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First month fan here. I'm 53. I can only imagine that whatever changes get made are only made at the detriment if the team. Why would the league suddenly allow the fever to win anything? If the league had any business sense at all the fever would win this championship . Countless inconceivable millions. Cashier's in every american closet . No they're not smart . America is not welcome anywhere near the wnba.
rightly so! a coach that admit to herself that the team's gaining is NOT due to her coaching, but to CC being who she is... it pisses her off that people "might" notice that
@@metalmacabre9991a coach can be a brick house of strength and leadership AND stick up for his or her girls. A person who understands there is a battle going on and who knows what to protect and what to destroy.
For sure lose the coach. She refused to protect the franchise player so she needs to collect unemployment checks. I believe with Boston, Mitchell and Hull as the known factors of a winning team, Indy needs another banger in the paint who knows how to use her elbows strategically.
@@martymclean4355 your comment helped me relax because I realized I was not the only one thinking like that. For real though Lexi Hall, not being more played and better known for what a bad ass she is rebounds shots three-point shots the drive in the paint oh my stars she’s everything….. imagine her coming into the league. She just got ignored and bully without much of their effort. I have a feeling.
For a short season even with the next 44 games season... Just skip GM to go from President to coach... Make your evaluation and drafts and free agents. Stick to that line set up and going for the season... More President Assistants are good enough with Scout director and their crews....
I read where Krauskopf is the one who hired Dunn and was part of bringing Sides in as head coach 2 years ago. That’s not a good sign for those who lack confidence in Sides
@derekt8731 Their coach got the team to a "winning season" and to the playoffs. A drastic improvement over the previous season. It takes ANY TEAM at least one full season to jell. If anything The Fever found their chemistry........that chemistry will change (may for the worst) with this additional person.
@@BuildsolarhomesSeriously , It WASN'T the Coach who got the Fever to the playoffs . Take Clark out of the side they'll still be a bottom of the ladder side 💯 Sides is not the Right Coach for Clark or the game style , defensive structure is rubbish & Sides is supposed to be a defensive coach 🤣
@@BuildsolarhomesI respect your opinion but I think the players talent got them to the playoffs despite the coaching of Sides. She is clueless on how to stop momentum of the other team with using timeouts and can't even take a tech to back her team out when there is a terrible call.
@RalphKetchum I believe Cheryl would kill to be Fevers coach she knows what rare talent Caitlin is. She also knows if she selects a strong bench, Fever will be unbeatable and Cheryl would enhance her legacy. What do you think? Your am I tripping.
This is HANDS DOWN, the BEST breakdown of Krauskopf's challenges. Man, it's so nice to hear someone summing it up so succinctly and eloquently. I gotta say, I love how you insert little snippets of the Ben Daniel Podcast. If Krauskopf doesn't open the purse strings for Mitchell, my hopes are dashed. Seeing the Fever rehire Krauskopf gives me HOPE for the future of this team. Lin Dunn and Christie Sides did not. Krauskopf exemplifies a commitment by upper management to build a successful supportive cast around Caitlin Clark. I'm VERY excited.
GM is fine honestly, she stepped in on Sides a lot last year. I don't know about not firing her by the 17th game, but some people want to see if chemistry builds. She cost them them to many games including the playoff losses.
Correction, Sides didn’t lead them to playoffs Clark did. Mitchell, Clark, Boston, and Hull everyone else good riddance take you pick on who to trade. Wheeler, I’d don’t get it that they paying 400k to 7y veteran who averages 3.9 ppg. Sides need to go for sure can’t coach with emotions and win championships, it’s business. Take Dunn with you while you at it.
Thankfully Wheelers contract is over with. Also thankfully, Clark and Boston are signed through 2027 and 2026 respectfully. Sadly, Mitchell's contract has ended. Hull is signed through next year too. You are 100% right, Clark, Boston, Mitchell and Hull are the ONLY ones worth bringing back. The rest, trade, release, whatever you need to do to get rid of them. Bring back Mitchell, bring in another good player, bring in a good role player or 2 and boom, 3 championships in a roll. Smith, in particular, NEEDS TO GO AWAY! I don't care if they get a bag of peanuts for her, get rid of her!!!!!
Riiiight?!?! @bryantwalley Sides did nothing for The Team, especially CC... she was just there... To note: a "Couch" is far more productive and useful. 😅
Please watch cc...boston..Kelly at the Allstars game when sides found the....novody was happy to see her. This is not meant as a cheap shot. They were tired of her and loved a real coach working w them. Please get bluder....
Three things about Sides that make me scratch my head is her lack of defending her players against bad Ref calls, why she uses CC to trigger out of bound plays when she should receive the ball and how her team does NOT box out under the basket.
The lack of boxing out is ridiculous, it’s basketball 101, but to be fair, no one in the WNBA seems to box out, they all just clamor for rebounds with no regard to who they were guarding!
Aside from the coaching incompetence (no boxing out?!), I think Sides’ improper use of CC has to do with what has infected most of the rest of the W… resentment of Caitlyn.
She is back as President this lady is very smart she will turn the Fever program around faster than you can blink an eye she knows what needs done and she will do what is needed done !!!❤❤❤❤❤
It doesn't matter who they put in the coaching position. If the WNBA allows all this hatred and foul play against Caitlin Clark to continue. From the players to the referees to ESPN commentators. I really wanted to get into watching the WNBA more but it seems such a toxic and double standard racial organization
If they can’t get Miller, I’m not kidding on that they should get Mark Jackson. The way he shaped The Warriors before Kerr got there was massive. Imagine what he would do with Mark in the Fever as he’s a former player of not just the Knick’s but the Pacers. He’d be Indiana alum wrecking shop and showing the Fever how to enforce their players.
