DAN: NEW COACH OF BRYANT, WE
WILL MEET HIM TONIGHT.
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THE "DAN YORKE STATE OF
MIND," PROGRAM IS BROUGHT TO YOU
IN PART BY LOOKOUT RHODE ISLAND
AND PECO COMFORT SOLUTIONS.
DAN: THERE'S A LOT OF HOOPLA
GOING TO REPLACE HURLEY.WA-
IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT, THERE
NIFICANT HIGHER IT
BRYANT UNIVERSITY.
IN THE NEW CO TO
MOSHE A, AND OCCASIONAL GUEST
HERE IN THE ISSUES THEY HAD AN
ISLAND.
IT WAS ONE QUESTION AND WE WERE
GOOD.
WE WILL SEE IF COACH GRASSO
IS
AS GLIB AS COACH OF SHEA, BUT HE
HAS A VISION FOR THE NEW
PROGRAM.
80% OR 90%
OF THE TIME, THEY ARE
KNOCKING AROUND ISSUES THAT WILL
REFLECT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE
IN TOWN.
WE HAVE TWO COACHES SCHEDULED,
BOTH THE NEW BRYANT COACH AND
FRIDAY EVENING.
HURLEY IS TEXTING ME ALL THE
TIME, AND KIND OF BUSY.
AND WHEN IT ALL CLEARS.
IT WILL NEVER CLEAR UP FOR DAN
HURLEY, BUT I IMAGINE HE WILL BE
HERE SOON.
I HAVE TO GIVE A BASKETBALL FIX.
IN THE MEANTIME, WELCOME IN A
NICE TO HAVE YOU.
LET'S CHECK IN ON THE ISSUES OF
THE DAY.
THE PRESIDENT IS FEELING THE
HEAT IN A BIG WAY, HEADLINES
RUNNING ALL OVER THE WORLD, NEW
YORK TIMES MORE OR LESS
CAPTURED.
HERE IS CBS'S VERSION OF
YESTERDAY'S WILD EVENTS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARED TO
MUSE ABOUT FIRING SPECIAL
COUNSEL BOB MUELLER DURING A
MEETING WITH MILITARY LEADERS
MONDAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: PEOPLE HAVE
SAID YOU SHOULD FIRE HIM.
AGAIN, THEY FOUND NOTHING.
THE PRESIDENT'S ANGER AFTER
LEARNING THE FBI HAD RAIDED THE
BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE OF HIS
PERSONAL ATTORNEY, MICHAEL
COHEN.
HE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
POSSIBLE BANK FRAUD, CAMPAIGN
FINANCE VIOLATIONS, AND OTHER
POTENTIAL CRIMES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT'S A REAL
DISGRACE.
IT'S AN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY IN
A TRUE SENSE.
DURING THE MONDAY RAID FBI
, INVESTIGATORS SEIZED EMAILS,
FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS AND CLIENT
COMMUNICATIONS, POSSIBLY
COMMUNICATIONS WITH PRESIDENT
INCLUDING TRUMP HIMSELF, WHICH
PROMPTED THE PRESIDENT'S TWEET
THIS MORNING, ATTORNEY CLIENT
PRIVILEGE IS DEAD, A TOTAL
WITCHHUNT.
THE FBI WOULD LIKELY NOT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET SEARCH
WARRANTS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF
RON ROSENSTEIN, THE DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ROSENSTEIN IS IN CHARGE OF THE
INVESTIGATION AFTER JEFF
SESSIONS RECUSED HIMSELF.
BASED ON ADVICE FROM THE
EVIDENCE DEPARTMENT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: HE SHOULD HAVE
US KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO
RECUSE HIMSELF AND WE WOULD HAVE
TUESDAY -- PUT A DIFFERENT
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN.
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO FIRE MUELLER,
BUT HE CAN ORDER ROSENSTEIN TO
REMOVE HIM.
WILL RUN ROSENSTEIN SEEN HIS
JOB?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THANK YOU.
