After Caitlin Clark’s excitement, Christie Sides, the fever coach, begins to sense the pressure of losing: Is her career in jeopardy?
She underlined the need for development and conveyed her unhappiness with the team’s failure to perform well enough on the court to inspire the fans. Sides said, “We need to perform better. With everything we do on the floor, we have to make the supporters proud. And I’ll accept it. That’s not what we did tonight. And that’s not acceptable.
However, things are not getting any better for Sides and his squad as they lost to Liberty this past Saturday. While the team did show some improvement, there is still much room for growth, and the margin of defeat was not as great.
In response to a reporter who brought up the Fever’s previous season’s troubles and asked how the club can improve, Sides said that experience is a must and that lineup adjustments should be made. She also emphasized the team’s practice emphasis on defense.
To dispel questions about their ability in the face of increasing pressure, Sides and the Fever need to get back together and show tremendous progress in their next games. As she attempts to get her team back on track, Sides is aware of the obvious difficulty that lies ahead.