She needs to replace Christy Sides with Cheryl Miller , and then figure out how to address the referee problem, maybe. she could petition for referee's from the NBA to do WNBA games ? just a thought?
Start by getting rid of Sides, Dunn, and Smith. I would like to see if you can get Kate Martin, Caitlin’s best friend and teammate for all 4 years in college.
Now hire Ms Miller as your coach of the Fever, draft No 22 additional support plugging the few weaknesses that the Fever had. With the right coach at the helm, proper drafting personal, The Fever will be a dynasty for years.
A real coach first. Then, I might be mistaken, but I would really like if they could get Cardoso. They need more size, strength, and a shot blocker, rebounder, defender, who can score. She and Boston could control the paint and post up, giving the back court a little rest, sometimes.
You're after my soul! Get Cardoso, whose been regulated to honorable mention, to keep the Bayou Bambi visible. Keep N.Smith, get Cardoso and the problem is solved!!! She hasn't hit her peak yet. Still a rookie. With the right team she can be a historic player, right along with Boston, and the Fever would be formidable!
@@timothy5988 What, the WNBA is a cesspool? I hadn't noticed. *Sarcasm level: JUDY. I know it's bad, and Bluder is so much better than that, but CC needs someone that's 110% on her side.
@@MB-go6uyhey genius..it's Kelsey ..not Kelly...and we new fans are FANS of PROFESSIONAL sports...not sycophants who coddle their team.....that's the difference between the WNBA and their emotionally fragile players and so called old fans....all 367 of you. We criticize our own team maybe more than others....THATS WHAT REAL FANS DO! Grow up or move along....
1. give wheeler a cut in pay but a longer contract to give her some security in the tail end of her career. She was the enforcer in the last game vs. Sun so bring her in off the bench to shoot 3's and protect CC. 2. Keep Boston, Hull, Temi, Dantes, CC, Berger, Saxton. Resign Mitchell so she will finish her career in Indy. 3. Go get some talent in the forwards that shoot the 3, charge the hoop and play some killer D. 4. Use Berger as CC understudy. When CC needs a blow and if she ever goes down, Berger needs to hit the floor without missing a beat. She needs to become an assassin like she was in college. 5. Sides needs to be moved on. We do not need a babysitter; we need a coach that isn't afraid to clear the benches and protect the team from the league. There needs to be a new sheriff in town that dictates what the WNBA will become. You can't get rid of the players union or get rid of wnba league leadership, but you can keep your own house tidy and demand excellence. We watched CC lead by example this year with the whole world against her. WE NEED a Coach that will take some of that weight of the world off CC so she can be who she is going to be.
I live in Australia and had zero interest in WNBA until CC came along. But I'm a quick study and I think you nailed it. Especially Wheeler who brings a lot more to the team than just points.
I agree, keep Wheeler, under a different contract. I disagree with you about keeping Dantes. We need a rebounder, not a 3point attempter. Also everybodies memory is short. H.Smith is a Baller! Her only problem is that every team they play, has players that are 3-6inches taller than her, and Boston. All you guys remember is a few missed free throws. She's no choker, and pound for pound, her hustle rivals Lexie, and her athletic ability and Bball IQ, is on par with anybody on the court. I think that certain members of the coaching staff should appreciate her contributions more. And fans too, and not just go on 'what have you done for me lately'. When CC has some off days, shooting her jumpers, nobodies talking about trading her. Everybody's gonna have some off days in a season, but compare the off days with the total contribution.
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@@Brett33What it sounded like vs being there does not hold much weight. We only know what we experience. Either way, what was said/done was apparently what was needed. Abundant Blessings ✨✌️✨
@@BasketballTopStories That would be awesome, but do you think she would come right in and start making changes? I hope so. Dunn really sux, more so than Sides.
1st move - Fire Sides And Dunn. They are Both Clueless & Weak. Sides has a Long List of flaws. Nobody's gonna want to come play for her! 2nd, They Need a Strong starting 5. Bye Smith! Bring in a 5th. Boston get in the weight room and be able to hang on to the ball, & finish your layups! Need an enforcer! Need defensive specialist. Get rid of Samuelson, Wallace (Wheeler is Too expensive to be a cheerleader on the bench). That's a good start for the first year lol, & grow from there! Btw, resign Mitchell!!
I'm glad the Fever made this move. Clark, Boston, Mitchell, and Hull need help. With them and some added talent under new leadership they are destined for another championship win! I am excited and can't wait for the next season to begin! 😊
Bring in Larry bird or mark jackson. Resign Mitchell. Sign Ogwumeka, Vanloo, gabby Williams and Sabally or Natasha Howard. Trade N. Smith and 2025 1st rounder for a defensive player like cardosa. Done.
If Dunn is out, this is good news. Now if Herb Simon will get on board and push for an 'enforcer' and a couple of other top-notch players, the Fever will have something to work with. Edit: Lin Dunn is the general manager. The first order of business for her is to find a new head coach and get rid of Christy Sides, who is totally incompetent. The organization sure has a lot of people with their hands out, getting a chunk of the cash flow.
Any shutdown defensive players coming up in college? Maybe some should be working out with the team for assessment? I believe you build a team that will get you past the most likely team you will face in the first round of the playoffs. After that, it becomes literally obscure for everyone anyway. The defensive match up against that team will determine who they have to stop and the best player available to stop that particular player. Also, rebounding is "always" "very" underrated when it comes to why a team won the championship. Someone had to start the EXTRA plays to Jorden, Magic, Bird, and all the other champions. You could score 120 points and lose to a team with more chances at the basket. Even with a lower shooting percentage!
Several valid points made by commentator. Enforcer! Build defensive tenacity. Boxing out, aggressive rebounding. Technical specialist to strengthen individual skills. Tactical head coach for defensive tactics and game management. Replace players that don't fit team speed, retain those that do. Build bench.
