Jessica Audette

Marketing Executive, Coach ⚽️🤸🏻‍♀️🏀, Minnesota Sports fan, Isaiah 40:31

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

Always with us, wherever we go, and whatever we do!! You made an impact on so many people, Brett! You are forever apart of our story! Fly high up there, we all have one amazing Guardian Angel! My prayers go out to the entire Carlson family!❤️💔🙏🏻 #CancerSucks

[The Leagues @TheseLeagues]

Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham have the top two selling WNBA jerseys.

The two make up 71% of the WNBA’s jersey sales.

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

Love this take from one of the greats and trailblazers of women’s basketball! Make Lisa Leslie the commissioner of the dang league.

[CCFC-New season @sohali2012]

Only Lisa Leslie is a serious person from this crew of know nothings.

[Ashwin @Sudharsan_ak]

Lisa Leslie: "Players have to clean it up. We used to play in a way that you protected one another. Maybe if AT would have even turned like dang, my bad, I didn't mean to hit you like that, it's a different thing, but that's not what happened"

Well said👏👏👏

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

Sophie Cunningham on WNBA players getting overly physical with Caitlin Clark:

“They’re definitely targeting her and the league and the refs do nothing about it”

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

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[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

Sophie Cunningham called out the WNBA over its handling of Caitlin Clark 😠

(via Show Me Something Sophie Cunningham & West Wilson)

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

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[LASIK.com @LASIKdotcom]

Same play, different whistle 👀

@WNBA refs — free LASIK’s on us. Better Vision. Better Calls. https://t.co/Vz5ZHDwqA6

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

The WNBA has completely mismanaged its biggest star in Caitlin Clark and it’s sad to see.

Caitlin Clark didn’t do it alone and there are a number of current and former players who helped pave and maintain the way, but Caitlin Clark has been the primary catalyst for the WNBA’s new media rights deal, new CBA, having to move games to bigger arenas, getting private chartered flights and so much more.

Yet when she is targeted in ways on the court that aren’t about basketball, it’s brushed aside as “physicality” or “just the way we play in the W”.

No.

What Alyssa Thomas did to Caitlin Clark was not about basketball.

What Alyssa Thomas did to Angel Reese was not about basketball.

It was a cheap shot.

It was dirty.

It was done on purpose.

And it’s hurting the WNBA as a whole.

What’s also sad is that because of the mismanagement of Caitlin Clark by the WNBA as a whole, the fact that HISTORICALLY INCREDIBLE BASKETBALL IS BEING PLAYED in the WNBA and it’s not being talked about enough.

Marina Mabrey tied the WNBA record for most points in a game with 53 points, 6 Rebs, 2 assists and tied the WNBA record by hitting NINE 3’s for the Toronto Tempo 🤯

Rookie Olivia Miles broke Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers’ WNBA record for fastest to score 300 points and have 100 assists. Clark and Bueckers did it in 19 games, so Miles did it in 18.

Olivia Miles has also lead the Minnesota Lynx, without star player Napheessa Collier, to the best record in the league and #1 in every major offensive statistic.

Angel Reese just became the fastest player to get 1k rebounds.

There is so much greatness happening in the WNBA, and it’s being ignored because people don’t want to celebrate it when the league won’t even protect its own players from unnecessary targeted behavior.

Some people don’t want to celebrate the WNBA when the league won’t protect its most marketable player that is the driving force behind its increased awareness.

But I will say the quiet part out loud.
The facts today still show that far too many people are making things in the WNBA about race or sexuality and not the results.

Drawing a line in the sand and defending any player’s dirty play just because of the color of their skin is wrong.

We shouldn’t be denying the truth of what we see and situating or views of the truth along color lines.

Caitlin Clark and every WNBA player wants to compete at the highest level. They are tough and the best female basketball players in the World.

They don’t want to be involved in identity politics or race wars. They just want to play basketball.

Right & wrong has no color.

Alyssa Thomas was wrong for what she did.

Caitlin Clark is a phenom, the WNBA has been wrong at so many turns with how they have handled her and the WNBA needs to improve its officiating.

Olivia Miles was the right pick for Minnesota and is the runaway Rookie of the Year right now.

Marina Mabrey was the right move for the Toronto Tempo.

Angel Reese was the right move for the Atlanta Dream.

Don’t pick sides based on the color of a player’s skin or their sexuality.

Let’s just talk basketball.

What Alyssa Thomas did wasn’t about basketball, she is rightfully getting crushed for it and got suspended.

But everything doesn’t have to be a race war.

It shouldn’t be.

