Jeff Bzdelik
Jeff Bzdelik
Jeffrey Joseph Bzdelikis an American basketball coach who is associate head coach of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He was head coach of the Denver Nuggets in the NBA for slightly over two seasons, from 2002 until he was fired near the end of 2004...
denied relentless team wonderful
Jake was relentless and not to be denied on the boards. Everyone contributed, and everyone was in the fray. It's just a wonderful team to coach.
left selection teams
We all know there are going to be teams left out and there are going to be discussions, and that's just part of the selection process. That's just part of sports.
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Obviously we played our worst game at the absolute worst time, but we were hoping one game wasn't going to spoil all the wonderful things this team had done all year long. We all know there's going to be teams left out and there are going to be discussions. That's part of the selection process and sports.
allowed break came discussion finish half knew minutes reverse second team
There was about 3 1/2 to go in the half and we were up 16, and I told the team I wanted to finish the half strong. And the reverse happened. We allowed No. 21 (Utah's Shaun Green) to break loose. He was 1-for-1. We had a little discussion about that at the half. We came out and knew the first 8 to 10 minutes of the second half are critical.
attention field left paid pay picked radio shows stir teams time tv writers
I pay no attention to those comments. Any time you have a field of teams who are picked and some are left out, there's going to be talk. It's what radio shows are made of, it's what TV is made of, it's what writers get paid to do, is to stir up the pot.
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They're a good defensive team, and the reason they're a good defensive team is because they have a shot-blocking presence (Wyoming forward Justin Williams) who's one of the best in the nation who can erase any mistakes. When you have somebody like that, you can gamble a little bit and get up into your guy.
couple games laid level playing short sure team terms wonder
There's been a couple games with big discrepancies, where we have been on the short end (in terms of fouls called). I wonder if I have been too laid back in that regard. I want to make sure my team is on a level playing field.
andre discipline driven man plays team wants
Andre is a hungry, driven young man who wants a team that plays with discipline and unselfishness. He wants what we have, and we want what he has.
allow goal press
Our goal was not to allow the press to get to us; we accomplished that goal.
brought fact good players
The players know this system, and they feel good about the fact that it's brought them success,
easy kept players
We kept them from getting the easy baskets, and I can't say enough about the intangibles these players have.
encouraged heck john miss shoot
We thought they would sag off of John and really try to clog the middle. We encouraged John to just shoot the basketball. If you miss it, shoot it again. He did a heck of a job.
fine line open winning
We had open looks, we just didn't make them. It's a fine line between winning and losing.
blocks came energy good win
We came out of the blocks with good energy and it was a wire-to-wire win over a good team.