HuskyNan
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- Joined
- Aug 15, 2011
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Per the player:
"You've got two options: You can either suck it up and play through it and be coachable. Or you can let it get to you and you get down on yourself and get mad and let it take you all the way out of our game.
"He's going to be coaching, no matter what. He's not going to change. It's the way you respond to it, and I responded well.
"I just knew I had to make some plays happen and play smart and he'll be happy."
The quote happens to be from Ryan Boatright, a UConn men's team freshman (article). JC is every bit as driven to win as Geno and that's why UConn has 10 combined National Championship banners hanging from the rafters at Gampel. And one of the reasons Geno's teams win is because he treats them like basketball players first and young women second. I'm not sure all the fans are aware of that.