I mostly agree. CC actually should have three triple doubles, not just two. If the coach had really been in her corner, in the early part of the season,it could be a record that may never be equaled, by another rookie.
LA's Cameron Brink would be a dream piece for the Fever team if that could be done (slim chance). This Brink girl has the ability to crush any post player's confidence due to her intimidating shot blocking skills (her specialty), as well as her excellent rebounding and scoring abilities. I guess I am dreaming because LA wouldn't even consider discussing the prospect of trading her. Maybe the Fever management could find a way to make it happen. Brink is a generational franchise player and someone who is a very good friend of CC and was a Stanford basketball teammate and a friend of Lexie Hull. Bring that girl to Indiana, please, she is a very competitive fearless player, a championship material by genes, and a wonderful soul as well. Am I still dreaming, well, maybe not since everyone has a price, thus, if the Fever owners make a generous offer its possible granted, they have the vision for future Fever greatness. She seems like the female version of x NBA's Kareem Abduljabar who could dominate the paint on both sides of the floor for many years to come.
Ya, but I still say get someone like Cardoso, 6ft.5 and sturdy and mobile, clean player, wonderful personality. More of a possibility than Cameron Brink.
@@Ronald-i2j As a matter of fact, you're correct since Kamilla Cardoso is a much easier target to reach than Brink. Nevertheless, my take on the prospect of getting Brink which is very hard is related to the issue of chemistry which is paramount for Ever's future as a contender for championship run and to establish a long-lasting squad of highly skilled basketball team. Thus, my take on the issue was a mere wish not based on mathematical possibilities. Thanks for your reply . . .
The Fever need to keep N. Smith, and acquire a 6ft.5in.+, big body girl, who can bump, bang, and Jump. Someone who's effective in the paint, and under the boards. Management should search the globe for exactly the right player. This player has to be able to run the court, to keep the transition pace high. Boston, Smith, and this player can substitute for each other, and Boston can rest sometimes. That new player has to have fast feet. She can't have slow feet like Britney Griner or Dantes. She has to have natural moves under the basket, and get rebounds, intimidate drives to the bucket, and make layups, not three point shots. Mgmt. doesn't have to make sweeping changes. Look how far they already got. Just shore up certain areas and improve their defense against outside shooters, which will be easier to do, when you're less vulnerable under the basket, and you'll have the makings of a DYNASTY !
They have the players to win. They should have a rest, not play in other leagues. Start training early, no pressure training, build up training against men players. You have seen how Catlin brings out the talent in her teammates and expands on that. This is a winning team. Pick up players from the NCAA draft that will help along the way. Don't dump players now, who only played one season with Catlin. They will improve.
One good decision--now is Herb Simon(owner) still treating Fever as 'tax write off' or serious asset? Sides is over her skis. If a Cheryl Miller or Maya Moore can be wooed back... AND, definitely, CLEAN HOUSE: team roles + changes---regardless of W, Fever's uniform grooming standards w/out claws, etc; teams w/competing player couples got To GO. It's a franchise, not a Housewives episode. TEAM, not player, entire TEAM has to stand up to Bullies. Dang.
not "around" CC, build a TEAM instead of tolerating a member of the team throwing games for her girlfriend, build a team that supports each other. A coach that supports their players. Leaving CC out there hanging constantly isn't the problem, it's a symptom. the jealousy and racism on full display in the WNBA is intolerable.
CC made you a ton of money ! Now show the rest of the league how it's really done. Move the home games to Lucas Oil Stadium It seats 70,000 and at only an average of $50 pre seat, that $3.5M pocketed each home game can get you any free agent you want. Tripple the salary cap! And renegotiate contracts to bring those pauper wages up
I'd love to be a fly on the wall of their board meetings. As for Smith sitting out whenever Carrington was in the opposing team is ridiculous. She must go!
They already have championship potential...officiating is woeful that needs to improve immediately the commentating is bias leading to a one-sided narrative and the commission's managing of the league has been inept at best this all needs to be overhauled otherwise any other changes aint gonna make diddlysquat
Not only defense. Fever offense looks unstructured 90% of the time. All are hanging out beyond 3 point line. Shooting horse with no rebounders in site. They did look better offensively last game against the Sun. But then refs went mute.
I believe these (WNBA, coaches, assistants etc) take in social media: ALL plat forms are unanimous - RID of SIDES and DUNN - and this has been stated numerous times for a long time
I think big changes are coming, I'm very hopeful. This could be just what the Fever needs. A real leader that will protect CC , give her everything she needs to be the best for the Fever.
@@jihanh8992your problem is we do know basketball .....and we know garbage when we see it too.....Clark has exposed this league as a garbage activist league that pretends to play basketball as a side hustle ...not that we didn't know that already because this league has been failing for decades....and where are all the grown ass women Taurasi said were in this league? Nothing but a bunch of emotionally fragile, immature, entitled children....
@@MB-go6uythat's not going to happen....so you can continue to cry or get out! Clark is just beginning to transform this league! The league of entitled activists who survive off the charity of the NBA will be over....and these poor babies will have to perform instead of just collecting their welfare check.....
Fever should bring Celeste Taylor back plus get Kate Martin from the Aces who is being given minimum minutes but would complement CC & company incredibly, if not a starter, certainly given significant minutes off the bench.