MUELLER CAN ONLY BE FIRED FOR
MUELLER CAN ONLY BE FIRED FOR
GOOD CAUSE SUCH AS MISCONDUCT OR
DERELICTION OF DUTY, OR CONFLICT
OF INTEREST.
DAN: THE TWO -- THE TERM
RAID
IS
BEING USED HERE, BUT THERE HAS
TO BE PROBABLE CAUSE AND WHETHER
THIS IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION OR STORMY
DANIELS OR ACCOMMODATION ABOVE,
WHO KNOWS?
I THINK IT WAS A DEFT MOVE BY
BOB MUELLER TO KICK THIS OVER TO
THE U.S. ATTORNEY.
THE U.S. ATTORNEY IS A GIULIANI
PROTEGE AND DAVE DONALD TRUMP
$5,400 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
ELECTION CYCLES.
THIS ALL MOTION THAT THERE'S A
GRAND CONSPIRACY OUT TO GET
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T FLY IF YOU
PAY ATTENTION TO THE REAL FACTS,
AND THE PRESIDENT IS LEAVING HIS
OWN VERSION OF FAKE NEWS.
HOW THIS SQUEEZES DOWN ON HIM IS
ANYBODY'S GUESS, BUT EVEN THOUGH
THE PRESSURE IS ON, YOU DON'T
MAKE THOSE BEACHES IN FRONT OF
GENERALS WE WERE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO IN
RESPONSE TO SYRIA.
THE WHEELS ARE OFF, NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT.
KEEP PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY.
MOVING ON TO THINGS HAPPENING
HERE IN OUR OWN HOMETOWN.
THIS IS NOT BIG FOR A GOVERNOR
WHO IS LOOKING FOR REELECTION,
THE AUDIT IS A REAL BAD WORD FOR
HER RIGHT NOW.
THE WHOLE SOCIAL SERVICES
SITUATION IS A COMPLETE MESS AND
EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS THE LATEST.
'S THE MEDICAID ELIGIBLE
NEWBORNS IN RHODE ISLAND ARE
GETTING THE COVERAGE THEY
QUALIFIED FOR.
WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH
BOTH ENROLLING AND DETERMINING
ELIGIBILITY FOR NEWBORNS.
THE FIGHTING IS ONE OF MANY
DEFICIENCIES OUTLINED IN THE
STATES AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR
2017.
THOSE ISSUES OF NOT IMPEDED
ACCESS TO CARE, THEY REALLY
RELATE TO PAYMENT FOR NEWBORNS.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON ENSURING THE
FAMILIES GET ACCESS TO CARE
WHILE ENSURING PROVIDERS IN THE
PAYMENTS THEY ARE ENTITLED TO.
IS ADVANCE PAYMENTS TOTAL
$6.5 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE
AUDIT.
THE RHODE ISLAND MEDICARE
DIRECTOR SAYS FEDS HAVE NOT
THREATENED FINES OVER THE
STATE'S NONCOMPLIANCE, BUT
THAT'S NOT MEDICATED ON THE
ISSUE.
THE AUDIT ALSO REVEALED
A 16,000
PERSON DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO
COMPUTER SYSTEMS GREAT
ELIGIBILITY SYSTEM AND THE
PAYMENT SYSTEM.
IN CERTAIN CASES, INDIVIDUALS
HAD ELIGIBILITY WHO PERHAPS
SHOULD NOT IN OTHER CASES,
INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE
ELIGIBILITY SHOWED AND WE ARE
WORKING TO RESOLVE ALL THOSE.
WE WORKED THE DIFFERENCE DOWN TO
7400, WE MADE SIGNIFICANT
PROCESS -- PROGRESS
AND WILL BE
DONE UNTIL WE ENSURE THE PAYMENT
SYSTEM AND THE ELIGIBILITY
SYSTEM ARE MATCHED UP.
