Conversations with Conlon, Discussing College Hoops and More with Maria Conlon
33 min readConversations with Conlon, Discussing College Hoops and More with Maria Conlon
Hello and welcome to husky talk Conversations with kly and conin I am Your host the best podcast hosts in the Universe Steve Cully and with me as Always my cohort and partner in crime And hater of buses with no bathrooms wow That is a that is a creative one the w It's my gripe this week we had we went To beautiful sunny Onan sarcasm noted on Saturday and we Get on the bus and it took us almost Four hours to get there it was brutal And we get on and the guy was like we Don't have a bathroom which any any trip That's over two hours like legally You're supposed to have a bathroom on it Yes and let me just tell you like first Of all girls pee way more than boys do I'm convinced of that and thousand times More yeah like so now you got kids that I'm I'm preaching we gotta hydrate for The game because we're gonna be sitting On this bus for four hours so what ends Up happening we got to stop like a Million times and it just like prolongs The bus trip it's it's amazing So the same day trips are tough Too yeah because you got you're in the You're on the bus more than you're not And um yeah it was just it was not a Good bus the DVD player didn't work No seats went and reclined it was like a Nightmare and then we got there with
Only 40 minutes left on the clock to Warm up and yeah it was just it was just Not good all around we played all right We fought I had yeah I saw yeah my Starting point guard went down with a Knee injury which wasn't great so we're Still waiting to hear what happens there We were missing four kids um so you know All in all not the result we wanted but I took some positives out of it I think We eily could have lost by 30 and we Didn't so no you fought Hard yeah we kept fighting you know we Cut it to single digits twice after Going down by like 18 so that was good Um you know and I'm I'm playing mainly Freshman So yeah you got such a big roster turn Over and so many kids to plug in um Sunni onata isn't uh one of the nicest Places in the world and It's they have a nice gym they do their Gym is nice yeah their their gym is Really nice um the people there were Really nice but you know it was uh it Was a hike man it was Uh yeah when you said 245 I'm like There's no way it's 245 listen that's What it like if I put it in my GPS when We were first leaving if you're in a car If you're in a car that's what stop for The bathroom six times like 245 but you Add in all the bathroom breaks and the Fact that we're on a bus like I feel
Like moving forward I got to Automatically add a half an hour but on The way there it took us like we were in The country man like I my phone was in SOS mode for like an hour I didn't know Where we were on the way back we took All highways so it was like a little bit Better but yeah it was crazy and you Know the funny thing is so we just had Practice this morning we play we have Our home opener tomorrow and like my Message to the team was like listen we Got a lot of youngsters so we got a lot Of kids adjusting to a lot of different Things that have to play a lot of Minutes and you know I think there's Like this unspoken thing with freshman Where you can't be vocal and you can't Lead because you're not an upper Classman and I'm like you guys you have No choice like I don't care if you've Been here two days or you've been here Two years like you guys got to be vocal And you got to step out of your shelves Or it's going to be a really long season So yeah I I noticed um the same thing With the Yukon women um they would put Paige In and uh they would get a lead and take Her out and she was trying to facilitate With uh the Freshman um and get them involved and She was frustrated when they weren't Making the plays that they should have
Um my friend Kelly had watched the game Intently and uh she she just could see You know they put Paige in they'd get a Lead and then um They take her out and the other team Would come back and it was just a it was Just a tough back and forth battle um The game Sunday I believe it was so I Mean it's it's G to be interesting to See what happens when they go down to When they play South Carolina that's That's crazy right off the bat yeah well They got North Carolina First oh it's North Carolina first okay yeah and but North Carolina is good um so that'll be A a big test and yeah it's crazy because You know she's got a couple of freshmen That are playing big minutes she's got K Chen who is the transfer which you know She's a she's a grad student but at this Level she's still a newbie right and I Think she's I think she's doing really Well and then you got Janna from Egypt Who was out all last year with an Achilles so even though she was on the Team right she's really still a freshman Too so right you know very young Team yeah um but yeah I thought I Thought they looked good I thought um You know everybody did some some really Good things the other day and that's What you want early on I mean you know I Think unfortunately for Paige until she Can get some of her uh classmates and
