Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever haven’t had the best start to the WNBA season, coming into Thursday’s game against the Seattle Storm with a 1-7 record on the season. But despite the struggles, it seems like Clark thankfully still has the undivided support of Fever head coach Christie Sides.
In Thursday’s game, things got a bit controversial when officials missed a pretty clear foul call on a shot attempt from Clark.
Caitlin Clark got hacked right before this clip started and then is getting hugged/hit as she is going up.
No foul. Fever coach gets a technical.
I’ve never seen a super star get this type of treatment. She doesn’t even get normal calls 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/7lGp5XaQO0
— Jordan Stocks (@StockTalks21) May 31, 2024
Sides took issue with this immediately, defending her player by tearing into the officials for missing the call. She was quickly issued a technical foul for her troubles.
Christie Sides has seen enough and erupts on the official after the no-call as Caitlin Clark attacked the basket.
This has built up over time — and was needed, IMO. pic.twitter.com/sUK58EwSFy
— Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) May 31, 2024
It’s hard to blame Sides here. This call was very clearly missed by the officials. And officiating has certainly been a bit questionable around Clark all season long.
Last game, Sides sent a clear message to Caitlin Clark, telling her and the rest of the Indiana Fever team to stop talking with the refs on missed calls and to let her do that as the coach.
Well, that’s exactly what happened here. And in the end, the Fever were dealt the same result by receiving a technical foul.
Growing frustrations about the team’s lack of success has to be playing a part here as well for both Christie Sides and Caitlin Clark.
Unfortunately, that lack of success didn’t change much in Thursday’s game. The Fever dropped the game to the Storm to drop their record to 1-8 on the year. But at least Caitlin Clark now knows her coach is quite serious about having her back.
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About Reice Shipley
Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.