According to Across the Timeline, Clark became the first player to collect at least 25 points, 10 assists, five boards, five steals, and three blocks in a WNBA game. Not the 1st rookie...first EVER.
Do you mean the GM & ownership that are enjoying sell out after sell out? You think they aren't happy right now? You think they give a rat's ass about winning? You think they want to fire Sides, pay off her contract $500K a year and pay another head coach on top of that? Won't happen.
@@jasonj7755 calm down. This team is garbage with a garbage head coach. CC needs to just get her numbers until they give her a better coach and more talent to play with
This was a GREAT game for CC to learn more about her ability to actually control the outcome of a game. She's learning the various ability levels and dynamics of her teammates in different situations, which will eventually allow her to actually manage this team herself, from the floor. There is no guidance coming from the sidelines for most of the game and soon CC will learn to take charge at the same time the ball is in her hands.
SIDES IS A CRIMINAL!! She keeps stealing victories from the team, she steals triple doubles from Caitlin, & today, she stole a 30 pt game from Clark. FIRE SIDES ALREADY!!!!!!!
Same here kabayan, never really been following WNBA games, except to keep tabs with the standings...but cc22 changed that for me..she is the most exciting player to watch..NBA or WNBA..except perhaps for Steph and jokic..
CC plays her game in the 4th if she played like that they would have won but it’s clear she is being held down trying to get the rest of the team to catch up with her
@@jimmyboy131 you can see her indifference today the entire game. They came out flat. All Mitchell does is play like Kobe. Might as well get position for offensive rebounds because Mitchell is jacking it up. And Samuelson is so bad they might as well play 5 on 4
Sides takes out Clark for defense down 3 after CC records 5 steals 3 blocks and Lexi and her dominant the 4th quarter. Then she calls a T/O as CC has the ball down and uses CC as a decoy while setting up Mitchell on an iso while she is 0-6 from three. Sides is a career asst.
Sides timeouts that were called worked to help Washington, they were called when the Fever had momentum and saved Washingon from burning theirs. Resulting in a Washington win.
I watched the whole game. Christie Sides is responsible for the loss. Wheeler should not play. Samuelson played too many minutes. Ehy did she start? Hull needs to start and have more minutes than Samuelson. Sides made poor decisions the whole game, especially in the last 2 minutes. Why was the last shot set up for Mitchell, who was missing most of her 3's. Clark had 5 threes. The last shot should have been hers. This was a very big loss for the Fever. It just shows how poor of a coach Sides is. She really needs to be replaced.
Lexie is good but starting her ruined the flow of the offense in the beginning! Benching Smith was idiotic! Why can’t Christie Sides establish everyone’s role already, this is coaching malpractice
Nothing wrong with Lexi hull. She was almost the only one hustling and playing defense. Katie Lou since baby, too slow, and not shooting well. That is who should not be starting
My starters when Temi healthy Temi Hull Boston Mitchell CC While Temi hurt Hull Smith Boston Mitchell CC Smith 16 minutes split for Temi/ Hull Katie Lou for Boston Wheeler 6 minutes game for CC Wallace 6 minutes for Mitchell
THIS. ABSOLUTELY, THIS. Sides made the wrong call with the starters. Hull and Dantas can do incredible things when they sub in at critical times, but they haven't built the chemistry with the starters to contribute from the start.
yep, it’s odd, players actually have an impact on the outcome of a game🤔, I feel like a lot of these fans know nothing about the game, Bill Belichick won superbowls with Bradey, Tom left and won in Tampa, Bill has not won without him, he may be the best ever but is’s not the Xs and Os, it’s the Jimmy’s and Joe’s
I was super proud of CC in this game because THAT is what generational players do. They see their team losing badly and they can't just sit by and watch. Classic.
As CC affirmed, Sides is good at developing culture which means favoring the lesser players and tamping down CC’s aggression so as not to offend the lessers.
Huge let down spot for them after the Liberty win. Christie Sides and the coaching staff need to learn how to get the hungry and super focused in these spots. Let downs are a very, very real thing in sports after big wins. Championship teams can learn how to stay focused in spots like that but it MUST start with the coach. There's no kicking back after BIG wins EVER!
WNBA: Historic day for Caitlin Clark as she notches 29 PTS, 13 AST, 5 REB, 5 3PM, and 3 STL vs. the Mystics 🔥This is the first time a player in the NBA and WNBA has recorded such a stat line since 1973-74.🔥❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @CaitlinClark22 @IndianaFever @WNBA
Can you imagine if CC had a better coach and if her team would catch half the passes that lead to turnovers for CC. Yes Caitlin has some turnovers that are her fault, but she is the rookie in the starting lineup.
Caitlin was amazing and had another historic game. If she had a better coach and more consistent teammates she'd be in the MVP conversation because she's already the ROTY.