Upper classman back um you know It's like ay like A's a big part of it Yeah you got ay um you know you got Aubrey Griffin you got Caroline duch Charm um so you still got some upper Classmen that aren't you know back and I Don't know what the timetable is for Them but you know anytime you can get You know and then the whole thing is Like all right now they haven't played In a long time and how do they adjust so It'll be an interesting year I mean Listen none of it really matters until March anyways right no no no and they Should be they should be fine in the Big East right in the conference Yeah I mean there's a couple of good Teams in the conference um you know that Are returning some people they're out of Conference schedule is tough Yeah but you know they should be all Right I I have I have faith that they'll String it together I mean you know no One's gonna play as hard as them and and Execute as well it'll just be a matter Of you know some of these youngsters Start playing like upper classman really Fast yeah David mentioned that Um just by talking with you he can see Leadership qualities and life qualities That were instilled in you from an early Age that have transpired and taking Place and had put you where you are Gino Really sets you up for life like with
Everything all his messages everything He preaches as a coach and I that was Very interesting to to see um what would What did you take away from your first Experience coaching at the college level Um did you start F I know you coach the Yukon but I mean you know running your Own Dairy is a little bit different um Did you guys did you feel you got off to A good start did did you feel yeah I Mean so we played we played three good Quarters on Saturday you know we uh we Came out strong in the first quarter it Was 144 after the first the second Quarter you know it's the hard part is When you're Miss missing kids and some Of those KS like we were missing one of Our starting guards who was a senior and I think you know that leadership from a Basketball perspective it's it's a it's A big gap you know because she kind of Steady's the game and and we didn't have Her on Saturday we'll have her back this Week which will be great but when you Have freshmen in key roles that have Never experienced like you go from the High school level and even though it's D3 it's it's a whole other gear you know Um you know and unfortunately for us we Have a lot of key kids that are freshmen And they're going to do freshman stuff So you know it's hard when you don't Have a a really big return in core which We don't have I mean it's really
Positive for the future you know um as You Flash Forward two years from now and Those kids will all be upper classman And you know they'll know the stuff They'll know how to play and you know It's nerves like we had one kid um Sub In that I thought was gonna play really Well she played horrible but she looked Scared you know like you're overwhelmed She was injured so she didn't play in The two scrimmages so I think for me It's like you know the hardest part Right now I Think is that I'm I'm so used to a Certain standard right and I've Experienced it in the other two places I've coached where when you come in you Got to kind of like revamp and reset a Standard of how we do things and you Know how we how we cut and how we defend And you know it's a lot for freshmen to Come in do that and then be held to such A high standard so I think that you know One of the greatest things that I Learned uh at Yukon you know through Coach and CD and and Jamelle is you know The way you do anything is the way you Do everything so you know that Focus That like that locked in mentality that You got to have at that level like I Have it in everything um you do but the Game the game is so slow for me even Though it's fast because of the amount Of hours that I've put in and the
Standard that I've used to approach it So it's it's hard to get kids to see Things like this morning I had to Practice a little bit because we were Missing a couple kids you know out there Yeah I'm making and I don't even have my Shoes tied and I'm like I'm making Passes where these kids are like oh Coach but I'm like I already know where People are going to be open before They're even open and it's just a matter Of reps it's just a matter of you know Trying to see the game a little bit Differently and that doesn't matter what Level you play at right because that's All stuff that you can learn um and I Think like my big thing right now and a Couple of my mentors which has been Great uh the last couple of days like I Just got to be patient you know it's Just not a skill that I possess it's Just you know I want success now and It's sometimes it doesn't happen Immediately and I'm just preaching like If we could just get 1% better every day Like if you Flash Forward 30 days you're 30% Better we all want that instant Gratification and you took on a job that Was not the easiest situation to walk Into and And you're you're seeing what division Three life is like you know with with With the bus the bathrooms I got hired
