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Geno AuriemmaGeno Auriemma

I would love to coach the New York Knicks because I love New York

[Would you coach] the New York Knicks? Yeah, would you coach them? Sure. I love New York.

This is a hypothetical expression of interest.

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Dec 29, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Bob Stoops could be the next head coach of the Chicago Bears

We also thrown in Bob Stoops, who may be the new coach of the Chicago Bears by the time this airs. Ooh, he owns a house in Chicago. Two houses next door to each other. We call that a compound. Yeah, a little bit of a compound going on, so maybe he's the next coach.

The Bears hired Matt Nagy in January 2018; Bob Stoops never coached the Bears.
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Dec 29, 2017
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Jim HarbaughJim Harbaugh

Toughness and grit can be acquired like a callus on the human body

Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired too. I think of it like building a callus, just like the human body. What a tremendous organism. It actually craves contact... much like conditioning can be improved, so can that callus of toughness and grit also be acquired or improved. You've got a blister. It's soft. It's got fluid in it. It's going to break, but the great thing about it, when it does break, it'll callus over even stronger and harder and better.

While psychological resilience (grit) is a debated topic, the idea that toughness can be improved through exposure to difficulty is a standard coaching tenet.
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Dec 29, 2017
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Jim HarbaughJim Harbaugh

I need the sport of football like some people need ice cream or a drug

You know, people are going to be better at things that they love, right? I mean, you're going to work harder at it... Some people need the sport of football. I would put myself in that category. No, I do. I love it... Some people like and need ice cream. You know, they want to eat it every day. I look at football like that. I need it. I need football. It's like a drug, yeah.

This is a personal statement of feeling.

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Geno AuriemmaGeno Auriemma

Men's scrimmage teams beat the UConn women's team every day

They beat our ass every day... These guys will all be like college players, like Division III, Division II. And they end up coming to school for whatever reason. They came to Connecticut. These guys are good players. So now, anytime it's a test of physical prowess, of course they're going to win. Of course they're going to win. I mean, that's a no-brainer.

It is standard practice for elite women's teams to scrimmage against men's practice squads, and Geno is reporting the results of those sessions.
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Geno AuriemmaGeno Auriemma

UConn Women's Basketball expects to win the national championship every single year

We expect to win the national championship every year. We know it's not possible... You're trying to put yourself in a position to have a shot every year, not to have these, you know, well, this is a rebuilding year.

Geno has won 11 national championships, confirming that this expectation is the reality of the program.
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Geno AuriemmaGeno Auriemma

Men's college basketball is more physical than the NBA

Every NBA coach will tell you that men's college basketball is more physical than the NBA... they still let you beat the shit out of each other instead of calling the fouls that they call in the NBA.

This is a frequent point of debate among coaches and analysts; college ball often allows more 'hand-checking' and post-contact than the modern NBA.

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