What Christie Sides Just Said About Fever 3rd Quarter Just STUNNED The World!

[@charlieverto-ey2bp]

CC always takes responsibility when she feels she didn't do her best. She never blames her team or coach.

[@brockdelorenzo7505]

A true team player and athlete

[@independentaquaman7424]

Which is why wee must step in for her as her being the undeserved victim.

[@joemateo9]

That's due to her great parental upbringing...🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jerrycratsenberg989]

Notice that Christie Sides NEVER EVER takes any responsibility for making any BAD COACHING DECISIONS, bad clock management, bad player substitution. Look at the team assists for Minnesota, they don't have just 2 players sharing the ball, everyone is playing and that, my friends, is teamwork. The team has no bench except for a few old time, slow down, unproductive, half court offense favorites of Christie Sides. She refuses to play to the strength of what she has: Clark, Mitchel, Boston and Hull, sadly the Fever does not have a strong starting five. She is an horrific game coach. She just does not get it at all. When it is game time, she could not coach water to run donwhill in a cloud burst. She wants the credit for sucess of the team which happens in spite of her abysmal coaching, but she just can not and will not take any responsibility for a loss. For that she continues to throw players under the bus. The Fever have made the playoffs, but don't look for them to go beyond the first round this year or next year. They won't be out played, but they will be out coached. Caitlin Clark is just one person trying to survive in an oppressive environment of which she is not a seriously valued member. It would seem that the struggle from within the Fever hierarchical structure makes winning more than difficult. I am surprised that Caitlin has lasted this long, for that she must be considered, as a human being, far greater than here incredible stats!

[@Katherine-hg8rb]

Very well written thought out piece

[@joemateo9]

Did a great job of explaining the Fever's problems.....the coach. The Fever have been on a winning streak "in spite of" their coach....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@markx6776]

Sides never takes any responsibility 👎

[@christopherwright4615]

Caitlin's leadership is top rate. Taking responsibility, impressive! Coach Sides doesnt' seem to understand player configurations nor how to manage run's from her team or the opposition.

[@MoneyF4]

She needs to be a leader on the floor and take over games when needed. If she can do that they can win the championship this year.

[@jaylucas8352]

Sides is an amateur

[@Lighthouse1919]

Sides when teams are on a 10 pt run : I'll wait till we're down by 10. 😡

[@JaniceOShea]

Agree....timeouts were not utilized correctly by sides. Yes we know it's a young team....but they have tremendous potential and can be exploited by good coaching....NOT WORD SALAD. I just don't think sides is a good fit for this group and they will have a difficult time during the playoffs...

[@iznot2]

One of issues I've noticed is that she let's other teams enjoy a 10 point plus run before she calls that time out. Last night it was a 12 point run by the lynx in the third quarter. It's not just that Minn. Had the run its how how out of sync the Fever was. Minn must have had at least 5 or 6 situations where their player was wide open, uncovered under the hoop. No team should be allowing that. Sides was simply out coached in that game.

[@bartell20j]

She doesn't realize she's the one that can call time out

[@pjkelly7318]

She can but players never do. Have you ever seen LeBron or Steph call a timeout? Never happens. That's the Coach's job. Phil Jackson many times would not call a TO. He'd make his guys play through it.

[@patrickhenry2845]

​@pjkelly7318 You are correct about that on Phil Jackson. He had confidence in Kobe Bryant to use his basketball IQ to finish the last minutes of the 4th Quarter.

[@DinoBino-zo3ue]

She took out Hull for the last 6 minutes. Then, Samuelson and Smith were getting violated on defense. Next time let Hull play it out with 5 fouls. Smh

[@michaelayala8646]

Sides should have called timeouts in the third quarter to stop the run

[@KeithNeue]

Sides has been throwing CC22 under the bus since the first game. She has exposed every bad habit CC22 may have she tells private texts. She claims the victory that come from CC22 not playing Sides game. Sides never trusted CC22 and never made plays for her. Every play is set to go through Alyia her first-year pet. Sides had a hard time with the fit because she did not want to let CC22 play her game. I think slowly but surely CC22 started upping the pace passing everywhere and they started winning and Sides had to go with it. Now Sides get to claim the plan was hers all along. BULLSH!