Late too right so like yeah really late These kids didn't even do anything for Like two three months from a basketball Perspective like maybe some pickup here And there but you know for the most part It's you know we're a month in where Most teams are three months in you know So it's you know we're behind the Eightball a little bit but like I said Um I'm just staying positive um you know I think come January will be really Dangerous if we can just really like I Said focus on getting 1% better every Day um and getting these kids to like Even even just something as simple as Like remembering the read on the play or Being patient like you assume kids are Going to be patient and like they get Out there and it's like the ball's on Fire um off offensively What type of offense are you running are You running some type of motion offense Are you Ty running some type of Isolation offense we we run like Position list so you know trying trying To get them to just read and cut each Other and you know you know we have some One hitters if we're looking for a Specific you know spot or to get someone A look that we want to get but you know For the most part right now it's kind of Like you know it's so understated and We've talked about this before but these Kids come out and like from a skill
Perspect perspective they're really Strong but in terms of like actually Playing the game they're so far behind Like something as simple as like you Pass the ball you got to move somewhere Like you can't just stand there you got A scen you got a C like you would think That kids in college know how to do that And they just don't yet you know so it's Like move I have a three second rule if You're standing in the same spot for Three seconds go Somewhere you know it's uh it's so it's Stuff like that and you know I'm trying To teach that in the offense because if We can get that down then we can get Into some different you know motions and Plays where we can get very specific Looks off of it but right now it's just Move like move the ball stop dribbling So much um which at times is frustrating But we'll get there did you find that Some of the girls were besides the one But the girls in general were hesitant To take shots oh my God I've never I Said to my assistant and I were laughing The other day we've been coaching Together for quite a bit now um and I Said this is the first team I've ever Coached where I have to tell kids to Shoot like normally it's the other way Around like a kid takes a shot too early Or like forces it these kids the other Day we probably passed up 30 open
Shots they they just didn't want to take It yeah and then and then we get down And it's like okay the shot clock's Running down and now we we got to take Some crazy shot because we don't want to Just shoot when we're open it's it's Wild I mean it's good from a perspective That I don't feel like we have any kids On our team that are Selfish so that's a positive because Every other team I've coach there's been One or two kids that like you got to Tell them like listen move the ball so We don't have that issue but what They're not understanding is that you Come off a screen and you're wide open For a jumper that might be the best look We get that set right like that Possession and now you passed it up and Now we're taking a much lower percentage Shot because you passed it up so you Know you become easier to guard when you Won't shoot um very you know and like Listen if you don't shoot the ball can't Go in right so it's like we go down and I'm like all right we just passed up Three open shots you know and some of That again is nerves I think you know Our our guard that we missing a lot of Those shots she would have taken whether They would have gone in or not is Irrelevant but like at least it gives us An opportunity to Score so definitely a positive that none
Of them are are selfish and only looking For them because that's a whole that's a Whole other issue that you got to coach Through right like if you got one kid That's gunning it every single time they Touch it which I've had before yeah and Then everybody everybody gets kind of Down because they're like ah as soon as The ball gets swinged it's going up but We don't have that we have the opposite Where it's like guys shoot the ball like We can't score if we don't shoot it's Crazy yeah yeah did you um did you guys Travel well did the parents come uh we Had a couple of parents there we had Some some people you know some Alum There you know it was tough it was uh Because it was such a far drive and we Have you know kids that are uh from the Total opposite side of the state so You're talking like a five hour drive or Something parents but you know I'm Looking forward we got two home games This week so I hope we get a decent Crowd that comes out for those um yeah Yeah Wednesday right yeah we play Tomorrow we play Mount St Vincent and Then yes we play I Believe York College On Saturday yes York College in Danburry yeah I don't know where the Heck it is it's over the B it's at the O'Neal Center in in Danberry Connecticut Which I oh yeah that's where yeah that's Where we play that's our home game and
