The first (of perhaps many) past players to speak on her behalf:
Former Nebraska player Lindsey Moore, an All-Big Ten guard who played on both of Yori's Sweet 16 teams, graduated after the 2013 season and occasionally served as a practice player this season. She said any allegations against Yori are unfair.
"I don't understand how someone can take her constructive criticism — to help them get better — as such a negative thing," Moore said. "It's funny, I actually thought over the years Coach Yori had gotten softer from my freshman year to where she is now.
"It's amazing to me that now we're having issues with allegations of her being a bully. It's really sad to me. I don't think she's like that. And now, in the media, all they're going to say is she's a bully. I don't agree with that. It's really sad. I feel like she's a really damn good coach."
Moore said she served as a practice player more than once this year and saw nothing out of the ordinary.
"It's so frustrating, because coaches are there to make you better," Moore said. "They're not there to completely blow smoke. If that's the way you wanted to be coached, then you shouldn't have played for Coach Yori. She wants to make you better and make the team better. If players needed complete back-patting and hand-holding, they picked the wrong program in the beginning."
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Former Nebraska player Lindsey Moore, an All-Big Ten guard who played on both of Yori's Sweet 16 teams, graduated after the 2013 season and occasionally served as a practice player this season. She said any allegations against Yori are unfair.
"I don't understand how someone can take her constructive criticism — to help them get better — as such a negative thing," Moore said. "It's funny, I actually thought over the years Coach Yori had gotten softer from my freshman year to where she is now.
"It's amazing to me that now we're having issues with allegations of her being a bully. It's really sad to me. I don't think she's like that. And now, in the media, all they're going to say is she's a bully. I don't agree with that. It's really sad. I feel like she's a really damn good coach."
Moore said she served as a practice player more than once this year and saw nothing out of the ordinary.
"It's so frustrating, because coaches are there to make you better," Moore said. "They're not there to completely blow smoke. If that's the way you wanted to be coached, then you shouldn't have played for Coach Yori. She wants to make you better and make the team better. If players needed complete back-patting and hand-holding, they picked the wrong program in the beginning."
http://www.omaha.com/huskers/connie...040cd0-fb55-11e5-afd7-cb6951f681ae.html?=1234
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