Via @OuttaPocketRG3

[Coach Brian @Pick6Club]

I don’t want Caitlin Clark to get special treatment.

I want equal, fair, and appropriate treatment.

When something egregious happens, the league should step up and make it right. When something is blown out of proportion, the league should do nothing.

But right now, the @WNBA is not beating the allegations.

Carter, Carrington, Sheldon, Mabrey, Thomas, the list goes on.

Not a single suspension. That's enabling.

Meanwhile you issue Clark a technical and a fine for clapping. What message does that send?

Too many missed calls. Not enough corrections.

Too much media pride in physicality and league-wide weirdness around the biggest box office star the league has ever had.

It's pretty simple.

Protect shooters. Protect landing space. Punish non-basketball plays. Call the first foul, not just the retaliation. And if you miss it, make it right.

That’s not special treatment.

That’s competent league management.

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

Hey @Ticketmaster are we going to figure out the issue with presale for @GrandCasArena orrrrrrrr?!?!? There is no way I want to miss a chance to see @ellalangleymsic! Come on now. 🌻💛🌟

[C Bergquam🇺🇸 @Tweets_by_Clay]

🚨 Hot take, but it’s facts: Caitlin Clark is THE reason the WNBA has exploded in popularity. Period.
She brought the casual fans, the sold-out arenas, the record TV ratings, and the mainstream attention that the league has been begging for for 25+ years. Without CC, we’re right back to the pre-2024 days of empty seats, low viewership, and zero buzz.
Yet instead of protecting their biggest star and biggest draw, too many players and referees keep targeting her with cheap shots, hard fouls, and questionable officiating. If this nonsense continues, the league is going to kill the golden goose and watch it all disappear. The fans who showed up for Clark will tune out, the ratings will tank, and those arenas will get empty again real quick.
Caitlin Clark isn’t just a generational talent she’s the Jackie Robinson of the WNBA. She’s breaking barriers, changing the game, and carrying the league on her back while facing resistance every step of the way. The WNBA should be celebrating her, not trying to tear her down.
Protect Caitlin Clark. Protect the bag. Protect the growth. Simple as that. 🏀
#CaitlinClark #WNBA

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

This! @WNBA where you guys at?!! 🗣️

[Gina Milan @ginamilan_]

The WNBA’s silence is VERY loud.

[Timberwolves Muse @Wolvesmuse]

The longest tenured Timberwolf

The fan favorite in Minnesota

Two Words.

Thank you for everything

We will always miss you

[Evelyn DR @prettygirle2004]

Whatever happened to “No Space for Hate in Women’s Sports”? I guess it only applies when it’s convenient… 🤷‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

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[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

As a father, I cannot stop thinking about Caitlin Clark’s dad.

He raised a daughter who represents everything parents hope their children become: humble, tough, respectful, composed, competitive, and gracious under pressure.

And now he has to watch her get assaulted and left unprotected by the very league that should be protecting her.

This is not what basketball is supposed to be about.

The WNBA has ruined it.

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

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[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

No Caitlin Clark on this poster is RIDICULOUS.

No Diana Taurasi
No Sue Bird
No Tamika Catchings.
No Candace Parker.
No Elena Delle Donne.
No Cynthia Cooper.
No Sylvia Fowles.

RIDICULOUS.

You can’t tell the 30 year history of the WNBA without these women.

[Christopher The Warrior @TheChrisMoreno]

Commissioner @CathyEngelbert & the @WNBA better address what happened to Caitlin Clark tonight publicly. The officials must be fired. Alyssa Thomas must be suspended and fined.

If not, she’s failed in her fiduciary duty as commissioner.

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

@PhoenixMercury And this is why I have never enjoyed the mercury! Example A! @WNBA what are you going to do about this?!? Something has to change! This is ridiculous!

[Jessica Audette @CoachAudette]

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[Jaime Lardis @JaimeLardis]

As much as I enjoy watching the WNBA, that was one of the most dangerous cheap shots I have seen since I started following the league. The contact from Alyssa Thomas on Caitlin Clark appeared intentional and had the potential to result in a serious injury.
It is unacceptable that the officiating crew did not recognize and address the play appropriately. Player safety must always be the top priority. If the league does not take action, whether through a fine or suspension, it sends the wrong message and raises concerns about the safety of players on the court.

[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

I’m confident the WNBA suspensions are forthcoming.

Because if this league is serious about player safety, you cannot watch Caitlin Clark get abused on the floor like this and pretend nothing happened.

The standard is either consistent or it is not.

[Show Me Something @ShowMe_Pod]

Give her her flowers, Olivia Miles is an absolute beast