Coach Hubbard Post-game interview Cal

coach first ACC win how does it feel to be one it feels good thanks for that question coach you've had three wins now in a row kind of late in the second half can you just talk to us a little bit about how the character of this team is developing right now yeah we've got we got some belief and um again some commitment you know especially at home to keep pushing putting on a show creating as many attacking chances as possible and hopefully break one down obviously I think going into the first half with starting the way we did we could have had maybe two or three more in the first half and then kind of giving up that late goal puts us in a bad mood at halftime but just sort of to keep staying resilient coming out and keep pressing and sticking with the plan um proud of them coach you brought up that play in the beginning obviously it caught everyone off guard you just look down for a second and boom they score like right away was there there some sort of like game plan there that just worked to Perfection to where you score or was it kind of just right place right no I mean our our mentality was like we used more the Relentless tonight to to sort of come out and just uh sometimes it can't be some of the fun and nice things about the game but doing all the dirty work but with sort of pressure and attitude and effort and them out and put them on their back foot and the first ACC game we do was going to be a packed house and a good environment we just fed off that energy it was that was nice really nice having that packed house how big of an advantage was that for y'all today it's great yeah I we talk about the importance of playing in front of our home crowd what that means for the school Community um and the state so we uh we want to keep uh putting on a good show making sure fans come back for more now that you've got some ACC play under your belt where do you want to see your team improve the most um well that's a good question we got a lot of areas to improve so um I think this next stretch is really important we've got five games in 15 days so um ending with two really good ACC Darby game so we got to find a way to keep improving as a group but rest other guys need to step up and and take care of business with minutes um continue to improve and and get the victories but also stay healthy enough for ACC play so that will be our challenge uh the next couple weeks and having so many games in such a short span how do you manage fatigue tiredness but also making sure that you continue to improve yeah just watching our load having good conversations making sure our guys are eating sleeping and hydrating properly um making sure we we reward guys that are working hard every single day in the program and hopefully they can do the job and give other guys a little bit of a breather in moments can you walk us through that final goal that that last game winning goal for us on that what was the strategy on that uh I mean the strategy always is to put the ball into a dangerous area um uh make first Contact and uh read seconds and things that pop out and um you know make it difficult put things on target there's multiple moments in the game where we had had those today so I'm glad that one of them finally panned out how impressed are you as well it seems to me like every game you guys have a different kind of hero um for each week how how important is that for your team it's important to to note that just different guys being able to play and step up in different roles um uh you know Nico started first game for us today first ACC game at home you know it's not an easy thing and um stepped in and did seamless seamless job so I think that's an important message for our guys uh for our program is that you know if you work hard every day you get your chance and you continue to be rewarded and um if guys can look around and see those see those stories and those messages within the locker room then it'll just continue to motivate us and keep us collective in those important moments of the Season thank you coach thank you thank you than