energy. But to think someone is going to finally get hot in the last 60 seconds of a game? Insanity.
Sides is under a microscope with millions of people watching. She doesn't know that to be effective, the plays need to start with her point guard, whether she likes it or not. Watching her try to fight that concept is painful to see. It is like a football coach who doesn't like starting each play with the ball in the quarterback's hands. It shows a lack of fundamental understanding and makes her resentment of the point guard clear to everyone. That just can't be allowed to continue. It would be the kindest to remove her now and not force her to keep embarrassing herself on national television. I suspect they are leaving her, hoping her incompetence will get them another lottery pick, but that isn't fair to anyone, especially Sides.
SIDES ,IS THE WORST COACH OF ANY LEAGUE , WHEN SHE HAS A WINNING FORMULA , THE NEXT GAME SHE CHANGES IT, THEY LOSE , ITS THE PLAYERS FAULT , A REPORTER ASKED HER WHY SHE CHANGED THE STARTING LINEUP , SHE SAID , ITS THE COACHES DECISION AND REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT IT , SHES SUPPOSED TO BE THE COACH , JESUS , SHES KILLING THE MOMENTUM OF THIS TEAM , BRING IN A COACH THAT KNOWS WHAT THERE DOING , SHE HAS THE NUMBER 1 PICK IN CLARK , A GENERATIONAL PLAYER AND BOSTON ANOTHER TOP PLAYER AND DOESNT KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME AROUND THESE TWO GREAT PLAYERS, ANYONE ELSE WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO HAVE THEM ON THEIR TEAM, ARE THEY MISSING IN FEVER HEADQUARTERS, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND MADE SIDES A HEAD COACH , SHE NEEDS ANOTHER FEW YEARS MINIMUM AS ASSISTANT COACH
Fever basketball at times looks like willy nilly basketball....unorganized....that's coaching...to blame a team let down from the liberty win, to me, sounds like a coach that is deflecting from her own lack of experience.
@@seamus6666 I don't think Sides had a winning formula. The team won in spite of Sides
Mitchell has started to buy in to this system and plays very well initially, Kelsey gets brain farts some as all are, sides will ever learn, CC is leading the team in steals, stupid sides
I'm beginning to wonder if Sides is being payed off to lose. H.S. Coaches do a better job than Sides !!!!!!!
I wonder if Mitchell has something on the coach. She favors her a lot and let's her get away with ball hogging and ignoring Caitlin.
5 steals and 3 blocks but take her out since she good on defense .....answer Wheeler comes in and fouls ......stop calling her coach Sides ...she is not a coach
Why is she being subbed out for defensive reasons for a 5’8 point guard?? & she had 5 steals for the game!! Make it make sense!!
Who in their right mind gives the last game winner shot to a Player who is 0/8 instead of a Player who is 5/9 from 3
Clark usually inbounds when she didnt I knew she was a decoy
You're down with 16 seconds left and you sit a star who's hot? I am now convinced that Sides is _deliberately_ doing this sabotaging nonsense.
Taking a player out of the starting lineup who was +22 against New York is sabotage. And she was sitting late into the fourth quarter too.
No! Defense strategy! Spot on! They needed a stop bad.
Mitchell had someone wide open under the basket and instead of passing to them, she shoots a horrible 3pt shot
Best Record-Breaking Performance: Caitlin Clark becomes NCAA’s All-Time Scoring Leader breaking Pete Maravich’s Record
a record previously held by a man, Clark is the FIRST woman EVER to receive this espy. This is ESPN's party, right? How does this not get mentioned?
The only person to blame is Christie Sides and how can she be so clueless. She comes off of beating the best team in the league and changes the lineup as well as the game plan. What is that???? It is so frustrating I feel so bad for Caitlin, she doesn't deserve a coach that is so incompetent.
The coach is sabotaging the team, she doesn’t want to win! Sides must’ve gotten paid good! This coach needs to be fired 🔥
Makes me think she’s making bets that her team loses and making bank behind the curtains.
If Caitlin Clark had that Kobe Lebron mentality she’s taking the last shot and ignoring the Coach . It’s not like the coach has any leverage
She didn't even get the ball that last possession
@@johnhenry3773 Exactly. She can't just take the shot if no one is willing to give her the ball in the first place.
Coach sides is a DEI coach. She calls plays for her team to receive equitable time with the ball and like everyone should be included instead of calling plays TO WIN
It just seems like sides is intentionally losing games smh
What is the saying never blame malice when incompetence is the real reason.
Catlin Clark should be the MVP & Rookie of the Year, regardless of what the racist in the WNBA say.
Just ROTY, Aja should be MVP.