[@JE-IC]

💯

[@SD_Says]

Why is Sides so unwilling to take a timeout to take the wind out of the other team and regroup? The Sky took a timeout midway into Q1 last night to stop a 6 0 (may have been an 8 0) run and it worked for them.

[@jaylucas8352]

Basic coaching. Sides useless

[@Scottrhawk]

They need to get Celeste Taylor back. What a terrible decision that was!

[@holyspirit7852]

That’s what I been saying! You get rid of her to keep Wallace Berger and Samuelson 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@martintimberlake2243]

People need to understand the reason that decision was made was to hurt Caitlyn.Clark, you must understand this is a battle and they do not want Caitlyn Clark to win, christie sides probably got a bonus along with her coach of the month.

[@rscottw58]

I think CC was actually coaching and running the team since the All-Star break. It looked like Christie Sides took the reigns back in this game.

[@DevilsAdvocateMC]

Obvious reverse home cooking by the head ref. "Don't let Fever win"

[@archmaneric9251]

If you watched the game it was lost in the 3rd, and it wasn't all the Fever. There were 5 possessions in a row where the Fever players went inside finishing at the rim and were fouled. Not one was called... and the Lynx were basically given a 10-point edge. Boston and Clark among other were screaming WTF...at that point the game was over.

[@mapep]

Totally agree. I can't believe how obvious the bad officiating was, yet few are willing to comment. It's very difficult to have your momentum stiflled by the officiating. Now your playing against your opponent as well as the stripes. The officiating absolutely can determine the outcome of a game. You see it happen a lot in the NFL. Nothing new. You can't beat the refs. If you protest, it only makes it worse. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@independentaquaman7424]

And ION refused to show EVERY SINGLE controversial call but would immediately every single one instead show a replay of something completely unrelated. The noncontroversial calls they did immediately show replays of.

[@FreeThinker611]

CC is a class act for sure.

[@dbolton12001]

Sides coaching all year for the other teams should give her coach of the year for opponents. Fire Sides and Dunn. You are stuck with Sides thanks to Dunn. So sad Fever

[@shellgame3]

1st & 4th quarters were strong . . . SIDES SEEMS TO SABOTAGE HER OWN TEAM

[@georgewashington5979]

The Lynx loves to push the 1st and 3rd quarters, so I had a good feeling that we were ahead at the end of 1st quarter. The 3rd told me it was not the Fever's night.

[@RonsHorse]

Sides needs to get mad about bad calls and get a technical herself,, once

[@KeithNeue]

When the threes were raining you could see every shooting player was left alone and uncontested.

[@jaylucas8352]

Sides brilliant strategy. Double the 2s and allow uncontested 3s by the best 3 pt shooting team in the wnba

[@holyspirit7852]

Exactly!!!!! They were all wide open it’s like no one knew who to cover

[@georgewashington5979]

Calm down. Perimeter defense has been the Fever's Achilles heel all season. You just now noticing?

[@independentaquaman7424]

@@jaylucas8352 Love your sarcasm.

[@independentaquaman7424]

@@georgewashington5979 Calm down. If the coach had quit going back to a slow safe pace and if the refs hadn't amped up their corruption, then the Fever would have had the Lynx continue to backpedal to the point of the Fever winning by at least 10 points and possibly by more than 30 points. No perimeter D would have been needed then, especially since Hull would have never had more than 2 technical fouls then.

[@danielhill5075]

Caitlin takes responsibility when she makes mistakes. Christie Sides blames her players when she makes mistakes. See the difference? The Coach should learn from her star player.

[@faaqcee3]

A talking point coach. You need a game day coach. You need a coach with a strategy. She probably didn't call time out because she didn't have a clue what to say.

