Doug Aplin
Doug Aplin
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.
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.
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.
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.
ball direction double kids man maybe react team throw tried turn
We tried to double team sometimes, and maybe that had something to do with it. If they throw you the ball and then you turn in a different direction and there's a man in your face, that's tough. Kids react differently and that got us turnovers.
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.
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.
basketball decent hope
I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better.
kept lay playing run shots ups
(Jefferson) made that run at us and we just wanted to make some shots. We got some shots and some lay ups and just kept playing our defense.
guys half hard kids love practice single worked
Our kids worked hard for everything they got this year. I would love to get the first half back in the finals, but that is the sport. Every day, every single day, these guys showed up for practice and worked hard to succeed.
deserve doubt guys lose proud proved year
We lost. You lose by 30, you lose by one it hurts. We could have rolled over and it could have been 40, but I've been proud of these guys all year and they proved without a doubt they deserve to be here, I think.
guys
We don't need any heroes. Our guys just need to do what they do.
bucket couple early might needed shots
We needed to make a couple more shots early on. A bucket here or there, who knows, it might have been different.
ad call change found game move moving
When I found out they were moving the game, I told my AD to call the FHSAA and tell them don't move it, don't change the game because of us.