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D3 Coach Q&A - Mahogany Green (Hamilton WBB) · The Student Athlete Sessions

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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, we are live for our second D3 Coach Q&A here on Substack.
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  Today,
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  we are lucky to be joined by a coach out of the NESCAC up in
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  the Northeast at Hamilton.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is Coach Mo Green.
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  SPEAKER_01: She's the women's basketball coach up there.
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  SPEAKER_01: Coach Mo, welcome to the program.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a pleasure.
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  SPEAKER_00: I appreciate y'all having me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm just here to try to impart some knowledge,
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  SPEAKER_00: learn from you a little bit,
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  SPEAKER_00: have a good conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can talk basketball all day.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this is like the highlight of my day right now.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right.
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  SPEAKER_01: We've got some people rolling in here.
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  We're going to give everyone a second to get in before we
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  really start with the
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  SPEAKER_01: questions,
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  SPEAKER_01: the harder thing questions.
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  But obviously,
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  for everyone who was here last week,
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  there's a chat down there.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you have a question for Coach Green during the conversation,
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  SPEAKER_01: feel free to ask it,
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  SPEAKER_01: and we'll go back and make sure it does get addressed.
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  SPEAKER_01: But maybe, Coach Green, to start out, you were a player yourself.
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  SPEAKER_01: You played...
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  SPEAKER_01: Division I at Cleveland State, very accomplished player.
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  SPEAKER_01: What was your playing career like?
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, and maybe how did you get to the D3 level as a coach?
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, man, that's a long story.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if we have enough time for that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But no, I played at Cleveland State.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was a hometown product.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm from Toledo, Ohio.
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  Wanted to stay close to home so my family and my friends could
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  kind of come
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  SPEAKER_00: um, see me play, um, had a great four year career at Cleveland state.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did we win championships?
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  No,
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  but I,
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  I mean,
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  I grew as a young woman,
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  as a basketball player,
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  I got my degree.
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  I had great coaches,
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  uh,
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  Duffy Burns,
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  um,
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  Erica Floyd,
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  Deb Ruth,
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  Lisa Rathbun,
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  um,
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  those,
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  um,
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  SPEAKER_00: coaches just groomed me.
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  SPEAKER_00: They saw something in me that I didn't see in myself at the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm not even gonna lie, I was a beast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was a baller.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was, you know, I was doing my thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was blessed that I, after college, I had the opportunity to play pro.
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  SPEAKER_00: I went overseas and played in Turkey for a year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Almost two.
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  SPEAKER_00: I got home, not going to lie, I got homesick.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was like, yo, I'd have made some money.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm ready to go back home.
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  SPEAKER_00: Came back home.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kind of was in limbo for maybe about six months.
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  SPEAKER_00: Didn't really know what I wanted to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Decided to go back to school.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I started coaching at Cleveland State.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was a GA, was working on my master's.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the head coach that I played for and that was there still,
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  SPEAKER_00: Duffy Burns,
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  SPEAKER_00: they didn't renew his contract.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I was thrown into finding a job.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's how I got into coaching.
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  SPEAKER_00: My first job,
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  SPEAKER_00: Lisa Rathbun,
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  SPEAKER_00: who was an assistant that recruited me at Cleveland State,
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  SPEAKER_00: was an assistant at Eastern Michigan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pulled me in.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was with Susie Merchant for some years and just kind of bounced around.
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  Ended up on the East Coast because I was at Colgate for three
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  years,
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  I think.
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  SPEAKER_00: And...
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  SPEAKER_00: ended up was in a professional circle with the associate AD at Hamilton.
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  SPEAKER_00: Job came open.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was like, do you think you ready?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, been ready.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's how I became the head coach at Hamilton.
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  That's kind of the short version because I bounced around a lot
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  in Division I.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not for any reason,
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  SPEAKER_00: but I was just trying to learn
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  SPEAKER_00: from different people and gain as much experience, um, as possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: But my highlight was probably the four years I spent at Kansas, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: I rock chalk J hop all day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um,
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  SPEAKER_00: we went to back to back sweet 16s,
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  SPEAKER_00: um,
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  SPEAKER_00: worked for a boss there in Bonnie Hendrickson and,
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  SPEAKER_00: um,
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  SPEAKER_00: learned so much,
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  SPEAKER_00: um,
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  SPEAKER_00: from her,
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  SPEAKER_00: um,
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  SPEAKER_00: um,
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  actually learned how to work and work smart um and be efficient
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  so what did that
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  look like oh man that looked like like film film scout reports
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  study in the game
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  SPEAKER_00: yeah it's just study in the game man like she was like
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  SPEAKER_00: The epitome of being prepared.
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  She never wanted to go into a game and not feel like basically
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  that she didn't know everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I say 20, 22 page scout reports, oh, that was like minimum, minimum.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we giving that to the kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was like, this is crazy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like they not reading all this, but they was reading all this.
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  SPEAKER_00: He knew everything on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was like tripped out.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when I say work, man, let that scout report come back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not right.
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  SPEAKER_00: It would look like one of your professors from college graded that,
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  SPEAKER_00: John,
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  SPEAKER_00: with red penman corrections all over that mug.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you would have to go back and fix it and go back and fix it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I got smart.
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  SPEAKER_00: I just went.
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  SPEAKER_00: One time I was just so confused.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, I don't know what you want.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was like, just come watch film with me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Best decision I ever made.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just to sit there next to her.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, man.
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  Just to sit there next to her and see how she broke it down and
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  what she was looking for.
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  It made everything that much easier to work for her and with
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  her after that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because I was on the struggle bus.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was like, yo, I'm about to get out of coaching if this is what it is.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, I can't.
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  SPEAKER_00: Too many edits.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it was a mess, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was calling the people like, yo, you got to help me.
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  SPEAKER_00: The flip is gone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where'd it go?
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  SPEAKER_00: I had it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it was the best thing for me because now I watch films.
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  SPEAKER_00: I break down film, break down our games.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can break a film down in about an hour and 15, 20 minutes, Jack.
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  SPEAKER_00: And have it together.
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  SPEAKER_00: So best experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: I didn't really know it then.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because when you're in it, you're kind of like, oh, whatever.
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  SPEAKER_01: Why is she being so hard on me?
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  SPEAKER_00: One hundred percent.
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  But then after the fact and now that I'm a head coach and I
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  have an assistant,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like,
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  SPEAKER_00: I get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm blessed because my assistant, John Sanchez, is a boss.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like he breaks down film.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't even worry about him.
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  He do all the scouts,
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  which allows me a lot more time to just prep on us now.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he he got that film thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: He a basketball nut.
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  So when you work with somebody like that,
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  it makes your job easier as a head coach.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And there's so much in your answer there that like that I think,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  because a lot of kids who go and play sports want to be a coach
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  at some point.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I think it's a common narrative that we've heard to, you know.
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  SPEAKER_01: because you have connections at your alma mater,
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  SPEAKER_01: whether you go pro,
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  SPEAKER_01: you go pro play abroad and you come back,
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  SPEAKER_01: you start there.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um,
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  SPEAKER_01: I think it's just,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  a testament to how important it is to build relationships while
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  you're in college,
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  SPEAKER_01: whether it's at your school or,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: in your conference,
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  like those are going to be those people that'll take the first
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  chance on you.
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  SPEAKER_01: If they know the quality of the person you are,
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  which your former head coach did at Cleveland state to give you
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  that first foot in
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  SPEAKER_01: the door and,
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  SPEAKER_01: Then it's obviously you have to run with it, which you have.
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  But I think that's just a really important takeaway for kids
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  there just to hear from your story.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Connections, networking is huge.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's got to be genuine networking, though.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think sometimes in our business, people...
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  SPEAKER_00: They kind of use people for co-voting themselves forward.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just be genuine.