[@123491622]

A young team needs to know their coach has their backs. A young team needs to see their coach take a Technical while chewing the azz out of the referees when there's one-sided officiating going on. As a coach, when you see young players' emotions "getting the best of them", take their frustrations as your own. Protect them. Take the T so they don't have to. Get kicked out of the game and take a fine. That would have gone so much further to create a team-family mentality then throwing them under the bus an hour later with the media. Christie Sides is a turd. No idea of what leadership means. She has zippy respect in that locker room.

[@michaelschnarr8420]

sides should be fired and Cheryl Miller hired to replace her

[@alexhoffee1865]

Yes!! 💯

[@georgewashington5979]

Another Cheryl Miller fantasy. She's not interested.

[@nathanpayne5358]

Why is it so hard for her to just take the blame one time? Every coach does it but hasn’t once! CC takes responsibility so why can’t her coach

[@casualcausalityy]

Need a male coach

[@georgewashington5979]

I love the Fever, but did it ever occur to you that the team sometimes gets away from what the game plan is? Did you not see them just standing motionless in the halfcourt? Don't think that's the way Sides drew it up.

[@holyspirit7852]

You can’t blame CC! The coach put in Samuelson who has avg 3 points a game, why take Lexi hull out of the game with 4 fouls with 6 mins left in the game that was dumb! Then temi acts like she doesn’t know the offense and dantes is like a deer in headlights. It’s coach’s fault

[@dchiffy]

As usual you’re spot on What defense???😂

[@independentaquaman7424]

Calm down. If the coach had quit going back to a slow safe pace and if the refs hadn't amped up their corruption, then the Fever would have had the Lynx continue to backpedal to the point of the Fever winning by at least 10 points and possibly by more than 30 points. No perimeter D would have been needed then, especially since Hull would have never had more than 2 technical fouls then.

[@pjkelly7318]

Nice job Jon. I like that you play the post game pressers. Good info that we fans don't see unless you share them with us. Thanks Bro👏💪

[@hamansgapper9755]

What I have learned... She didn't let CC run. NOPE She still wants CC to feed post players and slow the game DOWN. WTF

[@ecalager]

Christie Sides looked like a deer in the headlights during the 3rd quarter -- totally paralyzed. Anyone with a coaching brain would have called a timeout in the early 3rd quarter. The only thing that makes Sides look good is the brilliant play of Clark, Mitchell, and Boston.

[@anneclaiborne]

We need a coach to take responsibility for the team not always looking for a scapegoat

[@marinascott-mw9ut]

No timeouts plz!!! Rotations shit!

[@Dntturnround]

Officiating was bad whole 3rd quarter. Wish Adam silver would step in on the officiating cause that was too obvious

[@jaylucas8352]

Refs gambling

[@Dntturnround]

@@jaylucas8352 nahh they just work for WNBA and WNBA wanna control the narrative. NBA owns half of WNBA

[@danielbaker4510]

Maybe ref controlling outcome of game AGAIN

[@matthewleet9882]

Regardless of referring, it's up to you to overcome it.

[@jordanlj1]

Indiana blew this, not the refs. CC and Kelsey were forcing some shots in bad situations, and the rest of the team just seemed to collapse. They regained composure and made a decent run at in the 4th, but Minn was on fire with their shooting and it was over with. Minn could easily win the title if they play like this in playoffs.

[@theanimerapper6351]

Turnovers and no defense. CC has work to do in the off season but the good part is that she's already amazing and has a long career ahead of her!

[@independentaquaman7424]

Calm down. If the coach had quit going back to a slow safe pace and if the refs hadn't amped up their corruption, then the Fever would have had the Lynx continue to backpedal to the point of the Fever winning by at least 10 points and possibly by more than 30 points. No perimeter D would have been needed then, especially since Hull would have never had more than 2 technical fouls then.

[@MikeD-7z]

Sides is overwhelmed, fired after season is done.

