Through all of this, CC has never complained, never disrespected WNBA veterans, just tried to go about her business. It will be a process. CC needs to improve. So do her teammates and coaches.

I think that Caitlin's fan base is putting her under TOO MUCH pressure. She doesn't have room or time to learn, grow, etc. Pressure to perform is a major problem.

If they don’t pass you the ball you’d be pissed too

Hey Rich, you remember MJ in his first All-Star game. His teammates refused to pass it to him. The Fever looks the same too me. CC barely touched the ball in long stretches of the game. They would not screen for her. They would not run the court for her. She is all by herself with no help. The only girl on this team that will help her is sitting on the far end of the bench. That is Celeste Taylor rookie. She has played 0 minutes in two games. Best defensive player on the team and a spot up shooter. She would also run fast breaks with CC.

Thank you Sue. This interview was needed!

Sue bird is well spoken and had some great insight. CC will step up and will be significantly better if her teammates and coach step up, too. The team is not currently playing good fundamental team ball. The coach needs to help that.

People love talking about CC and say nothing about the team as a whole and how this organization has done nothing in the offseason to prepare for her coming

Sue is right on the money,it will take time,CC will be a star.Sue is beautiful inside and out!Love her!!!!!!

Last 7 years the Fever have been in the basement. Christie Sides took the coaching job in 2023. Boston was drafted in 2023. The Fever won 13 games, 8 more games than in 2022.18 to 20 wins are needed to get to the playoffs. Boston and CC should get us there.

ILuv and respect Sue Bird, I saw her play many years ago, she's a classy Lady Luv, LuvHer, I saw her when she played against Liberty

Rich Eisen! Excellent show. You and Sue are true professionals!

So many damn comments about Coach Christie Sides. It has been 2 games....."2"......against the 2nd and 3rd best team in the league last year. Their off guard is working back from a last minute injury,so CC is playing some 2....allowing the Veteran PG to play. They do look outmatched athletically and size wise so far, so a 2-12 start would get the coach off the charter flights and back into a u-haul......but for now, be logical

Great discussion and insight, Sue and Rich!

A lot of people called these women haters when they were just being honest.

Like some have mentioned before - CC is a great talent, but she's not bigger or faster or stronger than these other wnba players. She's not some freak athlete and she will have to have others on her team be able to play well together to make them a competitive team.

All of this coverage makes it seem like Clark is the only player on the Fever

These basketball players are just doing what they are suppose to do …play basketball. They didn’t ask for anything. The Media put Caitlin in this position. Go blame the media.

I like this Sue Bird lady.

Thank you Sue Bird. Well said.

Sue Bird is such a classy person. Listening to her is much easier than most of others who criticize Caitlin. Others seemed so spiteful.

I think Sue is right on the money with several points. Caitlin's fan base is putting her on a pedestal that is way to high. The Fever is not a strong team, which let's the defenses focus on her. The WNBA is reacting to her fan base and the media far more than actions/remarks from Caitlin. I feel bad for Caitlin, because she has to try and live up to this fictional super player the fans and media portray her as. The fans are calling for the coaches head as if that is the whole problem. Reality can suck at times. If the Fever had another player that was threatening on offense, then Caitlin would get more looks. Right now she is being swarmed on every possession, which makes the adjustment to the pro-level of play so much harder. It would have been better if the schedule would have been front loaded with weaker teams. I hope that someone helps Caitlin take a deep breath so she can ride out this storm and that the league understands that the super-player image coming from the fans and media is not what's coming from Caitlin - give her a break.

Best 'adult' conversation about the W and CC I've heard so far. So Refreshing!

She was put in the corner and the ball was taken away from her by her own coach and teammates and she only got 8 sporadic shots without building a rhythm. It's no wonder she's angry. It's not her fault in Game 2 against the Liberty, it was the coach's fault.

Ms. Bird seems like a nice person. IDK of any $hit that she's said about CC, but maybe I missed something, but seems Sue is pretty cool- and I haven't seen much, but she's a great player from what I hear. The more CC is successful, the more people will see and appreciate the historical W figures in the game.

No one watched the games of Sue Bird.

Sue is sure giddy about this! Just more proof that the entire league current and former players are jealous AF of CC! Its sad because Caitlin is a good person! Yes I know her somewhat, but my best friend played against her dad in college and he was a coach in the youth leagues Caitlin played in and we watched her play basically most of her life! Any of the other players wouldve signed a big shoe deal if they were offered one! As a matter of fact there have been 9 black players with shoe deals, and thats including Angel and A'ja, and Caitlin is the 5th white woman to have a shoe deal! CC is changing the league and fan base that will elevate all of the women on every single team, which is what theyve been complaining about FOREVER!

Caitlyn will be fine. She just needs time. Her coach has to create more opportunities for her, and her teammates need to fish better to take the defensive pressure off. She's playing against professionals for the first time. Show some patients.

this interview was very insightful and helpful to me, thanks sue

I appreciate Sue’s tone, demeanor and intellect.

