Today in: "Welcome to the Chaos Interview" Morgan E. Valley assistant coach of Washington Husky
Where did
your basketball knowledge come from?
I have just grown up playing and watching...
Why did you
decide to become a coach?
When I got to college I realized it was a way to stay in the game. I wanted to play until I could not and then
get into coaching and teach young people what I was taught. Not only about basketball but about life as
well.
What has
been the best moment in your sporting life so far? And the worst?
Best: As a player winning 3
National Championships. As a Coach,
going to the final four last year.
Worst: As a player getting injured.
As a coach, seeing a young person not finish what they started.
What are
your goals for this season, both individually and as a team?
Our goals are always to get better.
To improve a little every day. 1
degree better all around. That's what we
are striving for this year.
What’s the
difference between being good and being great?
Little things...It's always little things. If you can do little things great your pretty
much unstoppable.
What are
the foundations of a solid basketball program?
Discipline, carry over, attention to detail. Hard work!
What’s the
best way to build team chemistry?
Finding players who enjoy the game and enjoy each other.
Last season
you guys made it to the Final Four, did you think at any point during the
season that reaching the Final Four was a possibility?
I think anything is possible when you have great players like we
do.
What
memories do you have from the Final Four?
Just the looks on their faces...the excitement they had, the raw
emotions they showed. I'll never for get
it!
I have just grown up playing and watching...
When I got to college I realized it was a way to stay in the game. I wanted to play until I could not and then get into coaching and teach young people what I was taught. Not only about basketball but about life as well.
Best: As a player winning 3 National Championships. As a Coach, going to the final four last year.
Our goals are always to get better. To improve a little every day. 1 degree better all around. That's what we are striving for this year.
Little things...It's always little things. If you can do little things great your pretty much unstoppable.
Discipline, carry over, attention to detail. Hard work!
Finding players who enjoy the game and enjoy each other.
I think anything is possible when you have great players like we do.
Just the looks on their faces...the excitement they had, the raw emotions they showed. I'll never for get it!
Kelsey Plum is a great basketball player. On the court she is like to shark, always in attack mode trying to destroy her opponent. Does Kelsey have the same character off the court? How is she off the court?
Kelsey is pretty chill off the court. Just likes to play basketball, talk basketball. she really lives and breathes the game.
The next thing I'm going to tell you it's not nice, some people in my country Spain (in my opinion some stupid people) that have seen videos of Chantel Osahor have said stupid things such as "with that body she can not play basketball" . I know her, and she is one of the best centers in the PAC12 and the NCAA in my opinion. For people who do not know Chantel, how is she on and off the court?
C is a GREAT player and a great person. She has proved people wrong her entire life...doing it a little longer is just what she does!
Briana Ruiz has suffered two serious injuries in the last two seasons that have limited her playing time. How does she feel?
She is doing great! Running and cutting....she is very happy with where she is at this point.
Photos: Universty of Washington, and CJ Webb
Photos: Universty of Washington, and CJ Webb
