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Speaker 1: What's good, y'all, Welcome back to another episode of the

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Speaker 1: Full Circle Podcast. My name is Mariah Rose and I'm

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Speaker 1: here with none other than the Birthday bat is Lexi Heger.

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Speaker 2: Is this my birthday?

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Speaker 3: I feel like not really a real adult because I

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Speaker 3: was like, we have to do this today.

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Speaker 2: Like I've had a job. I'd be like, can I

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Speaker 2: stay home? It's my birthday.

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Speaker 3: I just want to be with myself and enjoy my birthday.

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Speaker 3: But that's not how life works. So here we are

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Speaker 3: recording on this beautiful Monday for you guys on my birthday.

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Speaker 3: I'm thirty one.

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Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, girl, and a beautiful thing to be black. Wow,

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Speaker 4: you look like you're in your twenties.

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Speaker 3: A man yesterday told me that he asked me if

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Speaker 3: I was an nineteen, which I was like, all about that.

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Speaker 4: No, you could pass.

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Speaker 1: If you throw on your duke uniform right now, you

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Speaker 1: could pass.

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Speaker 2: And I'm not pleasing. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, today to give you a little bit of

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Speaker 3: a hot topic as a play has been about the

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Speaker 3: coaching and the WNBA. So today we're just gonna we're

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Speaker 3: really the whole episode. What's going on with the coaches

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Speaker 3: in the w the new hires. Don't introduce them to

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Speaker 3: y'all if you are not familiar with some of the

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Speaker 3: new coaches that.

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Speaker 2: Have been hired. There's still one vacancy for the New

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Speaker 2: York Liberty. They have yet to hire a head coach,

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Speaker 2: but we'll get into that a little bit later.

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Speaker 1: So really want to start, well, I guess we should Okay,

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Speaker 1: before we dive in, I think we should get into

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Speaker 1: your reaction to your new coach in Seattle, because when

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Speaker 1: I saw that, I wanted to talk to you about it.

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Speaker 4: But how are you feeling? What do you think is

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Speaker 4: going to be different? And introduce us to.

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Speaker 3: So I had I had no idea who they were

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Speaker 3: before the end of the month, which is what they did.

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Speaker 3: She was an assistant with the.

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Speaker 2: Liberty, and prior to that, she was on the Memphis

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Speaker 2: Grizzlies coaching stuff, and for me, that makes me excited

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Speaker 2: because y'all know, I'm like an NBA junkie, and I

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Speaker 2: think as far as coaching and analytics and player development,

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Speaker 2: I think the NBA is way ahead of us, unfortunately

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Speaker 2: because they just have more resources than we've ever had

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Speaker 2: and we're getting there.

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Speaker 3: But the fact that we're now attracting NBA coaches to

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Speaker 3: I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet,

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Speaker 3: but our GM she reached out to me when the

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Speaker 3: me to speak with her and meet her eventually. Yeah, so,

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Speaker 2: She was a head coach at MIT.

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Speaker 3: So hopefully you know, she can appreciate the fact that

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Speaker 2: Was at MIT. Not saying that we're at MIT's level.

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Speaker 3: But you can appreciate like the education, you know, background

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Speaker 4: Smart girls.

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Speaker 2: So I'm really excited. Also excited because.

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Speaker 3: It is a woman, a woman of color, so you

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Speaker 3: know that's also been a really big topic of conversation.

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Speaker 2: Around the W is why we don't have, you know,

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Speaker 3: So the fact that we were able to hire one

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Speaker 5: Did it sound like Mariah Damn? Near?

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Speaker 5: Basically they get to build a team like that's not

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Speaker 3: Usually when you get hired, you have to like inherit

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Speaker 3: happened before. I keep telling y'all that WNBA is like

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Speaker 3: hard resetting right now. If I was, this would be

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Speaker 3: I get to hand pick my team top to bottom.

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Speaker 1: Yet that's really that's really good, and especially because we

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Speaker 1: I also want to add that she she's the first

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Speaker 4: So I knew what you were saying, that she's a

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Speaker 4: but that is what that is.

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Speaker 5: So congratulation.

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Speaker 3: I'm so excited, and I also I'm really excited who

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Speaker 5: Domin is the future.

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Speaker 3: And I really really enjoyed playing basketball with Dominique, So

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Speaker 3: I want to help her become super dominant in the W.

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Speaker 3: So I am speaking about this coach and this coaching

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Speaker 3: So you know, I'm just gonna prepare like I'll be

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Speaker 5: So I think that.