Yes, defense is a major issue. Hull cannot do it all by herself. Kelly, you must get rid of Wheeler and Smith. I will leave the to you, but Dunn and Sides must go!
they went from 1 - 8 to 20 - 20 .. which means the last 75% of the season they were 19 - 12 .. that is pretty fair for a rookie and sophomore led team .. she should be able to get s veteran who can help defensively .. and figure those first 9 games switch to 5 - 4/6 - 3 .. getting the fever to 24/25 wins ..
i dont know much about BB but i never saw SIDES say anything about how CC was being hit time and time again ???? ever ???? she is as blind as the REFS ???? no
For starter GM Dunn and the whole coaching staff must go, including Sides. Kelly needs to keep Clark, Boston and Mitchell and Hull who is tenacious on defense and can also shoot. All other players are good trade bait. Wallace and Saxton were not given much of a chance. Definitely get rid of Smith and Wheeler. Lets see how serious she is. It all has to start with a new GM and a new head coach who knows how to stand up for the players and draw up plans.
Don’t those who are pushing for Lin Dunn to be ousted as GM realize that she was the Head Coach of the 2011 Indiana Fever WNBA Championship team! Also she was the one who first realized that the Fever needed Caitlin Clark on the team! No Christie Sides can go but I hope not Lin Dunn!
Her first move should be to get an enforcer to bend the nose of anyone that mugs Caitlin. Keep Caitlin, Kelsey, Hull and Boston. they are the core of this team.
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The expansion draft will water down teams, with a decent improvement on Fever Roster , they can be a top 3 team no doubt.
First month fan here. I'm 53. I can only imagine that whatever changes get made are only made at the detriment if the team. Why would the league suddenly allow the fever to win anything? If the league had any business sense at all the fever would win this championship . Countless inconceivable millions. Cashier's in every american closet . No they're not smart . America is not welcome anywhere near the wnba.
Get a better Coach asap
They need a coach who is going to get pissed when CC gets abused and the refs don’t care!
That wasn’t Cheryl.
@@RalphKetchum BOYCOTT WNBA
And what is getting pissed going to do? Do you want a professional coach or a childish angry coach acting dumb on the sidelines?
rightly so! a coach that admit to herself that the team's gaining is NOT due to her coaching, but to CC being who she is... it pisses her off that people "might" notice that
@@metalmacabre9991a coach can be a brick house of strength and leadership AND stick up for his or her girls. A person who understands there is a battle going on and who knows what to protect and what to destroy.
Get rid of GM and Coach Sides.
For sure lose the coach. She refused to protect the franchise player so she needs to collect unemployment checks. I believe with Boston, Mitchell and Hull as the known factors of a winning team, Indy needs another banger in the paint who knows how to use her elbows strategically.
And the idiot commissioner
Yup! 😏
@@martymclean4355 your comment helped me relax because I realized I was not the only one thinking like that. For real though Lexi Hall, not being more played and better known for what a bad ass she is rebounds shots three-point shots the drive in the paint oh my stars she’s everything….. imagine her coming into the league. She just got ignored and bully without much of their effort. I have a feeling.
For a short season even with the next 44 games season... Just skip GM to go from President to coach... Make your evaluation and drafts and free agents. Stick to that line set up and going for the season... More President Assistants are good enough with Scout director and their crews....
1st step get rid of that clueless coach and her staff. 2nd step put nylissa smith on a bus out of town.
yeah that coach is trash!
I read where Krauskopf is the one who hired Dunn and was part of bringing Sides in as head coach 2 years ago. That’s not a good sign for those who lack confidence in Sides
@derekt8731 Their coach got the team to a "winning season" and to the playoffs. A drastic improvement over the previous season. It takes ANY TEAM at least one full season to jell. If anything The Fever found their chemistry........that chemistry will change (may for the worst) with this additional person.
@@BuildsolarhomesSeriously , It WASN'T the Coach who got the Fever to the playoffs . Take Clark out of the side they'll still be a bottom of the ladder side 💯
Sides is not the Right Coach for Clark or the game style , defensive structure is rubbish & Sides is supposed to be a defensive coach 🤣
@@BuildsolarhomesI respect your opinion but I think the players talent got them to the playoffs despite the coaching of Sides. She is clueless on how to stop momentum of the other team with using timeouts and can't even take a tech to back her team out when there is a terrible call.
Fever need a coach like Cheryl Miller. Unfortunately Christie Sides is not up to handling a team with a Superstar like Caitlin in it.
Is Cheryl Miller available?
Yes I agree.
We need Cheryl Miller.
Get rid of worthless sides.
@RalphKetchum I believe Cheryl would kill to be Fevers coach she knows what rare talent Caitlin is.
She also knows if she selects a strong bench, Fever will be unbeatable and Cheryl would enhance her legacy.
What do you think? Your am I tripping.
Wheeler isn't leaving because Clark wants her there. They will pay her whatever she asks for.💯
This is HANDS DOWN, the BEST breakdown of Krauskopf's challenges. Man, it's so nice to hear someone summing it up so succinctly and eloquently. I gotta say, I love how you insert little snippets of the Ben Daniel Podcast. If Krauskopf doesn't open the purse strings for Mitchell, my hopes are dashed. Seeing the Fever rehire Krauskopf gives me HOPE for the future of this team. Lin Dunn and Christie Sides did not. Krauskopf exemplifies a commitment by upper management to build a successful supportive cast around Caitlin Clark. I'm VERY excited.
All of us fans are excited too!
@@grb024 yes yes yes
Release GM , Sides and nylissa smith from the fever....time to clean house!!!
Add Wheeler to that list.
GM is fine honestly, she stepped in on Sides a lot last year. I don't know about not firing her by the 17th game, but some people want to see if chemistry builds. She cost them them to many games including the playoff losses.
Correction, Sides didn’t lead them to playoffs Clark did. Mitchell, Clark, Boston, and Hull everyone else good riddance take you pick on who to trade. Wheeler, I’d don’t get it that they paying 400k to 7y veteran who averages 3.9 ppg. Sides need to go for sure can’t coach with emotions and win championships, it’s business. Take Dunn with you while you at it.