You nailed it, Ben. Where the hell is the coaching staff? There isn’t the least bit of defensive improvement. The teams defensive stances, the footwork, the rotations (lack of rotations), no double teams… EVERY defensive basic skill is nonexistent. Stay safe and stay well. 😎🤙🏻✌🏻🖖🏻
Christie Sides had only one job today... just one job. Her only job was to put her players in a position to be successful, and she failed. Caitlin Clark gave them a chance. Christie F-ing Sides still shows she doesn't trust Caitlin on defense, and Caitlin had possibly her best defensive game today, yet Sides puts Wheeler in, only for Wheeler to pick up that stupid foul. The Fever were only down 3 when this happened. All the Fever needed to do was get one more stop and give themselves a chance to tie the game. Just one stop. She took the ball out of Caitlin's hands with that decision. This game could've gone to overtime, and Washington was already tired of chasing Caitlin around all quarter. They had a shot, and Sides's lack of trust in Caitlin's defense became their downfall.
Even the female announcer said the Fever play best when CC has the ball and AB is there to play off her. She wondered why they weren't playing that at the start. When CC had the ball, the announcer said this was what she was talking about. She also gave credit to Hull in the 4th quarter with helping to turnaround the game with her defense.
I really have no idea what Sides is going to do against Phoenix. I have a feeling Erica Wheeler is going to be handling the ball more. Sides saw CC cook and we cannot have that. At some point a leader(Boston) on this team, needs to say forget about Sides. Let CC run the offense on her own without Sides.
Actually, the fans were pretty upset the other day because she benched Camilla Cardoso in the second half against Seattle and they lost the lead and the game. No one knows why Cardoso got benched.
It was foul trouble. CC even mentioned in the after-game presser, that it took them some time to recover from that particular call. "The 4:25 mark of the third quarter was pivotal for both Fever forward Aliyah Boston and Mystics forward Stefanie Dolson. Officials called a defensive foul on Dolson as Boston was going in for a layup, and that would have been Dolson's fourth. But the Mystics challenged the call, as Boston elbowed Dolson in the face while going for the shot. After the officials reviewed the call, the Fever's faces said it all: it was a successful challenge, and what was going to be an and-1 became a negated basket and, more importantly, Boston's fifth foul at a crucial junction." - Caitlin Clark stuffs stat sheet, but furious Fever rally falls short vs. lowly Mystics / Chloe Peterson, Indianapolis Star
Feel sorry for Clark. She's been playing 37+ minutes for the past few games. If I were Clark, I would demand 2 minutes rest in the 1st and 2nd qtr and play full minutes in the 4th.
No one can possible that dumb! In what reality, with the game on the line, do you put your best player on the bench? Sides has done this time after time and it hasn't yet yielded a positive outcome. This notion that Clark is weak defensively is simply moronic. She had 5 steals and 3 blocked shots today and she's a very good rebounder. I feel sorry for this team, as long as Sides is the coach, they have absolutely no chance that they will ever be anything more than a sub .500 team Clearly, it is not the goal of the Fever ownership or management, to win games. I've heard that the team owner said he was only interested in the team so he could write off their economic loss. I believe that rumor.
Sides has to go! Why use C² as a decoy for Mitchell to take the shot when Mitchell was 0-8 on 3 pointers? Makes zero sense. C² was cooking in the 4th, give her the ball! She's doing the work of 4 players.
The Fever's bigs didn't show up today. If I'm the Fever coach, I have all of the centers and forwards shooting 200 layups and 200 5 foot shots every practice. Those missed bunnies are costing them games.
What is extremely disconcerting and telling is when Sides was asked why she made the lineup change and the only answer she defiantly gave was no answer at all. It was just *_Her Decision_* and "that's where we'll leave it." So not even "paying" fans deserve to hear a reason? Guess not. She didn't understand a question and the biggest tell was, "we're Always going to look to play in and out." *_Always._* What! She's got to be kidding. That's the problem right there. Calling a time out when Caitlin had the ball in her hands. Then not touching it again. A play drawn up for Mitchell instead of Caitlin is beyond unbelievable but coming from this coach, not surprising. Imo she was absolutely livid that Caitlin took over the game. I believe she did not want it to be Caitlin for the win. It was clear as night and day. Those moves speaks volumes that Sides really isn't using a winning strategy, especially in late game situations. Where's the GM in all this? Is the front office that uncaring and wilfully ignorant? Guess so.
I would love to see the Indiana fans have huge protests outside arena and headquarters to Fire, Dunn, Sides and whole coaching staff. Keep the pressure on until it happens. If it doesn't pull their monetary support.
That was a brutal game. Sides cannot stick to a lineup. CC was hot and Sides set up a play for 0-8 Mitchell. Mitchell lost her confidence early in that game. Every time Mitchell got the ball from Caitlin, she was looking to pass the ball. Dantas not ready for prime time. Stop taking CC out of the game at the end and replace with a defensive player that is just as bad. CC had 5 open looks for 3's in the last quarter she passed up. 2 of them she threw away. One should have been a foul on the defense.