HE DOESN'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE
FOR OVERPAYMENTS OR
UNDERPAYMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE IN DUE TO SYSTEM ISSUES.
DAN: I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE
RECOGNITION LEVEL OF THE
THE GOVERNOR AS ADMINISTERING,
BUT JUST IN A GENERAL POLITICAL
AUDIT OF HER HANDS-ON
RECOGNITION OF SOME OF THE
FINANCIAL ISSUES THROUGHOUT HER
RESTRICTION IS NOT A GOOD ONE.
THAT'S WHY SHE IS LOCKED IN AT
42% IN ADDITION TO NOT BE ABLE
TO COMMUNICATE VERY WELL WITH
EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT HER VISION
HAPPENS TO BE.
MEANWHILE, A SLEW OF CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR CONTINUES TO GROW
AND I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SOME
ACID TODAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
GIOVANNI FOR ROSIE WAS TRYING TO
TELL US.
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RESTAURANT PRESENTATION AND YOU
HAVE SEEN GIOVANNI BEFORE HERE
ON THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING TO INVITE HIM BACK
IN TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY,
TRYING TO JUGGLE SOME CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR RIGHT NOW.
HE GAVE THIS PRESENTATION
THAT
FRANKLY, 12 MINUTES IN, MY HEAD
WAS SPINNING I HAD NO IDEA WHAT
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK HE DID, BUT MORE OR
LESS, HE IS GOING TO RUN HIS
CAMPAIGN ON INTRODUCING BLOCK
CHAIN TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR
ECONOMY AND WILL BE THE ONLY
STATE IN THE COUNTRY WAITING ON
THAT.
I DON'
OW WHAT THE BENEFITS
ARE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT
IT IS.
HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE
INTERNET IS YET.
THIS IS KIND OF KOOKY STUFF AND
HE IS RUNNING ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE AGAINST PATRICIA MORGAN AND
ALLAN FUNG.
GEORGE ROLLO BURPED
OUT AND ADD
ON WPRO
.
THIS IMMIGRATION THING AND I'M
TRUMP JUNIOR IN RHODE ISLAND
SAYING JOE HAS MODELED HIMSELF
OVER IS CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS
MIND A LITTLE BIT.
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY.
YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND SHOULD BE
ARRESTED BY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT?
IF SHE IS PROTECTING ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE VIOLATING
FEDERAL LAW, I THINK SHE SHOULD
BE ARRESTED.
SHE'S BREAKING THE LAW LIKE
ANYBODY ELSE.
DAN:
WD LEADERS WHO ARE
SERIOUS, WE NEED LEADERS WHO
UNDERSTAND THE NUANCES BETWEEN
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, THE
INTERCONFLICT ON
THE CONFUSION.
WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE RUNNING
ABOUT ARRESTING
THEIR OPPONENTS WHO ARE
INCUMBENTS FOR REASONS THAT MAKE
ABSOLUTELY NO RATIONAL LEGAL
SENSE.
I LOVE JOE AND HAVE FOR A LONG
TIME, BUT HE ALSO NEEDS TO BE
CHECKED.
YOU ASK YOURSELF CAN GOVERNOR
RAIMONDO BE BEATEN?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LEVEL OF
SANITY FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
TAKE HER JOB.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE NEWS
I NEED A BASKETBALL JONES.
GIVE ME A HEADLINE HERE.
HERE'S THE NEW GUY.
HE'S READY TO ROCK 'N ROLL.
CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.
GOOD TOVE YOU ABOARD AND
WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND.
AS A LITTLE PREVIEW OF THE NEWS
OF THE DAY AND BELIEVE ME, WE
ARE NOT WOULD AS6 C13
ANALYSIS. I WILL ASK YOU THIS,
HAVE YOU FIGURED THIS JOINT OUT
YET?
MR. GRASSO:
IING TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
I'M GETTING MY HEAD ABOVE WATER.
DAN: I BEEN HERE 18 YEARS AND
I'M JUST STARTING TO GET A W
HIF OF WHAT IT IS.