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  I tell my players all the time,
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  the best thing you can do is just be a good human.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be able to talk to people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be able to say hi and conversate.
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  SPEAKER_00: At the end of the game, talk to a coach.
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  Or during the game,
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  don't be the player that the coach is like,
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  what's her problem?
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  SPEAKER_00: Be cool.
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  SPEAKER_00: Enjoy the moment.
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  I mean,
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  I was a dog when I played,
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  but I was very respectful to the other coaches.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now,
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  SPEAKER_00: if you was an opponent across from me,
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  SPEAKER_00: not until after the game,
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  SPEAKER_00: because I'm trying to murder you right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're not friends.
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  And I had a lot of friends on opposing teams,
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  but you know,
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  you got to compete.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I just,
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  SPEAKER_00: I just,
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  SPEAKER_00: if young people going into coaching,
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  SPEAKER_00: one thing,
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  SPEAKER_00: just be genuine and don't be in coaching.
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  SPEAKER_00: For the wrong reasons, because it's a labor of love, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: You got to love this or you're going to get burnt out quick.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's the truth.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's the truth.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah,
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  SPEAKER_01: I feel like especially at the D3 level,
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  SPEAKER_01: for those starting as a D3 assistant,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: my teammate from college did.
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  SPEAKER_01: And now he's worked his way up and he just got the head job.
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  SPEAKER_01: But it took, you know, he was class of 2016.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we're here in 2025.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can do the math.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it took, you know, some sacrifice on his part, but...
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah,
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  it's the doing the laundry after you get home from a weeknight
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  road trip and
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  SPEAKER_01: turning around and doing the scout for the weekend right afterwards.
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  SPEAKER_00: All of that, all of that.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is not a glamorous job.
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  SPEAKER_00: No, it's a grind.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a grind, totally.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think coaching in general is a grind,
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  SPEAKER_00: especially now with the landscape of way to gain,
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  SPEAKER_00: especially like at the D1 level,
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  SPEAKER_00: how it's changed.
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  I think at,
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  honestly,
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  the level that I'm at,
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  the D3 level,
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  I think it's the purest.
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Like the kids play because they want to play.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're not playing because there's any money incentive, any scholarship.
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  They literally are there because they want to compete and they
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  want to be part of a team.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's what I enjoy.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if I, people ask me all the time, would you go back D1?
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  SPEAKER_00: I
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  SPEAKER_00: Honestly,
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  I don't know if I would at this point because I just don't
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  think my morals and my
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  SPEAKER_00: values align with what D1 is right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm not knocking D1.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't get me wrong.
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  SPEAKER_00: I enjoy it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love watching it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love the players.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love the way the women's game has grown.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hell, I wish I could have got paid a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know what I'm saying?
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, I just...
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  SPEAKER_00: Is education the number one value?
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  Are kids really focused on getting those degrees or are we just
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  trying to get as much money as
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  SPEAKER_00: as I can get in four years.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where is the loyalty?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where is the hard work?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where is the fortitude?
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  You know,
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  if I don't get minutes here,
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  I'm just getting a portal and go someplace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, come on, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like you got to work at life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Isn't like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I just feel like we're setting young people up.
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like not in the most positive,
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  SPEAKER_00: the most effective way for them to be successful in the real world.
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  SPEAKER_01: I agree.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree.
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  And that's not,
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  like you pointed out,
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  it's not a knock on the one and athletes getting paid.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think everyone is in agreement that is long overdue.
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  SPEAKER_01: 100%.
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  It is like they should be able to get a piece of what they're
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  helping the NCAA earn.
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  But yeah,
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  I think this kind of the being able to transfer out after a
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  year and just
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  SPEAKER_01: like bounce from maybe have four schools in four years.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's crazy.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's crazy.
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  And it's something that we try to help families understand on
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  the front end of,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: the research process and thinking about where you want to go.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_01: And, you know, I'm personally biased.
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  I spent four years at a school and feel like I got a much
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  richer experience,
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  SPEAKER_01: whether it's friends,
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  SPEAKER_01: professors,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: my career network,
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  SPEAKER_01: all that out of that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And just helping kids understand it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Maybe you have to earn it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: I didn't play at all my freshman year and I didn't love it.
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  SPEAKER_01: I wasn't sitting there being like, this is, this is great.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm so glad I'm sitting on the bench.
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  But it was something that,
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  you know,
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  taught me,
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  okay,
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  this is what I need to do.
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  If they're going to tell me to lift four times in the off
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  season on my own,
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  I got to do that.
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  And then to be able to see the results over time,
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  I think,
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  like you said,
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  that,
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  that,
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  teaches a better life lesson than all right i'm not getting
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  what i want immediately
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  SPEAKER_01: i'm gonna just go to the next shop and see what they can offer yep so
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, well, anyways, I think that's a good take, uh, segue here.
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  SPEAKER_01: We have a,
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  SPEAKER_01: we have a couple of people on in the chat,
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  SPEAKER_01: so feel free to ask questions,
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  SPEAKER_01: um,
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  SPEAKER_01: as you have them for coach green.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um,
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  SPEAKER_01: but we'll,
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  SPEAKER_01: we'll kick things off on a related note here with recruiting and,
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  SPEAKER_01: uh,
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  SPEAKER_01: for you recruiting the class of 2025,
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  SPEAKER_01: which you're in a NESCAC high academic.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I'm guessing it is,
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  SPEAKER_01: uh,
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  SPEAKER_01: you,
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  SPEAKER_01: you wrapped up at least your admission cycle a long time ago,
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  SPEAKER_01: probably did a lot of work in the early admissions window.
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  SPEAKER_01: But in terms of recruiting the class of 2025,
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  what was something that a recruit did that impressed you during
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  the process that
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  maybe you weren't considering them previously and they did this
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  one thing and it
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  SPEAKER_01: really put them on your radar?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll tell you, for me, a big thing is when kids come to visit,
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  campus like they're i guess as my mind still thinks d1 so i'm
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  sorry unofficial
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  visit right like they're just kind of feeling things out when
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  they come to campus
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  and they um and hold a conversation with me and they are
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  steering their process and
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  SPEAKER_00: not their parents i'm like blown away like i'm um
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  SPEAKER_00: impressed with a kid that's a little bit more mature,
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  SPEAKER_00: that can talk,
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_00: that can conversate,
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  SPEAKER_00: that knows what they want,
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  SPEAKER_00: knows what they're looking for.
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  SPEAKER_00: That really impresses me.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_00: And then the other thing is, you know, July is a tricky month, right?
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_00: Everybody is out recruiting,
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_00: don't talk to the coaches,
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: don't say nothing to the coaches,
• 15:00
  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  So the kids know,
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  my kids that I'm recruiting,
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  they know I'm coming to the event.
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  SPEAKER_00: They know, they look for me.
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  And I just think it's cool when a kid is like,
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  man,
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  hey coach,
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  what's going on?
• 15:14
  SPEAKER_00: How you doing?
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_00: Knowing they're not supposed to really quote unquote talk to you,
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_00: but they go out of their way to either make eye contact,
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  SPEAKER_00: wave at you or something like that.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_00: Like,
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  I just find that it shows me maybe that you are really
• 15:31
  interested in my institution
• 15:34
  SPEAKER_00: and me as a head coach.
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  Because you're kind of going out of your way to make sure that
• 15:41
  I see you and that
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_00: you notice that I'm there.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_00: Parents as well.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_00: I usually always have one of my kids with me recruiting.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_00: So I use usually my four-year-old as like a tool.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_00: Like, go, go, go say hi.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_00: Say what's up.
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're on the staff.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're just a low-level assistant.
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  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 16:06
  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 16:06
  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I like young people that are secure in who they are, I guess.
