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Speaker 2: Here we go jump Holy Welcome into another episode of Stupotody,

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Speaker 2: doing that, you have made us the biggest podcast in

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Speaker 2: the world. We appreciate it bigger than Oprah. Now do

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Speaker 2: it again. Do it for Rachel, Do it for my daughter,

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Speaker 2: who this past weekend became a national champion because her

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Speaker 2: Northwestern women's lacrosse team beat Boston College to just beat him,

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Speaker 2: They beat him down to win Northwestern's eighth national championship. Yes,

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Speaker 2: I will use my daughter's name, her story for you

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Speaker 2: to subscribe, rate review, because my shame knows no boundaries.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna hear from her coach, Kelly Amante Hiller, who

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Speaker 2: is the greatest coaching team sports. You may never heard

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Speaker 2: of her, you're about to hear from her, but she

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Speaker 2: has won eight count of eight national championships. That is

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Speaker 2: more than coach k That is more than Nick Saban,

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Speaker 2: that is more Super Bowls than Bill Belichick. She is

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Speaker 2: a fantastic coach and a fantastic person. To be there

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Speaker 2: this past weekend and to watch what that team achieved,

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Speaker 2: what Kelly achieved, and to see my daughter become a

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Speaker 2: national champion. To be able to sit there and experience

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Speaker 2: that with my wife, with my other daughter, Emma, with

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Speaker 2: my father, with my aunt, with my best friend, it

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Speaker 2: was such a great moment. And for those of you

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Speaker 2: who have followed our show over the many many years

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Speaker 2: we've been doing it, you know that me coaching Rachel

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Speaker 2: and Rachel's lacrosse career has been a big threat throughout

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Speaker 2: the show since she picked up a stick like ten

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Speaker 2: to eleven years ago. And so I think you guys

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Speaker 2: will really get a kick out of what you're about

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Speaker 2: to hear unless Billy blows it. But for me sitting there,

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Speaker 2: knowing the hard work, watching that whole thing unfold, knowing

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Speaker 2: the hard work that went into reaching the highest level

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Speaker 2: so I had a front row seat to witness it all.

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Speaker 2: And it all washed over me. As the clock counted

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Speaker 2: down in Carry, North Carolina. It just brought back all

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Speaker 2: the memories, all the tournaments, all the travel, hearing the

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Speaker 2: first Final Four in Philadelphia, and for her to say

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Speaker 2: before the game on Sunday, the National Championship Game, that

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Speaker 2: if you figure there are thirty to forty kids on

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Speaker 2: seventy to eighty girls, still standing that the rest of

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Speaker 2: And of course, as a dad, you want your daughter

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Speaker 2: to hear from, Kelly Amonte Hiller, who won her eighth

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Speaker 2: the next three years. But I made a promise to Billy.

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Speaker 2: is Kelly Amonte Hiller, who won her eighth national championship

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Speaker 2: the head coach of the Northwestern women's lacrosse team. Kelly

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Speaker 2: You won your eighth on Sunday. So what's the last

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Speaker 3: It's it's been awesome. Honestly, I'm just so happy for

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Speaker 2: It was a very special weekend for anyone that was

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Speaker 2: But Kelly, you mentioned like you waited eleven years for this,

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Speaker 2: So if you don't mind, like put us there as

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Speaker 3: There, Well, I think, you know, honestly, last year we

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Speaker 2: Moment, Kelly, with time to reflect, Like, when you look back,

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Speaker 3: And it wasn't all good, you know, and it wasn't quick.

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Speaker 2: I'm teasing I love him. He deserves a lot of

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Speaker 2: we're clear. Okay, I'm hesitant to this, Billy, I want

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Speaker 2: But the person that I am speaking to, right, you're

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Speaker 4: Well, no, I mean you have more national championship championships

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Speaker 2: So I love that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, like I know who I'm talking to. I have

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 5: No, Like if there's like a thing where it's like

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Speaker 5: I don't want to make any more decisions today, you know,

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Speaker 3: I do think it's a little hard. I think that

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Speaker 3: we also have to set boundaries. I think it's hard

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Speaker 3: And we really have a great level of respect for

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Speaker 2: Kelly, how do you feel about the nickname coach k

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Speaker 2: I think it's perfect.

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Speaker 3: I don't mind it. That's that's that's one of Scotti's

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Speaker 2: That's right, that is right. Okay, Well tell him there's

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Speaker 3: I have to confess that at one point I like

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Speaker 3: reach out to him at one point, tried to get him,

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Speaker 2: Right back, right, Okay, Well, you know, listen, I will

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Speaker 2: not him anymore. Okay, all right, I love that, Billy.

