Scott Roth V1

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Tasmania JackJumpers coach Scott Roth was a full-blown celebrity at Exeter Primary School greeted with a guard of honour before being grilled in a question-and-answer session with students

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00:00Who is your best overall player?

00:04Uh, the best overall player for the Jackjumpers, or...

00:08Jackjumpers.

00:10laughter

00:14That one's like a hundred out of a hundred.

00:16Everybody will ask, who's your favorite player, or so-and-so.

00:18And I will say this very sincerely,

00:20I love all of our guys.

00:22I mean, I just do. I think they're just wonderful human beings.

00:24We really pride ourselves on the Jackjumpers

00:26for having high character guys.

00:28We have guys that, you know,

00:30are just selfless,

00:32and I just love them to death.

00:34There's a few favorites here and there,

00:36but I think more importantly,

00:38we just have really good guys.

00:40The one that comes to mind that everyone, I think,

00:42has really kind of fallen in love with,

00:44and unfortunately he didn't play for us this year,

00:46was Jack McVeigh.

00:48And Jack McVeigh

00:50is a wonderful human being,

00:52but his story is really what I love.

00:54Kind of just coming from nowhere,

00:56and dreaming about playing for the Bloomers,

00:58and making that, and dreaming about playing for the NJ,

01:00and doing that,

01:02and dreaming about winning a championship with Tasmania,

01:04and he does that.

01:06That story is very relative

01:08to how we approach our days

01:10with the Jackjumpers

01:12and the work that our guys do.

01:14What's your favorite thing about being a coach?

01:16My favorite thing about being a coach

01:18is doing this.

01:20I'm able, really, to come around

01:22and hopefully inspire

01:24and impact our players off the floor.

01:26On the floor, I'm with them,

01:28but impacting the players off the floor

01:30and their families,

01:32getting them better, hopefully making them more money,

01:34hopefully having more success,

01:36being a mentor to them,

01:38and then also traveling around Tasmania

01:40or wherever I've been around the world

01:42to have a chance to talk with young kids

01:44and hopefully inspire you to be better

01:46and think about your future

01:48and what's next for you,

01:50and those are the things that really motivate me.

01:52My goal for my coaching career

01:54is really, hopefully, just to inspire,

01:56again, like I said before,

01:58the players and my staff

02:00and getting them better jobs

02:02and just be there for them

02:04and ultimately

02:06to leave a legacy of just helping people.

02:08I don't see myself as a coach

02:10when I get up in the morning.

02:12I see myself more as a leader

02:14or a mentor, and so I don't really think about

02:16I'm a basketball coach this morning

02:18and that's what I do.

02:20Being a good person and helping people.

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