I'm not Sure yeah um yeah I'm not sure where York is either I've never it's Non-conference though correct yeah still Non-conference we don't have our first Conference game until this Sunday uh After Thanksgiving so okay okay yeah I'm Trying to see where York is I've never Heard of the York Cardinals oh they're From Jersey okay yeah yeah I was going To say they're it's not too far of a Drive maybe like two hours two and a Half but but we're home so irrelevant But um yeah Okay okay okay I see it I see it I see It they're um I'm sorry they are in Jamaica New York they're in Jamaica New York York College York College and then You have Nicholls which is in h Massachusetts and they're they're Playing at home Yep yep so and then then John J yep so we got ouple games coming up Which is Good so your your Inc conference Schedule is that like uh ploth State Elmyra kobal Skill uh yeah so we got like Keen State Southern Maine Eastern R yeah it's it's a pretty strong Conference so Um yeah you know we play everybody home And away um conference Play Everybody Twice right right right you Mass
Dartmouth yeah you Mass Massachusetts Wow wow Wow wow Um that's that's an that's a that's A the schedule is like a lot of Driving like the road games I mean You're in Vermont you're in Maine um Massachusetts wow I mean it's It's it's kind of spread out For um a division three Schedule that's why we need buses with Bathrooms man because you need bues with Bathrooms I can't believe that so the You just got on there and the bus driers Like uh yeah just so you know uh we Don't have any bathrooms the bathrooms Don't work yeah it was it was bad it bad It's bad news did you did you tell the Ad yeah she was like you know because Anything over two hours and we're Supposed to have a bath you know we get On the bus on the way home and like when You're on the way home you just want to Get home right especially especially After a loss Like we're not even a half an hour into The drive and one of the girls is like Coach I have to go to the bathroom and I'm like oh my gosh this is going to be Like brutal but you know what are you Going to do well at least you were on The highway so was there were some rest Stops cuz you know the the other way to Go when you're on the back roads there's
Nowhere there's nowhere to really stop There's not even street lights back There it's like pitch BL no there's Not but yeah so uh that was our first uh Our first road game um you're baptized You're baptized you're now you're now an Official head coach yep it was funny Because I was just like sitting there And I was like oh man this is the D3 Life we're just on a bus no bathroom Driving four hours on a Saturday it's Great but um you know it's all it's all Good I mean you know those are the times When you get to chill with your Teammates and you know you form bonds And stuff like that so it's it's all Good but I felt the same way when I Coached at uh udica University when uh we were driving uh Three and a half four hours to Alford University and back I was like never in My life what I picture going to Alfred Twice in the same season it's like it's Like Crazy but uh but I mean so how did you Get a 9:30 practice on a Tuesday I mean that that's interesting We practiced uh seven to nine so we have Uh there's like one week left of Volleyball so there's a home volleyball Game tonight so because we're Hosting the gym is not available later So it's either like go practice for a Half an hour the day before a game or go
Early and like I me personally like I Mean it sinks because I live like an Hour away but I rather get in and get it Over with and have the rest of the day Than kind of just like hanging around I Mean we technically could have practiced At 9:00 tonight yeah you do it's like i' Rather them rest their bodies for the Rest of the day and you know feel nice And fresh tomorrow so we actually did That last Friday we practiced at 7 a.m. Too so Um you know it was uh it's interesting Because you got the kids like you can Tell just some kids are just not morning People and then some actually some Actually look a little bit better in the Morning they're like more alert so it's Um are they allowed to get something to Eat before uh practice is there any way To get to the dining hall before Practice I mean I don't know how many of Them hit the dining hall at 6:30 this Morning but yeah we watched film at 7 And then we went 7:15 to like 9:15 on The floor so um but I'm sure a bunch of Them were heading over to the C Afterwards yeah that that's when you hit Like a a quest bar and a power a you Know or a banana Yeah right right that's that is so true That is so true um because we went to Morning practices and I felt that I mean I I I like doing it better I like doing