She won’t win mvp. And cc will most likely win rookie of year award while Reese is focused on doing something important as always. And thats going on a dominant playoff run. Championship is the standard eventually..
won't happen, you,.... the slavery thing.
It probably was Clark's best game of the season in passing for assists, blocks, scoring and rebounds. Is Sides stupid or does she just not like Clark? She is sabatoging her coaching career. It's amazing how well Clark has done in spite of her spiteful or dumb coach.
Yeah, the logic of taking your hottest player out is ridiculous. You can't even assume the play would have gone the same way if she was in - - CC changes the dynamics.
its exhausting watching Sides and Mitchell! Seriously anytime CC gets going they ignore her! Sides cannot see that CC needs the ball? She cant call a play for her? Wait CC has 3 blocks and 5 steals and 5 rebounds and she is not still respected as a defender? My goodness! She wants to win! great players make great plays at that needed time and Sides keeps forgetting who CC really is! Make it make sense! Sides has to go!
Sides takes out Caitlin, who has had 5 steals in the game, so she can run an inbound defense designed to steal the ball. Enough said.
She’s great at stealing the ball in. College she never got token out
Pull her for defensive reasons? Hey Hon she WAS YOUR DEFENSE. 5 steals 3 blocks multiple pts in transition. COME ON!!!!
SPOT ON I agree with you 100%
I'm convinced sides constantly uses Clark to draw defenders and pass so she can get players like Mitchell and others shine. Sides doesn't like Clark nor wants her or this team too succeed
Fantastic analysis! But soooo frustrating to watch. Kelsey Mitchell is a ball hog and didn't help CC, but ultimately this is the result of poor coaching. Thank you for illustrating that so well!
Christi Sides waving off Caitlin who was 5 of9 on 3 point shooting is bad enough, but for for Kelsey who was 0-8 who likes to pad her stats is sounding like a conspiracy against Caitlin and dumb all the way around How a Coach who makes mistake after mistake and still be the Coach is beyond understanding
Kelsey Mitchell is the #3 all-time NCAA WBB scorer and still believes she's a catalyst. CC can make her better and get her points
in college mitchell scored 3,402 points with 545 assists. CC scored 3,951 points with 1,144 assists.
Not even close. Mitchell has always emphasized scoring she doesn't care about elevating her teammates and making the team better.
Ok. I’m thinking YOU should take over for Sides! It’s obvious that you know the game and how each player should be used to get those WINS. I absolutely love your show. ❤️🏀❤️
I was gonna say the exact same thing I so agree.
I've said before and I say it again
from beating the top team to LOSING MISERABLY to the last team... OMFG REALLY? AND WHY ON EARTH CC DID NOT EVEN HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE TO TAKE A SHOT? SIDES IS REEEAALLY STARTING TO IRRITATE ME..
Caitlin sitting out any of the last minutes at all is dumb? Caitlin has the highest steals and blocks; how is that a defense liability?
Thank you for breaking this down so well. Sides' coaching is inexcusable.
Coach Sides is the problem.
It appears that way
CC is a CLUTCH 3-point shooter! WTF?????
Lexie Hull needs to be on the floor more for defense. Hope she’s not the next defensive player to be released.
The Fever signed Hull, Smith and Wallace to 4th year options. I think that means they cannot be waived this season, possibly traded though
Mitchell wanting to shoot, pass and call plays like Caitlin does not make it so. A legacy in her own mind. Dreamer.
Fire this coach immediately!
Sides is awful coach. She wants to be relevant and she over coaches. Sides is holding the team back
Who the f substitutes LeBron or Curry when you're down 3 with 16 seconds to go??? This is beyond incomprehensive. It's like Sides doesn't understand basketball?
“Cough,… Um … We gotta just keep showin’ up. And we gotta figure it out!” - Coach Sides
Reporter: “What did you tell your team to cause them to rally like that in the fourth quarter?”
Coach Sides: (Silent. Choke. Mumbles BS)
The problem is the same with the coaching staff as it is with the folks in the comments. Everyone tries to softshoe their approach to criticizing Mitchell. Being quick and out of control with no more to offer than a streaky best attribute should result in an invitation to ride the pine. Her presence is a hindrance. All it takes is one apple to go bad. In this case the team will never follow Caitlin Clark because Mitchell continues to upset the power structure. The game against the mystics was a one off. Caitlin can do that more often than not. However she won't because she's always placating Mitchell. It needs to be said simple and plain that the entire offense runs through Clark. If they don't like it ask for a release.
I just typed this about the benching... she's competing with CC. That's a damn problem.