Bad coaching, bad team, bad teammates. Then there are always toxic haters.😅

ITS NOT WHAT DT SAID- ITS HOW SHE SAID IT-

Sue Bird and all the long time WNBA are a little jealous of CC popularity.

Thank you for bringing in a voice of reason.

I remember when MJ went to Chicago they were bad for a few years, MJ would score 50 points and they still lost. No one player makes any team in any team sport.

Is Sue really going to ignore the bad coaching by Sides?

And there she goes. Pretty quick adjustment. The adjustment is more about the Fever coach and teammates adjusting to CC than CC having to adjust.

The amount of excuses made is wild.

The coaching on her team sucks. They're doubling her as soon as she comes up. Her team isn't coming to help bail her out. Once she's free from the double help is right there. The coach doesn't know how to adapt to that.

I had a HUMONGOUS CRUSH on Sue Bird growing up. I thought she was SO BEAUTIFUL!! I remember running into her, Diana T and Swinn Cash, at the Bloomfield mall in CT back in 2001. Sue was just as beautiful in person. I remember saying, "I love you, Sue!!", and then her turning around and blowing me a kiss! Then all three of them turned away and giggled like school girls as I stood there in shock that she even acknowledged my "cat call". That made my day, and made me forever love Sue Bird (to this day) ❤

Let's enjoy the struggle! It will take time for her to find her best version. She has good reasons to be frustrated. Nobody likes losing. She's through a process and she will learn a lot from these loses.

They won’t even pass her the ball.

She's in the pros. IRON SHARPEN IRON. Fans can't comprehend that.

Rich, take responsibility for your part.

She is enjoying this way too much

Sue Bird is all class.

Long term, Fever should tank to be able to draft Bueckers. WNBA needs to pull strings, have a coach in the waiting for the Fever who has researched and planned to maximize the young talent. Trade away vets as well. Year 2 this needs to be Clark's team, no questions.

Another thing, teams have seen soooo much film on her, that they already know how to guard her.

Ppl been saying it wasnt going to be easy then yall called them "haters". Fans crowned her & now they are out to break her. They are picking her up 94ft noatter if shes playing PG or SG

She is the Taylor swift of basketball

Its not all about Caitlin, it's about all her fans finding out that there are actually some pretty good players in the WNBA besides Caitlin.

Just like Lonzo the media put a target on her back before she stepped on the court

Its not all about Clark, its about the whole team. Clark has been pressured since her College days and she doesnt mind it anymore as she said.

Where were her team mates?

Pro teams are not just an accumulation of all stars from a single college season. They are all star teams made up of the best of the best of the best from the last 15+ college seasons!!!!!! Clark has never played against competition even close to that of WNBA teams. Everything is going to be harder and will require significant adjustments before she feels comfortable and becomes a consistent performer. REALITY, folks!!!!! What a concept!!!

Caitlin Clark or Jimmer Fredette?

Sue Bird you said it takes time for Catlin Clark to adjust. Well Candice Parker had 34 points 12 Rebounds and 8 assists on her Wnba Debut . And no one was calling Candice Parker the greatest female basketball player. And Candice Parker blended right in.

You can't rise to this level playing against college players. Let's give her a chance to respond.

Sue's the best

I'd listen to Sue Bird, if I were Caitlin & learn from her.

That coach is going to be fired.

Bird is right on

Caitlin knew reality was coming. The media and fans not so much.

Strategically, it also seems like they aren't running many sets for her to be more effective. Which is a coaching problem. Play to her strengths and run some actions to get her a few easy buckets.

Taurassi hasn't been proven correct. Scoring 20 points in your first game. 9 in the second, and 22 points in the third is not bad.

Hey Rich, chill and take a pill. It is only the second game of her career.

First Sue Bird is Gorgeous! Obviously Indiana is bad and Miss Clark is going be humbled this season, because all her competitors are going to go at her hard.

This conversation is a bit simplistic. I just watched video on Taurasi, Wilson, and other "GOATS" being guarded by one defender, not being double- and triple-teamed. Also, this conversation totally leaves out the Fever's lack of offensive strategy in setting up screens and making plays. The look-at-me-I'm-the-coach coach has also expressed a disdain for long 3's and gave Caitlin a '0.5 second rule' that's now messed with her thinking. In one game I saw Caitlin double-clutch twice. I never saw that in Iowa. She looked like she wanted to shoot, then she backed off and started to look for someone to pass to. So now Caitlin is supposed to pass the ball and do 'deep 2's.' Just talking about this whole idea of her problems in transitioning to the WNBA is not as simple as Taurasi was right.

Street ball meets college ball and street ball has more devotee's. Like pro wrestling, fans attend to see people knock each other around the BB court .

What's going on here is more than Clark adjusting to the pros. What these wnba players are doing to Clark they don't do every night to every guard. Blitzing, hedging on screens, doubling her when she catches the ball. I don't have a problem with doing any this if necessary to win the game. But that's not what's happening here. They want to quiet the hype. They're doing to her what LeBron James and D Wade did to Jeremy Lin to stop Linsanity or what Pippen and Jordan did to Toni Kukoc in the Olympics.

