All three try to lead. But it's just difficult for them because they aren't leading by example. |
Anytime you can win and not play well, it's a good win. |
Brad kind of fought [the coaches] this year. I want him to be more intense on defense, more intense rebounding and not change his shot for anybody. |
Brad was getting muscled and couldn't get in the lane, and when he did he couldn't score. He just had a terrible night shooting. |
Duan wasn't quite as mobile and that hurt us on defense. But he said he could play . . . so we put him in there to see what he could do. |
He manages the game better than [point guards Buster Perkins and Maurice Manning]. He knows what plays to call and when. |
He's a player. There's no doubt the kid can flat-out play. |
I don't know if it's self-promotion or what. Maybe it would've turned out different if I'd been more aggressive about it. But it's never been something that's been high on my list of priorities. |
I don't think we play well enough to advance. People say that sometimes you have to have luck, and today I thought we got very, very lucky. Regardless, we're proud to be in the position that we're in. |
I really rode Brad hard for about three quarters of the year. And then I told him if he would do the things I told him to do I'd quit riding him. |
I thought Columbus probably should have won. I don't know if a prayer was answered, but our kids don't quit. |
I thought he did a fabulous job. |
I told him I never promise playing time. But unless I missed my guess, [you] would be able to come in and dominate at this level. |
I truly meant [Wednesday] night that if we didn't play well, they'd beat us by 30. But we played much better tonight. |
I will push Brad. I will push Brad to be better than he thinks he can be. |