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  That's what really drives me and what a couple of kids in that
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  class,
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  they did do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: They set themselves apart.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_00: And when you talk on the phone, it's not like,
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_00: Watching wet paint dry,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's a conversation,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 16:29
  SPEAKER_00: and it might not always be about basketball,
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_00: but we are just having a conversation,
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  SPEAKER_00: getting to know one another.
• 16:36
  SPEAKER_00: So when those things happen,
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  I'm really like you move up the food chain higher in my book
• 16:43
  than maybe some other
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_00: coaches.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_01: And what does that show you?
• 16:47
  SPEAKER_01: I mean,
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  I think I have an idea of how we can translate that for
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  recruits in terms of like a
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_01: quick tip,
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_01: like before they get on the phone,
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_01: before they take a visit.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_01: But just so they know,
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  what does that show you or what does that illustrate to you
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  that gives you
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  confidence about how they'll translate to Hamilton as a player
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  and as a person?
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, man.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_00: It shows me, one, it shows me leadership.
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  It shows me that they're capable of being a leader because
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  leaders usually have
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  SPEAKER_00: strong personalities like that,
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  SPEAKER_00: where they're more outgoing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not to so much say they're not worried about breaking rules,
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  SPEAKER_00: but they just understand,
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  SPEAKER_00: like,
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_00: I got to put my best foot forward.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: It shows me that they're aggressive, right?
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_00: Right?
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I love aggressive players.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_00: I don't need no sheep.
• 17:36
  SPEAKER_00: I tell people all the time, I tell my assistant coach, we need some dogs.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_00: Dogs.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_00: And not D-O-G.
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_00: I need D-A-W-G-S.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_00: Dogs.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_00: Dogs.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_00: So, that's what that shows me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And again, like I said, just shows me that they're a secure young woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right?
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I preach...
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  SPEAKER_00: Trying to make sure my players are ready for the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're confident.
• 18:02
  SPEAKER_00: They're strong in who they are.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_00: They have high ethics and high morals.
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  SPEAKER_00: So when you already have a twinge of that,
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  that makes my job just that much easier to continue to mold and
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  polish you.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_00: So you a diamond.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you graduate, I tell them all the time, we applying pressure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pressure on rocks makes diamonds.
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  And that's what y'all going to be when you graduate on that,
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  you know,
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  that four years is up.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're going to be a diamond.
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_01: Hmm.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I love that.
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  And I would just say for any kids listening to this or parents
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  of recruits who are
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_01: like,
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_01: well,
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_01: my kid has no idea what they want to do.
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_01: They don't know what they want to major in.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_01: They don't know.
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  All they know is they want to play basketball and at some point
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  they want to go to college.
• 18:44
  SPEAKER_01: I think the things that you can do to maybe not fake it till you make it,
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  SPEAKER_01: but prepare well,
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  SPEAKER_01: right?
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_01: Let's compare this back to the film session, right?
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_01: This is the watching film portion of being a recruit.
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_01: When it comes to preparing for that on-campus visit to that phone call,
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  it's doing 30 minutes to an hour of research about Hamilton
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  before you get on the
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  SPEAKER_01: phone with Coach Green,
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  SPEAKER_01: before you step on campus in Clinton,
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  SPEAKER_01: New York,
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  SPEAKER_01: to say,
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_01: okay,
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  when the conversation gets a little slow or when Coach Green
• 19:17
  looks at me and says,
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  SPEAKER_01: hey,
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_01: do you have any questions?
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 19:20
  SPEAKER_01: Here's what I'm going to have ready.
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  SPEAKER_01: Two to three little things.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hey, do any of your kids do this major?
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  SPEAKER_01: Because this is maybe what I'm interested in.
• 19:29
  SPEAKER_01: Where do they go for food after practice if it's late?
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  SPEAKER_01: Do your players live together?
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  You know,
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  like easy little things just to think about maybe an hour of
• 19:40
  work.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_01: before you go on campus.
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  And I think even if you don't think of yourself as a recruit or
• 19:46
  as a person as this
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_01: aggressive or outgoing character,
• 19:49
  SPEAKER_01: I think having that preparation will,
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_01: correct me if I'm wrong,
• 19:53
  SPEAKER_01: coach,
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  SPEAKER_01: but will accomplish a close to the same objective.
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  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
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  SPEAKER_00: You hit the nail right on the head.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just about being prepared, right?
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  If you come into my office and I gave you a 45-minute spiel
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  about Hamilton,
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  SPEAKER_00: the program,
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  SPEAKER_00: and I say,
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  SPEAKER_00: do you have any questions?
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_00: And you say, no.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like,
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  SPEAKER_00: Really?
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_00: I was that good?
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I get all the nails?
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_00: Like, okay.
• 20:21
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I know I've been doing this a while.
• 20:23
  SPEAKER_00: I got it down pretty bad.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_00: But you should have at least one question, right?
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_00: So I agree with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: The preparation, you can do that in the car driving up, right?
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_00: Driving to campus.
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_00: Like, y'all all on your phone.
• 20:37
  SPEAKER_00: It's all readily available to you.
• 20:38
  SPEAKER_00: Like, so...
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  SPEAKER_00: To me,
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  when you come on a visit and you don't have questions and you
• 20:43
  look unprepared,
• 20:45
  SPEAKER_00: you look uninterested,
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  SPEAKER_00: you got your phone on,
• 20:48
  SPEAKER_00: things of that manner,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like,
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  SPEAKER_00: you don't really want to be here.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm going to just do my thing.
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  And I didn't already nix you off the list because you're not
• 20:59
  showing me that you're interested.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's just that simple.
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  And I think if you polled 50 college coaches,
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  they would tell you the same thing.
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 21:11
  SPEAKER_01: Because it is not personal.
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  They don't think you're a bad person for doing that,
• 21:16
  but it is a numbers game.
• 21:17
  And coaches are trying to make sure that they can get the class
• 21:20
  they want.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_01: And if you are not...
• 21:23
  If Hamilton is not their first choice or they don't want to be
• 21:25
  even on the visit,
• 21:26
  SPEAKER_01: then it doesn't bode well for,
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: how serious they're going to take admissions.
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  How,
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  you know,
• 21:31
  are they going to get their FAFSA in so they can figure out
• 21:34
  financial aid?
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_01: Are they,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  take all those steps that it does require on the back end that
• 21:38
  helps make your life
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_01: easier as a coach,
• 21:40
  SPEAKER_01: but then also,
• 21:41
  SPEAKER_01: you know,
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_01: allows them to actually get in and go to school.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_00: And my assistant does a great job of identifying those young women.
• 21:51
  And I think me and him both do a great job of letting people
• 21:54
  know upfront the
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_00: things they need to do.
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  Because I'm huge on,
• 21:58
  I'm not going to chase you to get paperwork turned in.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, I already graduated from college.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_00: I got two degrees.
• 22:04
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I'm not...
• 22:06
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not doing that.
• 22:07
  SPEAKER_00: And I tell parents that when they come on the visit,
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not going to chase your daughter for,
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to say it one time.
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  We gonna let you know if you don't get it turned in,
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  you don't get it turned in.
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_00: If you miss something, you miss something.
• 22:22
  SPEAKER_00: That's not on me.
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_00: Now, I may give you a quick text.
• 22:26
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, this needs to be turned in, such and such, make sure.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_00: But I'll tell you the kids that we recruit,
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_00: they've done a great,
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_00: I don't have to really do that.
• 22:35
  SPEAKER_00: They are about their business.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_00: And that's something that I tell my assistant to identify early.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_00: I want kids to,
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 23:04
  SPEAKER_01: That's a great answer.
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_01: All right, I'm going to hit pause in the conversation for a second.