It better because like this it gets the Kids off their feet the rest of the day And they can take the night classes that They need and it just it made things Easier but like I I understand with with You living an hour away It is not easy that is a lot no I mean I Was driving there this morning and I was Like H and it's still dark you know Because the not happen right because Daylight Savings um and and we practiced until 7:30 last night so I got home oh and You're right back and I'm right back so Um yeah listen it is it is what it is I Don't mind getting up you know and Having the rest of my day too because Then it gives me the ability to do a lot Of other stuff that I need to do so um You know I don't want to I don't want to Practice at 7: a.m. every day because The problem for me too is that when I Practice early my assistants aren't There because they have jobs so correct It's just me oh so it's just you okay Yeah which which is again isn't the end Of the world like I'm highly capable of Running practice but you know it's tough Because you can't do split work you know Where you know you have guards on one End post on the other there the only one Coach there to run it um so it's just a Little bit different today we did a Bunch of scout stuff and you know just
Kind of reiterated our plays and Offenses that we put in because I I Still struggle to get all the kids there You know every day for practice so yeah Um you know it's not it's not the Easiest so the morning is nice because I Get all the kids okay so you do get all The kids when you when you don't get all The kids do you try to meet with them Individually or meet with them as a Group and watch film and go over things With them yeah when you have the time is Uh we've tried to record like a lot of Stuff that we do at practice for the Kids that aren't there so they can go in And what they've missed um you know it's Just funny like the other day when you Know I had to play some kids I normally Maybe wouldn't have played as much on Saturday and it's like you know three People know to play and then the other Two don't and like the funny part is we Use huddle so that's where all our video And stuff is and I'll be like you know You guys need to go in and review the Stuff that we missed and you can check And see who's watching too well that's That's the best part right so I Rhetorically ask on Saturday like how Many of you guys went in and reviewed All this stuff you know everybody Everybody's hand goes up and I'm like You guys are lying you're all lying some Of you guys haven't even activated your
Accounts yet and I can see down to the Second how much film they've actually Gone and watched you know that's Hilarious it's tough you know and it's You know some of the kids like you know Who's going to go in and who's going to Watch and then there's some kids like They get it already so maybe they don't Need to but um it's always interesting Because everybody always is like oh yeah I went in and watch until I say oh Really like you guys realize that I I Can see you realize I know Yeah so what what what's the rest of Your day now look like you had your Practice um where are you off to now so I'm gonna go home right now shower and Then I have um you meetings client Client meetings for the rest of the day Um you know I'll break down some more Film today I'll watch some more of St Vincent for tomorrow just so that you Know and again it's it's still that Weird time of the year because we're Their first gamees so you know the Scout That I'm basing it off of is from last Year yeah so you know I'm assuming They're gonna run some of the same but Who knows they could have they could be Like us and have totally different People and different whatever so you Know I just I'll go in and try to Prepare as best as possible after Tomorrow we should be able to at least
Um have at least a game that they've Played already this year because by the Time we get to Saturday uh York would have already Played a game so we'll pull that so It'll be a little bit more streamlined How does the film exchange work with you Guys you guys send each other film no It's not even not not sound but so we Have symmetry so you can go and pull Pretty much any game off of symmetry um When you when you play a team the home Team exchanges the huddle with you know The game film with the team that they Just played so it's it's pretty easy now It used to be like you know you give us Two games we'll give you two games Correct But now that everybody has symmetry you Can kind of just go on and pull whatever You need to so oh you can yeah you have Access to whatever you want yeah which Is better that way versus you know Having to hunt people down to exchange Film it's just like you know just put it Out there disaster most of these teams Stream live now anyways ever since Co so Um you know you could technically just Go in and screen record a game and and Pull it there so it's not a huge deal But um so yeah so that's the rest of my Day and then uh tomorrow I have kind of A neat day I um I have two kids from Greens Farms Academy that I coached last
