Stephanie White Is Going to Make the Fever Formidable!

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

I saw the interview. The one thing I really appreciated was she did not reveal what CC told her. She said what she said to CC but not what CC said. Sides and Dunn revealed what CC said in personal conversations to the media. That was not a good idea. That is when CC probably stopped telling them stuff.

[@quintyss1290]

I liked that, too. What goes on at home in private, stays at home.

[@100christensen]

I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s some of the X & O’s that they discussed. I could see Clark telling Stephanie that she lost trust in Sides after saying things about their private conversations to the media.

[@CharlieBrown-qd8vc]

I watched that podcast and came away feeling "Wow!". Talk about a perfect match for the Fever. I was never a Christie Sides hater (she was more energy and culture building), but Stephanie White is clearly a strategic X's and O's coaching upgrade. This is gonna be fun to watch!

[@runelillebuen6422]

I think stephanie white will do a great job as a coach for the fever ..... I like what what I`m hearing..

[@stevehardwick7285]

She's articulate and has a great basketball mind, her and Caitlin are cut from the same cloth. I'm excited to see what they'll do next season.

[@lindysmallwood2039]

White is a coach that is all in. Looking forward to seeing Fever becoming a force to be reckoned with. Fever team is all about speed and creativity. Love this players. Go Indiana Fever 🌺🌺🩷🩷🏀🏀

[@bermudabengal]

never heard christie sides drop that kind of basketball vernacular and lingo!!!!

[@Mellowyellow3]

Yes, I watched the whole interview with Stephanie White. It was beyond excellent. I’m excited for.CC TO FINALLY. Have a coach that she can have intelligent discussion about basketball. Stephanie seems to have a very high IQ for the game.

[@chanin12]

She's my favorite W coach... I'm so excited!

[@iowadeaniac]

Excited for next season!

[@moptopmoptop8]

THIS IS DESTINY IN THE MAKING!!! A COACH THAT KNOW THE BLUEPRINT OF A PLAYER!!! NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE PLAYERS GOD GIFTED TALENT ❤

[@JamesStewart-pw6qd]

She said WE, were bad at defense last year. (The Fever) Take notes coach Sides.

[@OKCowgirl]

White is so the right fit for Indiana and for especially CC. Looking forward to this collaboration between White and CC as a coach/player leadership duo. White is confident, experienced, and secure as a coach so the coach/player dynamic will be completely different in a good way!

[@dorothybianchi1149]

What a breath of fresh air in listening to White talk…..no coach in WNBA articulates in the same league as White. So looking forward to 2025 Season.

[@CliffordJohnson-u5v]

after a slow start the Fever did make the play offs so it isn't like SW has to start from scratch. the base is there, now fill in at defense, a tall gal that can defend and catch bullets.

[@victorforeman7056]

Well when you look at it a little deeper. Smith , Boston, Hull and CC22 all are still on their rookie contracts which means that they’re all in need of development. Better coaching will improve all of their overall talent and ability. Now that’s what’s scary for them get a coaching staff that actually knows how to coach them. OMG is all I gotta and I can’t wait till the season starts

[@def1ghi]

This sounds a LOT like how Iowa ran the C22 offense: lay out a structure within which C22 could make things happen.

[@JE-IC]

Yes, read and react, but with a structure.

[@MaymeIke]

White absolutely knows her "stuff." . . . I had some respect for Sides, but she had that "deer in headlights" look at times, like she just didn't know her "stuff."

[@quintyss1290]

I hope Aliyah Boston is someone who can match Thomas in Stephanie White's vision of the Fever, or better.

[@matthewsmuses]

Those girls will have one goal ... CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR, not making the second round.

[@BillMadden-h8m]

Coaching U has a great interview with Stehanie white

[@Joaquin-227]

I can't wait!!!!

[@markp353]

Certainly, White is the right coach. Next to see is what will be the team for next year be. Who will go and who will stay. Fever now is more a desirable team to come to - you have a great coach, best point guard and passer in the league and an organization that is not mucking around to win championships.

[@wandavelez4147]

Supper excited!! Looking forward to 2025 season. 🏀🔥

[@artshaffer9255]

Wow, a coach that can speak! Actually form sentences and convey ideas. A coach that knows BB and more than one style of play. A coach that listens to her generational players. What a concept!!

[@aussiewendt3029]

So agree have a series of motions which plays can develop from and cc the pg to choose what she wants to do knowing that her team is going to motion on what is breaking down

[@KrisSikorski-j6z]

Seems like Stephanie is all in. Even dissing her last team 😂

[@BryanDuncan-g6b]

The basketball nuts and bolts is fascinating and awesome. Very excited for the season

[@ALLENWILLIAMS-c7l]

I watched that interview. I believe that Stephanie White is the perfect fit at this moment for the Fever.

[@timothy5988]

"Make plays not run plays".......that's what I like to hear.......CC needs freedom to do her thing...not stand in the corner while the team tries to "get paint touches"....read and react offense...Iowa ran that very well.....

[@AbzScotland]

The difference in coaching styles is clear. Sides showed her inexperience and questionable attitude during the two playoff games. Before those games I was willing to give Sides a chance in 2025 but how she approached the playoffs was such a disaster.

[@cami-loo108]

Oh this team is going to be lit!!!!

[@asifislam2020]

Can't wait to the Fever put on showtime next season

[@johnbrady1500]

Caitlin does some of what Stephanie talked about on defense. I have seen her practically dare opponents to take shots beyond their range. She gets in there head. High IQ basketball

[@josephpuymon1860]

Hahaha,,, Yes Indeed, myself as well,,, just lets them stand there letting the shot clock disappear

[@benadek6703]

Only time will tell we shall see

[@victorforeman7056]

White was grinning ear to ear when they got Indiana in the playoffs because she knew that as great as CC22 is already, that Sides had no clue of how to get most out of her and the fever team.

