Doug Elgin
Doug Elgin
five greater pressure
The pressure is five times greater than it's ever been, and if we go 1-4 or something, everyone will think we've failed.
cut data guys selective win
I just thought it was too long and too harsh. You can win a lot of arguments with a selective cut of data and I think that's what those guys did.
believe games watching
I'll probably be jittery watching all the other games play out. But I believe in the system.
cup good
I think our cup overflows with everything good that's happened.
analyst committee criticize national ought
If you're a national analyst and you're going to criticize the national committee then you ought to be as knowledgeable as the committee.
demand level ourselves raise
It's really helped, I think, to raise the level of officiating. We now look at ourselves differently than we did 15 years ago. We demand more of ourselves.
media national needs obvious
It's pretty obvious the national media needs to take a better look at what we have to offer.
competing
It's a free-market system. We were competing with all the conferences, and Saturdays were the most problematic.
attacks below calling chair
The attacks were inappropriate, they were skewering the chair and calling out the committee. It was way, way off the charts, below the belt. It was unnecessary.
brand league mind name question valley
Take away the brand name (Missouri Valley Conference) and put the name of another league on our shirt, and there is no question in people's mind that we should be a five-bid league this year.
It's very important we back up this season.
almost closer difference fairly mistake playing teams
They're closer than they've ever been. The difference between 5 and 13 is almost insignificant. You have a No. 13 in Bradley playing a No. 4 in Kansas. I don't think it's a mistake in the seeding. The teams were fairly evenly matched.
chair entitled proper question
They're entitled to their opinion. I don't think that's the proper forum, to take on the chair and question his integrity. In that situation, I think it was wrong, ... terrible.
elation four joy
There's a lot of joy and elation for those four teams.