Nice Sue Bird article through the eyes of Christ the King Coach

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UConn women’s basketball legend Sue Bird was ‘live wire’ as a teenager. At 41, she hasn’t changed

Bob Mackey, who coached the UConn women's basketball legend in high school and with the AAU New York Liberty Belles, has watched Sue Bird take over the sport.

www.ctinsider.com

“It’s been a wonderful trip that Sue has brought us all on,” said Mackey, who is the athletic director, and still head coach, at Christ The King. “She was a little kid. I saw her play as a seventh-grader and I was floored. Then when she came on board with us, my god, what a pleasure. What a great representative of what girls high school basketball is supposed to be. She hasn’t changed. I know she’s a 41-year-old woman. But we’ll talk, and I still see the kid.”

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“Paige (Bueckers) was in the gym (on a Sunday) and I was talking to Paige about her workouts and summer school classes and where she’s going on vacation.

And I thought to myself, man, you know how many conversations I’ve had like this with kids when they were either in high school or college?

 

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What a great article, written about one of the best players ever!!

 

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There are a lot of good quotes, but this one kind of stuck with me :

“They move on,” Mackey said. “Whether they go on to play like Sue or Tina or Chamique Holdsclaw, or move on to a career as a doctor or lawyer, they all move on. But for a brief moment, for four years, it’s just amazing, and with Sue it’s been 20-plus years of enjoying the ride.”