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Speaker 3: For me, I really enjoy playing with younger players as well,

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Speaker 3: and I do. Sometimes I feel like I get traded

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Speaker 3: So I kind of get grouped with like the young players,

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Speaker 5: But for me, it's great, it's it's a great experience.

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Speaker 3: I think that this season in particular tested my leadership

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Speaker 3: know she's not happy with what's going on, but like,

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Speaker 3: Like I think that could be a fun opportunity for me.

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Speaker 3: I think it could be a fun opportunity for us.

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Speaker 3: But like we said, like she has hundreds hundreds of

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Speaker 1: Also, I read this she came from working with the

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Speaker 1: Liberty and a lot of people thought that she was

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Speaker 4: I don't understand what's going on with that coaching job.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you really think of have any

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Speaker 3: I think, I mean, I think every team it's going

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Speaker 3: But because they've won just two years ago, Like, are

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Speaker 3: And again, I had no input into this coaching higher.

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Speaker 3: I wonder if any of the players over there are

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Speaker 3: I mean the GM of the Liberty, he was very

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Speaker 5: Don't know who that's going to be. I have no idea.

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Speaker 3: The fact that they haven't hired anybody yet is actually

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Speaker 5: But I have I have no idea. I haven't heard

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Speaker 4: Well before we get to this next job.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious from your perspective being a WNBA player, I

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Speaker 1: whether it's the coach got fired and they're looking for

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Speaker 1: player is always star player, star player, star player?

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Speaker 4: What do they want? Who are they looking at? Joannis

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Speaker 1: They're constantly being like, oh, he's like gunstantly switching coaches

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Speaker 1: and he's handpicking this guy and he doesn't like that guy.

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Speaker 4: Is that similar in the W or the gms?

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Speaker 1: The front office asking their star, Hey, what do you

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Speaker 3: I honestly, I honestly have no idea. Honestly have no idea.

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Speaker 3: I do know like in LA, and I'm not saying

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Speaker 5: Obviously I wasn't.

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Speaker 3: But in our exit meetings, you know, we have our conversations,

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Speaker 3: and I straight up was like, I would really appreciate

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Speaker 3: him anyway. So I think that they do value our

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Speaker 5: To where affected or influenced the real decision like that.

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Speaker 3: And also you don't see like coaches getting fired so

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Speaker 3: like that's not a thing. Having three four coaches with

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Speaker 5: I want to know which owners they are.

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Speaker 5: Know, kind of done.

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Speaker 3: I don't like saying recycling because that sounds kind of rude,

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Speaker 4: That's the those Drake.

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Speaker 4: We only really see Drake and the on the men's

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Speaker 1: Like since old Drake, since take care of Drake, we

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Speaker 3: We don't really see him at all. I know this,

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Speaker 1: Not I could so see him going to a tempo

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Speaker 3: If he doesn't, I'll be really disappointing me too. And

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Speaker 5: Drake, a lot, a lot, a lot a lot.

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Speaker 3: But if he doesn't, personal if he doesn't show up

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Speaker 5: We're gonna have beef.

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Speaker 1: He wanted he wanted to start a w NBA team

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Speaker 4: It's so funny how I always.

441
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 1: Get to be a bad cop because I'm not on

442
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,880
Speaker 1: the w So it.

443
00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,440
Speaker 4: Will be interesting to see. The fan reaction to her

444
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,120
Speaker 4: firing was very much.

445
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,400
Speaker 1: Ooh shocking, But also what can she do when she's

446
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,720
Speaker 1: not coaching stars like the ones you just mentioned, And

447
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,679
Speaker 1: so this feels to me like a bit of a

448
00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,480
Speaker 1: hail Mary in a sense and.

449
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,400
Speaker 4: A bit of a Okay, let's see what you can do.

450
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,600
Speaker 1: Like you said you thought you were done with the recycling,

451
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,680
Speaker 1: this kind of feels like, if you mess this up,

452
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:53,320
Speaker 1: this is kind of w BA. Yeah, So I would

453
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,880
Speaker 1: be interested to see she has an opportunity to get

454
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,520
Speaker 1: a lot of those stars out there to Toronto, especially

455
00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,040
Speaker 1: with it being a new team team and the drake

456
00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,960
Speaker 1: of it all and everything. We were just saying, it'll

457
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,719
Speaker 1: be a great franchise with a lot of fans. You

458
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,160
Speaker 1: have a whole country behind you, Yeah, and they love

459
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,240
Speaker 1: women's basketball there.

460
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:09,920
Speaker 4: I don't know. If you remember when the w did

461
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,200
Speaker 4: the game that were you playing that I was.

