Speaker 1: Time for a postseason one v one And for this one,
Speaker 1: we go to Emory because we talked to coaches when
Speaker 1: they keep winning and they keep doing things, So we
Speaker 1: go to Emory catch up with Sue Patburg. So, how
Speaker 1: was your weekend?
Speaker 2: Cold and great? That's awesome, that's awesome.
Speaker 1: Yeah, when you hit zeros on the clock and it's like, oh, Vegas,
Speaker 1: that's never a bad thing. So what how long did
Speaker 1: it take to sync in about the gravity of what
Speaker 1: had happened there with the with the team and the
Speaker 1: steps that are going on here in the postseason.
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we were getting shelled in that
Speaker 2: Amherst game. We were just fighting to keep the ball
Speaker 2: out of our end. And you know, of course, when
Speaker 2: you're losing, the clock go so fast, and when you're winning,
Speaker 2: it's so slow, Like everybody knows, and so it's just
Speaker 2: one of those things you're finally you know as coaches,
Speaker 2: it just it's a little bit different. I think a
Speaker 2: lot of relief and joy, and but the relief comes
Speaker 2: first and then the joy, at least for me.
Speaker 1: So when you go back to back, how difficult is
Speaker 1: it in a postseason situation because you go up against
Speaker 1: Laura's and then you go through ninety minutes, and then
Speaker 1: you go through all of it and it's a one
Speaker 1: to one draw. Then you go to PKS and the
Speaker 1: angst that's associated with that. But then you can't sit
Speaker 1: and think about it because literally twenty four hours, I
Speaker 1: would guess shortly less than twenty four hours after you've
Speaker 1: completed it, you've got to turn around and take on Amherst.
Speaker 1: I mean, is it how much of a challenge is
Speaker 1: that for a staff to go back to back with
Speaker 1: the angst of PKS and then turn back around, shut
Speaker 1: it all down, remember what happened, get it off to
Speaker 1: the side, and then go up against Amherst.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's actually it's it's a mind boggling
Speaker 2: to be honest, that the NCAA still makes us play
Speaker 2: back to back like we're the only division that has
Speaker 2: to play back to back. It's absolutely mind boggling. That aside,
Speaker 2: it's a quick recovery and it's all about recovery. It's
Speaker 2: all about getting food in them, it's all about starting
Speaker 2: the rehab. Luckily for us, the hotel we had had
Speaker 2: an indoor pool, so we got them in the pool
Speaker 2: to move around and then the lobby looked like triage center.
Speaker 2: I mean it was, and luckily again we had a
Speaker 2: massive lobby and you know, come back down from your
Speaker 2: room putting your stuff away, and the players are just
Speaker 2: like scattered all over the floor. I mean, our loan
Speaker 2: trainer is just working on like ten different people. The
Speaker 2: kids are rolling out, they're you know, doing massage guns.
Speaker 3: I mean.
Speaker 2: The great thing is our our team is really good
Speaker 2: about taking care of their bodies and they know what
Speaker 2: they need and the last for help and so yeah,
Speaker 2: that is a quick one.
Speaker 1: I mean it's I I this is where I would
Speaker 1: say I don't envy you in these situations because of
Speaker 1: the back to back and the learning. Let me get
Speaker 1: to the learning aspect of it here a little bit.
Speaker 1: How much advanced studying do you get in? Do you
Speaker 1: sit there and take a coach and it's like, okay,
Speaker 1: you've done all you can for us. As we get
Speaker 1: ready for Lauris I need you to go study the
Speaker 1: Amhurst game? Do you do that? Or is it just
Speaker 1: once it's over? Do you guys lock yourself in a room?
Speaker 1: What do you do here?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I mean we're pretty you know, right or wrong, We're
Speaker 2: really a staff that's locked into the next game. Sure,
Speaker 2: we're going to take a peek at Amherst. We're going
Speaker 2: to look and see what their schedule look like, their wins, losses,
Speaker 2: but we're not really doing too much of a deep
Speaker 2: dive on them because it doesn't matter if you can't
Speaker 2: get past laws. And so we're very much a team
Speaker 2: that's you know, focused on the next game, and then
Speaker 2: of course after that we're watching. And the great thing
Speaker 2: for us again too, is that we have a staff
Speaker 2: of four coaches and they're all on huddle and we're
Speaker 2: all watching various aspects of all the games we can
Speaker 2: get our hands on.
Speaker 1: So so you process all of this and what is uh,
Speaker 1: you know now that you're getting into a different kind
Speaker 1: of a study hall. It's William Smith in Las Vegas
Speaker 1: on Friday night, Eastern time. What do you know about them?
Speaker 1: How much studying have you done? As you and I
Speaker 1: are catching up here early in the week. Was it
Speaker 1: was it a weekend once you once you got uh,
Speaker 1: once you got that assignment. Have you been spending all
Speaker 1: week looking at them? What's it been like? No?
Speaker 3: Actually I would love to have spent the week looking
Speaker 3: at them, but we got back late on Monday night,
Speaker 3: a light training, Tuesday, Wednesday week a morning training, and
Speaker 3: then it was Thanksgiving and our staff traveled.
