Running an anemic offense with a coach screaming at the ball handlers to get it to the paint doesn't seem to be the best plan. Clark is at least holding herself accountable.
She seemed hesitant with the ball early on. I was trying to figure out if it was due to nerves or second guessing herself because of the coach. Based on how she’s performed under pressure in the past I tend to think it’s the latter
@@Stryyder1the offense is terrible. Get some bigs who can or will run the floor! Boston can't run the floor. Iowas post ate her alive last year because iowas posts ran the floor.
Im not CC fan boy, but folks the lady scored 20 pts in her rookie debut. Give her a break - its their first game. Once she plays 4 or more games things should slow down for her. She can shoot if allowed to play her style of BB.
Frustrating when you have a coach who think she knows better. No wonder the Fever is at the bottom of the barrel. Tip to coach: if it isn't broken, don't try to fix it. Let your star player do her job.
@@tycoon214 As I mentioned, the Fever isn't exactly a top WNBA team. Now if Sides had a good record last season and this loss came, it might be an adjustment period. But she's been losing since last year, and even with a star in her team she's still losing. This isn't players' issue anymore; it's a coaching issue.
@@Milliardo5 Stop it! The Coach didn’t make her have 10 turnovers that was Clark fault. I agree the Coach is not a good Coach but Clark also need to be held accountable! The media and her cult member fans put too many expectations on her and she’s not living up to it. I don’t think she will ever dominate the Wnba she will be a mediocre player her career.
@@LaLa2time Of course Caitlin made turnovers, but is she known for making many turnovers consistently? That has to be taken into account. She's still adjusting to the new system. That being said and you never denied it, the coach's ways leave much to be desired. If Caitlin adjusts in the next games and they still lose, then it's more than evident this is a coaching issue though even now I'm calling that based on Sides' track record.
Take the handcuffs off and let Caitlin Clark be Caitlin Clark this is why the WNBA needs her we want to see a exciting player and she will change the game her coach needs to be fired this is not 2007 this is 2024
LOL! They did. She got locked down…without double or triple teams. She just stands still and doesn’t flow into offensive sets. They’ve got the reigning rookie player of the year n their squad. They don’t need her to play heroine ball.
This team reminds me of the Worriors, that haven't won anything for 36 years , and then up comes Stephen Curry, Bang!!!? 4 rings.. This team would eventully get there
@@user-bn1xy5if5q They had to fire the warriors coach first. The fever coach needs to be fired. And CC needs another co star. Cause everyone on her team is TRASH. AB is so fat and slow. A team that is comfortable loosing won't go anywhere. For the Indiana team it was just another Tuesday, for Clark she saw it as a disgrace.
@user-bn1xy5if5q I totally agree, and who is one of the many NBA players who sing CCs praises? Steph! Why do you get 1st draft pick two years in a row? Your team sux. Or if you read between the lines your coach sucks! It was her first game yet she still scored 20pts in 3 quarters of play. She will continue to adapt, but Sides won't! Get rid of her and get a coach who will actually perform and COACH them into the upper tier team they are capable of!
She is a 22-year-old kid who has been catapulted into stardom and she has a lot of weight on her shoulders!!!! I think she is handling the pressure pretty well!!!! She was clearly nervous!!!! I am no expert but I'm starting to wonder if the Fever has the right Coach!!! I don't think calling your top player out at press conferences is a very smart thing to do!!!!!!!! I think once she gets a rhythm going, she will be just fine!!! Her teammates don't seem to be keeping up with her style of playing, they seem sluggish!!!!!!!
After watching last year and this year, I believe they need to look at a coaching change. Christy seems confused and does not know how to use the players she has.
Bingo. Seems to have no idea what guards do. Plays them all with apparently different rules for each one. A very confused coach making a very confused team.
Coaches lead with sound plans that work well. Sides has no sound plans and can’t figure out how to utilize the talent. New coach needed. Indy won’t stand for this “ no plan “ coach to stay past May.
No. That’s the other way around. Clark just drifts to perimeter and does absolutely nothing. Aliyah needs to take over now. She’s rookie of the year for a reason.
Game one 20 points against the best d in the league. Coach needs to fight for her against crap foal calls in the first half. Did coach contest any call? Fight for the team coach.