Thankfully Wheelers contract is over with. Also thankfully, Clark and Boston are signed through 2027 and 2026 respectfully. Sadly, Mitchell's contract has ended.
Hull is signed through next year too. You are 100% right, Clark, Boston, Mitchell and Hull are the ONLY ones worth bringing back. The rest, trade, release, whatever you need to do to get rid of them. Bring back Mitchell, bring in another good player, bring in a good role player or 2 and boom, 3 championships in a roll.
Smith, in particular, NEEDS TO GO AWAY! I don't care if they get a bag of peanuts for her, get rid of her!!!!!
Victoria Sexton needs to be the sixth woman off the bench.
@@RandySmith-jk3pdI heard that when she played in Europe she was awesome.
Agree! Sides did nothing Its because of CAITLIN CLARK!
I thought Wheeler and Fagbenle had their input
Fire the couch first never once stood up for Catlin Clark
Couch. lol. That made my day. Sometimes typos show up in perfect places.
Riiiight?!?! @bryantwalley
Sides did nothing for The Team, especially CC... she was just there...
To note: a "Couch" is far more productive and useful. 😅
It seemed that way!
Please watch cc...boston..Kelly at the Allstars game when sides found the....novody was happy to see her. This is not meant as a cheap shot. They were tired of her and loved a real coach working w them. Please get bluder....
Immediately! Yesterday wasn’t soon enough 😡
Make no mistake, Clark fans hate Sides, Dunn and Smith. Fix it.
Dunn is a smart Gm in my eyes
@@nancylaw2213Ok we get it, u needed glasses
@@TH-uy5ou I needed a good laugh, thanks.🤣
@@Ellis-zh3uv ur welcome😀
@@nancylaw2213 Nevermind the hasbarabots.. They be looking for table scraps. 😂
Side led no one to the playoffs! That was Clark, Mitchell, Boston, Hull
We’ll see what happens. ENFORCER is Needed!
Enforcer works in hockey!!😎
That's tally agree 💯 I don't know much about basketball but you need players to stand up and protect with what I've seen on cc
Mika Kuhl leaving Storm. Go add her and give her minutes
2 minutes into the game CC was stabbed in the eye! And nobody did a damn thing about it!! REALLY!!!!
Exactly!
Three things about Sides that make me scratch my head is her lack of defending her players against bad Ref calls, why she uses CC to trigger out of bound plays when she should receive the ball and how her team does NOT box out under the basket.
The lack of boxing out is ridiculous, it’s basketball 101, but to be fair, no one in the WNBA seems to box out, they all just clamor for rebounds with no regard to who they were guarding!
That's only 3 of a Long List.
Aside from the coaching incompetence (no boxing out?!), I think Sides’ improper use of CC has to do with what has infected most of the rest of the W… resentment of Caitlyn.
That's bc they're waiting for Caitlin to get the rebounds and throw a long fast break to them for easy points and to stack their stats!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is back as President this lady is very smart she will turn the Fever program around faster than you can blink an eye she knows what needs done and she will do what is needed done !!!❤❤❤❤❤
All of us fans are pulling for Kelly to do what is needed.
@PatrickFordyce-b7c I hope you are right, but hope is not a strategy, seeing is believing.
@@PatrickFordyce-b7c that is so exciting!!!!
Yada Yada until you get rid of Sides all the decorations are just tensile.
It doesn't matter who they put in the coaching position. If the WNBA allows all this hatred and foul play against Caitlin Clark to continue. From the players to the referees to ESPN commentators. I really wanted to get into watching the WNBA more but it seems such a toxic and double standard racial organization
Well said. A good coach will help, but that won't take care of the other BS goings on you are talking about.
We need an enforcer for cc that one player can't remember her name said she will come out of retirement for cc enforcer.
The WNBA needs a new commissioner!
Well said exactly why it's a Budlight league. I walked away in the early 2000s because of what you said.
@@BobbyLaird-z1y It was Seimone Augustus, I think.
The main thing the fever needs is an enforcer, someone to stand up for and protect Caitlin.
Those are called owners and if they don't want to protect their golden goose, then there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Dang I was hoping Sides got fired.
If they can’t get Miller, I’m not kidding on that they should get Mark Jackson. The way he shaped The Warriors before Kerr got there was massive. Imagine what he would do with Mark in the Fever as he’s a former player of not just the Knick’s but the Pacers. He’d be Indiana alum wrecking shop and showing the Fever how to enforce their players.
Or Rhondo
He's a smart high basketball IQ
Exactly
Mark Jackson, read why he was fired.
@@jacobwatson1818Wow, I just did google search and saw how crazy he was. No wonder he never got hired again after they fired him.
Please go Get Kate Martin to Help CC and please Get a Center to help Miss Boston also
I surely agree about another center, a tall one, that;s a baller.
Get a better coaching staff.
What ever is done the issues with the refs needs to be changed.
Sides didn’t lead anything !! The top 3 players did! CC, Mitchell, and hull!!
Don't forget Boston.
You left out Boston, she was one of the first to buy in to CC. I know she had a slow start, but boy when she got going.
Love that I am not the only one who immediately thought of Boston! :😀
Boston is better than hull.
@@zedzed5276Not from 3 and defensively
She needs to replace Christy Sides with Cheryl Miller , and then figure out how to address the referee problem, maybe. she could petition for referee's from the NBA to do WNBA games ? just a thought?
I agree 100%
I agree whole whole hardly. !!
It is always the referees the same thing y’all said when she was in college.
Start by getting rid of Sides, Dunn, and Smith. I would like to see if you can get Kate Martin, Caitlin’s best friend and teammate for all 4 years in college.
