“I mean Coach, she was willing, when I played, to see things that I could be,’’ Whalen said of Reeve. “She pushed me to places I didn’t know I could go. I would not have had all that success, be in the Hall of Fame, without that. You need someone like that in your life. So now maybe she can do that now with me as a coach.’’
“This is a player who played the game at the highest level,’’ she said. “A Hall of Famer. Those experiences she’s had, I’ve never had. And it’s valuable to have someone who’s been a head coach.’’