Don Flanagan
Don Flanagan
Donald Elliott Flanagan is an American retired basketball coach. From 1995 to 2011, Flanagan was head coach of the University of New Mexico women's basketball team...
effort full
We have to be able to play the full game. We have to get over being a one-half team. I was really disappointed with our effort at halftime.
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We've got to shoot the ball better. We're a better shooting team than we're showing right now. We're being impatient.
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If we had gotten her, we would have been good right away. I don't think she could visualize the same dream that I had. I just had nothing to sell. The only thing I had was my idea of success. It's hard to get anybody to buy in when you've got nobody in the stands and your background is that your RPI is 325 out of 330 teams.
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I can't say whether the rest is good for us unless we beat Air Force. I like to have the team in a rhythm with two games a week. With the extra time off, you worry about them being game-ready.
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This was a tough game for us. I saw so many things I didn't like. They weren't carrying out some things and then the mental part of it I was really disturbed with. I thought we would be mentally prepared.
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The good thing about being a basketball team is that you play a lot of games. We have a game against New Mexico State, and we have to bounce back.
We've got a lot of depth. So we should be OK.
choice hand happy
My hand was forced, and I had no choice (but) to play more people. But I'm happy with the way everyone has responded.
nobody talked
Nobody that I talked to wanted to be part of this program.
game good stepped
She had a good game and stepped up for us.
chance hot point
She didn't have a chance to play. But she wasn't at that point being a big factor. But who knows, she can get hot and she's who they look at when they really need a hoop.
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She missed a three-point shot, went right back and shot another three-point shot. I think she shot three in one series and made one of them. She's got to shoot, and when she's open, she's got to shoot.
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She's someone I can count on to help us out when we're in trouble. She's aggressive, and she wants to play. She's been a pleasant surprise. I knew she could be good for us. I just didn't know she could be this good this quickly.
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She's very unorthodox on offense. She drives to the basket and has this remarkable ability to catch a lot of people off balance.