That would be awesome too have Kate Martin on this team
Now hire Ms Miller as your coach of the Fever, draft No 22 additional support plugging the few weaknesses that the Fever had. With the right coach at the helm, proper drafting personal, The Fever will be a dynasty for years.
Cheryl Miller doesn't want to coach but she would accept the GM position.
HIP, HIP, HOREE !!!!
A real coach first. Then, I might be mistaken, but I would really like if they could get Cardoso. They need more size, strength, and a shot blocker, rebounder, defender, who can score. She and Boston could control the paint and post up, giving the back court a little rest, sometimes.
You're after my soul! Get Cardoso, whose been regulated to honorable mention, to keep the Bayou Bambi visible. Keep N.Smith, get Cardoso and the problem is solved!!! She hasn't hit her peak yet. Still a rookie. With the right team she can be a historic player, right along with Boston, and the Fever would be formidable!
They NEED Cheryl MILLER !!!
Bring in Lisa Bluder.
Bluder would be my first choice!
@@JudyGurlshe's way to smart to get involved in that cesspool......and they couldn't pay her enough...
@@timothy5988 What, the WNBA is a cesspool? I hadn't noticed.
*Sarcasm level: JUDY.
I know it's bad, and Bluder is so much better than that, but CC needs someone that's 110% on her side.
@@JudyGurl Exactly. But Timothy isn't smart enough to know when to use "to" when it should be "too".
Another good ideal.!!!
Keep Kelly Mitchel!
@@MB-go6uyhey genius..it's Kelsey ..not Kelly...and we new fans are FANS of PROFESSIONAL sports...not sycophants who coddle their team.....that's the difference between the WNBA and their emotionally fragile players and so called old fans....all 367 of you. We criticize our own team maybe more than others....THATS WHAT REAL FANS DO! Grow up or move along....
and BOSTON!!! Please! But whatever you do, NOT GRINER, never Griner.
1. give wheeler a cut in pay but a longer contract to give her some security in the tail end of her career. She was the enforcer in the last game vs. Sun so bring her in off the bench to shoot 3's and protect CC. 2. Keep Boston, Hull, Temi, Dantes, CC, Berger, Saxton. Resign Mitchell so she will finish her career in Indy. 3. Go get some talent in the forwards that shoot the 3, charge the hoop and play some killer D. 4. Use Berger as CC understudy. When CC needs a blow and if she ever goes down, Berger needs to hit the floor without missing a beat. She needs to become an assassin like she was in college. 5. Sides needs to be moved on. We do not need a babysitter; we need a coach that isn't afraid to clear the benches and protect the team from the league. There needs to be a new sheriff in town that dictates what the WNBA will become. You can't get rid of the players union or get rid of wnba league leadership, but you can keep your own house tidy and demand excellence. We watched CC lead by example this year with the whole world against her. WE NEED a Coach that will take some of that weight of the world off CC so she can be who she is going to be.
I live in Australia and had zero interest in WNBA until CC came along. But I'm a quick study and I think you nailed it. Especially Wheeler who brings a lot more to the team than just points.
I agree, keep Wheeler, under a different contract. I disagree with you about keeping Dantes. We need a rebounder, not a 3point attempter. Also everybodies memory is short. H.Smith is a Baller! Her only problem is that every team they play, has players that are 3-6inches taller than her, and Boston. All you guys remember is a few missed free throws. She's no choker, and pound for pound, her hustle rivals Lexie, and her athletic ability and Bball IQ, is on par with anybody on the court. I think that certain members of the coaching staff should appreciate her contributions more. And fans too, and not just go on 'what have you done for me lately'. When CC has some off days, shooting her jumpers, nobodies talking about trading her. Everybody's gonna have some off days in a season, but compare the off days with the total contribution.
Nice, finally found a channel that reports positive stories. That has been lacking in WNBA reporting. Thank you for that.
Thank you for the appreciation :) I'm sure you're also tired of hearing Sheryl Swoopes got fired 1000x. We try our best to stay away from the drama. And if ever we do feature drama, it's because it's actually verifiable or corroborated with some evidence, not speculation. See you in the next video!
They NEED Cheryl Miller ...... look what she did inthe ALL Star Game !!!
She has one of the best basketball minds available. I would love to see her with this squad.
Imagine a staff of Krauskopf as President, Leiberman as GM, and Miller / Bluder as Coach. Oh la la
I wonder how much she actually did . Sounded a lot like she kind of let the players decide what they wanted to do and offered words of encouragement .
@@Brett33What it sounded like vs being there does not hold much weight. We only know what we experience. Either way, what was said/done was apparently what was needed. Abundant Blessings ✨✌️✨
@@BasketballTopStories That would be awesome, but do you think she would come right in and start making changes? I hope so. Dunn really sux, more so than Sides.
Fire side and trade Smith I hope the new president look really hard to find the right team mates for CC
She will.
1st move - Fire Sides And Dunn.
They are Both Clueless & Weak.
Sides has a Long List of flaws. Nobody's gonna want to come play for her!
2nd, They Need a Strong starting 5. Bye Smith! Bring in a 5th.
Boston get in the weight room and be able to hang on to the ball, & finish your layups!
Need an enforcer! Need defensive specialist.
Get rid of Samuelson, Wallace (Wheeler is Too expensive to be a cheerleader on the bench).
That's a good start for the first year lol, & grow from there!
Btw, resign Mitchell!!
Wheeler had 200k and katie lou had 180k but who will take katie lou contract??
I'm glad the Fever made this move. Clark, Boston, Mitchell, and Hull need help. With them and some added talent under new leadership they are destined for another championship win! I am excited and can't wait for the next season to begin! 😊
Grace Berger can be Caitlin Clark Back up
She definitely didn’t get a chance did she? I’ve wondered about that most of the season. What did she do if anything to not even get a chance?
They must give Grace a chance and she also has to improve her free throws.
