I'm honestly suprised that no one is talking about how her teammates didn't really help her out during those turnovers. Some of those turnovers were good passes but her teammates didn't go to the ball, instead the other team did. And there were plenty of times where CC needed help and all her teammates were just standing there, not moving around. It was super bizarre to watch

Cc is very aware of how the overall team is playing and answers the questions much like a coach would.

That coach needs to get that team in line with Caitlin's style of play or be fired. Caitlin would not have gotten her 20 points, if she had not made the decision to forget trying to get the team involved and start making plays on her own. In the second half, she was basically carrying the entire team.

Let Caitlin be FREE!!!. She shouldn't be looking over her shoulder at the coach every time she wants to do something

She wants CC to play her old school game, it's a new era she has to change the play. Teach her players to move fast, cover, post, rebound.

Your days are numbered coach

20 points is not shutting someone down. That was not an intelligent statement by that reporter!!

Remember. This is just the 1st game from a young team that will learn to play together.

It is not all Caitlin, there were a lot of bad passes from other players, a lot of missed shots in the paint, rebounding sucked. Caitlin had several turnovers, the rest of the team also had several turnovers.

Boston finishing in single digits is STAGGERING

Referees horrible CC just 5 mins. on the floor got 2 fouls.

I thought Boston would of been better in her second year she didn't look good at all

CC can delivery the message better than this lady lol 😂. Iowas coach taught her well

Caitlin Clark u played good in ur opener keep shining u will get better as time goes on

Clark should not be on the bench.

Sides needs to let CC play her game and stop suppressing her! Telling her not to throw 3’s but pass the ball and try to do 2’s, come on! Plus, Sides never helped with the bad calls from refs. Sides needs to stop putting CC down during a press conf, along with any other player, very unprofessional!! CC is a rookie and she will find her grove, if the negative coach gets out of her head!! SIDES NEEDS TO GO!!!!! CC we are behind you and you got this!! ❤🏀 20 pts for your first pro game is good!! 🏀 Go Fever!🏀

New coach needed

This coach doesn't have any play making ability. The whole team played awful. They were slow. They didn't try to break off the screens. Looked like they had no clue what to do on the floor. The coach did not contest the bad calls made by the refs. The whole game sucked. The vets were no help. No one has the winning mindset that CC has. They don't seem frustrated with the outcome. So bad.

The team need to adjust they are slow, Smith has good chemistry with CC, they need new coach.

The Fever’s coach will be fired by next month she is the worst coach I’ve seen in my life I’m sorry 😭

They need to play the bench more, use those 2 defensive players that have to help generate offense. This team has generational talent but it’s not being managed right. Turnovers happen not all are solely on clark, at least 3 were from lack of hustle in teammates. They aren’t moving the ball fast enough and no one is rebounding. & spread the floor PLEASE!!!

Clark's self-awareness will only make her better moving forward. Go Fever! Good luck on the next game. 🥳

20 POINTS CAITLIN CLARK!!! ❤❤❤💪💪🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️

The offensive scheme is terrible. Too much standing around. Easy to defend someone standing still.

Caitlin answered the questions more better! Very talented on the court and off the court!❤

The officiating seemed imbalanced. I hope the coach will consider defending her players. I also hope they don’t get bogged down watching video and trying to change Clark. Some of these errors will take care of themselves with more time playing together. Forget this game. Focus on the next opponent.

All I hear from Sides are we need to teach Clark.. we just need a real coach…Clark needs to teach Sides

This coach is annoying. Caitlin is a quick offensive player. It is how she was trained. Because you are a defensive coach. That is why your players are moving slow and cannot keep up with her. You should adjust your play around her but you are adamant to have her follow your mediocre style of coaching. Its like teaching a thoroughbred move like a donkey. All Indiana players are good. Only that the coach is incompetent.

Caitlin seems to have a better positive attitude than coach sides gives off

Sorry, but CC's Fever teammates are making IOWA look like the Dream Team. They have youth but move like geriatric hoopers. Pick up the god damn pace. CC is used to playing 90 MPH.

Boston looks really rusty, she needs to get back to playing her game.

The coach said “we’ve got to teach her (Caitlin)”. I think the coach needs to learn how to use the skills of the players on her team. Not force them into some cookie cutter offense that she is familiar with from past (losing) seasons.

Connecticut has a better Coach.

We drafted a generational talent for the team to revolve around her and NOT Kelsey

This coach is lost, over her head

I've watched CC in college and it looks to me like you are limiting her instead of allowing her to run that offence and letting her eat. Look at how many times she pulled up and didn't go for the 3 pointers...that's because of YOU....not her. She can drop those all day, but you are not allowing her to play. No wonder she, and all the other girls, are frustrated. Bring in Bluder. She'll know how to coach her and she'll build a team dynamic. The culture of this organization does not look healthy.