462
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,639
Speaker 5: I was in attendance.

463
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,440
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, okay, you.

464
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,679
Speaker 1: Know I could have swarm.

465
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:21,800
Speaker 4: I remember talking about this one.

466
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 5: Yeah. No, I played. When I was on the Sparks.

467
00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 3: We had a preseason game, and then this past year

468
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,160
Speaker 3: during this we had a regular season game.

469
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:29,880
Speaker 5: So I've been to both.

470
00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 3: I've been to two WNBA Canada games and they were

471
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 3: both super fun packed arena, very exciting. So I think

472
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 3: Toronto is gonna be super lit.

473
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 5: I don't know.

474
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,240
Speaker 3: I don't know. Valkyrie said the set the bar very

475
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 3: high for expansion team fandom.

476
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:53,719
Speaker 4: I think Toronto. I think it's a whole country with

477
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:54,560
Speaker 4: only one team.

478
00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 5: That is true.

479
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,760
Speaker 3: But again, like the Valkyrie, they they said this that

480
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 3: bars high, that bars high.

481
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 5: Honey.

482
00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 1: The other day I peeped into the World Series.

483
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 4: Don't worry, ladies, I know this. This is relevant.

484
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,359
Speaker 1: This is relevant my ww fans. So the other day

485
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:16,640
Speaker 1: I peeked into a World Series game. Baseball to Toronto

486
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 1: is in it, and I was like, oh my god,

487
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,880
Speaker 1: the fans were they stood up?

488
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:25,679
Speaker 4: Do you don't know how baseball game is?

489
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 1: Even the people in the front row even the people

490
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: in the front row right behind the picture were standing up.

491
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,880
Speaker 1: They did not sit down the whole they went time

492
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:39,120
Speaker 1: and yeah they won. And my boyfriend was like, it's

493
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 1: because they have a whole country behind them, like they

494
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: really like they the Toronto Blue Jays fans, like they

495
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 1: do not play.

496
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 4: It's gonna be the same thing.

497
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 5: I'm telling you.

498
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, Okay, I'm with you. Then Okay, shout out to

499
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 3: the Toronto Tempo. Sandy, I wish you're the best girl,

500
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,119
Speaker 3: because you are. She is a great she's a good coach.

501
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,280
Speaker 3: But I do think this season tested her abilities a

502
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,359
Speaker 3: bit as far as is being able to coach without

503
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 3: her megastars.

504
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 5: So I'm very interested to see if she continues.

505
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,000
Speaker 3: To lean into her megastar approach or if she's like,

506
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 3: you know, I'm a teacher.

507
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,040
Speaker 5: I'm gonna show y'all I can coach.

508
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 3: Okay, so we're gonna get some maybe one megastar or

509
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 3: maybe a bunch of regular stars and soames, well.

510
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 4: I'll tell you one thing.

511
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: I'll tell you one thing if there was a coach

512
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 1: and again something I can tell like again, if there

513
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: was a coach based on being on social that y'all

514
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 1: wanted to go.

515
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 4: It was in Dallas. I mean, I felt so bad

516
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,000
Speaker 4: for him. The memes were crazy.

517
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 5: The fan was nicey, it was nice. I've never seen

518
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:43,159
Speaker 5: that before.

519
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 3: And I know, and I know Chris because he was

520
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,639
Speaker 3: with me in Connecticut and he was with me in

521
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,520
Speaker 3: LA for a little bit.

522
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,680
Speaker 5: He's such a sweet man.

523
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 3: Oh and I know, like that was so hard for him,

524
00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:02,880
Speaker 3: Like he's literally the sweetest man. But again it made

525
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 3: me sad. And I'm like, it's okay, Like, yeah, he

526
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 3: was he a good coach. Not really, that's fine. That

527
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,160
Speaker 3: was very obvious, but like the things that people were saying,

528
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,479
Speaker 3: how everyone was acting like it was so crazy, like

529
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 3: it was it was nuts. And I actually was very

530
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,919
Speaker 3: surprised that he got fired. I really was very shocked

531
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 3: that he got fired. But like, there wasn't very many

532
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,240
Speaker 3: There wasn't very many reasons why he shouldn't.

533
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 5: Have gotten fired. But first year, why drag it on? Yeah,

534
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,840
Speaker 5: I know, it was just yeah, it was he got.

535
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:33,760
Speaker 4: The Darwin Ham treatment.

536
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 1: You said, you've never seen that before, not in the

537
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: W but yes, they I'm telling you, y'all getting into

538
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,400
Speaker 1: the man.

