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Seg 4 - WBB Show w Geno Auriemma Nov 5 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Final segment with coach Orriema here on the Women's Basketball
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  Speaker 1: Coaches Show, is we preview the twenty four twenty five Huskies.
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  Speaker 1: After our game Sunday, you and I both went to Toscano.
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  Speaker 1: I worked, you watched as are a guest with you
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  Speaker 1: were in Mike's office after the game. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: I talked to Mike about that on the Coaches Show
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  Speaker 1: last night with him. You two have quite the bond,
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  Speaker 1: and I was intrigued, and it makes sense some of
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  Speaker 1: the things that both sports do as far as practice
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  Speaker 1: and drills and stuff you can do for the other way.
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  Speaker 2: The exception is one's ice and ones a hardwood.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a little it's a little bit
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  Speaker 3: different in the physicality of it.
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  Speaker 2: Sure about that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, in some games anyway, sometimes our games look like
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  Speaker 3: hockey games. But now I've I've been a big fan,
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  Speaker 3: I know, for a long long time of hockey in general.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, back when Betty Kirtland was coaching here,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the and cav and I have you know,
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  Speaker 3: been close since he got here actually, and we spent
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  Speaker 3: a lot of time together, and.
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  Speaker 4: I you know, I love you know, the way he
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  Speaker 4: the way he coaches.
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  Speaker 3: The way he he has very you know, I'm sure
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  Speaker 3: there's a difference in practice, like most coaches, but like
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  Speaker 3: a lot of hockey coaches. You know, he's got a
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  Speaker 3: really really good demeanor at you know, on the bench.
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  Speaker 3: But a lot of their a lot of their schemes,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of what they're doing, you know, is you know,
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  Speaker 3: you think about it's the same number of players, right,
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  Speaker 3: it's five on five, right.
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  Speaker 1: And.
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  Speaker 3: You've got you know, three, three attacking players, two defensemen,
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  Speaker 3: but all five can be in the attack.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 3: The wings in the center have to have to get
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  Speaker 3: back and play some defense. The defenseman can be offensive players.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: The way the pup moves is similar to the way
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  Speaker 3: the basketball moves. You know, you don't want it to
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  Speaker 3: stick anywhere. You know, some of the cuts, some of
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  Speaker 3: the cuts are very similar. So I I enjoy listening
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  Speaker 3: to him describe the game. And uh, and I'm getting
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  Speaker 3: a chance to watch the best hockey league in the country.
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  Speaker 3: So it's uh, you know, it's it's it's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of fun. More than anything.
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  Speaker 4: It was.
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  Speaker 3: It was great to just get out of our world
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  Speaker 3: and get into their world. And and I love the building,
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  Speaker 3: and I love the energy in that crowd. It's it's
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  Speaker 3: it's just a great environment.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a lot of fun. Spacing too, I would
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  Speaker 1: think is a big factor in both.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, they're they have a lot of room
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  Speaker 3: and they they have to use it wisely, and they
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  Speaker 3: they have to have the same chemistry that you have
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  Speaker 3: as a basketball coach. As a basketball team, you know,
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  Speaker 3: people work together. I do remember back in the day,
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  Speaker 3: someone asked me my vision of a great basketball, perfect basketball,
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  Speaker 3: and I've always said Oilers. You know, the Edmonton Oilers
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  Speaker 3: when Gretzky played, probably had the greatest chemistry of any
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  Speaker 3: five people that I've ever seen, having to you know,
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  Speaker 3: be on a court or be on an ice, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And he's got a couple freshmen, you know, down the
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  Speaker 3: stretch the other night, you know, and overtime when they
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  Speaker 3: killed that penalty, you know, when the six on four,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that was huge, right, and they killed that one,
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  Speaker 3: and then they's got the shorthanded goal, which is amazing,
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  Speaker 3: and then they killed another one where it was you know,
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  Speaker 3: four on three, and I don't know that time, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know that people can truly understand how hard
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  Speaker 3: that is to do. When you're shorthanded and one shorthanded
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  Speaker 3: goal and two short handed and play defense. And to
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  Speaker 3: have a couple of freshmen out there. I just, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I every time I go over there, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: see a new kid that I that I want to follow.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, he's got this little dude now, man's number eleven.
