Full transcript from Crimson Tide head coach Patrick Murphy and pitchers Kayla Beaver and Jocelyn Briski.
OKLAHOMA CITY–– Alabama softball head coach Patrick Murphy and pitchers Kayla Beaver and Jocelyn Briski met with the media on Wednesday ahead of the Crimson Tide's matchup with No. 6 UCLA at the Women's College World Series.PATRICK MURPHY: How is everybody doing? Great to see you again. How many of you expected me to be here ?We are joined by Alabama. We'll start with an opening statement from Coach Murphy.The name of the game is fastptich softball.
We persevered. We got through it. Nobody quit. It was one of the most enjoyable teams to coach because they didn't quit. Now we're here. We're going to relish every second because there's no bad day at the College World Series.You've talked about this being a gratifying year for you.
KAYLA BEAVER: Yeah, bouncing off that, getting to come here, it was special just to wear the A. That was something that I really wanted to do this entire time. It is a sad day. It really is. I think whoever made the decisions did not do them for the right reasons. There's no way in hell that Cal and Stanford should be going to Virginia Tech, Florida State, Syracuse. Are you kidding me? Those are two great academic institutions. Somebody made that decision?But the Pac-12, that was what you played for. We want to beat the Pac-12. First time we came, we had to go to Arizona State. We had never beaten a Pac-12 school. It was the year 2000.
PATRICK MURPHY: There's not a comparable space. We don't have Dodger Stadium and Wrigley Field and Fenway Park. We have this place. I don't see anybody else going to pony up now probably 60 million, 70 million to build a facility like this, press room like this, locker rooms we have, the field behind where we practice. You're not going to do it overnight.
I'm just really excited to soak it all in, the adrenaline and everything taking the mound. I'm really excited for it. PATRICK MURPHY: I think all the assistant had to kick me in the butt and say, We need to do something, okay? Whatever we're doing is not working. PATRICK MURPHY: A couple years ago they did a story in the Tuscaloosa News, and the third-highest revenue producer in Alabama was softball. It football and then men's basketball and softball and we were all proud of that.
NIL, portal, now house versus NCAA. There's a lot of smart people, a lot smarter than me, that make those decisions. Hopefully they'll get us on the right path.The question about small ball. You don't see as much slapping in college softball any more. I'm wondering what the challenge is. How do you develop that at a time when it's just not as prevalent as it used to be?
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