I think the coach is drifting towards the obvious conclusion to get the players thinking deeper and to support Clark. I think Clark will after about five games start to rock. She'll get better support and the team will start to get confident. It seemed that the training for the past few weeks may have really tired this team and the sign of it is the earnest coach's voice. She is hoarse from exhorting.

“Coach” Sides has turned this into a power struggle when it should be a collaboration between coach and player.

This coach seems over her head. Can't practice between games. Can only watch tape. No mid-game corrections. I'm just depressed by her presser. This is the first game of the season. Players were coming back after injuries. The Sun are a tough defensive team. You are not going to win every game coach. Find the good, try to eliminate the errors (mental and physical) one by one, praise your team, it's a long season and move on. We all saw the errors in this game. You need to stay upbeat. Your pressers are really negative. Just saying.

Caitlin's confidence is quite there yet. The pro game is a lot faster with a much more athletic players than in at the Uni level. Her confidence stepped up a little in the 4th. She is not going to get the easy shots she got in college. The starting group hasn't had much time together at all - young team.

However to put turnovers in perspective the Aces had 9 and the mercury had 15 tonight. First games of the season can be a struggle for any team at any level.

I do not think she needs to be fired. But she has to understand what team she has. Clark should not play the SG position with Wheeler at point. Clark is too much of a playmaker for that. They need to rotate. And they need to create plays around Clark. I saw absolutely none of that. Clark had to work for every point she scored. And good coaching does that. Without Clark nobody on the Fever would have scored. Did any other Fever player have a good game? Everybody was struggling. Blaming Clark is insane.

Christie Sides has to go.They need better coach

Fire the coach, and let Caitlin do her thing, that's why people pack in to watch her

The best thing with this coach is that the Fever will continue to get the #1 pick. She is in over her head.

I had hoped to see more CC at the point. Putting her at SG defeats her other weapon as a facilitator. I know this might be a form of protecting CC but putting her at SG won't allow her to learn as she grows. Let her learn from teams blitzing her and find the open player. Teams won't double team Wheeler but CC and deny her from getting the pass. That is why you allow CC to bring up the ball and set high screens for her. Force opponents to rotate towards her and have her find the open team mate. That is what happened in the second pre-season game and we won. We predicted that CC would get more assists while she adjusts to find the open shot. Putting CC at SG defeats this whole purpose. If Kelsey isn't ready then put Berger or Hull in at SG. Even if teams double or triple team CC she will find the open man, like she did with Katie Lou. I don't know why people are hating Sides but hopefully Sides can also learn from this. The whole team including the coaches need to grow together.

If I'm the GM, I fire Sides and hire Lisa Bluder. Like one month ago. #JustDoIt

Caitlin will only play well if they get rid of this coach.

I listen to my gut feelings about this coach… and my gut says… her focus is off and isn’t a great communicator.

Sides spends too much time "what if-ing" to justify poor game management. Wheeler didn't wake up until the 3rd quarter. Tully needs to take a larger role in the coaching. It was only one game, but the Sun exposed EVERY weakness this team has. Now everyone else has a blueprint to beat this team.

Its only 1 game, so of course growing pains. If they lose like this night in and night out. Then this coach will need to go.

I think the Fever needs a different coach. The team is disjointed, that’s a coaching problem.

It was interesting watching Kelsey Plum and Diana Taurasi playing ...neither was being denied the ball from the opposing defense like Caitlin was tonight.

Huge CC fan but she should NOT have to carry the team like in college, not with the talent around her. Her teammates need to step up, not Clark. And the coach didn't commit all the turnovers, the players did. All this talk of replacing the head coach this early in the season is ridiculous. Yeah, the fire the head coach, which usually means all the assistants, too. So Clark and her teammates will not only have to contend with getting to know each other (still an ongoing process) but an entirely new coaching staff and system. How will that help the team?? Think, people.

Was weird how Caitlin looked at the bench after every play. I think she did good for her first game in the W, but she needs to improve her defense. She needs to avoid helping others on defense while she adapts to the league. Also, the players over all need to stop the hate on her. This girl will be the face of the league in no time, she is bringing a lot to the W and the players should embrace that not to hate her (specially you DT), all of you will get better exposure and benefits because of what she brings. When did you see Jordan talking trash about Kobe? Also, refs you need to be fair too, although they are better than NBA refs😊.

Horrible coach

Lots of dead passes, but the team doesn’t seem ready to catch the ball from Kaitlyn when she makes those amazing passes and it seems to me you gotta work harder to get screens for her so you can get the ball in her hands more. I’ve seen her miss her for six threes in a game and then come back and score 30 some points hitting three after three but you got to give her some open luxe it’ll make a huge difference in what you guys can do just my opinion

We need a better coach who isn’t jealous of Clark. You can here it in her criticism towards Clark. Fire her

This coach is counting her days.