Realistically it's not a fixable problem and it shows every time Mitchell touches the ball. They have to deal her away along 4 to 5 other players. The rookie on the Washington team would have played well with Clark. Until then it's about trying to make the playoffs.
Sides actions reminded me of the game not too long ago where Caitlin scored 5 points in 14 seconds and Sides called a time out immediately. She doesn't seem to be able to keep up with Caitlins game... Yet she watched 17 points happen against them before calling a timeout in this game...
Is Caitlin so bad defensively?
Didn't she just have 5 steals and 3 blocks in this game?
Why keep a player with 5 steals on the bench while your strategy is to get a steal...!!!?🤷
As bad as Mitchell was playing , Mitchell should have passed it to Clark Period as for Coach Sides needs to be fired ASAP period . Caitlin Clark needs to Go to another team period
If the idea is to get a three wouldn't you want it in Caitlin's hands
Excellent breakdown and video. Sides always seems to take CC out of the game when CC is hot. I'm sure Sides will blame the team for the loss and not take responsibility for her poor coaching. Sides needs to go. Period.
This coach just doesn't have a clue what she is doing she just needs to be FIRED! Caitlin Clark should never be out of the game at the end of a game, Sides has never watched her college games and sees what she can do under pressure. Sides is PATHETIC! Can you imagine Caitlin's stats if she had a good coach from the beginning? Sides has got to go!!!!!
Yeah. That was a weird last play. Give it to your playmaker who both leads the team, is by far your best passer, is your scoring leader, and is currently hot in the game. And you live or die with that. Jordan kicked out to an open Steve Kerr. You give it to your playmaker, and they take the shot, or they kick it over to an open player.
I didn't get why she took her out, either. CC already had 5 steals, so why not keep her in?
Exactly. Also, CC and Hull spearheaded the comeback. They deserved to stay on the floor more than anyone.
SIDES IS SUPER SHITTY AND CLEARLY sabatoges Clark.
5 steals and 3 blocks in addition to being the hottest shooter-and she can’t be trusted on defense in the last minute when your only real hope is her quickness on the pass or distance on the shot? Stupid. And as you say, Sides does this often.
My thoughts exactly. Sides is a horrible coach.
Mitchell never and I mean never passes the ball to Catlin ever
If she is such a defensive liability, how did they get all the stops in the comeback? They needed a whole Lotta stops, but somehow this particular stop is different? Hoping to get a steal, didn't Kaitlyn have five steals at this point? Coach killed this win, unknown if intentional or just incompetence.
Great analysis, as always, Miss Ross, seems to me the no-brainer play is give the ball to CC, and get out the way.
Can we get Phil Jackson? Pretty sure he'd know what to do with Clark.
Mitchell is not a team player. Fever will never be successful if changes are not made with personal and coaching
Man i love Mitchell but man the teams chemistry is all whack. let the egos go, let the baskets be made. RUN PLAYS THROUGH KAITLIN, GET RID OF CHRISTIE SIDES
Mitchell despises that this team belongs to a much better player. And that isn't gonna change. If she was on the Liberty, she'd be benched /traded for this kind of play with it being Ionescu's team. Send her down the road sooner than later. Get a G that will play CC's game.
Sides has made called these same silly anti Clark plays in every close game this season. These anti-Clark, last minute plays will definitely cost Sides her job. The sooner the better for the Fever!
So you take the player with 3 steels out of the game. Anyone else on the court with 3 steels.
Sides doesn't understand that Caitlin needs to be in the game every second unless she is in foul trouble or already fouled out. Caitlin had 5 steals. I think that's defense
Caitlin Clark is on fire in the 4th quarter. Yet with the game on the line, Christie Sides takes every opportunity to freeze out CC. After riding the pine CC must physically re-acclimate and mentally get on track after a vote of no confidence from the coach. Mentally, Sides is ruining CC. CC is bad defensively, I agree, but you take the good with the bad in that instance and you keep the hot player in the game. Instead you physically and mentally take her out with the game still on the line. CC must be wondering what does she have to do to prove herself to her coach and in some respects her teammates. Going forward CC knows she will ride the pine at the end of a close game for the rest of the season. You could see it in CC's body language upon returning to the game, she's a decoy. Does Stephen Curry get the decoy treatment because he gets a lot of attention from the defense? Hell no, you let players play... More specifically, you let a generational talent know, we are going to ride you like Seabiscuit because we believe in you!! Instead you have Christie Sides doing her best impression of Phil Jackson coaching an extremely talented, Michael Jordan led, Chicago Bulls. It's just not that complicated Christie... In the US Army we had a saying, "lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way!" Christie Sides needs to get the hell out of the way...