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Speaker 2: Keep in mind, Okay, the person you're speaking to is

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Speaker 2: in charge of my child for the next three years. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: tread lightly, Kelly. I want to get a little technical

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Speaker 2: your team. Uh. Sammy White is such a great kid

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Speaker 2: and a great player, but you kind of waffled between

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Speaker 2: already had Kendalyn Birk's there, but it made your defense

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Speaker 3: I think that you know, Sammy had worked really hard

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Speaker 2: Well, they were fantastic. And how about Molly your goalie, Like,

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know, it's kind of funny. I think it

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Speaker 2: No doubt, Uh, you've want to I'll get you out

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Speaker 3: was a lot of patience, a lot of growth, a

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00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 3: lot of transformation. I had to, you know, adjust to

433
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 3: a whole new different style of student athlete, this generation

434
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,679
Speaker 3: being you know, completely different than when I first started

435
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 3: coaching and just kind of adapt to that. And so

436
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 3: I was just really proud of all of the work

437
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 3: that myself, my staff, and all the people that have

438
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,640
Speaker 3: been involved in the program had put in to kind

439
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 3: of get us to this point. So that's that's really

440
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 3: what made it that special for me, you know, much

441
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 3: much like that first championship.

442
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,200
Speaker 2: That we won.

443
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,120
Speaker 3: Uh. The only thing that would have made it better

444
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 3: was if my dad was here to see it, but

445
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,479
Speaker 3: I know he was looking down on us.

446
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 2: Listen, I am wondering here because I said it the

447
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 2: other day. Actually I said it today on our show,

448
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 2: Kelly that Isy Skied Busy Skate is the best lacrosse

449
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 2: player in the country and I'm not even certain that

450
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 2: there's a close second. And I'm not just talking about

451
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 2: the women's game. I'm talking about the men's game. She is, like,

452
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 2: just talk about it. I know she's up for Player

453
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 2: of the Year, so is Aaron, and they have such

454
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 2: great chemistry. But just talk about Izzy as a person

455
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 2: and a player, because she just she stands out in

456
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 2: a way that really no one else does. Kelly.

457
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, we obviously have that close game

458
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 3: against Michigan in the first round, and after that, I

459
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:45,359
Speaker 3: think she was just on another level. Her effort, her

460
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 3: mental approach. I think we've worked a lot on that

461
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 3: over the last number of years. Obviously losing her season

462
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:57,120
Speaker 3: so the year before, so her gratitude for the opportunity

463
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 3: she was not going to be denied. The way that

464
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 3: she hustled on every play, It's just so beautiful to watch.

465
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 3: It's like magic. And you know, just just how she moves.

466
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 3: She's she's a big kid, and she moves just so incredibly.

467
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 3: I don't think I've ever had someone like that. We've

468
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 3: obviously had some tremendous people in our program, but the

469
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 3: sheer strength and ability to move her body on a dime,

470
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 3: it's pretty special.

471
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, she's a really uh, she's a really special question.

472
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 2: We'll get to a really special player. We'll get to

473
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 2: Billy's three questions. I'm nervous about him in a second.

474
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 2: But but Kelly, I do have a question. I'm nervous

475
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 2: about this one. I went to every single game, only

476
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 2: a handful of parents can claim that even the dreadful

477
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 2: Marquete game. Kelly, Okay, I know you are so cold.

478
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 3: That one was freezing, and so I just was like

479
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 3: our indoor facility.

480
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 2: There's nothing like your indoor facility. It's the Ritz Carlon

481
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 2: of indoor facility. But I did go to the marquet

482
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 2: game and there was like five of us there, and

483
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 2: I feel like those five parents. Perhaps this is what

484
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 2: I'm asking. I'll be direct. Do you want my ring size?

485
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 2: Should I send it to you? What do you think? God?

486
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 3: Oh my god, absolutely send it over. Oh my god,

487
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 3: you earned it, you weren't it? John?

488
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 2: Oh my god, you are too funny.

489
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 5: Does he annoy you with stuff like that all the

490
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 5: time one of your questions?

491
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 3: No, you know, honestly, he goes through my husband, so

492
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 3: he annoys him.

493
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 2: Wait, Billy, you have two more questions now. But Kelly,

494
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 2: what I love because you love to promote the sport.

495
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 2: This sport means so much to you. Women's sports in

496
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 2: general means so much to you. What I love about

497
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 2: is he skat and her story? Is it sent such

498
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 2: a great message about your program and the way you recruit.

499
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 2: It sends a great message to other kids. Hey, you

500
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 2: don't have to be from Maryland, you don't have to

501
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 2: be from Long Island. You could grow up in the

502
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 2: middle of Michigan and become the best lacrosse player in

503
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 2: the world. And I think that is such a strong

504
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 2: message to send to the rest of the country.

505
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, what a great family. I mean, they're just unbelievable.