Speaker 2: Our whole staff travel for Thanksgiving. Players had a couple
Speaker 2: of days off, and then we have all I think
Speaker 2: like I watched our Amhurst game and cut that up
Speaker 2: for our team to watch on Sunday so we can
Speaker 2: watch ourselves. That's always our deal. We want with else first,
Speaker 2: when we watched the next team we're going to play,
Speaker 2: and I think all of our staff has watched various
Speaker 2: bits and pieces and parts of games and watch goals,
Speaker 2: and so we've all seen William Smith in different games.
Speaker 2: But we're still working on the deep dive aspects because
Speaker 2: the travel plans and so many things that you have
Speaker 2: to do to get ready for this event. Being a
Speaker 2: national championship, there's there's a lot more things in the
Speaker 2: itinerary than when we just go and play Oh my gosh, yes, yes.
Speaker 1: Like dot dot dot question mark.
Speaker 4: Well, just like, Okay, you've got to buy the extra
Speaker 4: banquet tickets by this date, and you've got to get
Speaker 4: your hotel rooms secured by this date, which was literally
Speaker 4: the day after we had traveled until eight pm Monday, night,
Speaker 4: you know, and then we're practicing at three, so you've got.
Speaker 2: To do that before. But a lot of times, you know,
Speaker 2: they're three hours behind us, so you can't call the
Speaker 2: hotel until eleven in the morning. Nobody's answering, you know,
Speaker 2: just just logistical things like that and finding practice. We're
Speaker 2: going out early on Wednesday, so finding ourselves a practice
Speaker 2: facility on Wednesday. There's just things that take time, and
Speaker 2: you know, but it's great. It's all part of it,
Speaker 2: and it's great to have to do that, and you know,
Speaker 2: we're super excited.
Speaker 1: What does this mean for the program on the whole
Speaker 1: to have reached a final four?
Speaker 2: You know, it's it's everybody's dream, right, I mean, it's
Speaker 2: it's been our program's dream. We've only been here once before,
Speaker 2: and you know, been fighting tooth and nail to try
Speaker 2: to get back here. And you know, I think anytime
Speaker 2: you're you're in this position, you're obviously your current team
Speaker 2: it's representing themselves, right, but you're you're really representing your
Speaker 2: whole program and every player that has put in their
Speaker 2: heart and soul into the program before them, And you know,
Speaker 2: you want to make all of those alumni who are
Speaker 2: so invested in are blowing you up and making the
Speaker 2: trip out there. You want to make them proud as well.
Speaker 2: And so it's not just a moment for our current
Speaker 2: team and our current staff, but it's for the past
Speaker 2: staffs and the past players. And so it's a really
Speaker 2: exciting time. And the support that we're getting here at
Speaker 2: Emory is just amazing from the other coaches, from the
Speaker 2: other staff members. I mean, it's just it's really fun.
Speaker 2: It's really really fun.
Speaker 1: Has your phone blown up?
Speaker 2: It has? It has a great way and a great way.
Speaker 1: What's the most random unanticipated contact that you've had, either
Speaker 1: in a text, a WhatsApp message if you do WhatsApp,
Speaker 1: or in a phone call.
Speaker 2: No, my gosh, that's a tough one. Well, I don't know.
Speaker 2: I got several of those unexpected text messages, you know,
Speaker 2: from friends that are Division one coaches, two players that
Speaker 2: are living abroad and Sweden and Hong Kong and Germany,
Speaker 2: and you know it just the list goes on to
Speaker 2: a former longtime assistant who's coming to Vegas, you know,
Speaker 2: to support us. I mean, it's just yeah, it's just
Speaker 2: a tremendous outpouring of well wishes and parents past player
Speaker 2: parents who have been emailing us like crazy.
Speaker 1: As you balance the whirlwind here. So you're leaving Wednesday
Speaker 1: to get out there so you can be at banquets
Speaker 1: and presentations and walks of fame and this kind of stuff.
Speaker 1: Is that what the deal is?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think it'll be great to get on.
Speaker 2: You know, it's like anybody who's taking some big trip,
Speaker 2: whatever the trip is, you have all the stuff that
Speaker 2: you have to do, and then you get to the
Speaker 2: airport and then you get on the plane and you're like, Okay,
Speaker 2: there's nothing else I can do right now, Like right now,
Speaker 2: I just need to be in this moment. And I
Speaker 2: think we're looking forward to that, to that part, to
Speaker 2: getting on the plane when we know, okay, now we
Speaker 2: just need to be in the moment and I know,
Speaker 2: stay focused on the goal.
Speaker 1: Peter Johann Memorial Field, nine o'clock Eastern time, Friday night
Speaker 1: on the sixth. That is Emory and William Smith coach.
Speaker 1: As always, thanks for dropping by and hanging out with
Speaker 1: us for a one v one b safe, have fun,
Speaker 1: enjoy the final four. Thanks for dropping by as you
Speaker 1: always do, and may the SDH bump continue with you.
Speaker 1: As you hit that final four, thank you,