I don’t think Coach Sides was ready for the pressure. Yes, it’s going to take time for CC to adjust. Yes, they are a relatively newish squad with not a lot of time to be a well-oiled, cohesive unit yet. It can’t all fall on Boston and CC. There needs to be more ancillary teammate contribution. They need to give more help to CC. They need more strong players in the paint helping Boston chase after rebounds. More chemistry to be built between CC and Smith. We need more help when CC gets double teamed. The team just stayed stationary when she was being doubled. No one came to the ball to help out.

I know that this is the first game, but mark my words, Indiana’s playoff drought will continue under this bad coach. She did not have her team ready to play. No offensive scheme to give Clark some free looks, no adjustments, and the defense was atrocious. Compare this to Conn whose coach devised a great scheme to limit Clark and Boston, and then look at how well they executed their offense. This coach doesn’t know how to leverage the strengths of her team. I picked up on this during preseason. Like I said, mark my words. She is bad.

Man this coach is a hater..

Good lord it’s game 1, everyone is losing their collective mind. Adversity now is better than at the end of the season. They did have some nice moments, but they aren’t gelled as a team yet, and the Sun has been playing together for years. They will get there, they have tons of weapons, lots of talent, and great work ethic.

Some of these comments come on guys cc is 22 she has alot to learn yes she is a goat in college but pros are a different beast she will figure it out cause she is a athlete and a generational one at that....

There’s a REASON the Indiana Fever are dead LAST in the WNBA! At the end of the day, blame lies at the feet of the coach. There’s a REASON that women’s basketball, collegiate & professional, has become ASTRONOMICALLY popular. Attribute that to the fantastic athletic talent and charisma of the incoming rookies. Caitlin deserves a period of adjustment in finding her place that’s comfortable and learning how to mesh with her teammates who are professionals. Change her game?? What, to fit your failing abilities as a coach?? No way. Leave the team to find their own way to succeed together. Let them find the best way to gel on the court. Coach Sides, how’s YOUR way of doing things been working for you? Get out of the way for the professionals on the court…or GET GONE!

again I am seeing CC carry a Team just like college. this should not be. The coach does not seam to know the game and how to coach. If they loose the next two games Fire the coach.

Coach, your coaching style is not what spectators want to see - it's disappointing. You are supposed to fight for your team and stand up for them when the referee makes bad calls. Spectators have noticed that you don't seem to care when your players are mistreated on the court. Sadly, it appears that you allow this to happen to make a point that they must follow you or face consequences. Are you a practitioner of 'WOKE' ideology, coach? Your actions suggest that this team is driven by political motives and that you are trying to undermine Caitlin Clark. You criticize Caitlin Clark's deep three-point shooting and fail to recognize her impressive ball-handling and blind passes, which elevate her teammates' performance. Remember, this is what makes her a phenomenon. For her fans, she is the greatest. No one else in the history of the WNBA can do what she does. Take note: you are not the face of the WNBA-Caitlin Clark is. She is the brand of the WNBA. Without her incredible abilities on the court, no one would know you or even WNBA athletes. Caitlin Clark is the reason crowds are drawn to the WNBA like never before. Stop saying you need to "teach her" because she doesn't need it. Providing guidance, understanding her abilities, and strongly supporting her unique but proven effective style and her teammates is what you should do. It's not about asserting that you are a good coach. While you may be a great coach, you need great athletes to succeed and should support their exceptional abilities, not act as if you are their only source of success. That's absurd!

Anyone watch the Aces play? I saw a lot of open floor because they were shooting the three's. Long 2's tighten the floor and make so that double teaming is easier and and passes are harder to complete. Also, why isnt the point player getting to her spots sooner ao that quick passes and transition can happen??

Paging Christie Sides, your pink slip is ready . . . #Overmatched

We are all fans of CC. But this is not the Indiana Caitlin Clark’s. Someone should remind the media for the Indiana “FEVER” you can tell CC was frustrated with it all being directed towards her. You can tell she is trying to not hog the mic. But the media won’t let it happen. She is trying to acclimate to the team and not make it about her.

They need a new coach. Hire the coach from Iowa 😅

the vets CANNOT hit free throws for pete sake!!!! THEY need to work on that!!!!

Clark did pretty good. Her first game. But the team needs a ton of work. They won 13 games last year for example. Clarke on a better team would have probably dropped 35 last night. I just don't think this team will benefit clark at all

Connecticut played a good game.

Why did you draft CC to try to stop her from doing what she does so well. You could tell she was hesitating because of what you were telling them to do. Let her play herself. That is why she is so good. You are making excuses. Maybe you need to do some reflections.

Fever Coach is hella jealous of clark

LET CLARK BE CLARK! STEP A-SIDE!