[@mtgrean]

The fowling was continuously not being called by the officials, and we are talking about strong fouls , not touchy fouls, and yet we saw Indiana getting fouls called against them, when there wasn't even contact, and the touchy type fouls. Of course they were getting upset, because it was over a foul he or there not being called, it was happening on almost every possession in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. To make it worse, Sikes changes the line up that got them back to within a basket or two in the fourth quarter????? Why would you do that?!

[@thesmokingman]

Their defense was horrific, no proper contest, no respecting the shooters at the 3. One play I saw KL whose defending the corner, leave the corner run out to the center 3 to defend a shot she had no hope to contest then since shes not at the corner her cover from the corner picks up the missed 3. This S is basic to bball fundamentals. Also their bigs were biting on everything, and on offense were getting collapsed on by the defense and were not kicking it out. There's more and more but dude... this game gives me bad memories of the GSW giving games away. Fever need a defensive coach. You're not gonna fix these fundamental flaws in a couple games.

[@jordanlj1]

Minn is a very good team, and I think could be the favorite to win it all. This was a good reality test for Indiana to get exposed, and hopefully be better prepared to play the Aces. The refs do not lose games, it is all the missed opportunities in each game that leads to a loss. Sides is still terrible with her subbing, and momentum killing tempo changes. Coach of the month was an award that CC earned for her.

[@TerrySandwith]

Let Caitlin take over running this team. Sides have no idea

[@brianlivingston415]

CC should take accountability as the leader but Sides should take the load off of CC either by saying risk reward from her passing or saying maybe she should use try different line changes. CC is the field general but sides is the command general.

[@elaineweberg9376]

They just have to get back in the groove. They got to cocky winning everything so far and have become lax PLUS they must be tired. So maybe it was a good thing to lose the other night Puts everything back in perspective BUT bring in Cheryl Miller Christie is not going to be able to handle the playoffs if that was an example the other night SHE CAN RIDE OF THE COAT TAILS OF CC AND THE OTHERS

[@John-jd2sb]

out coached again

[@nancywhitehead219]

Sides should have called a time out. She basically allowed the team to just play, but hasn't taught defense. Cheryl Miller will bring out the best in this team

[@independentaquaman7424]

Unfortunately the Fever will NOT replace Sides as coach unless the GM is done as Dunn.

[@georgewashington5979]

Cheryl Miller fantasies still? Get over it already. She doesn't want the job, she's 60 years old for crying out loud.

[@independentaquaman7424]

@@georgewashington5979 Age is irrelevant. Your better argument would have been that unless she changes her mind she herself said she wouldn't coach any WNBA teams.

[@thesmokingman]

@@georgewashington5979 60 is not old for coaches, hello Steve Kerr or lmao Pop.

[@lesliecherylp1976]

Sides is playing it like she's told. It's rigged, period!

[@RickRogers-o8m]

Don't blame the coach. Indiana couldn't hit a shot in the 3rd quarter. Outscored 29 to 12.

[@michaelsmith8684]

Why does sides make them a half court team. They don't have the players for that. They have to play the game with tempo to have any defense and scoring

[@mocarpenter8836]

IMO, The Fever have won as of late DESPITE Sides!! Her coaching skills are not on the professional level imo!! The insane timing of time outs, the lack of adjustments, ect.. if not done better. The Fever will get BOUNCED early in the playoffs!!

[@georgewashington5979]

I'm a Fever fan and even I know their chances of "going all the way" to the championship was a long shot. Evidently some of us have not been watching the top teams in the league. I hope better results in the coming years when we can get rid of some players and attract others as replacements.

[@3DThrills]

We want to be playing good enough to beat a team by 20 points, as we prepare for the playoffs, but we have clinched a position in the playoffs and the wins and losses on these games mean very little. If we wanted to experiment with different screen plays, or if we wanted to give the guards 3-point practice, these games will be a good time to do so. Learn what we can, sharpen our skills and don't worry so much about the final score.

