Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan
Anne Theresa Donovanis an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun...
coming lose won
I said right after we won the championship that I thought we could lose at least one starter. But I had no idea they were coming after our bench.
anybody betty determined lose losing marquee needed player three
Betty is a marquee player in this league. I think she needed to see our commitment. And after losing three players, we were determined not to lose anybody this year.
changes defender flow lose offense takes
We lose Betty's points, her energy. She takes a defender away from Lauren. So it changes the flow of our offense for sure.
composure free lose point saw throw
The most important things was the free throw line, no question. The other thing was, down the stretch, I saw us lose our composure much more than I would have thought at this point of the season.
doubt dragging worked
I was dragging my feet. There was never a doubt that it wasn't going to get worked out. I'm happy. Very, very happy.
cake defensive effort great icing matters mean played win
The only thing that matters tonight, and I mean this sincerely, is that we just played a great defensive effort for 40 minutes. It's a great win for that reason. The icing on the cake is 100.
focused game huge played team
I think it is huge that this team played that way down the stretch. At the end of the game we have to be focused and be able to execute.
experience feeling good last record says year
I think internally we're all feeling really good about it. To know that we accomplished the same record as last year with the experience we had, it says a whole lot about those 11 players.
betty everybody kept stepped sue
Sue went to a different level. She got everybody organized, kept everybody focused, moreso than a regular-season kind of deal. Betty stepped up verbally, so yeah, it's a different gear.
everybody people playing season surprised
I think everybody is disappointed how the season finished. I think many people are surprised we're not playing right now.
coming morning practice relying
We're relying on our practice guys, who have competed, to coming in morning and night.
assistant both college experience fortunate head join tremendous wnba
We are so fortunate to have Heidi join our staff. Heidi has tremendous experience in the WNBA as both an assistant and as a head coach, as well as many years in the college game.
healthy knee lauren reality
The reality now for Lauren is that she's never going to be healthy from the knee to ankle.
court difficult healthy knee lauren reality side star
The reality now for Lauren is that she's never going to be healthy from her knee to her ankle. It's very difficult when your star player's going to be on the side of the court on (an exercise) bike. But we've got to make adjustments.