Fuller: Geno on the pressure of the Olympics

[pap49cba]

"...it's like Uconn on steroids"

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[UConnCat]

But Geno was also able to put the whole pressure thing in perspective:

"I turn that around a lot of times and I will for this team too," Auriemma said. "There are a lot of people out of work today so pressure is you try to pay your mortgage. When you have the best team and somebody says go win the Olympic games I don't know that's pressure so I try to get them to understand what real pressure is. Real pressure is a single mom trying to raise three kids with $30,000 (a year in salary), that is pressure. You taking a charter over to England and staying at the best hotels and leaving whenever you want 24 hours a day playing basketball and saying 'yo, go beat those guys.' Guess what, if that is
pressure to you then you have a rude awakening ahead of you."

 

[RadyLady]

great article. I really like how grounded Geno is, how he sees reality vs privilege.
What am I saying? Great article? No (well yes, but) great coach, great person.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Pressure is also being the new kid in school, speaking broken English, and eating strange-looking eggplant Parmesan sandwiches.

 

[UConnCat]

Pressure is also being the new kid in school, speaking broken English, and eating strange-looking eggplant Parmesan sandwiches.

And wearing clothes made by your mother. As Geno once said, "you haven't lived until you've gone to school wearing clothes your mother made."

 

[speedoo]

He mentions Sue, DT, Tina, Big Syl, Catch and Angel. Just those six. I'm not trying to make a big deal about who he did not mention, but it's interesting, even for a semi-casual comment.

Maybe he thinks someone needs to have a fire lit under them?