[@linwoodholland4771]

Wonder what would happen if CC started taking timeouts

[@55BROB]

No worries. It'sgood that it happened now rather then later. So they can work on a defensive scheme for playoffs if they face them. But let's face it the Lynx are a good team that have 5 starters that hit open shots from 3 . We have 3.

[@elaineweberg9376]

WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS THAT SHE CAN NOT RIDE OFF THE COAT TAILS OF HER TEAM

[@markkringle9144]

Let's admit that the Lynx are great at defence. This team usually gives the fever a tough game. Fever is still weak on defence.

[@redjordan5993]

🔥Dun&Sides🔥

[@CC_Fan2024]

Hey, Lynx has a way higher game winning percentage despite Fever's winning streak with lesser teams. I watched for this to be a loss, but hoped for a win. I was not surprised.

[@howardbierley1581]

Fever went on a 5 game win streak by scoring 100 points per game. Against the Lynx they had zero support from the bench.

[@independentaquaman7424]

Sides is in on the corruption. As is Dunn.

[@rayridge9866]

Three plays the Fever has no answer for AJ Wilson N Collier B Stewart- Nobody to Guard them

[@alexhoffee1865]

You forgot Christie Sides. She’s the Fever’s greatest obstacle to overcome.

[@johnosborne7031]

It wasn’t really Collier hitting the dagger threes last night. She had a great game, but she didn’t the momentum killing shots.

[@Willard-l7t]

@@johnosborne7031 True they left Carleton wide open over and over again, that didn't end well.

[@jameslaughter5183]

The Fever has beaten Breanna Stewart and the Liberty. The Fever has beaten Napheesa Collier and the Lynx. The Fever play 2 games against the Aces in a few days and not until then will we see if The Fever has an answer for AJ Wilson.

[@Willard-l7t]

@@jameslaughter5183 Phee Collier was out injured when the Fever beat the Lynx.

[@TheIkeClanton]

defense is a constant, shooting can be hot or cold, coach Al McGuire, Marquette

[@EdwinCarcamo-f1p]

I think that loss was a great thing that will prepare them for the playoffs

[@giftcardbill]

I think Coach Sides is doing a great job, with a very young team developing the chemistry and instilling her O. She has had a learning curve just like the players and appears to be growing and by extension her team is growing. I listened to her post game and she never said "they" but "we" didn't do this or that. She took responsibility just like CC did so you guys need to quit hating on her. Coach Sides is the reason they're in the playoffs, her and the players she coaches. People need to quit "reacting" emotionally and start thinking objectively about things. On the defensive issue, The Lynx exposed a problem that has been going on since the outset of the season. That is perimeter defense. I only watch clips of the games but what stands out to me is Hull and Temi locking down on the opposing players but everyone else not so much. The Lynx may have done the Fever a favor by exposing this weakness prior to the playoffs. It might behoove them to watch film of the UCONN women's team's defense, in particular Christyn Williams and especially Nika Muhl's lockdown defense. Watch UCONN's defensive philosophy in which they smother other teams on the perimeter. I know Geno made an ass of himself dissing on CC but it doesn't change the fact that he is a genius with basketball. He demands defense or a player never sees playing time.

[@JosephFerguson-bi1ul]

Hope that you have gotten better and get well soon

[@Abdur_Rahman_S.]

The coach doesn’t shoot the ball: the Fever shot just 3-of-15 from the floor in the third quarter, turned the ball over six times, and were called for six fouls.

[@RaggedAdam]

True, but I do think most of those calls were bs.

[@jaylucas8352]

Coach needed to timeoit and also get in the refs faces , and get a tech even. She’s not defending her players. She’s an amateur

[@Abdur_Rahman_S.]

I don’t think fever fans watch the games in an unbiased manner. It’s the players responsibility to act accordingly after a foul is called. The time to complain is during a time out of a foul shot. However, if you take your concerns to the coach then the coach will question the refs. And as a matter of fact that’s all Sides does. She’s always talking to the refs. Just accept the fact that the fever lost their composure and lost. It happens.

