Star point guard Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are on the wrong side of a two-game losing streak and are gearing up for what will be the most high-profile game of the early WNBA season when they take on Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream.
Much has been made recently about Clark’s coachability and her presence as a teammate after she and head coach Stephanie White got into a heated exchange during Saturday’s blowout loss to the Portland Fire.
“She has to cut her runway. She has to acknowledge where her runway ends and understand where she’s becoming bigger than the program and how that’s impacting her teammates and how it’s impacting her ability to impact her teammates,” The Athletic’s Annie Costabile said of the incident.
“Because at what point are you, you know, does it become a question of who wants to come into this situation and know that part of their responsibility is going to be to wrangle Caitlin in, in that sense.”
Now, James Boyd, another reporter for The Athletic, is peeling back the curtain some on Clark’s makeup.
“With Caitlin, she is not always a nice teammate or a nice person to referee or a nice person to coach because of her edge,” Boyd said. “But the edge is what makes her special. So within that, maybe a week ago, Stephanie was saying, yeah, you know what, I don’t want to coach that out of her, but there are times where it has to get reeled back in.”
.@RomeovilleKid breaks down the Caitlin Clark-Stephanie White dynamic:
“With Caitlin, she is not always a nice teammate, or a nice person to referee, or a nice person to coach because of her edge. But the edge is what makes her special.”
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Clark’s fierce competitiveness is becoming a double-edged sword, but those around her realize that it’s a part of what makes her so special. Hopefully, the public begins to realize the same thing sooner rather than later.
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Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.