Caitlin Clark put up 29 points, 13 assists, five rebounds and five steals. Indiana shot 53% from the floor and the Fever lost WTF is it with the way that coach runs that team, missed layups, dropped passes, missed open 2pt and 3pt shoots, what do they run in practice - you have a hot passer, throwing to dead hands, you have a hot passer going for easy layups that are missed, a hot passer that gives the shooter open 2pt and 3pt that they miss.
That was a MONSTER GAME for CC for sure. If you break down her numbers, that is one of the more impressive overall set of numbers you will see - in particular for a young player. Wow. I hope the Fever franchise will step up.
Ben you nailed it again, once again Sides did not have this team prepared today even though they had three days to get ready. They knew Ariel killed them last time and she did it again. I put this lost on the coach because the team just looked flat and unprepared with any strategy to defend Ariel . This game was bad. And Smith refuses to go get the ball when it’s coming towards her. Her feet are stuck in cement and her brain freezes. She allowed Ariel to jump in front of her after the jump ball when the game was on the line.
No HE's just a MAGA CULT GRIFTER from The PHONY Caitlyn Clark Fans where This Guy Realized The MAGA GRIFT just Like Donald Trump. ACT like you CARE for their CAUSE & then SELL them Merchandise or Subscribers😂😂
@@jeffreydevries2903 48yo white man here; I'm sorry I'm late, I had my notifications silenced somehow. I too enjoyed this analysis, so we technically all have a black friend now & are henceforth...covered.
Incompetence is being rewarded once again. This game should NEVER have been allowed to get out of control. Does the owner want to win or go woke and go broke?
I know there are coach/team issues and I agree Clark is great. BUT I feel Clark has become conflicted between being an assist generator or the STAR of this team. There were times in 1st 3qtrs where she should have not passed to a partially open player but should SHOOT the ball. If she played like the STAR that she is there would not be a 21 point deficit in the 4th. I'm frustrated!!!!
AngeL Reese Another Double Double makes 14th Straight Games a NEW WNBA RECORD! 😳 AND Chicago Sky WON Today's Game vs Atlanta 78-69. AngeL Reese had 11 points & 13 Rebounds😳
@@dwaynewalker1186nobody... and I mean NOBODY has ever given a 💩 about rebound dbl dbls until they needed to to make Reese look better. She's a one dimensional player. Can't shoot (not even a layup hardly) no jumper, no post moves, isn't dominant defensively in the paint. But she's one helluva rebounder, I'll absolutely give her that.
I really do wonder what the owner is thinking about this. How can Herb be in the dark about all of this? Is he just happy with higher ticket sales, and doesn't give a rat's ass about CC's development and future support via better coaching? It just doesn't make sense to me that he is 100% OK with the current situation.
You are 100% correct! I've never seen a coach handcuff a super star 🌟 player as much as bonehead Sides ! It's just a shame! The GM and owner have their heads in the sand! They need to wake up
Plus 20 blocks for the season Which is some sort of record,yet the coach takes her out for defensive purposes, the fans deserve better,plus she only took 14 shots, should be more like 20 at least.
Ben you called it. Watching Caitlyn give her all to be snubbed out of the last play was so painful. Unbelievable. Sides sets up a play with the player who already blew 7 or 8 attempts at the 3pt shot……..! Clark is in Hell unfortunately.
I hope it's not true that Christie Sides is trying to keep everyone happy with their playng time. This is a damn professional league and a business! You play who is best and don't give two craps about whose feelings it hurts. Period!
Ben Daniel I'm sorry you can keep saying Christy sides all u want these games are being throwed she's not getting fired and I feel sad for CC she wound up in this trashy team better yet trashy league she should have stayed in college everybody is in this together all coaches all management players media, commissioners, trying to get a hype between the people more viewership more attendance more everything rivalry between CC And AR all at the expense of CC is ridiculous!!!!!
CC saved Christie Sides’s ass in the last game when she had that and one three-point play to cut it to three and then dish that wide-open shot to Mitchell to tie the game with a three-pointer. Sides Is constantly sabotaging this team by not making CC the focal point until CC decides to do it herself in the fourth-quarter today amazingly almost coming back from a 21 point deficit. She’s got the easiest coaching job in the world just needing to run pick and roll or a double pick and rolls with CC to automatically get CC or her teammates open and she can’t even do that right because she refuses to give CC any credit for turning this franchise around cause of her jealous ego.
When they pulled Smith out of the starting lineup eliminated the ability of AB and CC to do their ball screens. Totally took the offense out of their rhythm. They pick CC up full court, and no stagger screens, or off ball plays called for her. What kind of coaching is this??? Terrible....Sides needs to go. How does Sides not know how to run this offense??? She needs to go back and watch some Iowa WBB games and see how they won, and mimic that!!!!
I don’t blame Sides for the loss. The lack of rebounding and missed inside shots. What Sides is responsible for is maybe the chosen lineup. But the missed inside shots, and allowing the Washington Lesbians to get 2nd and 3rd shots off was the difference.