U.S.-MADE OR GUYS COMING WILL
FIND THAT OUT WHEN IT COMES TO
RHODE ISLAND.
I ASKED YOU THE PRESS CONFERENCE
MOMENT IS LIKE IN THE COACHING
WORLD AND YOUR FRUITS -- YOUR
FIRST HEAD COACHING ROLE DEFINES
IT.
MR. GRASSO: IT IS SOMETHING
YOU
DREAM ABOUT AND WORK FOR AND WE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE WITH
BILL SMITH AND SUCH GREAT
LEADERSHIP, I COULDN'T BE MORE
EXCITED FOR MYSELF AND MY
FAMILY.
DAN: THAT SCHOOL HAS DONE GREAT
WORK.
WAS THAT ANUR
DECISION?
THE GROWTH THAT HAS HAD
ACADEMICALLY AND BEYOND?
MR. GRASSO: WHAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS DONE IS UNBELIEVABLE AND
BILL SMITH'S VISION FOR THE
ETHICS APARTMENT, AFTER SITTING
DOWN WITH THEM AND HEARING THEIR
VISION FO SCHOOL AND THE
AUDIT DEPARTMENT, OUR BASKETBALL
PROGRAM WAS SOMETHING THAT
REALLY EXCITED ME AND MY FAMILY
REALLY BOUGHT INTO AND WE ARE
EXCITED ABOUT.
DAN:
WHAT WOULD COME BACK, WE
TALK ABOUT THE COACH'S
BACKGROUND AND ALL THE
CHALLENGES THAT ARE PRESENT IN
COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL TODAY.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU IF YOU WANT
TO PUT ALL OF YOUR BANKING STUFF
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, THIS
WORLD OF GETTING ALL THE ANSWERS
REALLY QUICKLY, TRY THE CARD
VALET ONLINE.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
AND FIND -- I GOING TO MAKE
AM THOSE GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY ARE NOT HAVE A HARD-WORKING
GUY THAT CARES ABOUT THEM MORE
THAN MYSELF.
IT'S ABOUT BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS.
I'M GOING TO SPEND A TON OF TIME
AROUND THEM AND THEY UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M ABOUT AND WHAT I'M
LOOKING FOR.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE EXCITEMENT
ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE VISION
MOVING FORWARD OF BUILDING A
CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM.
DAN: THE COACHES COMMENTS AT HIS
INTRODUCTION ON CAMPUS LAST
WEEK.
YOUR MEETING SOME OF THE GUYS
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT'S GOT TO BE REALLY EXCITING
TIME, BUT FOR THE PLAYERS WHO
WERE WITHOUT A COACH FOR A FEW
MONTHS, I'M SURE IT'S REAL
NERVOUS FOR THEM.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO CALM A TEAM
AND KEEP EVERYTHING STABLE?
MR. GRASSO: I STARTED WORKOUTS
IMMEDIATELY AND SHOW THEM HOW
HARD WE ARE GOING TO WORK.
DAN: IS THERE WINDOW NOW WHERE
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO LEGALLY WORK
OUT?
MR. GRASSO: WE STARTED THE DAY
AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
I MET THOSE GUYS AND TRIED TO
SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS I CAN WITH
THEM.
YOU CAN PLAY FOR SOMEBODY WHO
ISN'T -- YOU DID NOT REVIEW.
TRY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND
WHAT
MY PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW I WANT
TO BUILD MY PROGRAM.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THE FLOOR QUITE
A BIT, SHOWING THEM HOW HARD WE
WORK.
DAN: HOW LO ARE YOU ALLOWED TO
WORK THEM OUT ON THE SPRING?
MS. DELL: MR. GRASSO:
-- TWO
HOURS.
TRY TO CLAIM
JUST CRAM AS MUCH
AS WE CAN INTO TWO HOURS.
AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO
RECRUITING WISE TO FINISH UP THE
RECRUITING CLASS.