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  SPEAKER_01: Anyone in the chat have a question,
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_01: just a reminder,
• 23:12
  SPEAKER_01: feel free to write that down and we will get that answered.
• 23:16
  SPEAKER_01: That's why we're here today so that you can talk to a D3 head coach live.
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe just while we're waiting for that though,
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Green,
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_01: on the note of balancing academics and athletics,
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_01: How do your players get that done?
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  Obviously,
• 23:33
  there's a certain amount of,
• 23:35
  as you were just alluding to,
• 23:37
  personal responsibility.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_01: They have to be about both.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_01: They have to be committed to getting the degree,
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_01: just as committed as they are on the court to try to win games.
• 23:49
  But what kind of structures do you guys have as a team or do
• 23:52
  your captains do
• 23:54
  SPEAKER_01: during the season just to help players,
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_01: especially in their first year or so,
• 23:58
  SPEAKER_01: figure that balance out?
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_00: Usually that first year, it's more coach-oriented.
• 24:04
  SPEAKER_00: So me and my assistant, we split mostly the underclassmen up.
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  SPEAKER_00: So our first years and our sophomores, we'll meet weekly.
• 24:16
  SPEAKER_00: We get all their syllabi, kind of go through it, know what's coming up.
• 24:22
  SPEAKER_00: The great thing at Hamilton is
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like the coaches have good relationships with the professors.
• 24:29
  So there's a lot of checks and balances within our institution
• 24:36
  where you really
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_00: can't fall through the cracks unless you are really,
• 24:39
  SPEAKER_00: really trying.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_00: But I'm a stickler on making sure they understand academics first.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_00: A blessing is my kids...
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_00: This is going to sound crazy.
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  I feel like sometimes my kids put basketball on the back burner
• 25:01
  for academics.
• 25:02
  So when I was in school,
• 25:04
  I'm not going to lie,
• 25:05
  it was flip-flopped,
• 25:07
  right?
• 25:07
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I was all about hoops.
• 25:11
  SPEAKER_00: I knew what I needed to get to stay eligible.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_00: I knew what I needed to get to keep my mom off my back.
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_00: right?
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_00: Those were two separate things.
• 25:22
  SPEAKER_00: Best believe Ms.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_00: Green was elevated from being eligible.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_01: She was involved in eligibility, yeah.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_00: So,
• 25:31
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_00: I tell them all the time,
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_00: my players,
• 25:34
  I'm in awe of them because they excel so well in the classroom
• 25:43
  and put so much
• 25:44
  SPEAKER_00: effort in the classroom.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_00: unbelievable to me.
• 25:49
  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_00: I have a kid on my team right now,
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_00: from the second she stepped foot on campus,
• 25:55
  has been on the dean's list every semester and is going into
• 25:59
  her senior year.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I
• 26:02
  I'm like that's to me that's super impressive like and is up
• 26:06
  and is a bio major I'm
• 26:08
  like yeah that's impressive and is my best player like one of
• 26:12
  my best better
• 26:13
  players on the team so just getting them to really understand
• 26:18
  you know what I
• 26:18
  preach is anything you want to be good at you got to put the
• 26:23
  time in and I know it
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  SPEAKER_00: sucks but
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: you guys want to study,
• 26:27
  SPEAKER_00: study,
• 26:28
  SPEAKER_00: study,
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_00: but I tell them all the time,
• 26:30
  SPEAKER_00: basketball is a class too.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_00: You got to put the time in basketball too.
• 26:36
  SPEAKER_00: If you want to win that NESCAC championship,
• 26:38
  SPEAKER_00: if you want to make it to the NCAA tournament,
• 26:41
  SPEAKER_00: you can't say you want those things and not put in the effort.
• 26:47
  SPEAKER_00: to strive to get those things.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_00: And then the caveat,
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_00: like I tell them is,
• 26:53
  SPEAKER_00: you might put in all the effort and we still might fall short.
• 26:56
  SPEAKER_00: That's the beauty of sport, right?
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_00: Like you just gotta keep pushing.
• 27:01
  SPEAKER_00: Because amongst all that effort, you do need a twinge of luck.
• 27:06
  SPEAKER_00: You need just a little bit.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_00: Just a little bit.
• 27:09
  Whether it's injuries or,
• 27:11
  you know,
• 27:11
  just a ball bouncing one way or the other.
• 27:14
  SPEAKER_01: It really does.
• 27:17
  SPEAKER_01: You can do everything right.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_01: And that is the thing about sports.
• 27:19
  SPEAKER_01: Sometimes it doesn't go your way.
• 27:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_00: 100 percent.
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_00: And you just got to keep working at it.
• 27:23
  SPEAKER_00: And,
• 27:24
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 27:25
  the academic aspect for these young ladies and most high
• 27:28
  academic degree athletes
• 27:31
  SPEAKER_00: is phenomenal,
• 27:32
  SPEAKER_00: man.
• 27:32
  SPEAKER_00: Like,
• 27:32
  SPEAKER_00: I think our athletic department in general,
• 27:36
  SPEAKER_00: all our student athletes at Hamilton,
• 27:39
  SPEAKER_00: they just I'm in awe of them because.
• 27:43
  the bar is so high from an academic standpoint and they reach
• 27:47
  that time in and time out.
• 27:49
  And I think where,
• 27:52
  where Hamilton is trying to move the curve is to get them to,
• 27:57
  to put forth that same effort and that same energy into
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  athletics as well so we can
• 28:02
  move the bar in athletics and be consistently one of the top
• 28:06
  five teams in the
• 28:08
  SPEAKER_00: NESCAC,
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  SPEAKER_00: in all sports consistently,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is tough because our conference is a beast.
• 28:13
  SPEAKER_00: Our conference is hard.
• 28:15
  SPEAKER_00: That's the truth.
• 28:16
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  yeah and it is something you know i went to swarthmore college
• 28:19
  in pennsylvania
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  which is uh got a lot of smart kids as well and it's uh it was
• 28:25
  a challenge i think
• 28:25
  i know what you're talking about to i think to get kids their
• 28:29
  brain out of what
• 28:30
  they were just doing in the classroom maybe they had a lab you
• 28:34
  know a chemistry lab
• 28:34
  and then they come straight to the gym and you they got to
• 28:36
  figure out how to guard
• 28:38
  SPEAKER_01: the opponent's inbound play for that coming weekend like
• 28:42
  It's a,
• 28:43
  it is definitely a hard,
• 28:45
  um,
• 28:46
  change to be making frequently multiple times a week.
• 28:49
  SPEAKER_01: And yeah,
• 28:50
  SPEAKER_01: but it,
• 28:51
  SPEAKER_01: but on the flip side,
• 28:52
  SPEAKER_01: it's also,
• 28:53
  SPEAKER_01: I think the,
• 28:53
  SPEAKER_01: the primary benefit of the D3 experience.
• 28:55
  SPEAKER_01: And as you pointed out,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: these kids get to excel on,
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  SPEAKER_01: on the court,
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  SPEAKER_01: in the classroom and then graduate with a,
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  SPEAKER_01: with a great degree.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, I'm curious, one of the reasons, you know,
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  I wanted to have you on is because you have such a broad range
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  of experiences.
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  SPEAKER_01: You've not only played at the highest level yourself,
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  SPEAKER_01: you've coached at the Division I level,
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  SPEAKER_01: and then now at the D3 level.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you've really seen everything that women's basketball has to offer.
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  When it comes to helping a kid who is maybe on the fringe of
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  D1,
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  maybe D3,
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  how do you...
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  How would you advise a kid to maybe make that decision or think
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  through that
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  SPEAKER_01: process of maybe going to a Cleveland State versus a Hamilton,
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  SPEAKER_01: if those are their options?
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a great question.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is going to sound crazy because to me, the answer is so simple.
