that is true, but Wallace or Berger have got to step up ball out so CC can get a least a 2 minute rest in first 3 quarters. All that ball handling, running around and chasing Sun offensive players is exhausting. by 4th quarter her legs are shot. The same for Kelsey, we have to be able to give her a few minutes rest. Lexi, Dantas and Fagbenle have to score or draw fouls on Sun.
How can you say the art of passing is a dying art with Caitlin Clark in the league lol. What?? Simple answer Christie. Immediately no. If anything, people are noticing passing MORE now.
Did she say that? I thought she said Thomas and Clark were passers. But overall, in the W, many teams don't pass a lot, but whoever brings ball down court will stop and pop.
Playing at pace with confidence and taking those 3-point shots whenever possible is how the Fever got here. It also help to keep the Sun's defence guessing and creates more space for shooters like Lexi, Kelsey and Damires.
I feel like Christie just constantly defaults to how young and inexperienced and just lucky they all are to be here. I assume this narrative changes next year? When are you going to see this coach actually want to win rather than a “what happens, happens mentally”?
Those long three point shots she is complaining about are what make the game fun to watch and rile up the crowd to support the players - not to mention those shots are what helped get them to the playoffs in the first place. I realize that the two best shooters were both off last game but that is unlikely to happen twice in a row and even if it did adjustments could be made midgame. Why coach them to avoid those shots from the onset?
I used to really like smith for this team but the fact she doesn’t have Clark’s back because her gf is the one out there trying to intentionally gouge Clark’s eye out
Smith sits on the bench this game. She isn’t digging deep enough to actually produce and she doesn’t care too. She’s more interested in “not”’sleeping on the couch so she isn’t engaged in the team. Carrington is obviously the one with the control and Smith is too afraid to actually beat her.
@@houdini_sports I totally agree Smith has been inconsistent this year. It seems like multiple times in the season I'm ready to give up on her. But then she's randomly really helpful and impactful in a breakout game - on rebounds or makes shots she'd been blowing over multiple back, to back, to back games. I get the impression she's not as cerebral of a player as most of the rest of the Fever squad. I think that could make it harder to continue to improve over time.
Didn't make no adjustments due to not doing what we're suppose to do lmao. This coach and her answers. You are the coach. Aren't you suppose to adjust during the game?!
@@Juke582Fagbenle has done well on defense at least and she will get better on offense, she was really good but got injured, give her a break she will get there again. Smith no Fagbenle yes.
Christy sounds different today. Not so up beat or excited the team is in the playoffs. Hmmm. We notice passing because of Caitlin. Win or lose I hope the team plays their absolute best. Go Indiana Fever🏀🏀🏀
Coach please stop using Smith and Temi in this series...use Damiris and Boston to spread the floor so the lane not clogged for Mitchell and Clark to get to the rim off the dribble
Did she just say we didn’t make any adjustments on defense because we didn’t execute what we were supposed to to begin with?! So basically you just gave up? That would explain why no time out was called when the other team went on a huge run…
Congratulations to DiJonai Carrington for winning the WNBA's most improved player! It was a close race between her and Chennedy Carter. But the eye gouging of Clark sealed the win for Carrington.
THE BRUTAL TRUTH IS , THE FEVER WILL NEVER WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SIDES AS HEAD COACH, SHE JUST DOESNT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, SHE NEEDS TO TRAIN UNDER A TOP COACH, THE NEW PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BRING IN ANOTHER COACH AND SOME NEW PLAYERS , OTHERWISE THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN NEXT SEASON, SERIOUSLY , I HOPE THIS PRESIDENT HAS GRIT , SHE HAS SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE , HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THEN LATER , DUNN NEEDS TO RETIRE, NO DISRESPECT, ITS OVERDUE
Kelly Krauskopf, the new president, is likely the most qualified individual in the world for that position. There are zero second thoughts with this higher. They went after the best and got it. They now have the best person in the league running the organization and the best player in the league on the court.