539
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 5: I'm like, and yeah, Chris, I don't know if.

540
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,680
Speaker 3: He'll see another I don't even know if he'll want

541
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 3: to coach be a head coach at the W ever,

542
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 3: again like I wouldn't either, but I think that I

543
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 3: was again very shocked that they pulled the pluck that quickly,

544
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,160
Speaker 3: considering how young that's team was and they were dealing

545
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:02,880
Speaker 3: with injuries and just a.

546
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 5: Lot of moving pieces.

547
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 3: I was just like, this season wrapped this season up

548
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 3: for them, because that was the trades, the getting Melyssa INDIJ,

549
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 3: Losingnlyssa INDJ five minutes later, like and then it was

550
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 3: just like as the season continued, it was just like

551
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,680
Speaker 3: adding insult to injury, like Djene gets to Minnesota and

552
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 3: it starts ballid. Melyssa gets to Vegas starts balling, or

553
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,720
Speaker 3: she was an Indian and she was a wins a

554
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,159
Speaker 3: championship and then everyone looking at Dallas like what are

555
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 3: y'all doing over there?

556
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,640
Speaker 1: So it doesn't help that they had the Pagebackers microscope

557
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,000
Speaker 1: on them because her fans don't play all and they're

558
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: very used to seeing her win and thrive, and now

559
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: that she wasn't thriving, but they're using her win.

560
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 3: She's probably lost more games this summer than in her

561
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 3: entire life, right.

562
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 4: So I don't I don't think. I don't think the.

563
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: Pagebackers army was ready for that. Oh no, like there

564
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: were people. They have some fans that were not trying

565
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 1: to see them lose, which obviously we talk about this

566
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,360
Speaker 1: all the time. The team with the number one pick

567
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:09,880
Speaker 1: is never going to be the best team in the league.

568
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,479
Speaker 1: I mean, Caitlin Clark was on some wizardy wizardry other stuff.

569
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 4: But it's very rare that they go.

570
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 1: To the playoffs like they got the number one pick

571
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:19,399
Speaker 1: because they were back, you know.

572
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 4: But it was unfortunate.

573
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: But I will say, speaking of Page, Jose Fernandez, he he's.

574
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 4: Friends with Gino. Which tampering is there such say.

575
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 5: His coach tampering? Probably? I mean, I know Gino was

576
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:36,760
Speaker 5: up in stores.

577
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 3: Like my poor Page we did y'all are not doing

578
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 3: my girl like this any longer. I'm sending in my

579
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 3: recommendation for a coach, and you're gonna hire them.

580
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 5: That's how that that's how that coach insurge went.

581
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 3: Gino wrote a letter to the Dallas Wings and he said,

582
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 3: here's his resume, Here's who's gonna coach Page. Here's what's

583
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,680
Speaker 3: going to make Dallas great. Here you go and hire him.

584
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 4: And the resume said Gino Arima's homeboy. And that's all I.

585
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 3: Needed to know because one thing about you know he

586
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 3: does he does not play about Page.

587
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 5: He does not play about Page.

588
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 3: And the chance that uh Fudd could end up in

589
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 3: Dallas depending on how the lottery goes, how her season goes, like,

590
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 3: we might have a little Yukon link up down in Dallas.

591
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 3: Down in Dallas, I mean, low key, every team, every

592
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 3: team got like a mini Yukon linkup. It's actually insane.

593
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,399
Speaker 3: If you go down the rosters, every team has like

594
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 3: two three Ukon players on it minimum, right, Like that's crazy.

595
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 3: If you come from Yukon, you're gonna be You're gonna

596
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 3: meet up with another Husky on your team at some

597
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 3: point in your life. But I think that that was

598
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 3: a great hire. I think his coaching style will translate

599
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 3: well to Pages playing style again, blank slate for the

600
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 3: most part on that team when it comes to veterans.

601
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 3: But I hope that they keep that young group together.

602
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 3: Who's a Page James Quinnerly Louisa Luisa, Yes, I'm Luisa.

603
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 3: I'm not say Page Paige. James and Luisa, Like, I

604
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 3: think those four, despite their record, had a really really

605
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 3: solid year as rookies, So I hope that they keep

606
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 3: those four or protect those four. We even get into that, like, okay, guys,

607
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 3: So yeah, you have the free agents, right, and then

608
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 3: the teams choose to protect or not protect players from

609
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 3: the expansion Draft. So yeah, you might think that your

610
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 3: favorite players that are still on their rookie contracts are

611
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 3: locked in to the team that they're on, but if

612
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 3: they don't get protected by their team, they could get

613
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 3: scooped up by one of the new teams. So exactly, exactly,

614
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 3: So I think that it's going to be interesting hand

615
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 3: picking his players. He's he coached at USF South Florida, guys,

616
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 3: if you don't know, and he was like one of

617
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 3: the first college coaches to start bringing in European players.