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  SPEAKER_02: Simple, good.
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  SPEAKER_00: I tell recruits this all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Go where you want it.
• 30:04
  SPEAKER_00: Go where you're wanted.
• 30:06
  SPEAKER_00: Go where I am my recruiting spiel with this.
• 30:12
  SPEAKER_00: I hope don't nobody steal this, but if you do, you welcome.
• 30:15
  SPEAKER_01: We'll make sure they tag you or trademark.
• 30:17
  SPEAKER_01: We'll get a trademark.
• 30:19
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, something.
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  But I tell them all the time,
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  I'm like,
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  pick a school where if something happened,
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  SPEAKER_00: Unfortunate, right?
• 30:28
  SPEAKER_00: Say you get to school, you just feel like, you know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't love basketball no more.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't want to play.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or you get injured to the point where you can't play.
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  Pick a school where you can see yourself being a student on
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  that campus,
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  just a regular student.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the school you should go to.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you find that school,
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  SPEAKER_00: That's where you should go.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the basketball, the athletics piece is the cherry on top.
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  And I tell them all the time,
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  you got to pay attention to style of play,
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  style of coach,
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  roster.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a huge one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Roster, what is currently on the roster?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because that's going to kind of formulate, are you going to play?
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you have to wait?
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_00: Do you have to sit?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is there wiggle room for you to get minutes?
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  SPEAKER_01: What question would you want to recruit to ask you about that?
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  SPEAKER_01: How could they ask about the roster in advance?
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  SPEAKER_01: Are you recruiting other players like me?
• 31:30
  SPEAKER_01: Where do you see me fitting in?
• 31:33
  SPEAKER_01: What could they say?
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  So they could say,
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  one,
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  how many recruits,
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  coach,
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  are you bringing in in this class?
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  SPEAKER_00: What positions are you trying to fill?
• 31:47
  SPEAKER_00: What are your needs?
• 31:49
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  Like,
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  and then I love when a kid just flat out asks,
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  coach,
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  where do you see me fitting in?
• 31:56
  SPEAKER_00: okay, let me show you because that's what we do.
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  SPEAKER_00: We show you.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have a PowerPoint already set up.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're a four,
• 32:04
  SPEAKER_00: we have a PowerPoint of our four player so you can see,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  SPEAKER_00: this is what they do.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is how they play.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is where we see you fitting in.
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  This is what we see you doing within the framework of our
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  offense,
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  defense.
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  SPEAKER_00: I just think sometimes kids get
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  SPEAKER_00: intimidated to ask those questions.
• 32:26
  SPEAKER_00: But those are great questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are the questions coaches want to hear.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they don't want to hear them from your parents.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the caveat.
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  I don't want to hear it from your parents because your parents
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  ain't playing.
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  SPEAKER_00: You asked me that.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that lends back to what I was talking about earlier.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just a confident, assured young woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are the type of players that ask those type of questions.
• 32:55
  SPEAKER_01: And that's the thing.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think in these,
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  SPEAKER_01: in these settings,
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  SPEAKER_01: whether it's,
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  you mentioned camps earlier to go up and you see the coach
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  across the way,
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  SPEAKER_01: you wave at them or you go up and shake,
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  SPEAKER_01: you go up and just shake their hand and make eye contact and say,
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  SPEAKER_01: Hey,
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  SPEAKER_01: what's up coach?
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_01: I know we can't really talk, but just want to say, Hey, saw you here.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um,
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  SPEAKER_01: or yeah,
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  SPEAKER_01: when you're in that moment,
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  like I think I was talking to a coach a while back and they
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  just said the best
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  SPEAKER_01: advice they would give to recruits is just,
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  SPEAKER_01: if you're a shy kid,
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  SPEAKER_01: um,
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  SPEAKER_01: Try to,
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  SPEAKER_01: like,
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  SPEAKER_01: whatever it is,
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  SPEAKER_01: if you need to listen to some pump-up music in the car on the visit,
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  SPEAKER_01: on the way to the visit,
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  SPEAKER_01: like,
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  get yourself amped up and just try to not be shy for that one
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  hour that you're on
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  SPEAKER_00: campus.
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  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 33:39
  SPEAKER_01: 100%.
• 33:39
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Ask the question.
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  SPEAKER_01: Put yourself out there and...
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  You know,
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  take that,
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  take that risk because I think they see,
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  you know,
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  it's hard.
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  SPEAKER_01: D3 coaches have limited budgets.
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  SPEAKER_01: They can't be at every camp.
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  SPEAKER_01: They can't see everyone that they wish they could.
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  And so I think oftentimes they interpret kids not coming to
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  them as a lack of interest.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so it really does require, we always use the word proactive.
• 34:04
  SPEAKER_01: Like it really does require the recruits to be proactive and
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  SPEAKER_01: And ask the question in the meeting.
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  SPEAKER_01: Come up and say what's up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_00: No doubt.
• 34:13
  SPEAKER_00: No doubt.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proactive at the D3 level is a must, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: I tell kids, like, email, call, text, all of that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, until you get an answer, you better keep doing it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because if you not, it's another recruit that is.
• 34:29
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 34:30
  SPEAKER_01: In terms of coach contact, this is a good segue.
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  SPEAKER_01: What do you prefer?
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  Every coach had a different preference on how they like to,
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  you know,
• 34:39
  work with recruits.
• 34:40
  SPEAKER_01: But what is your, you and Coach Sanchez, right?
• 34:43
  SPEAKER_00: Right, right.
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  SPEAKER_01: What are your preferences?
• 34:46
  SPEAKER_00: Coach Sanchez likes email and to talk on the phone.
• 34:52
  SPEAKER_00: I'm practical, right?
• 34:54
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I don't email.
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  SPEAKER_00: I get too many emails.
• 34:58
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not even going to lie to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like,
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  I might miss your email because I done read about 25 other
• 35:04
  emails and you might be
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  SPEAKER_00: the last one.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I might just be like, oh, my God, I can't do one more.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can't do it.
• 35:11
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 35:12
  SPEAKER_00: Text for me is great.
• 35:14
  SPEAKER_00: I'm a mom of two, a 10-year-old and a four-year-old.
• 35:17
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm always on the go, right?
• 35:21
  SPEAKER_00: A text or a phone call, I always got one earbud in.
• 35:24
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm rocking and rolling.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I'm also a realist.
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  SPEAKER_00: Young people nowadays, they don't like to talk on the phone.
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  They actually would prefer to text because it's easier because
• 35:38
  then they can do Snapchat.
• 35:40
  SPEAKER_00: X, I probably don't even know all the things.
• 35:43
  SPEAKER_00: Instagram, I don't know what all those other things are, but they do.
• 35:48
  SPEAKER_00: Because if I say what I would use Facebook, I'm definitely dating myself.
• 35:52
  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
• 35:54
  SPEAKER_00: They don't use Facebook, right?
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  So I know that sometimes it's just easier for me to text
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  recruits and have a text conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: For me,
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  SPEAKER_00: as long as I'm communicating with you in some way,
• 36:09
  SPEAKER_00: shape,
• 36:09
  SPEAKER_00: form,
• 36:09
  SPEAKER_00: or fashion,
• 36:10
  SPEAKER_00: I'm good with that.
• 36:11
  SPEAKER_00: And it doesn't have to be long.
• 36:12
  SPEAKER_00: I think...
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  Sometimes we get it twisted where we got to be on the phone or
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  we got to be texting for 30,
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  45.
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  SPEAKER_00: Man, I'm not texting nobody for no 45 minutes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, what are we talking about?
• 36:25
  SPEAKER_00: I don't even do that in my real life.
• 36:27
  SPEAKER_00: Like, where they do that at?
• 36:30
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 36:30
  SPEAKER_00: So...