[@Vadeemers]

I'm not sold on her but almost anyone is an improvement over Sides.

[@KrisSikorski-j6z]

Time will tell, and there's a huge upside.

[@MoneyF4]

I’m saying it now Indiana Fever are winning it all next season. White is the Steve Kerr of the Indiana Fever. We all know how that turned out.

[@timothy5988]

Let's hope not.....the fever don't need a social justice activist as head coach

[@timothy5988]

Indiana doesn't need a Steve Kerr.......he's a clown..

[@BryanDuncan-g6b]

@@timothy5988a clown with 4 championships. Ever hear of Phil Jackson or Gregg Popovich? All cut from the same cloth with about 12 chips between them. Get over yourself

[@Shiloh_Nauvoo]

interesting what I didn't hear, "paint and touches".

[@BobbyU808]

so robin finally sees why we wanted christie sides fired yesterday. robin is circumspect but he eventually gets there, which is the important thing. also, because he is circumspect he avoids the more hyperbolic takes that we caitlin clark fans are so wont to do, like demanding kelsey mitchell be traded after 10 games

[@josephpuymon1860]

Mustard must love that comment about being Slow,,, hahaha

[@Struwwel2]

WNBA is going get its version of Showtime. Showtime 2.0.

[@josephpuymon1860]

Stephanie is a different voice than Sides, with a more appreciative yet aggressive approach,,, Christie's voice put me to Sleep,,,

[@JE-IC]

Now the key will be for Kelly Krauskopf to arrange the trades and recruit the free agents needed to match the vision. Lin Dunn built a roster that was optimized for the slow half court offense run through the post. Older players without the speed or stamina to run. Some of them are good players for the traditional offense but not well suited to a fast break transition offense. I like these players, but they're the wrong guy for the vision Stephanie White is putting out there.

[@marceybull]

After, Sides departure, was there ever any gracious words expressed from Sides to her Fever players or from any of them to Sides? ... ... I felt frustrated with Sides lack of depth/plays/time-out awareness and such, but I did feel they overall had good rapport between each other ... .... They all handled diplomatically the unprecedented noice surrounding them in-person and otherwise - and it might have even made the players a tighter unit rapport-wise.

[@JE-IC]

Nothing public. Of course, we don't know what might have been said privately.

[@bumrush5314]

Clark got her rebounds because she was in no mans land. I will enjoy Clark learning better defense. If she’s willing to do it is the question.

[@Cmanne18]

Boston need to play in the post more. She can set them screens and pass but run to post sides had Boston Smith temi big on the wing just looking nobody in post temi smith or Boston are not knock down 3 shooters dontas is though a stretch big

[@brettgoucher8783]

I am hoping but very leery. I wished they went to NBA Mark Jackson, Larry Bird, Mike D’Antoni, ???? Someone like that

[@ChrisSavenSH]

like it or not, getting a coach without any experience of coaching women's teams comes with a risk

[@kingofallmen1]

White is 'all in' as long as she perceives it to be in her best interest. She will stay as long she perceives the gig to be beneficial to her. When she believes the grass is greener, on the other side, she will bail and jump on to the next train. She has done this her entire life, professionally and personally. As a Fever fan, I'll hope for the best, but I'm not a White fan.

[@petep5207]

We shall see. I, for one, am not impressed with this White hiring. I thought the Fever would learn and spark change from the revolving door of hiring WNBA failed retread coaches. Guess not.

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

White is not a failed coach in WNBA. Maybe at Vanderbilt. Most coaches fail from college to pros and vice versa.

[@petep5207]

@@GOLDKW-bl4gp - Any way you slice it, she is a retread.

[@KrisSikorski-j6z]

Hear you but let's see. Things look good.

[@djamellallouti2035]

Even with the upgrade on offense, the addition of Mabry, White couldn't get the Sun to the finals. Add to that her dismal record at Vanderbilt, Chistie Sides will be laughing her a.. off when the Fever get bounced in the playoffs, assuming they make it that far. Talk about the most overhyped HC in basketball history!

[@brgilbert2]

[djamellallouti2035] While I am not high on White, my conclusion is you know "nothing about basketball"!! Let me help you!! After the Fever's slow start, about the middle of the season, they played the New York Liberty who had the "BEST" record in the league and beat them!! Three days later they travel to Washington DC and play the worst team in the league. By half--time the Fever were behind by more then 20 points. What happened?? In the post game interview before the Washington DC trip Christy Sides admitted to reading in "social media" how many of those posting had strongly suggested she be "removed as coach". So, Sides travels down to DC, changes the starting line-up that had just beat the "BEST" team in the league and gets blown out and all because Sides would show those negative people how good a coach she was by changing a winning line-up. Anyone who decides how she will coach a game by letting "social media" influence your decisions is NOT a good coach.

[@djamellallouti2035]

And another thing my IQ is probably 50 pts higher than yours. I've been a sports junkie for like 50 years(I'm 68),Engineering Major with Minor in Math and can accurately analyze anything under the sun.

[@twig4590]

I wouldn't really talk about her time at the Sun if I were her, especially with the culture she fostered over there....but that's just me. I guess they "beat" Clark last year so she has a good resume.

[@AbzScotland]

The culture was engrained before SW arrived.

[@josephpuymon1860]

Stephanie might of Complained ,so the writing was on the wall, so to speak