Geno Auriemma and the UConn women’s
basketball team is the subject of a 6 episode, weekly HBO special following
their 2016-2017 season. I have just
watched the first episode, and it gave good insight into the mindset of the
most successful coach in women’s college basketball history and what it takes
to be a part of the game’s greatest program.
It had interviews from girls who helped
build the program and from girls currently in the program. Every girl that spoke, from legend Rebecca
Lobo to freshman Crystal Dangerfield, mentioned how mentally tough that you
have to be to play for Coach Auriemma.
They mention that his number one goal seems to be to get them to reach
their full potential in the 4 years that he is with them.
Below I have some of the more memorable
quotes from that first episode.
The coolest thing about this is how all of
the players seem so happy to be a part of the whole ‘UConn’ thing. They all seem genuinely happy to be a small
part of the bigger picture. Of course,
the faces that are always shown so happy are Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya
Moore, and now Breanna Stewart, and there are obvious reasons for their
happiness, a main one being the level of success that they were all able to
reach. And, I am sure that there are the
disgruntled, unhappy players as well that we just don’t see and hear
about. But, the fact that some of the
best basketball players of all time are more than happy to be known for being a
part of something more so than being known for their individual success tells
me a lot about the program.
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