Bring in Larry bird or mark jackson. Resign Mitchell. Sign Ogwumeka, Vanloo, gabby Williams and Sabally or Natasha Howard. Trade N. Smith and 2025 1st rounder for a defensive player like cardosa. Done.
If Dunn is out, this is good news. Now if Herb Simon will get on board and push for an 'enforcer' and a couple of other top-notch players, the Fever will have something to work with.
Edit: Lin Dunn is the general manager. The first order of business for her is to find a new head coach and get rid of Christy Sides, who is totally incompetent.
The organization sure has a lot of people with their hands out, getting a chunk of the cash flow.
Get rid of Dunn. She hired Sides because they are Both from the South!
What kind of Ignorant decision was that??
Kelly can and will take care of all of this mess with Dunn and Sides.
She has yet to fire the coach. I am not confident in her.
I believe Kelly's authority starts either after the playoffs or 1-1-2025. I am not sure which one.
Any shutdown defensive players coming up in college? Maybe some should be working out with the team for assessment? I believe you build a team that will get you past the most likely team you will face in the first round of the playoffs. After that, it becomes literally obscure for everyone anyway. The defensive match up against that team will determine who they have to stop and the best player available to stop that particular player. Also, rebounding is "always" "very" underrated when it comes to why a team won the championship. Someone had to start the EXTRA plays to Jorden, Magic, Bird, and all the other champions. You could score 120 points and lose to a team with more chances at the basket. Even with a lower shooting percentage!
Several valid points made by commentator. Enforcer! Build defensive tenacity. Boxing out, aggressive rebounding. Technical specialist to strengthen individual skills. Tactical head coach for defensive tactics and game management. Replace players that don't fit team speed, retain those that do. Build bench.
Sure you're rite!!!!
Wheeler works in the background with moral support for all players and on court help when playing with CC since the Olympic break.😊
Sides did not lead the team to the playoffs. Clark, Boston, Mitchell and Hull led the team to the playoffs in spite of Sides.
I mostly agree. CC actually should have three triple doubles, not just two. If the coach had really been in her corner, in the early part of the season,it could be a record that may never be equaled, by another rookie.
LA's Cameron Brink would be a dream piece for the Fever team if that could be done (slim chance). This Brink girl has the ability to crush any post player's confidence due to her intimidating shot blocking skills (her specialty), as well as her excellent rebounding and scoring abilities.
I guess I am dreaming because LA wouldn't even consider discussing the prospect of trading her. Maybe the Fever management could find a way to make it happen. Brink is a generational franchise player and someone who is a very good friend of CC and was a Stanford basketball teammate and a friend of Lexie Hull. Bring that girl to Indiana, please, she is a very competitive fearless player, a championship material by genes, and a wonderful soul as well.
Am I still dreaming, well, maybe not since everyone has a price, thus, if the Fever owners make a generous offer its possible granted, they have the vision for future Fever greatness. She seems like the female version of x NBA's Kareem Abduljabar who could dominate the paint on both sides of the floor for many years to come.
Ya, but I still say get someone like Cardoso, 6ft.5 and sturdy and mobile, clean player, wonderful personality. More of a possibility than Cameron Brink.
@@Ronald-i2j
As a matter of fact, you're correct since Kamilla Cardoso is a much easier target to reach than Brink. Nevertheless, my take on the prospect of getting Brink which is very hard is related to the issue of chemistry which is paramount for Ever's future as a contender for championship run and to establish a long-lasting squad of highly skilled basketball team. Thus, my take on the issue was a mere wish not based on mathematical possibilities.
Thanks for your reply . . .
🔥Dunn&Sides 🔥 Hire Miller❣️
Go Kelly you can do this and make the Fever a #1 WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. 👍👍
A superstar player needs a superstar coach.
The Fever need to keep N. Smith, and acquire a 6ft.5in.+, big body girl, who can bump, bang, and Jump. Someone who's effective in the paint, and under the boards. Management should search the globe for exactly the right player. This player has to be able to run the court, to keep the transition pace high. Boston, Smith, and this player can substitute for each other, and Boston can rest sometimes. That new player has to have fast feet. She can't have slow feet like Britney Griner or Dantes. She has to have natural moves under the basket, and get rebounds, intimidate drives to the bucket, and make layups, not three point shots. Mgmt. doesn't have to make sweeping changes. Look how far they already got. Just shore up certain areas and improve their defense against outside shooters, which will be easier to do, when you're less vulnerable under the basket, and you'll have the makings of a DYNASTY !
Clark wants Mitchell, Boston, Hull, and Wheeler! They're not going anywhere.
They should get a center and move Boston to the PF spot defense fix
Sides did not protect her star.
I think Wheeler is important but needs more defense skills. She helps keep the team together as a big sister. The team is young and needs mentoring
They have the players to win.
They should have a rest, not play in other leagues.
Start training early, no pressure training, build up training against men players.
You have seen how Catlin brings out the talent in her teammates and expands on that. This is a winning team.
Pick up players from the NCAA draft that will help along the way.
Don't dump players now, who only played one season with Catlin. They will improve.
Your a fan with forward thinking. They only need one or two more players. That's right, rest, then play against men, don't dump players now!!!!!
Dun & Sides should be released
One good decision--now is Herb Simon(owner) still treating Fever as 'tax write off' or serious asset? Sides is over her skis. If a Cheryl Miller or Maya Moore can be wooed back... AND, definitely, CLEAN HOUSE: team roles + changes---regardless of W, Fever's uniform grooming standards w/out claws, etc; teams w/competing player couples got To GO. It's a franchise, not a Housewives episode. TEAM, not player, entire TEAM has to stand up to Bullies. Dang.
not "around" CC, build a TEAM instead of tolerating a member of the team throwing games for her girlfriend, build a team that supports each other. A coach that supports their players. Leaving CC out there hanging constantly isn't the problem, it's a symptom. the jealousy and racism on full display in the WNBA is intolerable.