IT'S BEEN A GOOD TWO WEEKS, BUT
TO BE ABLE TO BE AROUND THEM AND
GET TO KNOW THEM OFF THE FLOOR
AND ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
WITH THEM ON THE FLOOR AND SEE
THEM IN THE WEIGHT ROOM AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THEM TICK,
UNDERSTAND WHAT MY EXPECTATIONS
ARE FOR A WORKOUT AND THE
CULTURE, THINK THEY ARE CERTAIN
TO LEARN THAT.
DAN: TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU THINK
BRYANT SITS IN THE NEW ENGLAND
LANDSCAPE?
PC HAS THE CULTURAL AND FAN BASE
LEAD, URI
HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT
GAMES AND BROWN HAS A SOLID
CONSTITUENCY AND BRIAN HAS BEEN
-- THE INSTITUTION HAS GAINED AN
INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION IN THE
BASKETBALL PROGRAM IS BEEN A
LITTLE BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER,
HE MADE SOME REAL GROWTH IN LA
CROSSE AND THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM
HAS GROWN.
DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RHODE
ISLAND LANDSCAPE IN WHERE YOU
WANT TO BE AND HOW MUCH NOISE
YOU WANT TO MAKE AND HOW MUCH
MARKETING YOU WANT TO DO AND
BEING THE FACE OF THE PROGRAM
NOW?
MR. GRASSO: I WANT TO BE PART OF
THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO BE A FABRIC OF NOT
ONLY THE SMITHFIELD COMMUNITY,
BUT THE STATE I WANT PEOPLE TO
KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUT
THIS PROGRAM ON THE MAP AND TURN
IT INTO A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM.
I THINK INITIALLY THAT'S GOING
TO START WITH ME BEING ACTIVE IN
BEING SEEN AND BEING A FACE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT WINNING BASKETBALL
GAMES AND TURNING THE PROGRAM
INTO SOMEWHERE THERE'S AN
EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND
FANS AND STUDENTS WANT TO PACK
THE BUILDING.
THAT STARTS WITH WINNING.
DAN: THERE IS VIDEO OF SOME
FOOTAGE OF THIS YEAR, THAT
PARTICULAR BALLGAME THEY'RE
SHOWING IS NOT HAVE A BIG CROWD,
BUT THERE WAS A RUN THAT TO
MOSHE HAD THREE OR FOUR SEASONS
AGO NOW WHERE I CAN MEMBER
SITTING IN THEIR AND THE KIDS
ARE WEARING BLACK AND WHITE
SHIRTS AND I THINK IT WAS A
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH MOUNT
SAINT MARY'S OR QUALIFYING.
THE PLACE WAS A VERITABLE SLEW.
-- ZOO.
SOMETIMES SMALLER
FACILITIES ACT
CAPACITY ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO
PLAY THE BIG ARENAS.
MR. GRASSO:
I COACHED AT IONA,
YOU WOULD SEE FANS WITH A GREAT
BUZZ AND A GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND
THAT'S WHAT I PLAN ON BUILDING
HERE.
SOMETHING LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT,
I REMEMBER WATCHING BRIAN TAKE
THE FIRST-ROUND CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT AND THE PLACE WAS A
ZOO.
MY FORMER COLLEGE COACH WAS
DOING THE GAME ON TV AND THE
PLACE WAS IS THERE.
A THREE POINTER AT THE BUZZER
TWO-MINUTE IN THE PLACE WENT
NUTS.
THAT'S WHY VISION BEING EVERY
GAME, I WILL BE ON CAMPUS DOING
A READING I CAN TO TRY TO GET
STUDENTS TO COME TO GAME AND GET
THEIR SUPPORT.
AND IT IS STYLE OF PLAY PEOPLE
WILL ENJOY WATCHING.
PLAYING FAST, UP-TEMPO, PLAYING
94 FEET.
DAN: DOESN'T EVERYBODY PLAY FAST
NOW?