506
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 3: I can't remember. She came on her visit. After we

507
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 3: talked after a camp that she came to and her parents,

508
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 3: both her parents were there. We sat down, we left,

509
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 3: have talked for forty five minutes to an hour, and

510
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 3: at the end of it, they were like, oh, we

511
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 3: got to go get the kids in the car.

512
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 2: That's great.

513
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 3: It was just so tremendous. There are just an amazing group.

514
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 3: They've got two boys, two other boys that are ones

515
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 3: that at Penn and the other ones on his way

516
00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 3: to play college across to like, just an honestly great family.

517
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 3: And that's that's what makes any special is that she

518
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 3: isn't just an athlete. She's she's an absolute competitor, great person,

519
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 3: and you know, she's so humble, she doesn't even want

520
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 3: the limelight. She's just she's just so awesome.

521
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 2: She's fantastic. All right, Billy, she's very busy. Okay, she

522
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 2: has places to go.

523
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 3: I'm good.

524
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 2: You have two more questions, Billy. I mean I've asked

525
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 2: you already as two, I've said three, and now you're

526
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 2: about to go in for three and four.

527
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 4: So well, I'm just curious kind of how John behaves

528
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 4: at these games because we've been told for years of

529
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 4: tales of him as a coach getting ejected from games

530
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 4: when he was coaching Rachel's team. So as a fan,

531
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 4: as a parent, is he on better behavior or do

532
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 4: you ever kind of look back and tell them to

533
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 4: pipe down.

534
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 3: I'm not less totally zeroed in on him, but I've

535
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 3: never heard anything bad about him. I think that as

536
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 3: a coach, when you are a coach, you actually have

537
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 3: more respect for other coaches and you know just the

538
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 3: process and you know how hard it is. And so

539
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 3: I think that John brings that to our program. He

540
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 3: has coached. He understands some of the challenges, he knows

541
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 3: what how to support, and he really, he really honestly

542
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 3: does an amazing job at that.

543
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 2: Oh thank you, all right, Bill, you have one more.

544
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 4: Well, this isn't so much of a question, it's more

545
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 4: of an apology Coach K. Because I was watching the

546
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 4: National Championship on ESPN and I was texting with John

547
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 4: at the time, and you know, I consider Rachel a

548
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 4: little sister I've never met before. And I was kind

549
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 4: of watching the game and you guys were up by

550
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 4: a lot of points, and I thought, you know what,

551
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 4: now's a great time to put Rachel in there, get

552
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 4: her some experience, get her out there, have her play in.

553
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 5: A national team four. Well, you know, I was watching

554
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 5: and I'm like, it's the it's the fourth quarter here,

555
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 5: we were up by ten.

556
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 2: What are we doing?

557
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 5: Let's get Rachel out there, you know what I mean?

558
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 4: And I told Stu Gotts, I told John, I said,

559
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 4: you know what, Like I don't want to say, but

560
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 4: I feel like Coach K should be on the hot seat.

561
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 5: What are we doing here? You know, we got to

562
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 5: put in your daughter, get her some playing time.

563
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 4: These seniors have been around long enough, they're not even

564
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 4: gonna be here next year. Like, let's get some team

565
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 4: morale built up here and get Rachel some playing time.

566
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 2: You know.

567
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 4: So, I guess I'm sorry about wanting you fired, But

568
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 4: is there a question that's just I was gonna be honest.

569
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 3: You you obviously never coached that's supposed to me.

570
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 5: Geez, I had more. I had more fraid of your

571
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 5: team that they weren't gonna blow it than you did.

572
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 5: You kept the starters in there the whole time.

573
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 3: Well, you know we were we were up by about

574
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 3: nine the year before with nine minutes left, and we

575
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 3: blew it. So oh wow, I was we weren't letting

576
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 3: our foot off that gas pedal, And honestly, uh, the

577
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 3: moment was just so so crazy. How solely as you're focused.

578
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 2: And I don't want you to answer this. You don't

579
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 2: need to answer to him. He shouldn't have fired you.

580
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 2: Now I have a hot seat after winning your eighth

581
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 2: national championship. What do you trying to say, Kelly? Is

582
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 2: they care about me. They care about my family. We're

583
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 2: a big family. I think Billy correct me if you're wrong.

584
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 2: You're keeping your eye in the situation.

585
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 5: I'll just watching.