Hire the formal Iowa coach

Hey Christie why didn’t you tell the refs I want to challenge the call you did not do anything to help your team at all no wonder Caitlin is frustrated and pissed off. If you don’t help her she could leave and it would be your fault. Caitlin is an awesome player hands down Erica Wheeler has to sit down Caitlin was opened and they ignored her bullshit. Help your team people won’t watch it anymore and goodbye your ratings

Coach Sides - I’m not impressed with your coaching!

Christe Sides is not ready to be a head coach on any level. She has been an assistant coach her entire career and it is showing right now! She is way over her head and cannot be trusted in developing Caitlin Clark. A bad coach can ruin a star players career just as easy as a devastating injury!

The one yuge problem I have with WNBA players is too much dribbling without a purpose. About 1/4 of Clark’s turnovers were because teammates did not come to or go after the ball. Making the pass needs to be coupled with catching the pass. Some were terrible but others not so much.

Fire the coach! Get Coach Bluder Czinano, Mckenna, they are fast, will help Clark, they shoot better too.

A glaring problem is that the Fever seriously lack any offensive threat in the post. Boston was terrible. Slow, telegraphing her shots, inaccurate, etc. She’s not a good fit with Clark and hinders an up-tempo style of play. Boston may be a shot-blocker but that is highly outweighed by her complete lack of scoring threat on offense. Very disappointing for such a potentially great player.

Fire Christie Sides before she ruins 2024. She doesn't have what it take to bring the best out the team's talents. Her negativity is already sinking the season.

It's extremely disappointing to hear coach Christie , speak of Catlin Clark the way she does , it's even more disturbing the way coach Christie describes her game , several high profile international coaches have expressed their personal disbelief and concern on how coach Christie is treating Catlin Clark . Clearly, owner and senior management of the Indiana fever needs to seriously intervene and speak with coach Christie. Catlin Clark is a rare quality of talent that comes along once in a generation, this coach needs to pay attention to history , MJ , Curry , Labron, Kobe, watch how their coaches build the teams around these superstars , and allowed them to play their game .. When u hear coach Christie speaks , it's actually like a jealous unprofessional inexperienced individual creating a beef with Catlin Clark......

Coach you should never lose a game if they are going to double team Caitlyn! Your other players have to be able to score 100% of the time, playing 4 against 3! Free cheese! 🧀🧀🧀💚🍀

EVERYONE RELAX!!!! It's the first game n it was against one of the better teams. Clark will only get better which will make the get the team better

There's nothing more constant than change. This means the coach. Bluder is available and CC runs a fast paced green light offense and this is far from that

Coach! you have to get them to run around and move when they dont have ball in their hands! thats why your always double up on whoever has the ball!!! the defenders never have to move more than 5 ft to cover your players! everyone is just standing there on offense!

Figure out? Let your scorer do the scoring not keeping or not letting her do her thing…. CC22 🎉

With each game the fever will improve. They are young and with that will come growing pains. There all trying to learn a new offensive system and you can practice all you want but the best way to learn is in actual games. The biggest thing I have seen in the first 3 games is when a guard get trapped on the perimeter some one needs to come to the ball to many times there was a trap and no one came to get the ball so the guards were forced to make a long pass which will end in a turnover ever time. Caitlin will settle in and cut down the turnovers as she becomes more comfortable with the offense, same with her shooting percentages will improve. The sun were a really hard team to see first cause of there length and defense but it will help the fever going forward. Just remember it's a process and they will get better with each game they play, success does not happen overnight.

This WAS NOT a coaching issue. Coach did not turn the ball over.

Coach never challenge any refs calls! Nobody talking about Boston, Berger, Wallace, etc. Poor scoring the whole game...really 4 points only! Caitlin needs her whole team to win a game, not just her...is a whole team...people need to get serious here...stop rhe nonesense...and the 10 TO are not just Caitlin fault...

Clark made a yuge mistake not to play in the Big3. Could have made $5M for one season then signed with a WWNBA contender as a free agent. Instead, she's stuck with a team that sucks in a lousy league. And gets paid chump change to do it.

Boston was slow and looks like she has gained weight. She was moving slow, not setting good screens and sometimes didn’t look like she knew a play that was being run. Sides needs to run better plays. Boston needs to move and get open more.

Connecticut ran the same defense the entire game and no adjustments were made. The entire defense shifted with CC and doubled her on every pick and roll. Indiana did nothing to use that to their advantage. This was bad coaching. The turnovers were horrible but the offense they were running was just as bad.

We need to remember that she is young with lots to learn yet, give her a break, she'll figure it out.

There is no "learning" how not to be a bad coach and crush the epic game of one of the greatest WBB of all time.

Give them time to gel together, it’s just the first game give them grace