They better get some revenge tonight. After Carrington intentionally poked Caitlin Clark’s eye. That bs caused her to have a real off game and maybe even cost them the series. They better rise above it and get these two wins, cheaters shouldn’t prosper in any league
Seriously folks, Sides is not a coach and is not an intelligent person. Sides and Dunn need to be fired. The great Fever fans and the players deserve a real coach and motivator. Sides has now lost the last 4 out of 5. She is a train wreck. Sides will lose tonight’s game. Hopefully it’s bye bye Sides
I watch the games and they pass it around an around and find myself yelling at the TV , shoot the F#*king ball. If you got a shot take it . I write this as Sides is talking about finding the right shot. These are suppose to be professional ball players. If your open shoot.
Oh look it is the idiotic Fever coach who doesn't know how to coach. Has no idea when to call time outs & never challeges calls or make substitutions & never stands up for her players or has their backs. Sides is 🗑️
What do you think about what Connecticut Sun did to all the Indiana Fever fans during the game??? They called it the Bandwagon Fans that just joined the WNBA in 2024... then put the camera on #22 shirts of fans in the stands and made fun of them on the large screens. Tried to embarrass the Caitlin/Indiana fans. Little girls and families standing there looking like deer in the headlights not knowing what to do... direct opposite of where Connecticut Sun usually put the cameras on Connecticut Sun fans and cheer...
Fever cannot win anything with this worst coach ever and some teammate who jealous Hope we don't see next season lin dun .. coach sides..no more wheeler with 200k salary...good bye Wallace Katie Lou nalyssa smith thrash Good bye Mitchell just offense no defence take satou and Gabi Williams Aliyah is soft This Indiana just lucky to have Caitlin Clark
OMG your a horrible coach. Get fired soon. Yor couldn't make an adjustment if your life depended on it. I swear she has to be doing this on purpose, no one is that bad at coaching.
everytime i watch Sides, i get annoyed. she is just a fake coach… have you heard dantoni 7 seconds or less,. maybe you need to run plays for cait… you put down cc but you cannot even condemn what carrington did,, stuuupiiid coach
I am 61 years old and NEVER followed ANY professional sports I saw Caitlin Clark appear on SNL and decided to check it out and could not stop watching but Honestly I’m mentally exhausted watching all this BS basketball all these lying angry lesbians call a professional sport package I hope Indiana does lose so I can stop watching the WNBA
You MUST play FAST! Leave it all on the floor. We’re all cheering you on ❤️💙
The ball needs to be in CC's hands as much as possible, she's the playmaker.
that is true, but Wallace or Berger have got to step up ball out so CC can get a least a 2 minute rest in first 3 quarters. All that ball handling, running around and chasing Sun offensive players is exhausting. by 4th quarter her legs are shot. The same for Kelsey, we have to be able to give her a few minutes rest. Lexi, Dantas and Fagbenle have to score or draw fouls on Sun.
Let them RUN Christy
The refs need to let them run.
Let AB,CC,LH,KM run the dang ball.
Go fever
They can't do that alone for 40 minutes, Sun is too deep and by 4th quarter Fever stars will be out of gas.
erica wheeler too
How can you say the art of passing is a dying art with Caitlin Clark in the league lol. What?? Simple answer Christie. Immediately no. If anything, people are noticing passing MORE now.
bounce pass was barely used in the w and cc brought it back too
Did she say that? I thought she said Thomas and Clark were passers. But overall, in the W, many teams don't pass a lot, but whoever brings ball down court will stop and pop.
Simply not true ,courtney williams ,chelsea gray ,ionescu and vandersloot ,natasha cloud and cc,all exemplary passers and playmakers .
It was the journalist that said that, not Sides. Always trying to criticize the coach is beyond getting old.
@@briangoodner8680 the journalist asked if it was a dying art and Sides didn’t have an answer …
Congratulations Coach Christin Siden❤
Playing at pace with confidence and taking those 3-point shots whenever possible is how the Fever got here. It also help to keep the Sun's defence guessing and creates more space for shooters like Lexi, Kelsey and Damires.
Start Donuts over Smith. Play CC 38 minutes tonight.
LETS GET THIS WIN!
I hope Sides and Dunn are gone next year
I am excited for a triple-double tonight 🎉
Congratulations Caitlin on Winning Rookie of The Year. It was a nice run. I don’t have faith in tonight Game.
I feel like Christie just constantly defaults to how young and inexperienced and just lucky they all are to be here.
I assume this narrative changes next year? When are you going to see this coach actually want to win rather than a “what happens, happens mentally”?