Clark is constructing a winning them already herself.
New coach better back up and protect C.C.....no more looking away from intentional fouls on C.C.
CC made you a ton of money !
Now show the rest of the league how it's really done.
Move the home games to Lucas Oil Stadium
It seats 70,000 and at only an average of $50 pre seat, that $3.5M pocketed each home game can get you any free agent you want. Tripple the salary cap! And renegotiate contracts to bring those pauper wages up
If they can pick up a real good forward, they could be a contender as soon as next season.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall of their board meetings. As for Smith sitting out whenever Carrington was in the opposing team is ridiculous. She must go!
Really smart move by the Indiana Fever.
This gives fans more confidence and desire to tune in next season.
If they get collier omfg look out world. A dynasty that won't be stopped
They already have championship potential...officiating is woeful that needs to improve immediately the commentating is bias leading to a one-sided narrative and the commission's managing of the league has been inept at best this all needs to be overhauled otherwise any other changes aint gonna make diddlysquat
Imagine is they announced Hall of Fame player Larry Bird as the new incoming head coach . Just for 2 years, while they rebuild .
Cheryl Miller, would be the ideal replacement for the Indiana Fever head coach.
Not only defense. Fever offense looks unstructured 90% of the time. All are hanging out beyond 3 point line.
Shooting horse with no rebounders in site.
They did look better offensively last game against the Sun. But then refs went mute.
Hire Cheryl Miller.
I believe these (WNBA, coaches, assistants etc) take in social media: ALL plat forms are unanimous - RID of SIDES and DUNN - and this has been stated numerous times for a long time
I think big changes are coming, I'm very hopeful. This could be just what the Fever needs. A real leader that will protect CC , give her everything she needs to be the best for the Fever.
The fever needs an enforcer that’s fast, strong, and can rebound as good as Angel Reese.
They need to keep Mitchell Boston and Lindsay Hall along with Clark of course a new head coach and Enforcer defensive players
Change the coach... She was a disappointment on her talk after the game, not a word about the referees.
Caitlin, please quit enough already…. It’s getting repulsive….. no need to stand for that abuse …move on
I like CC, but I would rather her leave and take her lunatic fanbase who knows absolutely nothing about the game.
@@jihanh8992your problem is we do know basketball .....and we know garbage when we see it too.....Clark has exposed this league as a garbage activist league that pretends to play basketball as a side hustle ...not that we didn't know that already because this league has been failing for decades....and where are all the grown ass women Taurasi said were in this league? Nothing but a bunch of emotionally fragile, immature, entitled children....
@@MB-go6uythat's not going to happen....so you can continue to cry or get out! Clark is just beginning to transform this league! The league of entitled activists who survive off the charity of the NBA will be over....and these poor babies will have to perform instead of just collecting their welfare check.....
Without a new coach,fair officials , and punishment for open assaults, nothing will matter
Catlin Clark the Josh Allen of the WNBA!
Indiana needs Tall Center to become a Champion
Time outs weren't used at crucial times. No questioning the refs and having her players backs.
Sophie Cunningham from the Mercury would be a good addition.
Get Cheryl Miller!!
Fever should bring Celeste Taylor back plus get Kate Martin from the Aces who is being given minimum minutes but would complement CC & company incredibly, if not a starter, certainly given significant minutes off the bench.
Yes, defense is a major issue. Hull cannot do it all by herself. Kelly, you must get rid of Wheeler and Smith. I will leave the to you, but Dunn and Sides must go!
The fearsome foursome CC,AB,KM,LH. 👍✊
They need to bring in Cheryl Miller as the Coach.
they went from 1 - 8 to 20 - 20 .. which means the last 75% of the season they were 19 - 12 .. that is pretty fair for a rookie and sophomore led team .. she should be able to get s veteran who can help defensively .. and figure those first 9 games switch to 5 - 4/6 - 3 .. getting the fever to 24/25 wins ..
Build around Clark, Boston, Hull and Mitchell. Anyone and everyone else can go if needed.
i dont know much about BB but i never saw SIDES say anything about how CC was being hit time and time again ???? ever ???? she is as blind as the REFS ???? no
Fever needs a coach with a backbone to stand up for all its players and use and develop the whole roster
I hope she'll find an alternative to Christie Sides.
For starter GM Dunn and the whole coaching staff must go, including Sides. Kelly needs to keep Clark, Boston and Mitchell and Hull who is tenacious on defense and can also shoot. All other players are good trade bait. Wallace and Saxton were not given much of a chance. Definitely get rid of Smith and Wheeler. Lets see how serious she is. It all has to start with a new GM and a new head coach who knows how to stand up for the players and draw up plans.
The coach should have never let Smith pay in the playoffs games !!! The Biggest unforgivable mistake! Smith is 100% trader / poison
Don’t those who are pushing for Lin Dunn to be ousted as GM realize that she was the Head Coach of the 2011 Indiana Fever WNBA Championship team! Also she was the one who first realized that the Fever needed Caitlin Clark on the team! No Christie Sides can go but I hope not Lin Dunn!
Coaching decisions lost higher playoff rankings
I'd rather have CC than LeBronze medal James, because of his clutch shots, he expects others to make them, not him
Get rid of Sides!
Dunn and Sides need to go
Sides did not "lead" this team anywhere! C.C. dragged her all the way!!
I thought they were going to all this before the season started, I mean they already new who they were drafting, it didn’t make sense to me
Her first move should be to get an enforcer to bend the nose of anyone that mugs Caitlin. Keep Caitlin, Kelsey, Hull and Boston. they are the core of this team.