Year have their uh national uh signing Day tomorrow so I'll hop over and oh That's great yeah I have one kid who's Signing with Princeton and then another Who's signing with high point so I'll Get to see them and you know celebrate That a little bit and then I'll head Over to Danberry for the game so that's That's really special that got a kid to Princeton I mean that's that is not Easy yeah great kid too I mean she's Going for soccer she probably could play Basketball too but um she's a phenomenal Basketball player but great student Great all round kid and then uh the Other kid have you ever seen High Point University I I have not no it is one of The most beautiful campuses I've ever Seen where is it it's in North Carolina It's it's gorgeous um so she's going There great Academic School great Basketball program so yeah I'm really I'm really excited for both of them and To be able to be there tomorrow and Watch them sign is really Cool yeah um I I did want to ask you What are you uh what are you running Defensively are you playing man are you Playing zone are you pressing yeah we do A little bit of everything so we'll play Man um we'll play like a one two two Trapping press we you know the other day We did some manful court press um you Know it's the nice thing about having a
Lot of freshmen is you got you got young Legs um we have a decent sized roster so You know we can sub people in pretty Quickly try to get some stops and Subs So you know we'll run you know I'm Trying to get them right now to just Offensively play faster like they tend To just kind of walk the ball up and I'm Like why like we want to get transition We got to go yeah more possessions yeah We worked on that the last two days you Know getting someone to the basket line Faster and getting the ball at the court So we'll see how that goes tomorrow I'm Hopeful that it'll be Better but Yeah um and what did you think I I I Just saw this the Yukon is playing Louisville in Germany On Thursday oh no I thought it was next Year oh next year I'm sorry I'm sorry It's next year yes yeah I mean that's Crazy it's such a great experience when You get to travel abroad um yeah so I I Love seeing stuff like that like I know USB just finished up playing in Paris I Mean what an experience you know um you Know my my four years when I was at Yukon we got kind of screwed because you Know once every four years you're Supposed to be able to travel abroad Well my sophomore year 911 happened and That kind of like shut down that's right
We were one of the only classes that Never got to go play abroad which you Know was unfortunate but um yeah I think It's I think it's really cool I wish They would do more of that type of stuff I think you know women's basketball Abroad has become so Popular um it's that it's great if you Could take two teams from the states and Go over there and play a game you know Get to experience a different culture I Mean I lived in Germany uh Germany is Such a cool place love it yeah it's Gorgeous there I mean a lot of history a Lot of different things you can see so I'm excited they they love they they Love their Americans Too yeah y um Yukon you know with the Injury situation and playing so many Young players do you see them staying um Ranked number two do you see them Dropping some games in the Non-conference schedule because they Play they they play a fairly difficult Non-conference schedule they're fairly Inexperienced and they're still coming Back with you know those injured players Do you think that they'll uh stay strong I mean you know we got the best player In the country in Paage we got the best coaching staff in The country in my opinion um yeah you Know we got some really nice pieces and You know I mean could we drop a couple
Yeah of course you know I mean I think Anytime that you're not rostered deep And somebody gets into foul trouble or Somebody doesn't play well on the road Like that could happen but I I think We'll stay ranked pretty high until Somebody knocks us off Um we already saw a couple of you know Top 15 teams lose uh Duke lost to Maryland the other day um I thought Maryland looked really good um they did You know they got a couple of of Recruits and transfers in that are that Are playing really Well um so I thought lost Too the Katon loss um you know so we've Seen some teams you know NC State played Well against South Carolina I thought They hung in there I think that you know We're starting to see like hey it Doesn't matter if South Carolina Graduated a couple of people they're Still pretty loaded um so I I thought They looked really good against NC State Um you know they obviously graduated Camila Cardoza but you know they had two Other players step right into the mix And play really well so um I think They're another team like until they get Knocked off they're going to just stay Up There and Gino is I believe one win away From tying the alltime Record yeah it's crazy because you know
