Kristy Curry
Kristy Curry
Kristy Lynn Curry née Sims is the head coach of the University of Alabama's women's basketball team, the Crimson Tide. She took the job in 2013...
best coaches epitome handle role selfless team wants
She's so selfless and is the epitome of what being part of a team is all about and how you handle that role. She wants to coach, and I always say the best coaches are role players.
laid practice selfless shake smile thankful
I'll say something in practice or something will happen, and she'll just smile at us and shake her head. She's just very respectful, very laid back, very thankful, very unassuming, very selfless and just very thankful for the opportunity.
compete fact happen lose matters minutes talked ten today urgency
We talked about its 20 minutes and today really matters a whole bunch. And it's a sense of urgency and the fact that if you want to compete for a Big Ten title, this can't happen today. We can't lose today.
against played road talented task team tougher year
We just played a team that has everyone returning. We were 3-1 against them a year ago and I said they were the most talented team in the league. There won't be a tougher task on the road than this.
change limit sure tried
We just wanted to make sure that we tried to we limit her touches. We shaded her in our zone. We wanted to change our defenses up and I think that was more disrupting.
bubble life relive scare year
We had the scare of our life a year ago, being on the bubble in February. We don't want to relive that experience.
across bad depends happens
We don't want that to happen. If it does, it does. It was not our goal. A lot depends on what happens across the country. I'll feel bad if it happens.
control matter stretch wants
We control our own destiny. It's going to be a matter of will down the stretch and who wants it the most.
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We're going to try to make sure we play our tempo.
control decisions good great job lately shots taken tempo
The shots that she's taken were all good shots and that's the difference. She has done a great job lately of being able to control the tempo more and making better decisions in our half-court offense.
coach huge improvement room work
There's so many things as a coach that you see. The room for improvement is huge for us, and we'll come back and work on that.
cut five plays stretch three unable
We cut it to five and then to three and I thought we had a chance. But you've got to make plays down the stretch and we were unable to do that.
consistent league team win
The team that is most consistent will win this league this year.
against asking degree games happened killer quality time
I've been asking for more of a killer instinct. This is the first time in 18 games it's happened to that degree against a quality opponent.