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Last night, UConn held a year end wrap up/celebration at the Werth Center practice facility (planned before the season ended; it turned into a celebration). The pictures I posted last night were from the event and here are some comments.
Geno and Amanda Kimball, the strength coach, are both "under the weather". Since everyone was teasing Geno in his absence, I'm guessing it's a run-of-the-mill illness and nothing serious. CD said, "He must be tired, but I don't know why. He didn't do anything - they (pointing at the players) did all the work!". She then went on to say the seniors were 151-5 in four years then corrected herself. "Actually, the seniors are undefeated. Geno lost those 5 games. If Marissa, Shea, and I had coached those games, the seniors would be 156-0".
CD took a gentle poke at the coaching staff's critics. She said that, in their undefeated season, she got an anonymous letter after the Tulane and South Florida games (40 point and 20 point victories, respectively) saying that Geno & Co had showed the team's weaknesses and that the last 2 conference games encouraged everyone. She also told a story of a fan coming up to her at an event with a piece of paper outlining an offensive play, saying "If you run that play you'll be really good".
Later in the evening, Shea said that Geno and CD's email addresses weren't listed on the web site so that she and Marissa got all the emails from fans telling them how to run the offense, who should be shooting and from where, etc. She was laughing but, geez....
Anyway, CD said the coaching staff breaks the season into a series of goals:
Preseason games - just survive it.
Non-conference games - the goal is to be undefeated. Coaching staff didn't really think they'd be undefeated considering the schedule but the team "rose to every occasion. Coaches were surprised but the players weren't". CD called the non-conference performance "unbelievable".
Conference game - keep building, preparing for the post-season. Having gone undefeated so far, were trying to finish undefeated; losing was never an option. "We always prepared that way but we never told the team, we never talked about going undefeated".
Post-season - just win
I mentioned Shea and her comments earlier. She also said UConn assistant Jasmine Lister has signed with the LA Sparks. Jasmine's ultimate goal is to be a coach.
Marissa spoke, joked that she often gets confused with Gabby. "I'm a little older", she said.
(continued on next post)
Geno and Amanda Kimball, the strength coach, are both "under the weather". Since everyone was teasing Geno in his absence, I'm guessing it's a run-of-the-mill illness and nothing serious. CD said, "He must be tired, but I don't know why. He didn't do anything - they (pointing at the players) did all the work!". She then went on to say the seniors were 151-5 in four years then corrected herself. "Actually, the seniors are undefeated. Geno lost those 5 games. If Marissa, Shea, and I had coached those games, the seniors would be 156-0".
CD took a gentle poke at the coaching staff's critics. She said that, in their undefeated season, she got an anonymous letter after the Tulane and South Florida games (40 point and 20 point victories, respectively) saying that Geno & Co had showed the team's weaknesses and that the last 2 conference games encouraged everyone. She also told a story of a fan coming up to her at an event with a piece of paper outlining an offensive play, saying "If you run that play you'll be really good".
Later in the evening, Shea said that Geno and CD's email addresses weren't listed on the web site so that she and Marissa got all the emails from fans telling them how to run the offense, who should be shooting and from where, etc. She was laughing but, geez....
Anyway, CD said the coaching staff breaks the season into a series of goals:
Preseason games - just survive it.
Non-conference games - the goal is to be undefeated. Coaching staff didn't really think they'd be undefeated considering the schedule but the team "rose to every occasion. Coaches were surprised but the players weren't". CD called the non-conference performance "unbelievable".
Conference game - keep building, preparing for the post-season. Having gone undefeated so far, were trying to finish undefeated; losing was never an option. "We always prepared that way but we never told the team, we never talked about going undefeated".
Post-season - just win
I mentioned Shea and her comments earlier. She also said UConn assistant Jasmine Lister has signed with the LA Sparks. Jasmine's ultimate goal is to be a coach.
Marissa spoke, joked that she often gets confused with Gabby. "I'm a little older", she said.
(continued on next post)