Caitlyn Clark

johnnydoom

garyt1957 That's fine. I'll accept that and move on to something else. If no one outside of Caitlin fans wants to stop the grabbing, the banging, the slapping and the eye gouging; and her coach's only solution in trying to defeat those is taking Caitlin out of it, then that is not what I want to watch anyway. I'm not interested in watching Stephanie White coach, I wasn't interested in watching other WNBA players before, and I'll return to being uninterested now. In fact I'll stop watching now and won't return unless I catch wind that the Fever are running and gunning again.

Par4QC

garyt1957 I watch/keep track of most all other games, not just the Fever/CC.
I do not see this confusion on other teams, and just look at the Valkyries with their 'thrown together' team.....and their coach.
So, it is all CC's fault? The team went to the playoffs last year, with lesser personnel(imo). They will not be going to the playoffs this season. If I were a bettor, I'd place a bet, at this point.

No, she is not going to be NCAA Caitlin, and personally, I never expected it.

Unless there was a conspiracy🤣, I'm not understanding the reason the owners/management brought White in. Did they not know her 'style' vs. what CC's style is.....and was..... last season? Or did they overlook that part and just went after a 'winning' coach? She is not a smart coach at all. Proven thus far.

They have 'starters', they have bench players, put the damn starters in with the system they know. Even Boston and Howard are all over the court.
That's not confusion.🤔

Like I said prior....use her or trade her. Team may win all after she's gone. And she may become NCAA Caitlin on another team. 😄(not expected as I said)

She initiated the All-Star coach trade ya know? Why????😉

and BTW....I would not watch an NBA game if you gave me free tickets and money for golf next day!!

garyt1957

Par4QC. Like I said, I don't think it's CCs fault nor the coaches fault. She ( or any woman) just doesn't have the physical ability to overcome the double teams and scheming. You could coach and it won't matter.

Par4QC

Good game last night.
They may have things figured out with the rotations.
Putting up that score, along with the defense against that team tells the tale, esp. after the 'confusion' game prior this week.
Once they put the clamps on Jordin Canada, it was lights out in the 2nd half.

Still though, a lot of missed shots all around again. But TOs and fouls were quite minimal....except in 4th Q for AB.
And Sophie was just 'showing off' for her family members and friends that came to watch. 😄

johnnydoom

Didn’t watch and won’t until I read that Caitlin is running the point, and running most of the time. Glad to see they scored so much in the second half.

Par4QC

johnnydoom Didn’t watch and won’t until I read that Caitlin is running the point

Her and Aria were in at different times. Only a few minutes when both were on the floor at same time.
This will work, Caitlin will get her shots(hopefully making them next game), but less playing time. Nothing wrong with that.

They were totally confused last game, but this game they did the confusing. Dream players did not know which way to turn at times.

And Kelsey still has only 33 rebounds in 20 games.(??)🤔

Par4QC

What does it say when top rebounder only has 5, and that was 1 of the guards, who(guards) had most of the total.
Hell, even Kelsey had 4!! 😲Over twice her average!

64 points at half, then struggled to break 100. Still stomped.
New rotations are working. I doubt we'll be seeing high scoring from CC, unless the 3s start to drop. But with the rebounding/steals/ & esp. assists, I don't think the team needs her to score 25-30. She's going to get less paly time also, but was still tops at 25 minutes today. Team balance, it seems now.
And she better get used to it.😉It all wins. So far.

johnnydoom

I didn’t even realize they had another game today. Glad to see another high scoring game. With 13 assists, I doubt CC is too worried about her own scoring or minutes, as long as she gets the ball and controls the tempo when she’s in. If they keep scoring 100, it won’t be long before the eye gouging and body slamming returns.

Par4QC

johnnydoom it won’t be long before the eye gouging and body slamming returns.