• 36:31
  SPEAKER_00: No, like, hey, how's your day?
• 36:33
  SPEAKER_00: How did you do at the tournament?
• 36:35
  SPEAKER_00: What did you like?
• 36:36
  SPEAKER_00: How did you play?
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  SPEAKER_00: Did you play well?
• 36:38
  SPEAKER_00: What happened in that game?
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  Like just giving them tidbits to let them know,
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  oh,
• 36:42
  shoot,
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  she was at the game.
• 36:44
  SPEAKER_00: She was in tune.
• 36:45
  SPEAKER_00: She saw what was going on.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or if I be like, hey, yo, I know you probably upset.
• 36:51
  SPEAKER_00: You think you didn't play that well, but you played all right.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like y'all won.
• 36:55
  SPEAKER_00: You doing well.
• 36:56
  SPEAKER_00: Don't sweat it.
• 36:57
  SPEAKER_00: Just go out and have fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next game, they just out there balling, playing free.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, that's all it's about, right?
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  So,
• 37:05
  you know,
• 37:06
  I'm whatever the recruit wants to do,
• 37:10
  but I prefer football.
• 37:13
  SPEAKER_00: to text and chit-chat a little bit,
• 37:17
  SPEAKER_00: that email,
• 37:18
  SPEAKER_00: yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: you will be lost on some email with me,
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  SPEAKER_00: for real.
• 37:21
  SPEAKER_00: And I know that's bad.
• 37:22
  SPEAKER_00: It's just because I get so many.
• 37:24
  Like,
• 37:24
  I don't think recruits understand how many emails head coaches
• 37:28
  get on the daily.
• 37:31
  SPEAKER_01: Well, help us understand.
• 37:32
  SPEAKER_01: How many do you think you're getting every single day from recruits?
• 37:35
  SPEAKER_00: Every single day, I probably get at least 15 to 20 emails.
• 37:41
  SPEAKER_01: A day.
• 37:41
  SPEAKER_00: Emails.
• 37:42
  SPEAKER_00: A day.
• 37:42
  SPEAKER_00: A day.
• 37:43
  SPEAKER_00: And now it's really about to amp up because July is about to hit.
• 37:48
  SPEAKER_00: So everybody will be,
• 37:50
  SPEAKER_00: well,
• 37:50
  SPEAKER_00: Poach,
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  SPEAKER_00: I see your school is listed on the schools that are coming to the event.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's my schedule.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm interested.
• 37:58
  SPEAKER_00: And it's just like an influx.
• 38:01
  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, whoa.
• 38:02
  SPEAKER_00: I just forward them.
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  SPEAKER_00: I ain't even going to lie.
• 38:04
  SPEAKER_00: They go to my assistants.
• 38:06
  SPEAKER_00: And I let him cipher through them.
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  And then he'll send me back the ones that he feels like,
• 38:13
  okay,
• 38:13
  coach,
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  check this girl out.
• 38:14
  SPEAKER_00: Let me know what you think.
• 38:16
  SPEAKER_00: I really think she has something to offer.
• 38:19
  SPEAKER_00: Boom, boom, boom.
• 38:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 38:21
  So,
• 38:21
  yeah,
• 38:22
  just for recruits to summarize there,
• 38:25
  it is important to send that email.
• 38:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 38:26
  SPEAKER_01: Even if it is...
• 38:29
  SPEAKER_01: It's tough for coaches to read them.
• 38:31
  Coaches,
• 38:31
  again,
• 38:31
  this is a reminder,
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  just like Coach Green are real people.
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  They are humans with real lives outside of basketball,
• 38:37
  outside of the sport.
• 38:38
  SPEAKER_01: You got to remember that.
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  Like they have families,
• 38:41
  they have kids,
• 38:42
  they have other responsibilities.
• 38:43
  SPEAKER_01: So if they don't respond to you immediately,
• 38:44
  SPEAKER_01: it's not that they don't like you or they aren't recruiting you.
• 38:47
  SPEAKER_01: It's that something else probably came up.
• 38:50
  SPEAKER_01: And so to be persistent.
• 38:52
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah,
• 38:52
  sending that first email is great because it does flag for the
• 38:56
  staff that you're
• 38:56
  SPEAKER_01: going to be at a specific event.
• 38:58
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 38:59
  SPEAKER_01: But then I think there is that responsibility on the kids part to,
• 39:03
  SPEAKER_01: you know,
• 39:04
  SPEAKER_01: I definitely in my process sent emails,
• 39:05
  SPEAKER_01: no response.
• 39:07
  SPEAKER_01: I would go to events.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if I saw the staff there,
• 39:10
  SPEAKER_01: if I saw like,
• 39:11
  SPEAKER_01: you know,
• 39:12
  SPEAKER_01: Hamilton on the chest of a coach,
• 39:15
  SPEAKER_01: even if they weren't watching me,
• 39:16
  SPEAKER_01: I would be like,
• 39:17
  SPEAKER_01: hey,
• 39:17
  SPEAKER_01: coach,
• 39:17
  SPEAKER_01: I went to this event last weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: I saw you and your staff there.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'd love to come up for a visit at some point.
• 39:24
  SPEAKER_01: Not sure if you saw me play.
• 39:25
  SPEAKER_01: But being able to cite that,
• 39:28
  SPEAKER_01: and then now the coach is like,
• 39:29
  SPEAKER_01: oh,
• 39:29
  SPEAKER_01: shoot,
• 39:30
  SPEAKER_01: they were looking for us.
• 39:31
  SPEAKER_01: Correct.
• 39:32
  SPEAKER_01: Correct.
• 39:33
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe we should check this kid out now.
• 39:34
  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
• 39:36
  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 39:36
  SPEAKER_00: You drove the nail all the way down.
• 39:40
  SPEAKER_00: That's 100%.
• 39:41
  SPEAKER_00: And nine times out of 10, that's how it goes.
• 39:45
  SPEAKER_00: And then that's how the interest, the conversation is sparked again.
• 39:51
  SPEAKER_00: let's bring this young lady up to campus.
• 39:54
  SPEAKER_00: Let's show her campus or coach.
• 39:56
  SPEAKER_00: Can I come on an unofficial visit?
• 39:58
  SPEAKER_00: Boom, boom, boom.
• 39:59
  SPEAKER_00: Or Hey, we have an elite clinic coming up.
• 40:02
  SPEAKER_00: Would love for you to come to the elite clinic.
• 40:05
  SPEAKER_00: And that it just is like snowball in that, that regard.
• 40:09
  SPEAKER_00: But the initial email, yes, you are correct.
• 40:12
  SPEAKER_00: Send follow-up,
• 40:16
  follow up with a phone call follow up with I mean all of us
• 40:21
  have our cell phones on
• 40:22
  the directory it's online follow up with the text message we
• 40:27
  all got Instagram all
• 40:29
  that DM like all that like do what you feel like you need to do
• 40:33
  until you get a
• 40:34
  SPEAKER_00: response yeah
• 40:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 40:36
  SPEAKER_01: And sometimes it doesn't work out.
• 40:38
  SPEAKER_01: I had to visit a coach.
• 40:41
  SPEAKER_01: The school remained unnamed, but they had invited me to campus.
• 40:45
  SPEAKER_01: They'd seen me at a camp.
• 40:46
  SPEAKER_01: I went on the day that they said they just weren't there.
• 40:49
  SPEAKER_01: I left a note, slid down to the door, and they never responded.
• 40:54
  SPEAKER_01: So sometimes it doesn't work out.
• 40:56
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes it doesn't.
• 40:58
  SPEAKER_01: Most times it will.
• 41:00
  SPEAKER_01: And, uh, on the, on the elite camp note, I think that's a good one.