618
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 3: And I remember because I played against USF pat Courney

619
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 3: Williams with the USF and I played against Courtney Williams

620
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 3: in college, and I USF was always real solid, but

621
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 3: they always had like a few European players that were

622
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 3: on the roster and really really good and always found

623
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 3: a lot of success at USF. So he was definitely

624
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:33,479
Speaker 3: one of the first coaches to recruit overseas, so I

625
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 3: think he's going to probably do the same thing coming

626
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 3: here again. I think, guys, the European players are coming.

627
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 3: You know, they've taken over the NBA. I don't know

628
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 3: if they'll take over the WNBA, but I think we're

629
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 3: going to be seeing an influx of European players, especially

630
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 3: if these salaries go up.

631
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 5: That's been one of the biggest reasons why.

632
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 3: They don't come over here is because they don't make

633
00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 3: You don't make enough money, especially as a rookie like

634
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 3: them leaving their home for that many years, missing out

635
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 3: on overseas money to make the low key contracts like

636
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 3: none of them are really trying to do that. So

637
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 3: I think when our salaries go up, we're going to

638
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 3: see like an enormous influx of European players, which makes

639
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 3: me excited.

640
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 5: Like I said, Duck Smoke, I'm ready for the Euros.

641
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 5: I'm ready for them. We ready for y'all. It's exciting.

642
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 3: It's really going to make the WNBA global sport. I

643
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 3: think that's our next step, like becoming more global.

644
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 5: That's how the NBA is.

645
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,719
Speaker 1: That's a huge that's a huge opportunity for the w

646
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 1: viewership wise as well because of that market for women's

647
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 1: basketball overseas, that tapping into those overseas fans would be

648
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: really incredible. My question about Jose Fernandez is do you

649
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: believe that college coaches their coaching style translates well into

650
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: the pros Because I know a lot of fans want

651
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: to see those those icons from college, like a Gena

652
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: or a Dawn coach. Professionally, how do you think that

653
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: their abilities as far as being a college coach translates

654
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: to being in the a system like OVERNBA.

655
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 3: I'm trying to think because Kurt coached in college before

656
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 3: he came to the pros, and I think it really

657
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 3: depends on the person.

658
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 5: I think it depends on the coach.

659
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 3: I think the biggest difference between college and pros is

660
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 3: that you are coaching grown adults and not kids at

661
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 3: school and on a schedule, and you can't tell everybody

662
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 3: what to do all the time, and you do have

663
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 3: to be careful how you speak to this player and

664
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 3: how you speak to that player, because we're professionals, we're

665
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 3: all adults, and you don't just simply fall in line.

666
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 5: Like you do in college.

667
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 3: I've always thought that's been the biggest adjustment for college

668
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 3: coaches because basketball is basketball, and I think his style

669
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 3: of play is very creative, it's fast, it's innovative. I

670
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 3: think X's and O's wise, he's going to be fine.

671
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 3: But I think always it's just the communication and you know,

672
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 3: building trust and all that kind of stuff with a

673
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 3: bunch of grown ass people is not easy.

674
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 5: In any any job, that's not easy.

675
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 3: So I always think that's like the hardest part from

676
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 3: a college coach coming from you know, their universities where

677
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 3: they basically I mean, like I said, they're going to

678
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 3: be able to He's going to be able to like

679
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 3: handpick you know, some of the players that he brings.

680
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 3: So it is going to be a little bit similar

681
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 3: to college like when you're out recruiting and all that

682
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 3: kind of stuff. So I think that will benefit him

683
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 3: as well as all the other new coaches that get

684
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 3: to basically him pick their teams now.

685
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,280
Speaker 5: But I think he's going to be fine.

686
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 3: And then yeah, you mentioned his relationship he has with Gino,

687
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 3: So I think that, you know, I think he's probably

688
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 3: already connected with Page and you know, they're already probably

689
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 3: cooking some stuff up for next season. So I'm I mean,

690
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 3: I'm excited for Paige because we all want to see

691
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 3: Paige win. So watching her this season was definitely hard

692
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 3: for her fans, I'm sure, but it was hard for

693
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 3: you know, anybody who loves watching good basketball because she's

694
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 3: such a good player. So I hope that this is

695
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 3: a good move for her sake because she deserves a

696
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,719
Speaker 3: lot of success in the W and the W is

697
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 3: better when Paige is hop and on TV, and you know,

698
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 3: everyone loves watching her play. So I'm excited for I'm

699
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 3: excited for Dallas, I'm excited for Page.

