These next two weeks are going to be the longest two weeks of Cailin Clark’s basketball career. Earlier this week, Clark suffered a thigh injury that will keep her out for at least two weeks.
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White wants Clark to use the time away to watch the game from the bench.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for Caitlin to watch the game from the sideline, to grow in a coaching kind of mindset and see some different things that we might be talking about on film, addressing in practice, to see it develop in live action,” White said. “As players you see [the game] in a micro viewpoint, and when you’re on the sideline, and you’re watching it as a whole, you get to see it a different way from a macro viewpoint. I think it’s gonna give her a unique perspective, and she’s gonna come back better, and it’s gonna help us be better.”
On Wednesday, Clark traveled with the Fever to watch them play against the Mystics, and she appeared visibly frustrated during the game.
LMFAOOO CAITLIN HATES THAT REF pic.twitter.com/tWsKdmgpQn
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A video of a sad-looking Clark sitting on the bench went viral on social media during the Fever’s loss to the Mystics.
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