Doug Aplin
Doug Aplin
hard matter playing proud stop
They never, ever stop playing hard no matter what. I couldn't be more proud of everything they've accomplished.
learned mean rankings teams time
I learned a long time ago that rankings don't mean all that much. All I know is that we're (one of two teams left). And that's the only ranking that matters.
locker room unless until whatever
At halftime, I told them not to come out of the locker room unless they would come fight, scratch, claw, whatever they had to do until the end of the game.
course might
Of course you always think you can get there, but I didn't really know if this might be a possibility at the beginning. But the kids, they got better every day.
beat games hard proudest shoot stayed staying team
That's the thing I'm proudest of with this team, even when we didn't play well in games or didn't shoot particularly well, we stayed in games by working hard and staying after it. We beat a very good, well-coached team tonight.
deserved hard kids played team today
Our kids showed heart, but Eastside played very hard and physically. They were the better team today and deserved to win.
battling game kept proud pull
I'm just proud of my kids, how we kept battling when the game was tight, and we were able to pull away.
became grew speed stronger
As he got older, he became stronger and his speed improved. He also grew defensively.
award gave tribute
This award is a tribute to the players. They just never gave up.
beat coach excellent good great job played saying scoring team win year
Sickles played really good defense. You're not going to beat a team by only scoring 35 points. They did what they had to do to win and what a great year they've had. I'm not saying we didn't have a great year, but Coach Garcia has done an excellent job with his kids.
coached fun game great group kids meet nice
This game was a lot of fun. It was nice to meet the kids you coached against. You always were able to see them, but it was fun to meet them and I had a great group of kids.
couple good guy might next night played score teams
With Largo, one night one guy might score 18 points, and the next night it'll be a couple different guys. They've got to be doing something right to get their ranking. They've played good teams as well.
guts heart team
This team has as much heart as any team I've coached. I think this is a team with a lot of heart, guts and courage. When they're down by 27 points, they didn't give up.
shots
Those shots were big. That got us going.