THERE'S FIVE GUYS ON THE FLOOR,
BUT THERE'S NO LONGER THE
DEFINITION IT SEEMS, THE SMALLER
GUYS AND THEN THE BIG AND
EVERYBODY ELSE JUST KIND OF
MOVES AROUND THE FLOOR IN A MUCH
MORE FLUID FASHION.
THE OLD-FASHIONED FORWARD
IS
KIND OF AN OLD TERM IT SEEMS TO
ME.
I WATCH THESE GAMES FROM UP
CLOSE AND STILL TRY TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON.
MR. GRASSO: EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT
PLAYING FAST
AND THIS WOULD BE
DONE FOR YEARS, FROM 20 YEARS IN
HIGH SCHOOL TO COACHING IN
COLLEGE AT A PROGRAM WHERE HE
ALWAYS PLAYED FAST AND UP-TEMPO
AND THAT'S WHY STATISTICALLY WE
WERE TOP 10 OF THE COUNTRY AT
SOME POINT EVERY OFFENSIVE
CATEGORY, SO THE WAY WE PLAY ON
-- PLAN ON PLAYING HERE,
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT PLAYING
FAST BUT I'VE SEEN IT WORK AND I
THINK IT IS SOMETHING I CAN
TEACH.
I THINK THAT IT'S A STYLE OF
PLAY THE KIDS LIKE TO PLAY AND
DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HARD THEY
HAVE TO WORK TO PLAY LIKE THAT
FOR 40 MINUTES.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT
WITH HOW HARD YOU HAVE TO WORK
IN THE SHAPE YOU NEED TO BE IN.
ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO DO IT DAN:
--
IS PLAYING FAST STREETBALL?
MR. GRASSO: IT'S GETTING THE
BALL OFF FOR SECONDS AND WE WILL
SCRIMMAGE FOR A 10 SECOND SHOT
CLOCK.
WE WILL DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT
WILL MAKE OUR GUYS TRY TO SPRINT
THEIR LANES.
YOU HAVE TO RUN.
YOUR PACE IS GOING TO BE FASTER
AND YOU ARE STILL TAKING GOOD
SHOTS.
DAN: HOW DO YOU TRAIN BASKETBALL
PLAYERS TO PLAY FAST?
IS THERE A LOT OF WEIGHT LIFTING
AND CONDITIONING?
IS THE DISTANCE RUNNING?
SOMETHING GOING ON OUTSIDE THE
FLOOR ITSELF?
MR. GRASSO: WE WILL DO SOME
OTHER THINGS, BUT IT'S A
MENTALITY.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS ON THE
COURT, ALL OUR PRACTICES ARE
FAST, WE GO FROM THRILLED TO
DRILL FAST, WE GET INTO PRACTICE
FAST.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS A
FAST
TEMPO.
THEY STARTED TO ADJUST
EVERYTHING WE DO EVERY DAY IS
FAST IT IS BEEN NEW TO THEM
THESE PAST TWO WEEKS HOW MUCH
FULL COURT HAVE TO DO, THE
CONDITION NOT TO BE AND TO BE
ABLE TO DO IT.
DAN: I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO
SPRINT TO COMMERCIAL.
DO THEY NEED FAST? -- HEAT FAST
-- EAT FAST?
STAY WITH US.
BASKETBALL
WAS, GOING TO OHIO
IN THE NCAA TERM IN AN ALMOST
BEATING FLORIDA, WINNING IN
NORTH CAROLINA, HERE BEATING
BOSTON COLLEGE, WE BEAT A LEHIGH
TEAM OF KIT MCCOLLUM, ONE OF THE
BEST PLAYERS IN THE NBA.
IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP PLATFORM
WITH THESE KIDS AND HEARING BACK
FROM THEM YEARS LATER, GETTING
KNOWING THEY ARE DOING WELL IN
LIFE.
THAT IS BY FAR THE GREATEST
SATISE FROM
COACHING.