[@holyspirit7852]

Yes because they got a lot of no calls. Boston got robbed a couple times and no call the coach should have called time out to stop the bleeding

[@Abdur_Rahman_S.]

@@holyspirit7852 I watched the whole game and both teams can argue the same thing. You cannot watch these games as a biased fan and come to these conclusions. There are championship teams in every sport that go through this. Yet they still maintain their composure and win. It’s a learning experience. This is what makes champions. Relax.

[@nancyjomaguire3292]

I agree…can’t believe Sides is still the coach …always take the blame CC.. 💖💖💖💖Nj

[@davidfehlman5150]

The Coach got them back into 1 twice or tide with 3min's left.. So yes, the defense stunk in the third but cleaned up until 3min's left in the 4th,,, No blame on any certain person period... just a Tough game for the TEAM

[@MichelleRuiz-o4q]

CAITLIN THATS IT BABY YOU NEED TO BOUNCE ON OUT THE LEAGUE GO SOME WHERE LIKE THE BIG THREE GIRL THEY WILL NOT LET THIS FOOLISH CRAP LIKE NOW N WNBA

[@troycarlton1287]

The need to stick to the defense.. Defense is the fever weakness they need to Stick to their opponent and not take it for granted that can't score on them....But CC 💯👑💫🌟✨ and the fever is contagious...

[@williamstreet4304]

I am not in the same lane on Christie. She has shown in her 2 years that she is turning this team around. Look at the records from '22, '23, and today. The Lynx are possibly the best team in the league now. Their defense is the best in the league. The Fever are a young team with players who are learning to deal with the frustration of being shut down by a defense. Then, they folded in the 3rd under the pressure from Lynx. As far as the Lynx 3's in the 4th, they are known as a team that gets points in the paint - not 3's from the arc. They got hot. But this was the 2nd game where the Fever didn't play to their abilities. After clinching a playoff spot, they struggled to pull out a win against LA. I just hope this is not the beginning of a trend. They need a dominating home show vs ATL tomorrow.

[@huntingforvintage6287]

Isn't she a defensive expert ??

[@csr2120]

Now we know that the WNBA's Coach of the Month award is a throwaway. 🤣

[@nancyjomaguire3292]

Looked just like the beginning of season 😢😢😢Nj

[@vitotrimlett8874]

Wish SIDEs would take some responsibility. Kaitlyn makes some decision issues and I’m not talking about just a turnovers. I’m talking about who she passes to and at what time. She needs to be more selfish and she needs to not give the ball to Nissa Smith at the top of the key I don’t care what the place says she needs to not pass the bowl out for Three when she’s 10 feet away either, and she needs to know how to utilize a pic. No one in the WNBA knows how to utilize it properly. Because she doesn’t she creates the double teams.

[@CoinVolution]

There is only one side Christie Sides and that side is not good. The three-year plan was for her to learn how to coach with a bad team. They never expected to be competitive this soon and she has no clue how to coach a winning team. Yes, she has been an assistant coach and was probably okay with doing that, but she is not Head Coach Material. Hell, she still doesn't know how to use her time outs. She has no game plan or a backup plan to adjust to the opponent's defense. I could go on but most of you know this.

[@MichelleRuiz-o4q]

CAITLIN WANTS TO LEAVE A LEGACY BEHIND WHEN SHE HITS DIRT N ALL TREAT HER LIKE THIS NO RESPECT ON WTF CC TRYING TO ACCOMPLISHE ALL TEAM PLAYERS R WRONG

[@joefran619]

Fever is missing shots in the paint! No excuses. They need to make these shots.

[@abetterlife3088]

I have to believe watching Caitlin for the last 5 years and it appears that she is trying to hard to make that extra pass. Not sure how many shots she took last night but many opportunities to take the open 3 and she pushed the extra pass! I’m sure over time she will figure out that rhythm, as I also hope that Mitchell looks for some consistency of when and where she throws up shots, misses players wide open and then she misses just as bad.

