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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2393611, member: 26"] Just a sensational article, and kudos to Adamec for writing it up for SNY. Not only is he a terrific writer, but he finds great quotes from players that aren't just a rehashing of everything else we've heard about/from them. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this particular quote from her: "[I]He asked me how I would guard my man and I completely did the wrong thing," Coombs said. "He went, 'Really? That's what you're going to do?' It's been like that. He hasn't gotten in my face about anything. That will probably come." "But I love it. When he's not talking to you, that is the time that you need to be worried. He gets on you because he cares and he wants you to be a better player. It's not negative. If he just lets you go, that's a sign that he thinks your effort is not there and that's unacceptable[/I]." This is a kid who just GETS it. And more than that, in addition to [USER=250]@RockyMTblue2[/USER] 's quotes, this should also be copied and pasted for every potential recruit. Geno does not scream and yell at players. He COACHES them. He knows his players, which ones he can push certain ways with sarcasm, jabs, etc, but he also knows how to teach them and motivate them. Sometimes it seems like people focus on some of the "negative" ways that Geno coaches. Sure there is some of that when deserved, but IMHO a much larger % is the positive way he pushes players to be the very best they can be. He wants them to think out there, as exhibited by him asking her "is that what you're going to do?"... He wanted her to understand WHY it was not the right way to do it. Brilliant!!! [/QUOTE]

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