We're all relaxed talking to one another. There's not a prince and princess thing working here. |
We've gone through those stretches before. What they did a better job of this time was getting back to getting some good looks and knocking them down. |
We've got a great group of guys who are working hard. No matter who we have there, we hope he's a contributor. |
Well, he looks like he's in his early 60s. |
What I'm hoping is that our guys approach this as, 'OK here's some players that have done some good things, the program has been good, let's not let the program down. Let's not let what's on the front of our jersey down. Let's play hard,' |
What it tells me is that it's amazing what these guys have accomplished in all the other games. But it brings everyone down to earth. It's reality. If you don't shoot at least somewhat better, you don't have a chance. |
When the ball doesn't go in, you can't explain it all the time. |
When these young men have issues, they are just like an employee in the state system. They have all the rights in the world to exhaust every option that they have. That's fair and square. And that's exactly what happened. |
When you have Dee Brown and James Augustine, two guys who have been through so much a post and a point. There's a lot of coaches who firmly believe that ... in basketball, if you have a post and a point you can compete on that day with anybody. |
When you take a bump, you can't say we'll enjoy this tonight, so we won't enjoy (losing). But the next day you get right back to doing what you have to do. |
You can close out games if you do that. I know a lot of those were free throws, but you still have to go to the line and make them. You have to get the ball in, you have to make good decisions. |
You can't play from behind. It's very difficult. We talked about playing possession-for-possession. We are not athletic enough or quick enough to play from behind. That was our worst nightmare. |
You know what they can do outside and they can do it with so many guys. That's the dilemma. Gotta find a way to guard them. |
You know, not every year is the same, |
You look at some coaching staffs across the country, |