"Jealous Haters & Gatekeepers" Tear Down Caitlin Clark in Big Moment for Women's Basketball 

I am a South Carolina fan.. However you cannot deny what Caitlin Clark has done for women's basketball. I respect all that she has accomplished in her college career. I want to give her her flowers as did Coach Staley and I look forward to watching her in the WNBA.

Diana Taurasi, Instead of being afraid and jealous of Caitlin Clark’s talents … THANK HER FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Women jealous of other women??? Nooo.

They can said Caitlin Clark is not the Goat, fine. But you can not deny that she's the reason that ticket selling are up and TV viewers were record breaking.

Hater gone hate 😂😂😂😂😂 they should thank her for putting women basketball on the maps because y’all can’t do it 😂😂😂😂

It's really sad that a woman is very accomplished and very successful, like Diana. Be so jealous of a woman who, don't even have your championships, be envy of her accomplishments. By the way, she's elevating your sport to another level

Caitlin is a unicorn . She moves the needle

Also it helps when top ncaa women players look and carry themselves like actual girls instead of dudes 🤷🏻‍♂️

If you go to UConn and don't win a title, thats more a bigger statement than CC not winning in Iowa. Going to UConn, you expect to be playing on a very stacked team. 10 championships in 24 seasons.

She’s hated for three reasons and three reasons only 1. White 2. Straight (so not team LGBTQ) 3. And Midwest girl quiet and unassuming All the studs talking about her are big jealous due to her being born when she was born

18 million watched yesterday more viewers than the NBA finals

That is what some women do. Not all but certainly some do hate on one other.

People are missing the point. She has never called herself the G.O.A.T. The Media and Social Media are the ones fighting over the G.O.A.T. Convo - creating the hate towards Caitlin she is just trying to play basketball.

I think those players are mad that she got attention when they didn't while they were in College. Women's Basketball wasn't popping like that in terms of ratings when Stewart was at UConn. They weren't getting 18 million people watching.

In showing little girls an example of who to emulate, Caitlin Clark is great example. Taurasi is a great example who to avoid being or becoming.

Btw, "hating" is a slang term for jealousy. They literally mean the same thing. Smh

Taurasi's just doing what ALL girls like her do = they feel threatened when someone else LIKE THEM appears = she's showing WHY the WNBA hasn't progressed at all in 27-years, still losing money every season = they don't want to "dunk" or "alley-oop" or do anything to make their game more popular/hype, so now that someone's coming along to do just that, they feel threatened as usual & will do EVERYTHING to stop her

The NBA veteran players did the same thing to LeBron when he got all the media attention when he first came into the league. It's just pure jealousy. And it's disgusting.

If UConn hadn’t said no to Caitlyn Clark she could’ve won 3 championships for them. Better team better defense.

There is absolutely no excuse for those women's behavior!!!!

It’s just childish jealousy, plain and simple.

Very jealous and a hater

Put Taurasi or Sue Bird in place of CC on the Iowa teams the last two years and Iowa would not have gotten to the National finals. Playing with an all-star roster as Taurasi and Bird did make winning very much easier. Iowa had a good and all-conference players but not multiple all=Americans as UCONN did.

Taurasi just jealous that clark may do what she was supposed to do for the wnba....and maya was clarks idol from uconn...😂

She is no doubtedly a superstar, but unfortunately she is headed into the abyss known as the WNBA, where she will never be heard from ever again😢

South Carolina’s bench outscored Iowa’s 37-0

It’s women’s college basketball.. You’ve got to win. Thanks for paying attention for a few months.. but you’ve got to understand the history.

Always had to win a championship to be in the GOAT conversation. This is nothing new. Name me a single male basketball player in the GOAT conversation without a championship?

Today is the first time I have seen your program. You really know psychology, and basketball and are rational. I think about all the things Caitlin did in college basketball and how she destroyed also Curries record and being the leader of her team showed that is the most talented woman in basketball.. The WNBA players are jealous. This young girl is the Goat at the college level. She will save the WNBA but she will be physically and emotionally protected. We have crazy fanatics and players and she can be in real danger. I'm in love with you lady!!! 😏You are Great!!!