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  Speaker 3: He's got this funny last night. Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that guy is exciting man right now. He's only a freshman,
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  Speaker 3: and he he keeps both teams in the game, which
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  Speaker 3: I really like, you know.
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  Speaker 2: He and Tray Scott.
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  Speaker 1: Tray Scott has not come out of the lineup since
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  Speaker 1: Cat put him in the Sacred Heart game. All right,
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  Speaker 1: you've got bu On Thursday, Melissa Graves played in her
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  Speaker 1: name for Muffa McGrath.
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  Speaker 2: But I noticed the name Jason Pellham.
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  Speaker 1: Not only was he a practice player at a walk
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  Speaker 1: on for the guys, he used to be a practice
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  Speaker 1: player for you too.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he's got the whole U kind of experience, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good tible to have.
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  Speaker 4: Guy. We've got them all over the place. You know.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, Shay's got you know, Shay's got one down down
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  Speaker 3: at Vanderbilt.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So we're you know, we're looking forward to having bu
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  Speaker 3: come down and I'm sure though, you know, they'll be
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  Speaker 3: excited to playoffs. You know, they'll be Yah, we'll be
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  Speaker 3: at the Xcel hopefully they'll be a big crowd, and
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  Speaker 3: our kids, i'm sure will be a little bit nervous
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  Speaker 3: and and but you know, playing down there, it's big crowd.
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  Speaker 3: You're seventeen, eighteen years old and you've always wanted to
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  Speaker 3: play at Yukon and now there you are, And so
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  Speaker 3: it's gonna be fun watching our kids enjoy themselves out there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and they have a little spin fire Alex Gannaros
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  Speaker 1: who was five of eight from three career over forty
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  Speaker 1: from three. And they're trying to replace a six to
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  Speaker 1: four Patriot League Player of the Year from a year ago.
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  Speaker 2: So that they were with a young group, so.
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  Speaker 1: In a sense, I mean, not to the level that
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  Speaker 1: you are, but they're trying to do the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: At be you trying to replace a really good post player.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's you know, that's pretty much the life
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  Speaker 3: of college coaches.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: You're gonna, uh, you know, you're gonna have some kids
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  Speaker 3: and then all of a sudden you're gonna lose them, transfers, graduation,
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  Speaker 3: you know, whatever you want to whatever you want to say,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, yeah, and and there's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: good teams in the country, and it doesn't matter what
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  Speaker 3: league they're in, it doesn't matter what level they're playing at.
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  Speaker 3: And and this goes to show you that, uh, you
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  Speaker 3: can have a player of the Year in the Patriot
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  Speaker 3: League and then the following year they can be a
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  Speaker 3: starter in a you know, Power five league or something
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  Speaker 3: like that.
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  Speaker 4: So there's there's a lot of really good players out there.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm sure it's not it's not going to be uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, let's call them up and mail in the score,
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  Speaker 3: you know.
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  Speaker 1: Right before we break and wrap things up with GINO.
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  Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to talk to Nika since
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  Speaker 1: her surgery? And I feel awesome for her non contact play.
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  Speaker 3: I know, I know it happens so often now, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's it's uh, it's just sad to see when it does.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, I talked to her. Matter of fact, does
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  Speaker 3: I was talking to her. The nurse came in to
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  Speaker 3: tell her that time for her to hang up because
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  Speaker 3: they're wheeling her into the upbrading room. And and then
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  Speaker 3: I you know, I got a chance to talk to
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  Speaker 3: her afterwards, and she's got a great spirit about her,
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  Speaker 3: you know, as you would expect.
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  Speaker 4: You know, she's upbeat, she's uh, she's excited about.
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  Speaker 3: The you know, the the rehab and and I can't
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  Speaker 3: wait to get back. And she's attacking it the same
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  Speaker 3: way she attacks life, you know, and that's what makes
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  Speaker 3: Nika Nika exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Gito is always thank you. We'll talk to your Thursday.
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  Speaker 4: Night, all right, Bob, very much.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, you bet you. That wraps up Gito's segment.
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  Speaker 1: Player to be announced coming up next on the UKON
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  Speaker 1: Women's Basketball Coaches Show here on Learfield