Com'n now, she got most of those points in the 4th quarter when the other team took their starters out. 😂😂😂 Well, she did set a record just like y'all said she would. The first rookie ever with 10 turnovers in a single game. 🤔🤫🤣🤣🤣🤣
What folks need to realize is...the reason why CC is on the Fever is cuz she was the 1st pick in the draft. The reason the Fever got the 1st pick is because they were the WORST TEAM IN THE W IN 23-24. Even Wilt couldn't carry a team full of bumbs when he came into the league. She's gonna get her numbers, but wins are going to be at a premium until they surround her with adequate and get rid of that stick in the mud coach.
The only thing the Fever needs to do is fire the coach, which will happen if she does not get that team together. Caitlin was able to get her 20 points tonight when she stop hesitating and started taking over. She has to stop letting that envious gossip get to her and play her game. That arena was sold out to see Calrk tonight and that was in another city. Yet, she looked as though she was back at IOWA, carrying the entire team.
Stop it! They came to see their home team win. They have a proven star in Alyssa Thomas. Carrington exposed CC the whole game.
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Surely and you and many, many others simply do not know anything about basketball and rookies. This is the pro, buddy.. C.C. is a rookie; she needs to learn and grow. Sure, sure you and many others expected and overnight success and WNBA championship. Not yet. Perhaps within 3,4,5 and/or six years.
Her coach knows its a team game and all of Caitlin flunkies wants her to be the man and shoot every shot like she did in college...but that wont work in the pros.She will have to share the ball and take less shots for this team to be good.
@@mightymikec7 Bottom line Caitlin is the future of the WNBA... Everyone can hate her but she is ushering in fans and higher contracts. Coach is gone Caitlin is the future
@@LabelMeInfinity How can one be the future when she sucks now? How long will the hype lasts when her team loses every year and she doesnt play likee she did in college?
@@mightymikec7 LMAO that is exactly what she is doing now passing and not shooting.... You obviously don't like her and that is fair, but if you are going to defend a system that has absolutely zero positive results I don't know what to tell you. You don't draft a player like Caitlin and handcuff her game. She is a proven passer and plays within the team but she needs the freedom to play. Coach is gone and your comments will age terribly....
Nope she’s the goat right ain’t that what y’all said? She shoot like Curry ain’t that what y’all said? Ain’t nobody trying to hear y’all lame excuses. And then you had the audacity to say she can’t win it by herself she ain’t even the best player on her team she’s actually making the team look worse with them 10 turnovers she had. The fever picked her as the number 1 pick but she playing like a second round pick. The only thing she helped the Fever with is selling out seats but once they keep losing that’s about to be over.
I think that's the whole point of this whole debate is she's not a team player and she needs a team even in college she didn't have no team players that's called excuse you must will win that's what we're waiting on
Let Caitlin play her game!! Coach needs let her! Not impressed with Coach after this first game at all! No wonder the Fever is at the bottom!! Really wish Caitlin was playing for a different team!! Proud of our Iowa girl!!!
Of course there is a transition period. She scored 20, she is humble and respecting of her team so she held back a little as far as trying to take over. Good team but they just need to to get insync. She is the only reason I'm watching the WNBA...
Ok people ,body language, I can tell you right now she disagrees with being punched, when one covers the face it means they are trying to stop the words. She has to agree, as a team player, but really, she does not agree. It's body language. She is right that coach is not a good fit for her,
Imagine coming into a league and everyone is endorsing the firing of a coach b4 the 1 game she has under her belt...she had 10 turnovers but it's the coach's fault🤔 What is the name of this Fandom cult ?
Blame the team for her mishaps? Good lord. It's her first game. She said it was physical. She has to and will get things down. When Iowa lost, everyone blamed her teammates. Good lord. Everything doesn't always go her way.
She has mentioned to Sue Bird that shorter shots are harder for her than the 3s. Why a long 2? That is DUMB for a coach to say. You might as well shoot a long 3? Long 2s are not easier than long 3s because the D can get on you.
If she had taken that three, there would have been two defenders in her face. Her hesitation caused them to check up, so she zoomed around them. Love the armchair analysts (not).
