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Here's a writeup from On3 that includes comments from Coach KP.

Kate Paye received her undergraduate degree at Stanford and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School in 2003. She also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Stanford.  How is it, therefore, that she cannot speak a sentence without including "you know" and/or "I mean?"

NGL, that stood out to me, too. I suspect the author left those placeholders there because they indicate a speaker who is at a loss for words. As a Valkyries season ticket holder, I've become so acquainted to Natalie Nakase beginning any press conference after a loss by immediately taking responsibility and discussing what she needs to do better as a coach. It's really not that hard, but you'd have to pick me up off the floor if our current head coach ever took responsibility like that. Instead, apparently every opponent we face "is a really well coached team" that "punched first."

If you, as I do, consider Coach Paye as the Jerod Albert Haase Director of Stanford Women's basketball, it kinda makes sense on and off the court.

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Here's a writeup from On3 that includes comments from Coach KP.

Kate Paye received her undergraduate degree at Stanford and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School in 2003. She also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Stanford.  How is it, therefore, that she cannot speak a sentence without including "you know" and/or "I mean?"

NGL, that stood out to me, too. I suspect the author left those placeholders there because they indicate a speaker who is at a loss for words. As a Valkyries season ticket holder, I've become so acquainted to Natalie Nakase beginning any press conference after a loss by immediately taking responsibility and discussing what she needs to do better as a coach. It's really not that hard, but you'd have to pick me up off the floor if our current head coach ever took responsibility like that. Instead, apparently every opponent we face "is a really well coached team" that "punched first."

If you, as I do, consider Coach Paye as the Jerod Albert Haase Director of Stanford Women's basketball, it kinda makes sense on and off the court.