700
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 5: So yeah, I think we'll be good.

701
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 1: The last one we're going to talk about is uh

702
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:25,720
Speaker 1: the Portland fire.

703
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 3: Portland fire, they've been very quiet. They were very quiet

704
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 3: all summer. I was like a little concerned. I'm like,

705
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 3: is prob let's not gonna have a theme like what

706
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 3: is happening? And then boom, they just started making a

707
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 3: little bit of noise.

708
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 4: What are your thoughts on their new hire.

709
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 3: So my dad actually was familiar with with Alex Sarama. Sarama,

710
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 3: I don't know, I have to get these pronunciations down.

711
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 3: But he also is coming from the NBA, which I

712
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 3: think is really great for us because of, you know,

713
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,920
Speaker 3: the modern, fast paced play that we are heading towards,

714
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 3: and he's really big with analytics.

715
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 5: I feel like.

716
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 3: He is familiar with their GM and I think that

717
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 3: that higher. You know, a lot of people were like,

718
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 3: what who is this guy? He's in skill development?

719
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 5: Da da da.

720
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 3: Like I said, we are very behind when it comes

721
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 3: to skill development. So I think when it comes to

722
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,439
Speaker 3: building an organization and a franchise from the ground up,

723
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,359
Speaker 3: you can always lay your foundation on skill development. And

724
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 3: I think that's something that's going to be really interesting

725
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 3: about the Portland team, is how he's going to take

726
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 3: his thoughts and the way he thinks the game and

727
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 3: what he learned from being around the NBA, and how

728
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 3: he's going to infuse it into this new team. Because

729
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 3: it's a brand new team, they have no culture, they

730
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 3: have no anything. It's all on him, so there's no

731
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 3: there's really no like, no one can have any type

732
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 3: of critique for it. It's like there's nothing, nothing existed

733
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 3: before he got there. So I'm really interested to see

734
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 3: with someone that is skill development and analytic focused, hyper focused,

735
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 3: how they can transition into being a head coach and

736
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 3: with the new team in a new city with all

737
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 3: the new stuff. So I think it's going to be

738
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 3: really exciting. I've never been to Portland before, so excited

739
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 3: to explore a new city, even though I heard it's

740
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 3: just like Seattle, just.

741
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 5: Colder.

742
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've never been to Seattle, but I would assume

743
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,439
Speaker 1: it's pretty similar. I've been up there. But I will

744
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 1: say the one thing I was going to bring up

745
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: with all these these coaching hires, just to kind of

746
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: wrap this all up in a pretty little bow, is

747
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 1: it's interesting how when you become a head coach, a

748
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: lot of people don't know that you are building a

749
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: whole new system, like you're kind of the headhun show

750
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 1: of the organization, outside of the front office ownership type

751
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: of standpoint, like fate player facing, you're creating that you're

752
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 1: bringing in your staff, You're bringing in a whole group.

753
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 1: So it's interesting to see, especially with these coaches that

754
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: are inheriting programs that don't exist Philly, Detroit, Toronto, the Valkyries,

755
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: like all these new teams coming in, how these coaches

756
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,280
Speaker 1: are going to create a culture, because that is something

757
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: that a coach that's going to coach somewhere that's already

758
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 1: a team like the Wings.

759
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 4: Or the Liberty.

760
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: Those places already have fan bases, they already have culture.

761
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: Whereas the Valkyries, we saw them completely six women created

762
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: that there. I can't remember what they called their home

763
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 1: court advantage, like they had a special name for.

764
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 4: That, yes, yes, whatever, Like all that is new, so

765
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 4: very interesting, and I'm excited.

766
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 3: I'm excited too, And I feel like with these new

767
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:54,440
Speaker 3: expansion teams, like I can't believe how many teams are

768
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 3: going to have, Like I never thought that I would

769
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 3: be a part of the WNBA with all of these

770
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 3: new teams and all of these cities, with all of

771
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,879
Speaker 3: the support, Like every day, I'm always so amazed at

772
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 3: what the WBA has grown into over the last few years.