• 41:04
  SPEAKER_01: The question we get a lot from parents,
• 41:08
  SPEAKER_01: you know,
• 41:08
  SPEAKER_01: we're like you said,
• 41:09
  SPEAKER_01: we're in the heart of camp season.
• 41:11
  SPEAKER_01: It's about to be July.
• 41:12
  SPEAKER_01: Um,
• 41:14
  SPEAKER_01: We put together this recruiting camps list.
• 41:15
  SPEAKER_01: It's got like almost 300 camps on it now.
• 41:18
  And a lot of them are elite camps like you guys are going to
• 41:21
  have at Hamilton.
• 41:23
  But parents will ask us,
• 41:24
  they'll say,
• 41:24
  OK,
• 41:24
  you know,
• 41:25
  I want to maximize exposure for my kid.
• 41:27
  SPEAKER_01: Aren't these elite camps just money grabs?
• 41:29
  SPEAKER_01: Like, isn't it just a way for schools to make money off recruits?
• 41:32
  SPEAKER_01: I always tell them absolutely not.
• 41:34
  SPEAKER_01: But I want to hear your answer.
• 41:36
  SPEAKER_01: Like, what do you get out of elite camp by hosting that on campus?
• 41:39
  SPEAKER_00: No, I wish it was a money grab, but it's not.
• 41:44
  SPEAKER_01: You'll get rich quick scheme.
• 41:47
  SPEAKER_00: Honestly,
• 41:48
  SPEAKER_00: when I can't speak for other schools,
• 41:51
  SPEAKER_00: when we invite you to our elite clinic,
• 41:55
  SPEAKER_00: it is for us to,
• 41:58
  SPEAKER_00: one,
• 41:58
  SPEAKER_00: get eyes on you in our environment.
• 42:01
  SPEAKER_00: Two,
• 42:02
  to have you play with other recruits that we are recruiting to
• 42:08
  kind of see how the
• 42:12
  SPEAKER_00: puzzle would fit together,
• 42:14
  SPEAKER_00: right?
• 42:14
  SPEAKER_00: If these are the right pieces.
• 42:17
  SPEAKER_00: And then we also use it as an unofficial visit tool too.
• 42:21
  SPEAKER_00: That's a way for you to get an unofficial visit in,
• 42:25
  SPEAKER_00: play basketball,
• 42:26
  SPEAKER_00: be around the current players on the team,
• 42:29
  which I think is very important because if you can get a good
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  feel for the current
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  SPEAKER_00: team,
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  SPEAKER_00: then that moves your process along the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because you feel like you fit in with those young ladies.
• 42:43
  SPEAKER_00: So it is definitely,
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  SPEAKER_00: I think if a coach invites you to an elite clinic,
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  SPEAKER_00: if they invite you,
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  SPEAKER_00: you definitely should probably make time and space to attend that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, right.
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  And the invite is different than getting a mailer or getting an
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  email that says,
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  SPEAKER_01: like,
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  SPEAKER_01: we're having this.
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  SPEAKER_01: Feel free to roll.
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  SPEAKER_00: An invite is if the assistant or the head coach, hey, this clinic is...
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  SPEAKER_00: September, such and such.
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  SPEAKER_00: We would love for you to be here,
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  SPEAKER_00: get a feel for the campus,
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  SPEAKER_00: our team,
• 43:23
  SPEAKER_00: see campus popping with students.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like we do our elite clinic.
• 43:28
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like I'm a little bit different than most coaches.
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  SPEAKER_00: They do theirs in the summer.
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  SPEAKER_00: We do ours early in the fall because I like the difference.
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  Because I like for the recruits to come up when campus is
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  popping so they can
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  SPEAKER_00: actually see a real day in the life of a college student.
• 43:49
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 43:50
  SPEAKER_00: Like they can go to a class and we work in small numbers.
• 43:56
  SPEAKER_00: So, again, different.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like when I say elite clinic, our clinics have been maxed.
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  SPEAKER_00: maybe 20 kids that to me, that's a lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm, I'm working.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would like to work in the realm of like 12 to 15.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and that's why it's for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you get the invite, it's really important, um, that you come.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, cause we're really trying to, um, um,
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  SPEAKER_00: narrow down what we are looking for and what we want and kind of show you
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  SPEAKER_00: individualized attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: You get to meet our team.
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  SPEAKER_00: You spend time with our team.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can go to class, things of that nature.
• 44:43
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm also mindful of July is a huge month.
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  SPEAKER_00: People spend a lot of money in July.
• 44:51
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm not trying to hit you again.
• 44:54
  SPEAKER_00: in August for them to be like, Oh, this is a money grab.
• 44:58
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 44:58
  SPEAKER_01: They just, it's such a competitive time.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know what I'm saying?
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  Like August is jam packed and I'm just like,
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  nah,
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  you know,
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  I don't want to do that.
• 45:05
  SPEAKER_00: So we literally do ours like around like, I think September or October.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's,
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  it's worked out great for us from a recruiting standpoint is
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  our elite clinic has
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  SPEAKER_00: been like,
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  SPEAKER_00: awesome for our recruiting.
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  SPEAKER_00: It has really got us some really good kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I just keep it the same.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think that's a good plan.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I just say for any kids, like,
• 45:33
  SPEAKER_01: You know, money is a factor and you can't, no one has unlimited funds.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so you do want to make these visits as cost effective as possible.
• 45:41
  SPEAKER_01: And so getting up to campus when you can meet the team,
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  SPEAKER_01: go to a class,
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  SPEAKER_01: play,
• 45:49
  SPEAKER_01: meet the coaches,
• 45:50
  SPEAKER_01: like you can do everything at once.
• 45:51
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's very cost effective. 100%.
• 45:55
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 45:55
  SPEAKER_01: And I think,
• 45:56
  SPEAKER_01: you know,
• 45:56
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Green's talking about the benefits that coaches get,
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  SPEAKER_01: but I think something that,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  we try to remind recruits of a lot is that it's a two-way
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  street and recruits
• 46:05
  SPEAKER_01: should be recruiting the coach and evaluating the situation.
• 46:10
  SPEAKER_01: Like, are these people I want to be around for four years?
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  SPEAKER_01: Are these, was the professor good?
• 46:15
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 46:16
  SPEAKER_01: Like, how was the food on campus?
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  You know,
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  like you said earlier,
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  if something terrible happened,
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  you know,
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  hopefully it doesn't.
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  But if something were to happen and your sport is no longer
• 46:28
  available to you,
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  SPEAKER_01: is this a place you'd want to be?
• 46:30
  SPEAKER_01: 100%.
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  Or second basketball stops,
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  are you going to hit the road for another school?
• 46:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yep. 100%.
• 46:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  So get up in the fall or whether,
• 46:43
  yeah,
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  school's on your list,
• 46:44
  check them out.
• 46:45
  SPEAKER_01: Make sure you think about right now,
• 46:47
  SPEAKER_01: go check out our camps list or go to your,
• 46:50
  SPEAKER_01: the school's website to see when they're going to host a camp.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I think that's a great way to evaluate a school.
• 46:58
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 46:59
  SPEAKER_00: No doubt.
• 47:00
  SPEAKER_00: We dropping gems for y'all.
• 47:02
  SPEAKER_00: I know, right.
• 47:04
  SPEAKER_01: And this will be shared, so we'll put it out to everyone.
• 47:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no questions yet.
• 47:10
  SPEAKER_01: But I don't know.
• 47:11
  SPEAKER_01: I just think maybe walk us through the next couple weeks.
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  SPEAKER_01: What does your schedule look like?
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  SPEAKER_01: Where are you going to be?
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  And maybe for Class of 2026 recruits,
• 47:19
  what are you looking for right now in your process?
• 47:22
  SPEAKER_00: Got you.
