Dorrell Wright, he's a young guy. I hear he's a good defender. |
He had to. I challenged him. I said, 'We need a game out of you.' And he did just that. He's a tough guy, and that's what we needed. |
He's explosive. Sometimes we have to get him to calm down because he tries to do too much. But he can be a go-to guy in a couple of years. |
He's grown up. Earlier in the year, he wouldn't have made those decisions. |
He's speedy. He's solid. That's what I'm looking for in a ballplayer. |
Hiram can do that, but he needs to be more consistent. Hiram had a great night, but he has to be able to do that on three consecutive nights. |
I had some guys yelling at me on the court tonight. We joked about it afterwards. I like that. Sometimes, these guys are too nice. I think we need a little more fire. If we had that all year, I think we would've won 25 games. |
I know Earl Barron. He'll help out tremendously. |
I wanted to bring in another point guard, just in case Andre would get called up. I didn't want to be left empty handed. |
I wanted to get more athletic. We need to get back to defending, and I really want to get the ball down the court. We really need to do that more. |
I'll probably reach out to those guys this week. I like to know things instead of just speculating. I'll make some contacts with those guys. |
I've been watching that for a while. Another player on another team gets called and it goes to guys' egos. 'How'd he get a call-up?' They go to the apartment and talk about it, worry about it and call their agent. |
If I pull this off and get in the playoffs, I should get Coach of the Year. I'm going to play that 'Rocky' song in the locker room. We're going to watch 'Hoosiers,' and 'Rudy.' We're going to be scrappy. |
It means a lot. I think this was one of my better coaching jobs. It was like coaching two different teams. We lost five guys but we rebuilt this. We grew up. |
It's hard to get better just in practice. There's nothing like the experience of the game. |