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Message: [QUOTE="msf22b, post: 3884383, member: 656"] This was one of Geno's greatest public appearences and one of his greatest coaching jobs An amazing experience for us, both That part of the talk in the middle, where he spoke about not changing what they do is false modesty, contradicted by what he said in an earlier conference: that the team has begun to assimilate what the coaches are trying to demonstrate with regard team defense and its nice to see the players executing what he and the staff has been working on. (a paraphrase of his words) And its getting more effective by the day; scary for other teams that have to watch film Remember, it wasn't long ago that he characterized the team defense as poor...It ain't poor now. And the transformation of individual players: amazing...Nika and Aayliyah are no longer foul machines Christyn's head has been turned around 100%...better than any psychiatrist in that amount of time And what a counter-intuitive approach: get her to focus on D by drawing the assignment of guarding the opponent's best scorer...who would have thunk it...that that was the key to relaxing her on offense. (Did you see that snazzy behind the back drive...and not just showboating, opened the court). And the incredulous progress of a group of 18 and 19 year olds; something he did't really believe in or trust. But there were no options; especially when Anna went down...It was the kids or zip. And lastly, his essential honesty and openness to genuine human feelings...His description of his reaction to the celebration, which if it didn't bring tears to his eyes, brought them to mine..This guy has evolved into a grandfatherly figure; long past his youth, but able to relate and appreciate the joyfulness of youth. A great moment, a great tourney, a great gentleman. [/QUOTE]

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