Suns game is Tuesday!! But Marina has been on the shelf since their last game(supposedly her knee🤔). Don't think Jacy can go 1 on 2!!🤣

Hoping that CC can make it to the All-Star game next weekend.

johnnydoom

Looks like Paige had a good game. What in the world happened to Arike? Did Harris or Lexi lock her down?

Par4QC

johnnydoom What in the world happened to Arike?

They all have bad shooting games. Sabrina had a nasty one today also, and has had a few this season. Happens to all of them, but when CC has one it's always like an OMG moment across the internet.
Always others, or a someone, else on the team that picks up the slack.
I don't think the players ever worry much about those games. But oboy do the fans. And pundits of course.😄

Par4QC

Par4QC .don't think we'll see her playing much the rest of the season. 2, 3, 4 games maybe, then she will be 'hurt' again....rinse, repeat.

🤔Carnak

johnnydoom

Par4QC Just saw this morning that she apparently aggravated the groin pull last night. Bummer. Saw a video of Tina Charles throwing a punch/elbow to Aliyah's head. Was a fan of Charles based upon a few looks last year and this - ain't no more. If that is one of the leagues greatest players of all time then it's no wonder the league was in the dumpster for 25 years.

Par4QC

johnnydoom It's the right side for CC this time, not the same as last(left).
I didn't get to see the game, only followed along on the stats/plays as the game progressed. Was wondering what was going on as they were having a hard time pulling away from the weakest team in the league. And CC was not taking many shots/scoring after missing 4-5. Also noticed AB was like being absent, if on court.
Then I watched the full highlight vid. Confirmed my suspicion of a complete reversal of the previous 2 games' play strategy. CC was playing forward a lot, and Aria was on court.

I'm thinking CC is playing the mind game with coaching staff.
Liberty game is today. Unless Sabrina has another off game, they will get their asses handed to them. They play the same type offense that CC loves to play. If White cannot/will not coach it offensively, how can she be expected to defense it?

I do think CC will play Sat. night in the All-Star game. She's gonna tell them, coaches ...."F you'!!

Par4QC

johnnydoom My 1st look. Some of these old women in the league do this a lot. Even that 1 old man😉😂 in the league does it, every game it seems like.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19Rtfwe2px/

johnnydoom

Par4QC It's the right side for CC this time, not the same as last(left).

That's interesting. I guess I never actually knew what side was injured. Hopefully it's not bad. I've just assumed that she's not going to play tonight or in the All Star game - which would be bad with it being in Indianapolis. A real bad situation for the WNBA with fans probably spending a lot of money to see Caitlin at her home court for the All Star game and people all over the internet blaming the league and it's refs for everything negative that happens to her.

Par4QC

johnnydoom people all over the internet blaming the league and it's refs for everything negative that happens to her.

Playing larger venues, like The Garden last night, brings that much more actual insight as to what happens in games....not just 'hearsay'. If people are seeing it from nosebleed sections of arenas, why are refs not seeing....sometimes standing right beside where things (don't😒) happen?

Not so sure it was a clean game again last night from the Suns, from what I see/read around the internet today.
I also do not see how the injury happened, on the play where it supposedly happened.

azgreg

johnnydoom

Par4QC On the video of the play where she grimaced and started crying afterwards, it looks like she dragged her right foot to stop and make a pass and it was not contact related. I don't know whether or not that was it, or just an aggravation from something earlier.

Par4QC

johnnydoom About 5 minutes into the 2nd Q, Jacy got her with a knee in that right groin area, then CC went down hard after the shot. ??

But no foul, of course.

Par4QC

😲

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/wnba/game-center/sp-id-c0fc57e5f80e4668a21889e26635bcda?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=677939d1892c47668ad46c352a10a1fa&ei=11

johnnydoom

Par4QC Angel hurt or is the coach committing suicide and disciplining/benching her for something? Box score says she DNP. He better look out for her or Shaq will show up and punch him in the face. Shows a pretty good official attendance with 9k people at the game. Angel is/was gaining traction with her play lately.

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