[@charlieverto-ey2bp]

CC needs to work on turnovers as well as the team catching the ball when passed to them. The whole team needs to work on that together.

[@gualbertogarcia305]

CAITLIN CLARK HAS TO DO what Her FATHER at Times Told Her, “STOP WHINING & COMPLAINING”. “FOCUS ON THE GAME”.

[@mattress2331]

CC needs some work! Her mental attitude needs adjustments. Not just the officiating issue but when she F's up. She gets inside her own head! CC and KM need to watch the play clock better too! Shots need to fall for the Fever and we are missing uncontested easy layups etc. I actually think this is good for their team, because it gives them time to correct it before playoffs! Is Temi injured she's not playing 100%. Her game is off! Lexi is fighting every game on D and needs higher shot production!

[@charlie-wy6jj]

Bahaha Coach of the Month 😮

[@joeoakley9729]

Never liked media questions after games.

[@johnmartins94]

So, we’re back to questioning Fever ownership, for continuing to allow this shelf-stocker to pose as a basketball coach.

[@THE-MAD-TECHIE]

The refs played a big factor in 3rd on 3 occasions Boston was fouled hard with no call. Also Hull during that lynx run Hull had a clean Block(not even close) that a foul was called which I thought Sides should have challenged. But yea she needs to do better adjusting on the fly.

[@Jamie-ff1zm]

If she had not sat Clark during 3rd quarter she would have gotten her 6th Tech and if everyone had not started missing every shot they would have won

[@Abdur_Rahman_S.]

Fever rookie Caitlin Clark became visibly frustrated with the referees, including in one instance where she fell to the ground after a clean block from Napheesa Collier; she laid on the ground as the rest of her teammates went back on transition defense, getting up after Collier made a shot on the other end. After the Lynx were called for a defensive foul on the next possession, Clark clapped her hands toward the referee while walking to huddle up.

[@theanimerapper6351]

Love CC but it's frustrating watching her spend half the game argue with the refs

[@jaylucas8352]

Sides needs to step up and manage the game and refs. She’s weak

[@Abdur_Rahman_S.]

@@jaylucas8352 You need to watch the game. Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston don’t give their coaches a chance to manage the refs. As soon as a foul is called they’re complaining and gesturing towards the refs. Accept your foul, line up for the shot if it’s a shooting foul, or get back on defense if it’s non shooting. You don’t argue with the refs delaying the game.

[@shaemcquoid511]

It was CC,Kelsey and Aaliyah all pissed at the refs. Usually they are the voice of reason and keep her under control​@Abdur_Rahman_S.

[@Abdur_Rahman_S.]

@@shaemcquoid511 keep her under control? 😂😂😂 That was a tantrum. Grownups had a game to play rather than tending to another grown lady that you all coddle. She had 4 years of college to learn how to control herself.

[@walknlight6959]

How bout you Christy Sides run the court for 37 minutes and execute every play perfectly. Or maybe, just learn how to coach.

[@rdblaylock7221]

They all played like they were high....Sides is in denial....

[@rayridge9866]

Jon why is Sides playing Katie Lou worst player on the team -she bringing nothing to the table

[@scottsanders2474]

Let's be clear. The Fever's 7-1 record, including 5 straight wins, since the Olympic break had a lot to do with players stepping up and playing better basketball and not much to do with Sides' coaching. The Indiana Fever have been losers for a long time. That can't all be pinned on the players. Habitual losing starts with a mediocre owner, GM, and head coach. If the owners don't care about putting a winning product on the court, sell the team to someone who does. New owner hires a quality GM, and the quality GM hires a quality head coach. These players, especially with Clark, are capable of winning more than half their games, but they will never be anything better than a .500 team with the off the court leadership they have now.