773
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 3: I think that every organization needs to really lock in

774
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 3: and focus on what their identity is going to be,

775
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 3: what their culture is going to be, how they're going

776
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 3: to engage with their fans, how they're going to like

777
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 3: everything is just bigger now. Everything needs to be more thoughtful,

778
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 3: Everything needs to be more.

779
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 5: Collaborative from the top down.

780
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 3: I again, already you already know how I feel about

781
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 3: some of the front offices in this league. I think

782
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 3: that now is the time where these front offices have

783
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 3: to take their product. The players that they're bringing in,

784
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 3: the contracts that they're giving way more serious than what

785
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,240
Speaker 3: they had in the past. You know, you're building teams

786
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 3: to win championships. Winning teams bring in more money, you

787
00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 3: get more fans. Like this is unfortunately, you know, turning

788
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 3: into a big, humongous business, and you know that is

789
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 3: good for us obviously, but it's still a sport that

790
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 3: we all love and grew up playing. And when it

791
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 3: becomes you know, big business, like a lot of things change,

792
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 3: but you have to still try and keep the main thing,

793
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 3: the main thing, which is winning basketball games. So I

794
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,399
Speaker 3: do feel like with these new hires and we'll see

795
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 3: with you know, how they fill their staffs. I've always

796
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 3: thought that former players are better assistants in my opinion,

797
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 3: and I know a lot of people are, like a

798
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,839
Speaker 3: lot more former players head coaches, Like I think they

799
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 3: are good head coaches as well. But when you're the

800
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 3: head coach, like you don't have the time to pour

801
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 3: into every single player all the time, like you do

802
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 3: have a little bit of time, like you make time

803
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 3: for anything that you want to make time for but

804
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,439
Speaker 3: there's so many responsibilities that the head coach has that's

805
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 3: outside of just coaching us. That's why these assistants these

806
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 3: benches are so important. I feel like the way that

807
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 3: the WNBA players are on these benches has been like

808
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 3: game changing. I feel like I think that's why Indiana

809
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 3: even was able to do the push that they were

810
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 3: able to have two former players on their bench. Like,

811
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 3: the best relationships I've always had growing up were with

812
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 3: my assistant coaches. Like not saying I didn't have a

813
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 3: good relationship my head coach, but the coaches that I

814
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 3: could talk to, the coaches that you watch film with,

815
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,359
Speaker 3: the coaches you get in the gym with those, those

816
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 3: are the assistants. The best assistant coaching staff I had

817
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 3: was at Duke, Like those are my people, Like.

818
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 5: They changed my life.

819
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,840
Speaker 3: I feel like when I was at Duke, the assistant

820
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:42,799
Speaker 3: I mean, my head coach was amazing coach p like

821
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 3: love her down. But the relationship I've built with the

822
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 3: assistants like literally changed my life. And I feel like

823
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 3: that gets overlooked when people are like, why are more.

824
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 5: Former players being head coaches?

825
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 3: They absolutely should be at some point, but I think

826
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 3: the relationship part, the development part, their experiences is whole value,

827
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 3: even when they're assistants or player development or whatever you know,

828
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 3: these former players are.

829
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 5: I think that.

830
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 3: Having them around but not having all the pressure and

831
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 3: criticism of being a head coach, I think that is

832
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 3: way better. But again, like a briand January, like I

833
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 3: would really I don't know if she's in the running

834
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 3: for the Liberty job, but if there is a former

835
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 3: player that is ready to be a head coach, I

836
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 3: would say it is Brian January. She coached with US

837
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 3: at AU. She was amazing, She's incredible. She was a

838
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,919
Speaker 3: great player an even better person. So you know, if

839
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 3: there is a former player her or Christy Tolliver, you

840
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 3: know I was able to play with Christy in LA

841
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 3: and that you know, she's my favorite player growing up,

842
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 3: so that was just a dream come true for me.

843
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,719
Speaker 3: So I mean, I think between KT and Brian like

844
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,239
Speaker 3: those would be the two former players that I would

845
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,959
Speaker 3: love to see become head coaches in the very very

846
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,839
Speaker 3: near future. But I think what they're doing on these

847
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 3: benches is so valuable, and I think that they get

848
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 3: overlooked a little bit because they're just assistants. But I

849
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 3: think you know, the league is full of former players

850
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 3: on these benches and I think they do a really

851
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 3: good job.

852
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 5: So I think that's really important.

853
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 3: You know, when these coaches and these organizations are feeling

854
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 3: their staff if they want to, you know, give back

855
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 3: to the former players and have them involved. And you know,

856
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,839
Speaker 3: we're trying with the CBA to you know, take care

857
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 3: of our retired players and former players. I think that

858
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 3: is a way that the league can do it outside

859
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 3: of just CBA stuff and pension and retirement and blah

860
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 3: blah blah blah. Allowing them to have a space to

861
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,640
Speaker 3: give back to us poor back into the game.