BS: her college usage rate was 40%, this game it was 41%. In college she averaged 5.1 three pointers, this game she got 5. She played the exact same as she did in college, the same shots the same holding the ball, same same. The only difference is if you're going to be a one woman show you get slapped down in the WNBA the way the Sun's backcourt slapped the Fever's down.
I’m so confused when did anyone say they thought Caitlin would be an overnight success? No one is being proven wrong. It’s a different style of play and different team, it takes time to adjust and that doesn’t mean anything about her ability. She’s human for goodness sake. Literally no one who’s ever been great has also been perfect. I think Caitlin’s doing about as well as we can expect. The more challenges she faces early on the more she will grow.
Get Caitlin the BALL!!!🏀 How are you not gonna have the ball in the hands of the person that scored the most points in women’s college basketball history!!! #letcaitlinbecaitlin 😳
Do you think even her own team is asking her to “pay her dues” in the league first?? Making it hard for her to play her game, putting her in positions so she’s more likely to fail? Seems they’re killing her confidence
@@saxismyax I certainly hope that’s not the case, but it sure did look strange, the number draft pick, sitting there open, and not getting the ball. I’ve had time to listen to folks and watch more of the game and her performance. So… she did have 11, 3 point attempts, and being her first game, and the Sun is the real deal. I didn’t realize they were so good. All that being said, I’m Caitlin fan, proud bandwagoneer, I just feel like, you get the no. 1 player in the draft for a reason. No time to pay dues, winning is most important. Watching that game, and I just recently understood that the Fever have talent, but honestly watching that game made me think of a little league team, boys and girls club team, where the coach just wants to give everyone a chance to play. Winning is what matters, if you got a Jordon, Bryant, James, or Curry on your team, shameful not allow them to be themselves, be great and help the team win.
The stoic behavior of the team on offense is so obvious when you watch it. CC has the ball, and the other 4 just stands there waiting for something to happen.
Boston seems lost. Is slow. Gets 2 or 3 travel calls. She plays Post with back to basket below foul line. PG passes ball to her she turns to shoot jump shot. Moves pivot foot. Traveling. She had same Traveling calls in preseason. She needs to play😅 better..
Get her the ball in her spot. She is getting limited touches trying to set screen after screen to get CC open. You can't get into rhythm that way. CC a good player but running the offense through her will hurt the team.
That would help. Doesn’t seem Sides knows how to get best results from her players. CC should handle ball less. Saves her from unnecessary wear & tear. She needs to get 10+ point shots per game. Doesn’t Coach know about Double Screens? Her play calling is terrible. Everyone knows that opposing teams are going to increase their physicality & try to put a hurt on CC. There is no flow. Too much one or two man plays. Sides needs to either change her style soon or she must go.
I will give CC credit for 1 thing, she isn't going to come out and say her team mates left her out high and dry, with no screens, no cutting to the basket, no movement. She was double and sometimes triple teamed out front, while her team mates just stood around watching. You learn in grade school basketball to always be moving and go help your point guard. CC had no help at all!!!!!
Nike, Gatorade, State Farm, the Indiana front office and everyone else who has a stake in the Fever, need to remove Sides from the equation ASAP! Beg Bluter to take over until another permanent candidate can be found.
Iowa WBB season ticket holder here. I can tell you there is ZERO chance Lisa Bluder would ever coach the Fever or any other team (college or WNBA). Her letter to fans tells it all, her husband is now retired and she wants more time with him and her family. The BIG10 is expanding with the west coast teams next year and that means more late night games, longer travel time and more mate night flights. It seems to me (as a retired person also) I can relate to her decision. She is done coaching.
@@amyr.8283 The fever are not a good team but CC was horrible last night, especially the first half. She is going to be a great player but she needs to make adjustments in her game at this level. Sabrina Ionescu struggled her whole first year, the adjustment will not take long for CC but she just needs to change up a little
I don't think so. Smith had 13 points and the remaining players, single digits. How Boston only have 4 points? CC played more minutes than the rest of the whole team, so if the rest of the team is already adapted, why the getting rest?
@@user-yd6wv8wd8h You can't have a horrible game and still be the leading scorer of the game. She made some mistakes but the rest of her team is a huge problem!