Well, the WNBA does have a few true professionals and not just basketball talent. Tbus is exactly hiw you talk to your peers. Way to go Sue.

Some of these stans can’t think without emotion. People said she’ll need time to adjust. Goats like Sue, Diana Taurasi said the same thing. CC is playing against professionals who get paid too, why would they take it easier on her

The fever needs a coach like sue bird because im watching them play now and honestly they're coach they have now doesn't know how to use thwy talent she has on the fever Sue a be great for them

I love Sue bird best smile she tells it like it is CC has to lean how to adjust it not college

Catlin is with the wrong coach.

It's sooooo different men's sports and women's sports and I hope it stays that way. Can't imagine my favorite sports teams having the players engaging in intimate relationships with each other or players on different teams. It would create chaos u couldn't even imagine

Reality is coming. This league has terrible viewership. Clark is the golden goose. That’s the real reality.

CC probably feels like me when I'm pwning on Fortnite and suddenly Skill Based Matchmaking kicks in.

It doesn't "take time" for CC. She is clearly better than most women on the court. Her team is just in love with missing layups and keeping the ball out of her hands than they are with winning.

What I want to know is why do women get drafted and then start within 2 weeks of joining a team they have never practiced and trained with? NFL, NBA, etc. do not draft and play within 2 weeks of the draft. Doesn't make sense...dooms the players and teams...And... why is Sue Bird so gleeful at this problem? Clark is the golden goose she has been screaming for. Clark is the one with class though all this.

The fever are horrible

Caitlin Clark you may be a great college scorer give you that. Greatest college player ever Breanna Stewart 4 championships and 4 mop no one can top that

It’s not what you saying it’s how you seid it 😊

The coach is in over her head. At this rate they won't even surpass their 13 win total from last year. Time for a new coach for sure.

Why isn't Clark making her shots? Answer: She is exhausted. Remember she was out-of-gas in Q1 of her first pre-season game. Her schedule of TV spots, advertising the WNBA, million dollar decisions, and cross-country travel, has been the cause of her recent lackluster performances. Just look at pictures of her at Iowa versus now. Her coach and team are trying to protect a sleep deprived athlete? You decide.

BABY! Caitlyn fans STOP babying this woman. Let Caitlin bond with her teammate so they can learn to win a game. All we hear is get rid of the couch and teammate. Caitlin has to learn how to adapt to different situations good bad and ugly.

10 turnovers ? Wow! 😮😮

Not even M. Jordan can win with this coach and team.

Sue knows breanna is the number 1 player.

Thank you Sue Bird.

Sure they want it to take time. How else can they say they (the Womens league) are better than others if they do not "Take time".

To me this team that CC played against knows how CC is good because they prepared hard on how contained her.. To me it’s just accepting that CC is really good player.

Caitlin Clark game reminded me of Trae young. She's a willing passer who can score from 3 point line.. if Trae young can become effective basketball player.. l believe Caitlin can do the same

Packed house? More like the arena staff and a few fans without Clark.

Ridiculous. I’m not even a Clark fan but to say DTarsudi was kinda rt. is a joke. C. Clark scored 20 in her first game. 2nd game only 9 but all they did was try to feed it in to Boston who missed shot after shot or actually lay up after lay up playing like a typical WNBA. Throw to your one big girl in the paint and let her try to make maybe 40% of her lay ups/5 ft jumpers. God awful to watch. I love how all these WNBA players (current not Sue Bird) always have to say how there are soooo many great players in the league and they have been playing GREAT basketball for years now almost like they are trying to convince you (and maybe themselves ) of that. The few times I have watched over the past 5 years it was AWFUL. Almost like going yo the dentist the missed shots, missed lay ups , slow play and god awful turnovers. Unwatchable. It will take 20 C. Clarks to make people want to watch this league. The hype will wear of fast.

Crown her

She have not been proven, correct you’re being dishonest Clark playing her out of position and taking the ball out her hands and forcing her to play a losing style of basketball we can all see this happening in real time

Funny and odd advice Sue considering Caitlin would mop you up in your prime in ball.

The WNBA has Fever starting the season w/7 games in 12 days w/all but 1 game against a top 4 team, so they can use CC to get attention for the top teams in the league & the Fever are using CC for her assist & how she pulls so many defenders from other players. The WNBA & Fever are killing their golden goose. Of course CC has to adjust to the stronger defenders she will meet in the WNBA, but I don't know how many rookies are getting double & triple teamed their first year either. And though she's a rookie, its just stupid for the Fever, a team that hasn't had more wins than losses since 2016, to get a player like CC & not let her be the main PG & run the plays. If they don't let her be the primary PG they will never figure out how to play to everyone's strengths. I don't care if they avg 20 TO a game while they figure out how to gel with her as PG. They're definitely not going to figure it out putting CC in the corner as a SG that no one ever passes to.

they play with a tennis ball size basketball I can 70 percent from the 3 line lower the rim to 7 feet they have no vertical

New "fans" have a perfect view of the talent and attitudes that have made the WNBA a fantastic organization.