Obviously they got to get through North Carolina um and if everything goes as Planned next Wednesday uh when all of us are up there For his 40th on on my birthday you should be Breaking it for the all time winning his Coach so it should be a pretty special Night um you know either way it'll be Special because we'll be celebrating him In CD in their foure season but it would Be even more special if he becomes the The alltime winning as coach with bunch Of us there in the stand so I'm excited To get back there and support and just Be a part of you know this amazing Culture that they've built no I I'm not Familiar with um unfortunately Tera van Dver D is that how you say her last name V yeah Vander Vander Terra Vander um What's her story I mean how long did she Coach for and uh do do you know like did She retire recently or was it something That happened a while ago no last year Was her last year okay um yep it was Towards the end of the season where she Decided you know that that would be her Last year I mean she's been at Stanford Like over 30 years I don't think she's Quite hit her 40th year like wow I would Have to look that up Um I'll do that right now because I'm Interested but yeah I mean she's been Kind of a staple and again one of those
Coaches that has really just always Always been Successful um and I thought it was Pat Summit too I didn't know I didn't know It was Her yeah well well don't forget you know Obviously um I had to step down I forgot About that yeah yeah um you know rest in Peace obviously you know she she would For sure be right up there with them if She was still around or was able to Coach a little bit y Longer um but yeah it's just crazy some Of these coaches the amount of success That they've had um at the same University for so long yeah and we're Going to see less and less of that 38 Seasons that was her season yeah We're gonna see less and less of That yeah be because athletic directors Don't have patience and the money is Changing everything you know I I had Talked to Mike Burton um for bleeding Blue and this is going to be the first Season that television Revenue the Schools are going to be able to pay out To the student Athletes and Yukon doesn't you know get Television Revenue at least for Football so he was saying you know how Challenging it's going to be because They're going to have to raise more Money for for the collective because They're not going to get the television
Revenue it's it's $20 Million um cap a year that each school Is going to get to spend on their you Know a athletic department and that's What uh that's what Yukon isn't going to Have so and and you know Dave was saying That right now Yukon is having success Because of Coach Hurley and Coach Ori They're the institutions they're the Foundations they are why kids want to Come play in Stores And what what whatever happens if coach Hurley goes to the league in a few years Gino steps down and whenever he does It's going to be a challenge without Those Resources without those financial Resources so I really hope that we are Able to get into a Conference um to get that Revenue Because it's going to make all the Difference in the world we have the best Facilities we have so much great Talent but if we don't get that Revenue It's it's going to be devastating Because we're you know a publicly funded University we're we're state school and That's you know that's what kind of Scares us we we we have nightmares about That we just we just hope that we find a Way to to get into one of the power five Schools and then the rest will take care Of itself because I think if we do we'll
Be able to compete I think if we do well Especially basketball wise basketball I Mean Big 10 SEC ACC do you think Yukon would be fine Would be Successful basketball wise yeah they Would they would be fine in any of those Conferences um you know they G to Steamroll everybody like they do in the Big East probably not but you know They're still going to be at the Top If Not the top of those conferences I Believe yeah but you know it's like the Flip side of it is where would our Football team be which by the way Speaking about football did you see the Clip yesterday Morgan actually sent it To me where they were ragging on Dan on Uh the show about his uh QB rating or Whatever Thunder Dan yeah Yeah he did not he did not seem happy About that no no he takes it very Personally he takes it very personally Thunder Dan Dude you know what I give him all the Credit in the world he I think he was a Fifth round pick and he lasted like 13 14 15 years I mean he always had a job No way no way he did I'm telling you no Way I'm gonna look that up I don't think That's accurate that can't be he he Played more he played more than 10 years I because I remember being surprised That he like he was on the sideline when
