The team did well at times, and didn't play well at times. It was one of those kinds of matches. |
There are some things that are really hard to see (on video), like facial expressions. That's important. That shows how he reacts. That shows what kind of teammate he is. |
They did nothing to surprise me at all. They play hard. They're well coached. They don't make too many mistakes. All of the surprises were on our side of the net. I was in shock during the first two games. I hadn't seen anything like that since January. We didn't do anything well. Some of our guys didn't come ready to go. |
They had a total free day. |
They were the way we thought they would be. They had us on our heels all night. |
They're always good at maintaining their focus. They know we expect them to be responsible. |
They're not going to self-destruct. Few teams do in this conference. They're sound, they play hard. We're going to have to take care of business. |
They've got a nice arrangement. |
Things were going well clear into Game 3 and then we squandered a bunch of points. I didn't call a timeout because I felt we'd pull out of it. We had our chances in Game 3 and then we collapsed. |
This was a big win for us. It's always a good thing to be emotionally invested in a match, which was missing the other night. |
To be honest with you, I can barely believe what I saw with my eyes. |
Usually the reason somebody makes a serving substitution is because the other guy is struggling or the other team is passing him well. You want some contrasts (in the serves). |
We blocked some balls, we dug some balls, we served pretty good. We played a pretty good volleyball match. |
We didn't start off so good, but then we got on our game, and we played well in Games 2 and 3. |
We needed to be balanced. Bender came in and did a nice job. I think he turned the tide. |