Enter Clark, who admirably chose to stay close to home and bring a mediocre basketball program to prominence. And she has done so with flying colors and has had more of an impact on their success than any in women’s college basketball history. This was more difficult than leading a stacked team to titles in my opinion. If she had chosen to go to powerhouses like South Carolina, LSU, Stanford, or Connecticut (if Geno Auriemma had not recruited Paige Bueckers first) she could have easily won 3 or 4 championships at all of these schools. (She might have 6 (lol) and really upset Cheryl Swoopes.) She is that great. The same thing if she played with the same teammates on the same stacked teams that Cheryl Miller (my previous GOAT), Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker, Maya Moore, Chamique Holdsclaw (and several others) did in their era. That would have made her a more accomplished player team wise but it wouldn’t make her any better as a player. The unfairness of this myopic “ring counting” view by many people is obviously unfair and wrong. No women player in women's college basketball history would have dragged these mediocre Iowa teams (no disrespect meant to her fine and likable teammates) to the NCAA finals 2 years in a row. Only Miller would have even come close in my opinion. No player in history elevates her teammate's level of play to the degree that Clark does and it's not even close. No player in history has had more of an impact on the outcome of a game than Clark. No player in history has been more clutch than Clark. And no player has elevated her game in big games more often than Clark. She is the greatest scorer in women’s college basketball history and the greatest passer in women’s basketball history - college or pro. Her 3’s and especially her logo 3’s bring in a new dimension of greatness since they open up the court for her teammates and demoralize her opponents as the crowd goes crazy shifting the all important momentum to her team. And she is a great rebounder and ball handler. Plus, her teammates love playing with her. All this and you want to tell me that her legacy hinges on whether or not her team, not her, defeats an undefeated 6 point favorite stacked South Carolina (for the second year in a row) team in one game? Even if she wins and drops 50 (not happening against South Carolina defense) and 15 assists (Ok, that can happen) haters will say she only has one ring and Stewart has four. Poppycock. Statistics, advanced statistics, and the all important eye test all tell me who is better by a clear margin. If she loses no matter how great she plays, some (not necessarily haters) will say she is not the GOAT because she doesn’t have a “chip” (as the delusional Jay Williams likes to say). Well everyone is entitled to their opinion no matter how wrong it is lol.

Did any other woman baller have as much as positive elan and joie de vivre and consciously play to the audience?

Caitlin Clark - has a boyfriend. Diana Tarausi - has a wife. Figure it out.

I wonder how many little and young girls have been inspired to play basketball by Caitlin Clark. How many would love to have Caitlin be their mentor and coach? The WNBA doesn't deserve Caitlin.

Secretly all women hate each other. I don't watch women basketball. Clark is getting all the attention and make all the money that they haven't and are jealous. Give her chance and see what she does on next level. I haven't watch a wnba since first two seasons and comets were dominating.

I love his take them first 7 minutes. SPOT ON!

If she was a different color this wouldn’t even be a discussion

She set every college basketball record. Men or women. She didn’t come out of nowhere. Wrong.

Well said Dan Beyer. I agree with everything you said. Best commentary on this subject. Great show.

Caitlin Clark #1

This is the best analysis of this dynamic around Clark that I've seen yet. I've listened to enough of the quotes to come away with two conclusions: 1) To say that Clark may have some challenges and growing pains when she goes pro is not only fair, but obvious. Who wouldn't? Her team (most likely Indiana Fever) will be full of players who are more skilled and seasoned than her teammates at Iowa (as good as they are). Clark herself indicated in recent interviews that she is fully aware of this. 2) The "but" here is that, yes: if those WNBA players weren't overcome with jealousy, they would probably express the excitement of the advancement of their sport that Clark represents. Congratulate her on her accomplishments. Instead, they are focusing on all the "challenges" that Clark will face, which does come off as a bit petty. But as Monse says: the suddenness of Clark's rising star in the sport caught them off guard, jealousy is a natural emotion, and honestly, a few games into the next WNBA season, none of this will matter anyway.

Remember what Magic Johnson and Larry Bird did for the NBA. It’s about making money, They never had the right combination in the WNBA to do it, now they do. But you can’t deny all the accomplishments that Caitlin Clark has done in those four years. Taurasi is a X UConn player. You won’t get any praise to Kaitlyn from her.

The haters will continue once Caitlin gets to the WNBA.

Diana was coach Geno's little girl at Connecticut.

The main thing I hate is why come noone is talking about how her weaknesses got exposed. So her play was not GOAT in the Championship. She can only shoot 3s consistently going left. Her handles are not that good. She cant finish at the basket. And she complains about everything. Raven shut her down for 3 Qs and basically held her scoreless in the biggest game of her career. In comparison Sheryl Swoops had 47 and won the chip.