DAN:
THE GUY YOU ARE REPLACING,
TO MOSHE, HAD AN INTERESTING
HE WAS THE EASIEST INTERVIEW
I'VE EVER HAD.
I WOULD AVERAGE 1.5 QUESTIONS
PER HALF HOUR SHOW.
YOU ARE DOING VERY WELL.
YOU ARE FAST, BUT HE WAS FAST
AND LONG.
I LIKE TO GET HIM ABOUT THAT,
BUT HE'S A CONGENIAL GUY.
YOU BUILD YOUR OWN OPERATION
HERE ON THE PERSONALITY OF THE
PROGRAM CHANGES WITH THE HEAD
COACH.
ONCE YOU LEAVE BEHIND THAT YOU
THINK WAS ASSET?
MR. GRASSO: HE HAD A GREAT
RUN,
TAKING IT FROM DIVISION II TO
DIVISION I IS A DIFFICULT THING
TO DO.
THAT
TRANSITION, AND HE BUILT A
PROGRAM.
HE BUILT A PROGRAM THAT HAD SOME
SUCCESS
AND THERE WERE INJURIES,
BUT HE HAD SUCH A LONG RUN AS
THE HEAD COACH AND SO MUCH
SUCCESS ALL THE TIME, HE WAS A
PHENOMENAL COACH.
DAN: HARD TO LIFT THREE --
KIDS
WHO ONLY WON THREE GAMES LAST
YEAR
UP?
MR. GRASSO: I JUST TALK ABOUT
THE PROCESS.
DAN: ARE YOU WATCHING THE BIGGER
NEWS AND COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL?
COACHING ARENA WITH ALL THE
CONTROVERSY AND SUCH?
DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT
ON SOME OF
THE ENFORCEMENT THAT MAY OR MAY
NOT COME DOWN?
MR. GRASSO: IT'S SO VAGUE RIGHT
NOW THAT UNTIL THOSE GUYS GO TO
TRIAL AND THERE ARE LEAKS HERE
AND THERE, ONCE THE FBI'S
HANDLING IT, I'M SURE THERE'S A
LOT GOING ON THAT WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT.
YOU HEAR LITTLE BITS AND PIECES
BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE REALLY
GOING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN FROM IT AND WHAT THE
RESULTS WILL BE UNTIL THOSE GUYS
GO TO TRIAL IN SOME OF THE STUFF
BECOMES PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
DAN: TIM WOULD REFLECT FROM TIME
TO TIME ON THE BUSINESS OF THE
BUSINESS.
DO YOU HAVE A PHILOSOPHY ABOUT
THE BUSINESS OF THE BUSINESS?
MR. GRASSO:
IT'S PART OF A WE
DO, WITH RECRUITING AND SNEAKERS
COMPANIES BEING SO INVOLVED, IT
IS SOMETHING WE ARE ALL INVOLVED
WITH.
YOUR RECRUITING FROM TEAMS WHO
ARE SPONSORED I CERTAINLY SEE
HER COMPANIES AND PART OF WHAT
WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
IT'S PART OF THE JOB.
DAN: TALK TO ME ABOUT THE
PRESSURE THAT BASKETBALL PROGRAM
AT ANY SCHOOL HAS TO BE THE
FRONT DOOR OF THE UNIVERSITY AND
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ACADEMIC
ISSUES BUT WHEN WE TOUCH ON THE
BASKETBALL PROGRAM HE SAID IT'S
THE FRONT PORCH.
IT'S HOW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE
SCHOOL SOMETIMES.
MR. GRASSO: I'VE SEEN IT
FIRSTHAND HAVING ENDED IONA IN
SEVEN YEARS, IT PUT IONA ON THE
MAP AND BEING ABLE TO BUILD A
PROGRAM AND HAVE A CHANCE TO GO
TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND
EVERYONE IS HEARING BRIAN --
BRYANT'S NAME -- THE THINGS IT
DOES FOR ADMISSIONS, YOU'RE THE
FRONT PORCH OF THE UNIVERSITY
AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD A PROGRAM AND WANT TO HAVE
SUCCESS, IT IS HUGE FOR THE
SCHOOL.
