Dawn Staley says after talent, the next thing she evaluates in a recruit is how they treat their parents
“Obviously the magnetic thing is the talent, right? And then the next prerequisite is your relationship with your parents. It’s got to be respectful. When I was 20 years younger, I would probably take on any talent. Bring it. I got stamina for you for days.”
“But throughout my years of coaching, I found out that I spend a whole lot more time on those type of players than the ones that were doing the right thing. And that’s really unfair.”
“It’s like parenting. My mother spent a whole lot of time with the boys in the family because they were boys and they just did things. Less time with us doesn’t mean she loved us any less.”
“But I just try to balance that out with surrounding this program with great people because the talent’s there, the coaching’s there, the fan base is here. The only thing our players really have to do is go to class and buy in on the basketball court.”
Geno Auriemma says the hardest part of coaching isn’t winning games but instead dealing with parents who believe their child should play 35 minutes every game
“My job is hard. It’s hard because, in the world that we live in today, parents are so delusional. Every one of them thinks their kid is better than Maya, better than Stewie, better than Paige, better than anybody.”
“They think they should play 35 minutes every single game. These kids are under so much pressure that if they don’t live up to that, they’re not having any fun.”
“What makes my job hard is trying to make sure these kids all understand that it can be a lot of fun, but everything has to be in perspective.”
“Sometimes the hardest part of my job is that we’ve all kind of lost perspective of how all this works and what it means.”
“Winning games and all that stuff, that’s not hard. It’s the other stuff that’s hard.”
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