To be truthful appeared the only reason Clark got the 20 was because carrington developed some cramp issues and didnt get back in the game., This allowed Clark to get open looks. Clark got little help from her teammates.
I feel sad for this young lady.. it’s too much pressure on her! That coach doesn’t know how to coach her.. (10) turnovers that’s not good! I’m glad Aaliyah Boston spoke with her during Halftime to get her back focus!! I truly, believe she’s hasn’t adjusted to the Professional level, yet!! I think by the 3rd or 4th game.. she should find her rhythm. She needs to get out her own way and let the game come to her.
I just know Caitlin is unhappy with Coach Sides. On her instagram she shared a post on her stories where the post was about Coach Bluder retiring; and the caption from the post (that someone else wrote, not Caitlin), was something along the lines of “having a coach who lets you play freely for four years”. ....then she deleted it shortly after because it did not last the full 24hrs that a story lasts automatically. She’s saying what she thinks without saying it. Coach Sides needs to change her approach ASAP.
Caitlin Clark has the talent and she is proven it every time she is on the court so many how many people hate her period . Caitlin Clark is an awesome player and she is making the critics eat their words !!❤❤❤
There were 2 times Clark called for fouls and NO way she fouled.. and ref's didn't let anything pass for her. Even gave CT ball when it obviously went off CT's leg. I was looking for Sides to get on the ref's butt for some of these.. Clark was WIDE open at least 10 times and nuthin... she's invisible. It makes me wonder what's going on behind the scenes.. CC even had words with Sides.. Ya gotta back your team..
Good players need good coaches .. MJ had, Phill Jackson Kobe had Phill Jackson.. Stephen Curry had Mark Jackson and Steve Kerr .. Have to get a top coach to suit a top player.. CC IS lacking a top coach to Carry her through this early stage in the game..
Phil Jackson didn't make Jordan or Kobe. If phi was so good why couldn't we win with no other team. All phi did was run a triangle offense which was hard to defend not their personal game
😂😂😂 Jordan didn't agree with Phil triangle offense at first until his teammates and Phil told Jordan if he wants be successful he has to buy into the triangle offense dummy. Jordan's first coach let him take all the shots and they couldn't get pass the the 2nd round of the playoffs and Jordan was mad his first coach got fired for he let Jordan take all the shots and phi was the assistant coach that help get Jordan first coach fired and Jordan didn't like phi for that dummy.
Go learn the story of Jordan and phi Jackson dummy as to how Jordan didn't like Phil at first cause it took the ball out his hand and forced Jordan to play with his teammates nothing to do with Jordan game cause Jordan was putting up point but couldn't win in the playoffs cause he was taking all the shots and not using his teammates and that when phi took over and made Jordan run the triangle offense
CC has some interesting mannerisms during these interviews particularly with all the different ways she touches her face. I'm sure it's just nerves. Gotta love her!
Caitlin scored 20 without a solid support group. Coach needs to get the support players on Caitlin's level. Smith is doing a good job but they will not be successful without the rest of the team getting it together.
Caitlin passed up 20mil/15 game package to go to the dumpster league and play for a coach that is not ready to step up to the new game in front of her.
Fever has to decide if they want same old same old--WNBA status quo, pound the paint, kick it out for a conventional 3 . OR, commit to evolve into a direction, no one else has gone other than Bluder/ Clark- I say go for it! Commit to the Clark Brand/System or give refunds to the cable companies and season ticket holders
Her teammates had 15 turnovers, so it wasn't just Caitlyn with a turnover issue. It's kinda hard not to have a turnover when you're double and triple teamed.
Majority of her points came in the 4th when the game was already over They kept her in the game when there was no way for them to come back as to how she got 20 aka clean up points which don't matter only on stats
🤔🏀 Everyone is tripping on Caitlyn, after only one game. She didn't play great, she had 10 turnovers ! Many of those passes were right in her teammates hand, and dropped. Caitlyn still gave me 20pts, but could be more efficient. It's Aliyah Boston that has to dominate, with inside scoring and grabbing rebounds ! Then the Fever coach, has to have a better strategy and game IQ. It was only the 1st game though. We'll see how they adjust for gm. 2. 🏀
Lets not forget how a team gets a 1st round draft pick, perhaps the most important 1st round pick EVER. The league will die quickly if they're playing stupid racist gender games, right now it seems the chances of that are 50/50? Super sad.