Those long three point shots she is complaining about are what make the game fun to watch and rile up the crowd to support the players - not to mention those shots are what helped get them to the playoffs in the first place. I realize that the two best shooters were both off last game but that is unlikely to happen twice in a row and even if it did adjustments could be made midgame. Why coach them to avoid those shots from the onset?
best of luck 💛 LETS GO FEVER
Play Smith 0️⃣ minutes.
She just is not consistent enough
I used to really like smith for this team but the fact she doesn’t have Clark’s back because her gf is the one out there trying to intentionally gouge Clark’s eye out
Smith sits on the bench this game. She isn’t digging deep enough to actually produce and she doesn’t care too. She’s more interested in “not”’sleeping on the couch so she isn’t engaged in the team. Carrington is obviously the one with the control and Smith is too afraid to actually beat her.
I definitely agree with you.
@@houdini_sports I totally agree Smith has been inconsistent this year.
It seems like multiple times in the season I'm ready to give up on her. But then she's randomly really helpful and impactful in a breakout game - on rebounds or makes shots she'd been blowing over multiple back, to back, to back games.
I get the impression she's not as cerebral of a player as most of the rest of the Fever squad. I think that could make it harder to continue to improve over time.
Good luck Gals!
You made it back to the playoffs. Be proud of that.
Didn't make no adjustments due to not doing what we're suppose to do lmao. This coach and her answers. You are the coach. Aren't you suppose to adjust during the game?!
The fans would to see the fever win another this season
Sides is starting smith. We have already lost
Gotta be honest, I was trying to hear what CC was sayin in the background more than the coach.
A great passer is worth their weight in gold!
Basic basketball question trips up coach Sides! CC has more basketball IQ in her pinkie than Sides has all together!
She answers questions like she "coaches"and that she is the woest"coach" in the league!
I hate to say this. But Smith needs traded in the offseason for a really good SF/PF that has length who can score and defend 👍
Just anyone not slow! Fagbenle is a disappointment too! 😫
@@Juke582Fagbenle has done well on defense at least and she will get better on offense, she was really good but got injured, give her a break she will get there again. Smith no Fagbenle yes.
We have youth on our side so RUN, Fever, RUNNNN!!!! RUN RUN RUN!
Christy sounds different today. Not so up beat or excited the team is in the playoffs. Hmmm. We notice passing because of Caitlin. Win or lose I hope the team plays their absolute best. Go Indiana Fever🏀🏀🏀
SEND THIS BACK HOME
Go Fever!! 🎉
Not by might, not by power but by the Spirit of the Lord ❤
I just cannot listen to Sides. Yuck.
Coach please stop using Smith and Temi in this series...use Damiris and Boston to spread the floor so the lane not clogged for Mitchell and Clark to get to the rim off the dribble
Did she just say we didn’t make any adjustments on defense because we didn’t execute what we were supposed to to begin with?! So basically you just gave up? That would explain why no time out was called when the other team went on a huge run…
She is a class act idiot.
Why is SMITH starting?
WTF
Congratulations to DiJonai Carrington for winning the WNBA's most improved player! It was a close race between her and Chennedy Carter. But the eye gouging of Clark sealed the win for Carrington.
Lets get Christie Sides some help by putting Cheryl Miller & Lisa Bludder on the staff.
CC Gang Fever Gang 🫰🇸🇬🩵💙💜🤎🩶🤍🩷❤️🧡💛💚😉
And protect Caitlin from the thuggery of the opposition!
Why aren’t you pressing criminal charges again Dijanai for her intentional vicious eye gouge to Caitlin? Do you condone extreme physical violence?
This is the comment of a casual soccer mom type fan. No doubt you're a Catlin fan...but criminal charges??
THE BRUTAL TRUTH IS , THE FEVER WILL NEVER WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SIDES AS HEAD COACH, SHE JUST DOESNT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, SHE NEEDS TO TRAIN UNDER A TOP COACH, THE NEW PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BRING IN ANOTHER COACH AND SOME NEW PLAYERS , OTHERWISE THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN NEXT SEASON, SERIOUSLY , I HOPE THIS PRESIDENT HAS GRIT , SHE HAS SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE , HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THEN LATER , DUNN NEEDS TO RETIRE, NO DISRESPECT, ITS OVERDUE
😒🙄
Kelly Krauskopf, the new president, is likely the most qualified individual in the world for that position. There are zero second thoughts with this higher. They went after the best and got it. They now have the best person in the league running the organization and the best player in the league on the court.