• 47:24
  SPEAKER_00: The next immediate couple of weeks,
• 47:26
  SPEAKER_00: I'm trying to spend as much time with my little tribe as possible.
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  My kids,
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  knowing that July is coming,
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  like literally right around the corner.
• 47:36
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's like two weeks.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll be in.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will be in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• 47:45
  SPEAKER_00: My assistant will be in Louisville.
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  For that first half,
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  and then that second half,
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  I'll be in Chicago for Nike.
• 47:54
  SPEAKER_00: Gotcha.
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  We have,
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  for that 26 class,
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  we've identified some really,
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  really good kids.
• 48:04
  SPEAKER_00: We are literally only looking, I'm only looking to bring in three.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would love to just bring in two dogs.
• 48:12
  SPEAKER_00: Two.
• 48:13
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I have the capability to bring in, I have three dogs.
• 48:18
  SPEAKER_00: I guess, slots, spots.
• 48:20
  SPEAKER_00: But I'm trying to manage my roster a little bit.
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  I have a large roster right now,
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  and I don't really like the numbers of that roster.
• 48:30
  SPEAKER_00: So we're trying to manage it a little bit.
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  So I really need to bring in two players that can kind of do
• 48:37
  everything,
• 48:38
  right?
• 48:38
  SPEAKER_00: When I say dogs, I need...
• 48:41
  SPEAKER_00: Length, athleticism, three-point shooting, physicality, ball handling.
• 48:47
  SPEAKER_00: I need a guard that can do all those things that has some size.
• 48:55
  SPEAKER_00: And then I would love to have a,
• 48:57
  SPEAKER_00: as they call it,
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  another stretch four or four or five creature that can shoot
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  the three and that can
• 49:08
  SPEAKER_00: handle from the three-point line in.
• 49:11
  SPEAKER_00: get downhill, get to the basket, finish with some contact.
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  If you got a little bit of moves with your back to the basket,
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  that's a cherry on top.
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  But if not,
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  we can coach you to that and develop you to that at that four
• 49:25
  or five spot.
• 49:26
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 49:27
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm super picky.
• 49:29
  SPEAKER_00: Our numbers are small, but we got some great kids on our list right now.
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  I'm excited about getting out in July to see them and been
• 49:39
  communicating with them,
• 49:40
  SPEAKER_00: texting them and all that type of stuff.
• 49:42
  SPEAKER_00: So me and Coach Sanchez got our hands together.
• 49:47
  SPEAKER_00: You know, full, we got some work to do.
• 49:49
  SPEAKER_00: We got to get it together.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the beauty of it is the kids that we've identified,
• 49:53
  SPEAKER_00: a couple of those kids have already been on campus.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they're doing the work early.
• 50:00
  SPEAKER_00: So again, we going out, we watching.
• 50:05
  SPEAKER_00: them seeing us,
• 50:06
  SPEAKER_00: us seeing them,
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  SPEAKER_00: then when July is over,
• 50:10
  SPEAKER_00: hopefully that process will move along a lot faster.
• 50:14
  SPEAKER_01: And then come to our process.
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  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 50:16
  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
• 50:17
  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
• 50:18
  SPEAKER_00: And then we can get it all done because we've been blessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've had our recruiting classes done.
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  SPEAKER_00: by the end of October.
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  SPEAKER_00: By the time we start practice, all I'm focusing in on is our team.
• 50:30
  SPEAKER_00: Recruiting is done.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's the goal.
• 50:33
  SPEAKER_00: That's the goal every year.
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  SPEAKER_00: So fingers crossed, we get her done.
• 50:38
  SPEAKER_01: Love it.
• 50:39
  SPEAKER_01: Love it.
• 50:39
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 50:41
  SPEAKER_01: I realize it's late.
• 50:42
  SPEAKER_01: It's Sunday night.
• 50:43
  SPEAKER_01: I want to thank you again for doing this.
• 50:44
  SPEAKER_01: Appreciate you.
• 50:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 50:47
  SPEAKER_01: We got one more question.
• 50:49
  SPEAKER_01: We try to ask everyone whether it's on the podcast or on this forum here.
• 50:54
  SPEAKER_01: If you could go back and talk to your 18-year-old self,
• 50:57
  SPEAKER_01: what advice would you give 18-year-old Coach Green?
• 51:01
  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, do better academically.
• 51:11
  SPEAKER_00: Do better in school.
• 51:15
  SPEAKER_00: I would say put forth the effort that I put forth on the court,
• 51:22
  SPEAKER_00: put that into coaching and have a more teachable spirit.
• 51:29
  SPEAKER_00: a teachable spirit.
• 51:30
  SPEAKER_00: I was a little rogue when I first got into the business.
• 51:34
  SPEAKER_00: You can't tell me.
• 51:36
  SPEAKER_00: I know how to just have a teachable spirit.
• 51:40
  SPEAKER_00: You know what I'm saying?
• 51:40
  SPEAKER_00: But I was blessed in the sense that people poured into me.
• 51:46
  SPEAKER_00: And understand it's a labor of love, man.
• 51:49
  SPEAKER_00: I love coaching.
• 51:50
  SPEAKER_00: I wouldn't want to do anything else.
• 51:52
  SPEAKER_00: I love being a mentor.
• 51:53
  SPEAKER_00: I love watching the maturation process the young people go through.
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  And I love just using what I learned to try to help their
• 52:04
  experience in any way possible.
• 52:06
  I know sometimes as a head coach,
• 52:07
  players think that we don't think like that.
• 52:10
  SPEAKER_00: Like, you don't really want me to succeed.
• 52:12
  SPEAKER_00: No, I want everyone to succeed.
• 52:15
  SPEAKER_00: It's just that, what does that look like?
• 52:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's not going to look the same for every player.
• 52:21
  SPEAKER_00: And I think that's where...
• 52:23
  SPEAKER_00: You know,
• 52:23
  SPEAKER_00: sometimes as coaches,
• 52:25
  SPEAKER_00: that's hard because you want everyone to have a great experience.
• 52:28
  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, everybody's experience is going to be different.
• 52:32
  SPEAKER_00: You're going to get out of it what you put into it.
• 52:35
  SPEAKER_00: So work hard.
• 52:37
  SPEAKER_00: Be diligent.
• 52:39
  SPEAKER_00: Be a life learner.
• 52:41
  SPEAKER_01: Teachable spirit.
• 52:43
  SPEAKER_00: Have a teachable spirit, man.
• 52:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm here to tell you.
• 52:46
  SPEAKER_00: That's a life lesson.
• 52:47
  SPEAKER_00: Have a teachable spirit.
• 52:49
  SPEAKER_00: But be a dog while you're doing it, too.
• 52:53
  SPEAKER_02: D-A-W-G.
• 52:54
  SPEAKER_02: That's a wrap right there.
• 52:55
  SPEAKER_00: That's it.
• 52:55
  SPEAKER_00: That's a wrap.
• 52:56
  SPEAKER_00: That's it.
• 52:57
  SPEAKER_00: That's how we ended this thing.
• 52:58
  SPEAKER_00: I just dropped the mic.
• 53:00
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 53:00
  SPEAKER_01: Lock it off.
• 53:02
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Green, thank you so much.
• 53:06
  SPEAKER_01: Everyone,
• 53:06
  SPEAKER_01: this has been our second D3 live Q&A with the head coach,
• 53:10
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Green,
• 53:11
  SPEAKER_01: Hamilton Women's Basketball.
• 53:14
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see you next time.
• 53:15
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you again.
• 53:15
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 53:16
  SPEAKER_00: Appreciate you, man.
• 53:17
  SPEAKER_00: Be blessed.
• 53:18
  SPEAKER_01: You as well.
• 53:20
  SPEAKER_01: Bye.
• 53:21
  SPEAKER_00: Bye.