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Seg 6 - WBB Show w Geno Auriemma 10-29 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in. Thanks to all the folks that
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  Speaker 1: are here. Thanks to Pep Face Pizza for bringing the food. Joe,
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  Speaker 1: of course, Joe and Bob Cleaver doing their work. Ronnie
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  Speaker 1: back there, Caitlin. Thanks for all your help in the gang.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, our new boss, Michael Johnson Jr. is back
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  Speaker 1: there doing video for us tonight. Last segment, I wanted
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  Speaker 1: to hold off on this, but I wanted to do
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  Speaker 1: something because in August, we lost a big part of
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  Speaker 1: our media. Carl Adamick passed away in August. I was
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  Speaker 1: playing Manchester Country Club, I think August 5th. I had lunch.
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  Speaker 1: I thought I hadn't talked to him in a while.
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  Speaker 1: I texted him. He was doing okay. He was working
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  Speaker 1: on some projects, looking forward to vacation. And then the
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  Speaker 1: following Monday, Maggie Vioni, who writes for ctinsider.com, told me
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  Speaker 1: that Carl had passed over the weekend. Carl basically started
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  Speaker 1: the women's beat almost when you got here 42 years ago.
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  Speaker 1: He's basically known as the team historian now. It's a
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  Speaker 1: big loss for us because, and not only just UConn
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  Speaker 1: women's basketball, what he did for the Manchester J.I. from
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  Speaker 1: a high school standpoint, he told a lot of great
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  Speaker 1: stories about a lot of students, both at the high
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  Speaker 1: school and college level, and I know you were very
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  Speaker 1: close to him. That's a big loss for us.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to say my second year maybe, Carl
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  Speaker 2: started covering our team When nobody else was.
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  Speaker 3: I shouldn't say that.
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  Speaker 2: Teresa Carmel from the Willimantic Chronicle.
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  Speaker 3: Covered our team. And then Carl came along.
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  Speaker 2: And the Journal Enquirer became the go-to for UConn women's basketball.
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  Speaker 2: And Carl treated us as if he was covering the Yankees.
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  Speaker 2: He just thought it was the greatest thing. Traveled all
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  Speaker 2: the road games. Wrote stories about.
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  Speaker 3: Kids on the team. Wrote stories about high school players
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  Speaker 3: that we were recruiting. And he was a fantastic writer.
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  Speaker 2: When I read it, he should have been someplace way, way,
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  Speaker 2: way higher.
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  Speaker 3: Than the journal required.
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  Speaker 2: But he loved what he was doing and Yeah, anytime
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  Speaker 2: any of the writers had a question about, hey, when's
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  Speaker 2: the last time UConn, boom, you just ask Carl right there.
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  Speaker 2: He knows every single stat, everything that you can imagine. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're really going to miss him. I'm going to miss him,
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  Speaker 2: and I think all the other writers are going to
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  Speaker 2: miss him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, broadcasters too. Gino, thank you as always.
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  Speaker 3: My pleasure.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: All right, we'll stay here to do the after show.
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  Speaker 1: For those on the radio, thanks for tuning in. We'll
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  Speaker 1: talk to you Monday night from Hartford.