“What can you do to defend against Dirty Carrington clawing at your players’ eyes?”
Hopefully? What? Never takes responsibility. Word salad. No confidence in her words
Not able to watch the Fever lose 2nd game!
Who thinks fans will follow! After Fever is out!
ABC ? Checking numbers rebound?
AT’s shot from the free throw line is like a high school boy, flat, no jump- BLOCK IT! She had 8 from there game 1.
Smith absolutely should not play this game if the Fever want to win.
The biggest wall to keep fever from reaching the end… sides. Dei hire
Sides do you hear that. Tick Tock Tick Tock…….
They better get some revenge tonight. After Carrington intentionally poked Caitlin Clark’s eye. That bs caused her to have a real off game and maybe even cost them the series. They better rise above it and get these two wins, cheaters shouldn’t prosper in any league
Seriously folks, Sides is not a coach and is not an intelligent person. Sides and Dunn need to be fired. The great Fever fans and the players deserve a real coach and motivator. Sides has now lost the last 4 out of 5. She is a train wreck. Sides will lose tonight’s game. Hopefully it’s bye bye Sides
The solution to Sides is two and out? It's for the greater good. Winning will only increase her return. Just sayin'
We are with You ❤
I watch the games and they pass it around an around and find myself yelling at the TV , shoot the F#*king ball. If you got a shot take it . I write this as Sides is talking about finding the right shot. These are suppose to be professional ball players. If your open shoot.
Start Temi
Oh look it is the idiotic Fever coach who doesn't know how to coach. Has no idea when to call time outs & never challeges calls or make substitutions & never stands up for her players or has their backs. Sides is 🗑️
What do you think about what Connecticut Sun did to all the Indiana Fever fans during the game??? They called it the Bandwagon Fans that just joined the WNBA in 2024... then put the camera on #22 shirts of fans in the stands and made fun of them on the large screens. Tried to embarrass the Caitlin/Indiana fans. Little girls and families standing there looking like deer in the headlights not knowing what to do... direct opposite of where Connecticut Sun usually put the cameras on Connecticut Sun fans and cheer...
DONT PLAY SMITH!!! DONT PLAY SMITH!!! DONT PLAY SMITH!!! If you play Nalyssa Smith you might as well just forfeit
Fever cannot win anything with this worst coach ever and some teammate who jealous
Hope we don't see next season lin dun .. coach sides..no more wheeler with 200k salary...good bye Wallace Katie Lou nalyssa smith thrash
Good bye Mitchell just offense no defence take satou and Gabi Williams
Aliyah is soft
This Indiana just lucky to have Caitlin Clark
They need to keep Mitchell, Hull and Boston tbh. Katie Lou, Wheeler and Dantas can go. As well as Smith (maybe though).
OMG your a horrible coach. Get fired soon. Yor couldn't make an adjustment if your life depended on it. I swear she has to be doing this on purpose, no one is that bad at coaching.
Who are the refs for the game hope you don't get a tec foul asking for a review of anything you ask in game 2 of the playoffs
How would indiana win when officiating is so biased?
coach seems a little rattled! 😬🤦🏻
The absolute worst "coach" in the league!
Fever don't deserve a home playoff game go Sun💯
Sides is the worst pathethic coach ever,get rid of her,dunn,smith,samuelson and wheeler and hire better players and coach in the of season
everytime i watch Sides, i get annoyed. she is just a fake coach…
have you heard dantoni 7 seconds or less,. maybe you need to run plays for cait…
you put down cc but you cannot even condemn what carrington did,, stuuupiiid coach
she never had the credentials to be a head coach to begin wtih
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I am 61 years old and NEVER followed ANY professional sports I saw Caitlin Clark appear on SNL and decided to check it out and could not stop watching but Honestly I’m mentally exhausted watching all this BS basketball all these lying angry lesbians call a professional sport package I hope Indiana does lose so I can stop watching the WNBA
Christie Sides doesn't get as much credit as she deserves. No matter what happens tonight, she's going to make the team better in 2025.
Never she's going to repeat the same crap
@@ronandanne1 she’s not gonna be here in 2025. There’s zero chance
The worst coach in the entire league.