Dale Layer
Dale Layer
Dale Layeris an American basketball coach. His most recent coaching position was as the head coach of the Liberty Flames men's basketball team, a NCAA Division 1 college basketball team that competes in the Big South Conference. He was fired by the university on March 5, 2015 after finishing the season with only a 2–16 conference record and an 8–24 overall record. It marks his second stint as a coach at Liberty; he spent the 2007-2008 campaign as an assistant...
easier rather trying
It's a lot easier said than done. We know what we're trying to do to him, but I'd rather that not be in the paper.
except good job
I thought we did a pretty good job on everything except threes.
experience figure game good kids learning
I think this will be a good learning experience for Thursday. It was important to get a game under our belts. Our kids figure to be more relaxed.
both free game last minutes needed pull rebounds stopped teams throws ugly
It was ugly at times. Both teams had the jitters. I thought the last two minutes of the game we had big hearts, stopped them when we needed to, got big rebounds and made just enough free throws to pull it out.
both hearts last shots teams ugly
It was ugly at times. Both teams had some jitters. But in the last two minutes, we had big hearts and managed to make some shots at the end.
gave heels mix
We wanted to mix it up a bit. I think it put them on their heels and gave us some momentum.
difference hard managing time
We had a hard time managing Ainge, he set up a lot of people. He was probably the difference in the game.
few physical prepared
We've got to be prepared for a physical game. They're much like us. With a few breaks, they could have had a few more wins.
continue days last team
We have to continue to get better and in the last 10 days we haven't. That is on me, I have to make my team better.
hole
We didn't have enough fight. We got in a hole early.
either game huge stop
We didn't stop No. 1 either time. He made huge shots, especially in the game at our place.
environment free good guys heading learn respond shooting throw
We are typically a good free throw shooting team. It's a different environment and there's a little more pressure. I think our guys will learn from this and respond well heading into (today).
far
We're not that far off. It's not like we had to revamp everything.
effort field percent problem shot
We shot 48 percent from the field which I will take on the road. It wasn't an effort problem tonight, it was execution.