Thanks to Caitlin we will have to pay for a streaming service next year to watch the women's finals. Just like we do tonight & for the BCS. It sucks you can't watch state schools compete without paying.

Let them talk trash if they want to. This is good for woman’s basketball.

Why does everyone say they are hating, they are really just speaking facts. Its a higher level. They didnt say she wouldn't be good, they were insinuating that not right away. Hate and facts are 2 different things. Because someone disagrees with others opinions doesn't equal hating.

This is why we can't have nice things 💯 😅😅😅

I agree with Dan 🎙️on this one. #22🏀

The older players tear others down. The older WNBA players are over 35 need to retire.

Caitlin didn’t need a chip she took a Iowa team to back to back title games with no other players above a 3 star!! Brianna Stewart and UConn is slap full of high school all Americans every year!! Caitlin did more

Why? Why criticize others? The old saying If you don't have anything good to say, keep quiet. What does this accomplish? It's just the society we live in. Sad.

Serious question. In what sport does championship don't count when talking about the goat.

Love Catlin

Why are they forcing this girl down our throat!? That’s why people are hating her!

Is another women's team that sweeps the season, and wins the championship year after year, really good for the game? IMO that''s why people check out. Oh Teenesse won another game by 30 points and hasn't lost in 3 years. Oh Uconn won 4 four years in a row, or Baylor or now SC. Nah, I'll pass on tuning in to pay attention to that. I'd rather have a bunch of different teams, with a bunch of different stars going back and forth year after year.

DT is living in reality there’s levels to this for real.

They just don't get it. It is "CAITLIN BASKETBALL" (alongside her great team) we follow and watch. It's never been the sloppy HATIN' PRO-unknown WNBA players.

I can't wait to follow Caitlin Clark in whatever WNBA team she lands on. The Fever doesn't have a #22 on the current roster.

Diana T. you are an exceptional player. So is Caitlin C. Your games are different. Why the bitterness, you're above that.

We already know you wanted Iowa to win and for obvious reasons, Ms. Quarterbacky.

The analysts in the video don’t understand basketball fully when they talk about star players. Iowa isn’t in title games based solely on Clark and the year prior to her freshman year, they made the Elite 8 as a 29 win team and conference champion. So, the women’s program at Iowa was already and getting Clark allowed them to build into a 2x national runner up. Clark is a ball dominant shooter with playmaking skills surrounded with good players that compliment her style of playing within their coaches system. There are other good players on Iowa that provided double digit scoring to go with her scoring, and it all worked. However, much like Lebron”s career in a number of big playoff series, teams built around ball dominant high usage players tend to struggle against strong defensive teams that are capable of disrupting that flow by applying pressure on the star player. Don’t be surprised to see Iowa still winning after Clark leaves. They were winning before she got there.

Please don't normalize jealousy. Mature people can choose not to fall prey to their jealousy and envy.

Not growing the Game and Nobody wants to see. ⏬️ Diana Taurasi, 41+ Years old. Sue Bird, 43+ Years old. Compared to, Growing the Game and Everyone wants to see. ⏬️ Caitlin Clark, 21+ Years old. Angel Reese, 21+ Years old.

All women are jealous of other women who have what they don't have and want. They are all jealous of Caitlin Clark because she is the biggest college basketball star in the past 30 years. And brought so much attention to their sport. And they didn't.

No mission accomplished, the mission is to win the championship

When a phenomenon happens, a phenomenon happens.

Why do other players have to respond the way yall want them to. Can they use their opinion.

It’s a team game and obviously SC has a much better team. If you put CC on SC, replacing any player. Obviously, she would win the championship. Dawn Staley is a great coach. But if you swapped the two coaches, who would won the Final? In college, even the great one only has one or two cracks at winning a championship. Unlike the pro, they can have 15 years to get ring.

Why is giving an opinion always considered hate? How many players were good in college and didn’t dominate?

The man with the pointy face seemed very jealous of CC

She didnt take the game to this level alone.

I mean i dont think she was hating at all. All the Goat talks start with chips. I just believe it's a segment of people that believe if you dont think like them your either dumb, hater, or jealous.

Diana is dripping in jelly 🫣🥹🐉

Things have change, now you have to roll out the red carpet for rookies.

Three strikes against Clark if the haters were being honest: her color. Her gender. Her location. That’s it.

If the old heads in the W are so jealous of CC, then leave the benefits from larger crowds in the box office. Don't hurt the golden goose!