DAN: THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE IS
AN INTERESTING ONE, IS A ONE BID
LEAGUE FOR THE MOST PART UNLESS
SOME ANOMALY OCCURS.
MR. GRASSO:
I THINK AFTER THIS
PARTICULAR NCAA MARCH MADNESS
EXERCISE WITH UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND UPSETTING VIRGINIA
-- I
HAVE VIRGINIA WINNING THE WHOLE
THING.
DAN: I THINK IT PROBABLY PUT A
SKIP IN THE STEP OF EVERY LITTLE
MAJOR AND MID-MAJOR PROGRAM IN
THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THE
TEAMS THAT PLAY IN BRIAN'S LEAD
-- BRYANT'S
LEAGUE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS
AS THE JV VERSUS THE VARSITY OF
DIVISION I, NOW THAT SEAL HAS
BEEN BROKEN.
MR. GRASSO: ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU ARE NOT DREAMING ABOUT
GOING TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT,
THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS
PROFESSION AND THE PLAYERS
SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING.
AS A
KID GROWING UP AS A COACH
YOU GO TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT
THINKING ABOUT HAVING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS.
YOU SEE IT HAPPEN THIS YEAR WITH
THE UPSETS YOU SEE EVERY YEAR,
IT'S POSSIBLE AND SOMETHING THAT
CAN HAPPEN.
DAN: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WAS
WHEN THE LEAGUE YOU PLAY IN WITH
BRIAN'S AND THE BIG
EAST?
WHAT'S THE COSMETIC DIFFERENCE
IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF
PERFORMANCE?
MR. GRASSO: THE FRONTCOURT SIZE
AND MORE ATHLETICISM.
YOUR BIGGER AND STRONGER AT THAT
LEVEL, ESPECIALLY THE
FRONTCOURT.
WE PLAYED RHODE ISLAND THIS YEAR
IN THE FRONT PORCH SIZE AND
TOUGHNESS AND ATHLETICISM WAS A
DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN OURS.
IT'S A SIZE AND ATHLETICISM
THING.
I THINK THE GUARDS OF THOSE
LEVELS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE
FRONT PORCH IS WHAT SEPARATES
THE TEAM.
DAN: YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH THAT CAN
CHANGE OF PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY.
MR. GRASSO: WE ARE TO THREE
PLAYERS AWAY FROM BEING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOTIFY THE RIGHT GUYS AND AT
THIS LEVEL IS ABOUT VALUATION.
YOU'RE NOT RECORDING AGAINST
DUKE IN KENTUCKY, YOU'RE TRYING
TO FIND A KID WHO HAS NO
DIVISION I OFFERS AND IS UNDER
THE RADAR FOR WHATEVER REASON.
DAN: WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF
LUCK, BE AND OFTEN GUESTS, WE
LOVE TO GET AWAY FROM W6 C13
AND SMITH HILL AND TALK SPORTS
FROM TIME TO TIME.
WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
HAVE A GOOD SUMMER.
MR. GRASSO: THINGS REVENUE.
DAN: WHEN WE COME BACK, FINAL
WORDS.
DAN: WE WISH JARED GRASSO THE
BEST OF LUCK ON THIS BASKETBALL
LEVEL, GETTING M.
THE NEW URI COACH DAVID
COX,
WE'RE RECORDING THAT PROGRAM
TODAY.
IN THE MEANTIME, TOMORROW, WE
WILL PROBABLY TOUCH IN ON THE
BASE OF HIS GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATES WHO ARE BEGINNING TO
KICK UP A LOT OF DUST TO MAKE A
LOT OF NOISE.
BUT'TIS THE SEASON.
WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE RADIO
FROM 3:00 UNTIL 6:00 ON WPRO.
THANKS FOR TUNING IN.
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