862
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 5: And get paid for it.

863
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 3: You know, that's always that's always a bonus doing something

864
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 3: you love and getting back.

865
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 5: Yeah.

866
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: I really love what you said about the assistant coaches

867
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 1: because it's so true. I've been a victim to that

868
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 1: as well, like wondering why there were less former players coaching.

869
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,759
Speaker 1: But it makes so much sense because even in my

870
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,880
Speaker 1: experience playing high school sports, I look back and I'm like,

871
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 1: that makes a really good point and that it makes

872
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 1: a lot of sense because your head coach is kind

873
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 1: of like the principal at school. Where's your assistant coaches?

874
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: Are your teachers who you're actually you can like talk

875
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: about your coach with. Then you can be like, oh man,

876
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: the coach can be bad cop and they can be

877
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:06,239
Speaker 1: good cop, and you can kind of all.

878
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 4: Everybody has a role.

879
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, same thing what we keep saying, like

880
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 3: we want we want our faves to be the commissioner.

881
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 5: You know, No, you know you don't. You want your

882
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 5: favors to be a head coach.

883
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 1: No, you don't, And you need to hate your head

884
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 1: coach sometimes sometimes I'm sorry, And that's why I don't

885
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: want to be a coach.

886
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 4: I cannot imagine waking up every day and being like.

887
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 5: They hate me today. I gotta make them run today,

888
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 5: like I just I've never wanted that for myself.

889
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,280
Speaker 4: I'll love you when they're popping champagne in the locker room.

890
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 5: After the champion.

891
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 3: Speaking of championships, this is how we're gonna close out

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00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,760
Speaker 3: the show. Out of all of these new expansion teams,

893
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 3: which team do you think will win a championship?

894
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 5: First? If if they do.

895
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,280
Speaker 4: Okay, hard to say because.

896
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: I don't know who's coaching all of them or who's

897
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 1: playing on all of them.

898
00:43:58,440 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 4: I literally only know who's playing for that.

899
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:03,839
Speaker 3: If you can pick one team that's going to when

900
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 3: just based on just off vibes, the cities based.

901
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: Off of vibes. I okay, this is the first thing

902
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 1: that popped on I had. I want to say, either

903
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 1: Toronto or.

904
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:21,279
Speaker 3: Philly, Philly, what was the last? Oh, the Eagles, I'm

905
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 3: like one of the last. If Philly even when that's something.

906
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 5: A second ago, I'm going Valkyries. I'm going Valkyries. So yeah,

907
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 5: don't prove me wrong. Don't prove me wrong.

908
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 4: When when are we When is Philly going to be

909
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:37,959
Speaker 4: a team?

910
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 1: Hold on?

911
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 4: Hold on twenty twenty twenty thirty?

912
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 3: Girl? Oh oh yeah, Eve, when it's twenty twenty eight?

913
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 3: I mean no, because I mean five, it's five years.

914
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 3: I mean the Aces might win two more, you know,

915
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 3: I don't know what years the Joy twenty twenty nine.

916
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, I never mind. If I'll say to Troy

917
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 4: just just despite some people. But but I'm gonna say.

918
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 5: Toronto, Toronto. Okay.

919
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 3: So we're gonna we're gonna look back on this in

920
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:18,359
Speaker 3: a few years when Canada, Canada, this is for you,

921
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:24,200
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. Okay, So we want new teams winning championships.

922
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 3: We would love new franchises to win championships, but we

923
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 3: want nothing but success for the WNBA as a whole.

924
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:36,880
Speaker 3: So yeah, if you guys yea and successful, Lexi guys,

925
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,840
Speaker 3: please you know what next season?

926
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 5: Thirty first next season.

927
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 3: The first thing that we're accomplishing is getting my one

928
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 3: thousand points. We are like two busts away, like to

929
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 3: literally two baskets away. Yeah from a thousand first game,

930
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:54,319
Speaker 3: first game.

931
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 5: I fucking oh shit. We'll see, we'll see, we'll see.

932
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,319
Speaker 3: But if y'all enjoyed this breakdown, don't forget to subscribe

933
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 3: tune into our videos weekly.

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Speaker 5: This has been another episode of Full Circle Podcast. We

935
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Speaker 5: will see y'all next week.

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Speaker 4: Bye. Thanks for listening to Full Circle.

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