We know why they hate on Caitlyn Clark so much…there are 3 main reasons….can you name them? White, straight, Christian

I know Caitlin Clark but who is Turiasihit never heard!!!

I don't think that we can bury our heads in the sand: Other WOMEN in the WNBA hate Caitlin Clark, because she is great, White, pretty, clean cut, and heterosexual.

Another dynasty in WNCCA basketball is the LAST thing women’s college basketball needs!! The idea that getting rid of individual star’s and returning the programs to prominence is good for women’s basketball is insane!

People don't know what jealosy is stating she's gone have some struggles as a pro isn't jealousy it's a known fact rookies struggle at some point during the season. Saying she isn't the GOAT without a championship isn't jealousy either because when has anyone said a ringless athlete is the GOAT? Never a championship has been apart of that criteria

Staley expressed it perfectly. Caitlin is one of the GOATs, just like how u can have a Mount Rushmore in a particular sport. Some of the oldheads r h8tin on this young phenom's stardom 🌟 Ultimately, Clark's buzz will benefit all the women involved @ the college & pro lvl 💯

Old Taurasi's jealousy. 😂

Hating and jealousy is the same thing, lol.

Caitlin Clark should just go to big 3 having fun where the love and money is. WNBA has too many haters and she might get hurt playing for penny. Noone really remember who won WNBA and when... Caitlin should listen to this old wise chinese man

Umm! I'm not sure how you can have her in the GOAT discussion and she hasn't played a single pro game? She had one of the greatest seasons the college game has seen. But right now it's just a buzz, similar to a lot of players who's game did not get that much better at the highest level. I'll wait and see what happens at the next level before throwing her name in the hat. But, I hope she succeeds and elevate women's basketball... They deserve it.

Is this new man pro game you think is going to let a rookie come into the league and just take over. Kobe, Jordan, Kevin Garnett all had to earn there spot. It was not the fairy book ending for who?

CC essentially played two teams on Sunday. Girl didn’t sit not once! I’m glad she ended up going to Iowa which allowed her to grow as player. Instead of going to school where everyone up and down the roster is a top recruit. Now that she going to play with Ayesha Boston oh it’s over for the league

Jealousy is not a good thing. it's an ugly look on the individual person and also the sport. That's what destroys sports. it does not lift it up.

CC helped Iowa beat Last years Champs in Angel Reese & LSU this year in NCAA Tournament plus CC & Iowa beat that South Carolina team in last years NCAA Tourny . 2 straight Championship games. Iowa beat both of those Championship Teams

Hard for me to call any player (male or female) the greatest of their generation if they don’t win a championship. So I can’t be mad at anybody who doesn’t call Caitlyn Clark the goat. She didn’t win a ring with Iowa. -Diehard Orlando Magic fan since 2001 Side note: I don’t do the goat debate. Just best player of an each generation.

I’ve watched so many of these commentaries in this topic in the last week and y’all’s was the best!! You covered the majority of the reasons but I’m with her, it’s jealousy/resentment. I’m going to give a little grace to Taurasi and the others… y’all that’s a woman thing. We can be so trifling!! I know it cause I am a woman. It takes a lot of maturity to not fall into it. Coach Staley KNOWS God damn well that she needs to be diplomatic because she is leading the team into Olympics and she had thread that needle perfectly to satisfy everyone. Not crowing CC as THE goat but granting her as “one of the goats” was good enough. Also as y’all said there’s a little program elitism that these players fall into, it’s gross. As an Iowan I know what people from other states say about Iowa, you can’t believe Iowa produced a phenom like her. Well she did this herself, she worked her ass off training and shooting thousands of baskets over the last 2/3 of her life. Also nice touch with the “she literally led them to two back to back finals… bah!” at the end!! 😂🤣

She proved she was "QuarterBacky"!!!!

SC won 38-0 talk about that. Why we talking about the losing team

Caitlin took a mediocre team to the final 4 two years in a row. That should count for something. She made her teammates shine.

Did she literally just make excuses for WNBA pros jealousy? Then try to pretend we shouldn't let it be an impression we all had? Stupidest take I've ever heard.

These people are not taring her down. She been given the same criteria that every one has been given. It’s not jealousy it’s just they have through the same boundaries. Suck if up. She is sensational but not met the rules you set for everyone else.

They cant just be giving an honest take? Clark is a phenom and was outstanding, but GOAT has always been about winning and rings over stats. She is a great for sure, but GOAT, naw

If Caitlin Clark dunks 1 time.. The WNBA would explode into outer space.