Pton Manning was There Um obviously with Detroit but I mean he he bounced around Quite a bit Um let me See 12 12 Seasons yeah he played 12 Years like I never you never would have Expected that um primarily says Primarily as a backup yeah he he didn't He he didn't start um I mean he's he's Most famous for you know running out the Back of the end zone but other other Than that um I mean actually start that Says despite playing in very few games Arlovski managed to have a 12year Professional Career but you know I think like with Dan what I always appreciated about him Is uh his attention to detail of the Game and like being a student of the Game so I think when you have a guy that Uh is committed in that way it's like It's not a it's not a loss on the roster Because it's good to have some of those Guys around you know um I mean there are There are worse jobs to have than only Having to stand on the sideline for 12 Years and making Buco bucks so I I than Then Yeah so well my at the end of my senior Year I thank Dan and uh Terry called Um because without them Yukon football Would not have had the success that it
Had like they spring boarded it Especially you know Dan did 2002 2003 um 2003 he just tore it up 2004 his First year in the Big East his his stats Dropped a little bit but then you know After him you know we we really Struggled to to get a good quarterback That was that was the issue we really Struggled to to get a another Quarterback like Dan and Dan committed To Yukon as a sophomore I mean um yeah He's a conne he a Connecticut kid Shelton yep Shelton a valley boy Although you know I don't know how much He would admit that now but he is a Valley Guy I wonder where he does live now I Wonder if he lives right by Bliss Bristol or no he lives in Westport he Does live in Westport okay yeah he you Know the other guy is Shawn M I gotta Find him Shawn M Connecticut too I know I know he is but he always used to be on The the Yukon broadcast when they had The old Big East Network yeah and he did A good job he did a great job I used to Text him all the time when he was on the Air to screw with him and he'd respond To me and I thought he did a great job And then I I haven't been able to find Him yeah do you if you if you have his Number still text me his number you know What I don't ever see him on social Media I I'm friends with him I never do
Either I I I I on it a lot they have I Think they have two kids yes um you know I know his uh wife had a battle with Cancer she's she's such a trooper um I Follow her online and you know we Comment each other's stuff so I can Message her and see if we can get Sean's Number and get him on here to talk some Sports no because I always love Sean Yeah he's a good dude I I used to get Him Yankees tickets all the time when I Had a connection there and Maggie a Sweetheart she's uh she's she's how did You know his wife was she a Yukon girl She's yeah she's Yukon girl too um okay And I had met her I think through him Like a couple of different times um so Yeah we're we're uh you know I say we're Facebook friends we've never like hung Out but um okay you follow and support And like and comment and stuff and she She's great so all right yeah just Message her and see because I I'd love To I'd love to catch up with him I'd Love to talk with him I'd love to get Him on the show so I haven't heard from Him in a while but um I know you have to Go to your meeting and get to your day And you already had your practice um We'll be watching closely for tomorrow Um your your gam stream on your website Do you guys do you know if you do okay All right so I'll Westcon website click On our schedule and then there'll be a
Link to be able to live stream we're at Uh beautiful six o'clock tomorrow I'll Definitely I'll definitely watch for Sure I'll definitely watch for sure so And uh Lea's good family's good Everyone's happy everybody's great man Every everything's good all right Well Maria I I love you I'm glad that You got your first game under your belt And you're gonna rebound from it and You're gonna you guys will continue to Develop improve and be great so and I Know you won't get discouraged because Nobody's one more than you so you can Handle it you can get through anything So I'll be watching I'll be watching Tomorrow and uh I'll I'll keep in touch And thank you again so for The Western Connecticut State women's Basketball coach my cohort who hates Buses that do not have bathrooms Maria Conan I am the best podcast host in Universe Steve Cully this has been husky Talk conversations with Cully and conin Remember when life gives you lemons Don't make lemonade take two oranges and Hope your bus has a
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