Well… if the refs are unfairly tagging Caitlin with fouls, they must have a professional death wish. Whether or not Clark ends up being a WNBA superstar at this stage is irrelevant. The fact remains it was her unique and record-setting collegiate career that has created this fan interest and ticket sales boon… and nobody’s buying those tickets to watch her sit on the bench in foul trouble.
Great question regarding CC's take on her coaches' observations of the loss. CC should've said, "So you expect me, as a rookie just after my 1st professional regular season game, which we lost, to publicly disagree with my coach to the media?" Yeah, ok...
As I watched this game I observed the following: 1. Clark and the rest of the team need to move without the ball. To much standing and watching. 2. Clark needs to get stronger. Weights, plyometrics, and yoga. 3. Clark needs to get stronger and move better on defense. Weights, plyometrics, and yoga. 4. Clark needs to develop a fall away and turn around jumper with in the 12 feet of the basket. 5. The pressure has to be immense on the rookie who was a college force just a month ago. With off court work on her weakness she will get better because she is already good.
They need to run the offense through her. The young lady Boston is not dominant inside, and CC is their best scoring option. She just needs to play ball and get out of her. She is a rhythm player, and you could see the team was out of rhythm.
She was last year and they didn't loss by 21 when the ball was going to her . Funny how she scored less and the lost by 21 CC SCORE 20 and the lose by 20 if I'm a coach I'm telling my team keep the ball from down low and let CC score 20 and we can win by 21
@oneone3983 they only won 13 games too. So.... she soft inside. They were scoring on them inside. The need to set screens and do pick & rolls to get CC open shots. She dropped 20 in a bad game. She will only get better.
@oneone3983 plus the Sun were 27 - 13 and ranked with the 3rd best defense and she dropped 20 on them in her 1st game. If this Coach can call the right plays. She will win rookie of the year, lead the league in scoring, and break the single scoring record.
@@s4cakagospelgorillaz98 so what who cares name one thing Christian laettner I mean C Clark done that no other wnba hasn't done please name one of this trash league that shouldn't exist
Watched this game. The coach is already negatively influencing her by pushing the deep two concept. Caitlin had several shots she "always" took when at Iowa but now she's trying to adapt to the coach's philosophy which is like asking Curry to only take twos. Also the big woman under the basket was dominated and the team overall did not support her. Caitlin looks like she will be the best player on this team by mid-year but the coach may be setting her up for failure if she feels constricted with the three-point shot. Terrible, terrible mistake.
I hope Sides realizes she needs to learn and begin challenging obvious poor calls and no calls. Let's make it clear we are engaged in the gamesupportiing your team by challenging poor calls and no calls.
@reprobatemind6194 you're rt. Still 10 TO,s aren't good n no rebounds. They just show the good stuff. She'll be fine though. Won't be like that every game. She'll adjust.
@@yennydude3768 Agreed, for comparison tho. Alyssa Thomas on the other team had 7 TO out of her teams 15 TO. Thomas is a 32 yr old, 10 yr vet - facing minimal pressure compare to what was applied to the fever and clark. Different standards if you win the game. Clark will be fine, her teammates... who knows.
@reprobatemind6194 true. She not under the same pressure the media has put on CC. I watched her in college a lil. She gets ripped alot and not used to good defenders. Yea she dropped 30 on SC. 18 in the 1st quarter. 12 rest of the game. Once she adjust to the speed n handles. She'll do what she does. She dropped 20 the other night, but Carrington was on her till she went out. CC showed she cn be aggressive after that. The media making her a target. CC really cool bout everything. She'll be fine
IF YOU THOUGHT CARRINGTON WAS TOUGH WAIT TILL THURSDAY… BETNIJAH LANEY-HAMILTON IS A DAWG… ALL WNBA DEFENSIVE TEAM… SCORES AT ALL LEVELS AND ON USA OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
The new & legacy fans say Wow this kid can shoot! Old school coaches & players say "Lets destroy the interest in our sport before people real start enjoying this game"
If that Fever coach don"t implement back door, plays pick and pop schemes & Pin downs with three point flow offense, shes going to be in the comment section with us next season or if she make through this season.
