I thought with this young team he was vital for us, ... I wouldn't have enjoyed watching him play handicapped as he is. |
I told (Nate) it's just as selfish not taking an open shot as it is not passing the ball. |
I told Eddy we obviously traded for him and gave up a lot because we really believe in him. He's the cornerstone. I look at him as our future. Him and Channing (Frye) . I don't know if he knows how good we think he can be. |
I told him I just wanted him to let us coach him the rest of the year and he's not going anywhere and let's move on. Let's deal in the present and not in the past. |
I told him I wanted him to listen. I told him I appreciated the way he cheered for his teammates at the end of (Wednesday's) game. It meant a lot. I was sorry that the crowd, some of the people booed him. And I told him I just wanted him to let us coach him the rest of the year. He's not going anywhere, and let's move on. |
I told them we're bowl eligible. We won seven games. |
I tried to get him to suit up. |
I tried to get his mind off this. We were talking about our team, the Minnesota-Boston trade and just what's going on in the league. |
I want badly for us to do well, because of the fans here, ... They've been phenomenal over the years. |
I wanted some of these guys to get that kind of experience. Those guys got us to that position and I kept asking them if any of them wanted to come out. Jamal [Crawford] was really struggling physically and none of them wanted to come out. |
I wanted to play some of the younger kids. I didn't think there was a way we were going to get back in that ballgame, the way it was going. |
I was concerned. We made those last five minutes seem like a year. But there were a lot of good teaching points in that. We had breakdowns but managed to get a win. We can learn from it. |
I was encouraged. I was crushed [by the loss], but I was proud of the effort, how hard they tried. They seemed to really care. The guys who played were cheering for each other, had enthusiasm. I think if we might've had that mind-set from day one, we might not have a great record, but I think things would certainly look up. |
I was just looking for something to give us enthusiasm and effort, ... I would have been horrified if they didn't fight back. But I was proud of the effort. |
I was just trying to point out to him, you get a standing ovation and pump your chest and Allen's got 25,000 points and he acted like (it was) no big deal. |