586
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,240
Speaker 3: I think I think that your reaction is the typical

587
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 3: reaction of every ordinary parent. And I think that what

588
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 3: made this team special is that all the parents, all

589
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 3: the student athletes, they really embrace their role and they

590
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:30,439
Speaker 3: understand that they had to give up sometimes a little

591
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 3: bit of self too for the greater goods so that

592
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 3: we could achieve. And you know, honestly like that that

593
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 3: this group was so special because of that. And there

594
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 3: is so much of what you just hit me with,

595
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 3: uh in sports today, and it's truly unfortunate. But being

596
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 3: part of something bigger than you yourself and actually achieving it,

597
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 3: no one can ever take that away from you. And uh,

598
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 3: it's it's really a cool thing. And I hope that

599
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 3: you know, every kid on this team learned that lesson,

600
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 3: and I hope we can continue to teach that lesson

601
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 3: because it's it's a transformative thing and in your life,

602
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 3: you're not always gonna, you know, be that first one

603
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 3: that goes in or have all the attention on you,

604
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 3: and you might need to play the role that no

605
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 3: one talks about, and that's in a very important role.

606
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 3: And what Rachel did and some of the other kids

607
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 3: that you didn't see on that field did for this team,

608
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 3: it was a game changer for us.

609
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're going to ask another one, Billy, I texted

610
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 2: you back when you were texting me at the game.

611
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 2: She's not playing today, nor should Yeah.

612
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 4: Well, I'm protective, as I said, well, no, you mentioned

613
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 4: giving up. But did John mention he's going to give

614
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 4: you guys a generous gift for winning the national championship

615
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:48,320
Speaker 4: your program?

616
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,959
Speaker 3: He did not, but we'll accept that with open arms.

617
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 2: Oh god, Kelly, this has been this has been fantastic. Listen.

618
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 2: The TV ratings were up, the numbers were through the roof.

619
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 2: It's a great time for women's sports. But I watch

620
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,840
Speaker 2: you just on the way out here quickly, if you

621
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 2: don't mind, talk about the state of women's lacrosse where

622
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,720
Speaker 2: you want to see it go, your what your vision

623
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,359
Speaker 2: for is it moving forward? Your coaching team USA, which

624
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 2: is exciting. You care about this thing more than most,

625
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,320
Speaker 2: more than anyone I've met, to be honest with you.

626
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 2: So just talk about it and promote it the way

627
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 2: you want to talk about it and promote it. Yeah.

628
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:37,760
Speaker 3: Absolutely, I mean I think that the sport is absolutely booming.

629
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 3: It's growing so much from coast to coast, and you know,

630
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 3: you can drive down the street and see lacrosse nets

631
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 3: on front yards and it's it's truly, it's truly awesome.

632
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 3: The women's game is one of the most exciting sports

633
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 3: I think to watch. What great athleticism these kids possess,

634
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 3: you know, with the addition of the shot clock a

635
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 3: number of years ago, it's it's really really fun to watch.

636
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 3: You know, there's so much scoring. You can get up to,

637
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 3: you know, twenty goals in a game. So from a

638
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 3: fan perspective, it's really really an exciting, fast athletic game.

639
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 3: And I really hope that, you know, the the TV

640
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 3: networks will continue to push the coverage. I think we're

641
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 3: still behind softball at some some level in terms of

642
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,840
Speaker 3: just the share amount of coverage, but I hope that,

643
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 3: you know, we can continue to push it forward because

644
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,760
Speaker 3: it is a really really special sport and most people

645
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 3: that that are exposed to it never go back. They

646
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,880
Speaker 3: they they they become loyal followers of the sport, and

647
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 3: we've transformed a lot of people here in the Illinois area.

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Speaker 3: But I hope that that continues to go and where

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Speaker 3: my involvement in the USA program, like my vision is

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Speaker 3: just hopefully I can help it grow and potentially help

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Speaker 3: it get into the Olympics at some point. I think

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Speaker 3: that would be amazing for our sport from an international perspective,

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Speaker 3: but USA is the leaders in terms of just how

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Speaker 3: much involvement we have in the game right.

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Speaker 2: Now, all right, Kelly, I am. I'm so happy for you.

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Speaker 2: I'm so happy for Scott, your entire family, your entire staff,

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Speaker 2: and of course that wonderful team that you put together.

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Speaker 2: I don't care about any of the stuff Billy asked.

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Speaker 2: All I care about is in a single year, me

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Speaker 2: and my wife have both seen a more confident kid,

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Speaker 2: a more mature kid, and a better kid. And you're

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Speaker 2: the reason for that. And that's all I care about.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate that. That is a great perspective. And you know,

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Speaker 3: we thank you and and all the families and and

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Speaker 3: uh people involved in the program for the level of

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Speaker 3: support that we receive received. I knew, I knew before

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Speaker 3: the game we had them when when uh the crowd

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Speaker 3: roared uh double double the level of of what our

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Speaker 3: opponent was doing. So it's pretty exciting.

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Speaker 2: Great, great bunch of parents, and you're a great coach

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Speaker 2: and a great parent yourself. Kelly, thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: Congratulations eight national championships. There's a new coach guy in

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Speaker 2: town and it's not Mike Shuzewski. Okay, thank you, Kelly,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much.

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Speaker 3: Take cokat