[@ricmiller9624]

This is a learning LOSS i hope. The lynx is what 2nd or 3rd in the league. PLAY 4 QUARTERS. Great game though

[@taylorbrewer3033]

You gunna be at the buff nebraska game? Where u at man lol

[@KimHrabar]

As coach , when team is not putting points on the board, or missing passes you call time out . DUH. The youngest kid on the team takes responsibility. That's says alot about the coach. If your team puts 10-12 points up for the quarter someone lied to you , you ain't coach of the month.

[@JohnWorlund]

The refs won the third quarter

[@M.V.C-bg9sp]

Shake the haters off! Or in this case Christie sides. She has show in these post pres conferences she is focused on playingmin the paint, doesn't understand the type of ball this team needs to play to win. She still doesn't call timeouts or stand up for her players. This is nothing new and sides has never improved. She has been riding the wave of Clark and Mitchell disguising how bad sides is and has been. This ismevery game where sides slows it down or makes really dumb rotations and no in game adjustments that would deviate from her brain dead game plans. She pulls Clark off the court in the second for no reason and lets the lynx back in the game. Allows a 14-0 run allows Boston to pick up a technical. Sides is the worst coach in sports history.mshe has two first round picks, a generational talent an intelligent center a great defender and shooter in hull and the walking bucket that is Mitchell and cannot lead this team to victory. She is not ahead coach she is an observer allowing her team too fall apart. Get in the refs ears an take the tech inmplace of your players. Thought she would get a tech so she benched her. Basically she needs Clark to run everything because sides cannot contribute anything during the actual game

[@mikegeld1280]

It's called the "program " if someone doesn't believe it ,seriously you need to get out more,fullstop

[@CC-Rider4564]

CHRISTIE SIDES NEVER TAKES RESPONSIBILITY SHE ALWAYS THROWS HER PLAYERS UNDER THE BUS NEVER HAS SHE SAID HER BAD SUBSTITUTION GAMES COST THE TEAM GAMES!!!! NEVER HAS CHRISTIE SIDES EVER SAID SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS WAS FROM MISTAKES IVE MADE .....NOPE SHE THROWS HER PLAYERS TO THE PRESS WOLVES! NO HELL NAW ITS BEEN HER BAD COACHING.

[@jessesmith9908]

A good , coach when they see their team getting up seat and not playing together and not playing to their strength . There's needs to be a time out called be for the other team takes the lead. But if the coach does nothing, that's called pour coaching. They need to take responsibility for losing the game.

[@mattwurth066]

WHY is Kelsey Mitchell holding her head in her hands? Her presence at press conferences NEEDS to be tempered by a media professional. Can the Fever hire one for her? I love her play, but her appearance comes off as a hot mess. Step up and HELP this woman!

[@rdblaylock7221]

I don't know why Smith ever gets to play. Smith doesn't know what hustle means. She just lumbers down the court looks like Cardoso lumber and down the court. Lazy

[@cesilio]

you're the coach it's all ways your fault.

[@JamesTibbs-wi8yz]

When an unknown nobody , past BB player becomes a coach.... can she even understand how to coach much less support a CC that is superior in every way.

[@CC-Rider4564]

Christie Sides is the problem with Indiana Fever, Her substitution in the 3rd Quarter as always sucks! Especially when she goes back to substituting unproductive players. I think 🤔 it's High Time FEVER gets rid of Christie Sides.

[@jacquescousteau217]

Sides was the worst coach before the break, and AFTER the break. She is riding CC,s coattails. The LYNX are a GREAT TEAM ! So what does Sides do ? I’ll just go for the one no one can miss. The FEVER defense is terrible. Watch every baller on the Lynx shooting treys. There is not one defender even close to say someone like Collier. Wide open ! There is no excuse for Indianas terrible defense. Lexie Hull is the one, and only great defense player on the Fever. Sides pulls Lexie with four fouls when they needed her most. No your defense has not been better since the break. It was CC,Kelsey,Hull,Boston, and then what ?