60 ordspråk av Barry Gebhart
Barry Gebhart
A lot of people notice how well we play together on offense. But we also play well together on defense. We do a lot of rotating and helping on the post from the backside. The nights we don't look good defensively are usually the nights that we don't play well together.
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All of these guys sacrificed individual awards for what was best for the team.
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Brad was very solid. He was on the floor for the last quarter and half. He did some good things offensively and defensively and got on the boards.
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He could probably go to any Ivy League school. Academically, he?s pretty solid. He?s got a bright future ahead of him.
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He does the little things like talking on defense. He gets people in the right spots. He?s our best help-side defender. We rotate a certain way, and he?s always where he?s supposed to be in the rotation. Offensively, he?s always where he?s supposed to be. He never busts a play.
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He understands how defenses move and shift. He's got several offensive skills and he's able to put a lot of pressure on a defense. He's a great shooter and one of our better passers.
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He's always under control, both physically and mentally. He just knows what he's doing and knows what needs to be done at all times. That's what you want from a point guard, because its hard for a team to stay under control when its point guard isn't.
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He's one of the two or three guys we run plays for to go one-on-one or come off a screen to make people guard him in space. And when he gets his feet set and gets himself gathered, he shots a very high percentage from the outside.
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He's very solid around the free-throw line at the high post. But he also understands that our opponents and who's in the game for us will dictate his role on the floor. He's a guy who can get in a zone and be great offensively at different positions.
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I didn't order awards, because I didn't want tonight to be about awards. I wanted it to be about a collective group of guys that may be together for the last time.
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I had so many options on this team to work with. I said to myself so many times, if maybe I did this or that we could've won. We were in every game this season. The most we lost by was 5 points, and that was in overtime.
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I hated that they had to go out on such a sour note when they had done so much for our program, our school and our community. They generated a lot of excitement for the community with their run to the championship game last year. I know they were set on bringing that back this year.
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I just felt like, if we could ever get up two scores, we'd be in good shape. But we just couldn't get a score and a stop.
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I thank the parents for sending me the finished product. These guys were truly ambassadors for our program. I can't tell you how many teachers have told me what a great group they've been in the classroom. That same attitude that made them successful in the classroom made them a success on the court.
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I think playing here will be good for us. I think we learned something from every game and I think we learned a lot from the last game.
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