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Message: [QUOTE="FloridaCuse, post: 5300989, member: 8912"] For those who don't subscribe to Syracuse.com, here are some quotes from the article: "Gerry McNamara lived and died with each play here, demonstrating the depth of his big competitive heart in what would become a signature win of his early head coaching career." “It’s torture, you know?,” he said afterward. “But us hoop junkies, we love the torture. That’s what it’s about.” "He famously hates losing. He talked after the Cornell game about his sleep depravity as he prepared for the Big Red and imagined all the 3-point shots Cornell might rain on the Saints. Siena gave up 15 made 3-point shots in its Dec. 20 loss to Holy Cross and it haunted him." "His players talked later about the detailed scouting plan and their ability to execute it." “Every day you step on the floor you’re gonna get coached and I just feel like I’ve gotten so much better since the start of the year having a legend like GMac coaching me and trusting in me,” said Gavin Doty, a Siena freshman from Fulton who scored 16 and grabbed eight rebounds in Monday’s win. “He loves playing hard. That’s the first thing he said to me. He said if you play hard for me, then we’re gonna get along.” “It’s been pretty good, but you know how I am. We’re not going to chase perfection, but we’re going to chase our team ceiling. I’d say that’s the best way to put it,” McNamara said. “He has a good group and I think that’s why the kids love playing for him,” Blackwell said. “He’ll get on them, he’ll yell at them, he’ll coach them hard. Then the next minute, he’s loving them and cracking jokes and making them laugh. They want to come to practice, they enjoy coming. Collectively as a group, I think they enjoy being around us.” This Siena team, he [Peter Carey] said, is the “most connected” squad he’s been a part of. “So that’s been huge,” Carey said. “And also, (McNamara’s) got such a high IQ of the game. Just like even on the fly during the game you’ll see him call stuff out to guys on the court and you see it work right in front of your eyes and you know you gotta listen to him.” “It’s been awesome. It really has,” he [McNamara] said. “I just like this group. I couldn’t ask for a better group to coach. Kids that give you everything.” [/QUOTE]

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