Jim Yerkovich
Jim Yerkovich
depth player smart
I think he will offensively. He fits. He's a smart player but we won't have as much depth as we did this year.
gets players
His rebounding, and he gets after the ball. He makes our other players better.
coached harder high persevere school seen state team
There's nothing harder and more unpredictable than high school state tournaments. I don't know if I've ever seen a team persevere better. I know I've never coached one, but I don't know if I've ever seen one.
hard high inside key level player school seen
I've never coached, and I've never seen at the high school level an inside player play as hard as he does, and that's been the key for us all year.
heart played proud
They played so well defensively. I was so proud of them because that's always been the heart of our program.
himself trouble
Defensively, he got himself in trouble by not being fundamental.
greatest intensity kid plays
(Deane) plays with the greatest intensity of any big kid I've ever been around.
bandwagon best cannot carries coached consistent game group guys intensity jump level remember
As long as I've coached I cannot remember a group of guys who've had a more consistent intensity level from game to game. Where's that come from? It comes from (Deane). His intensity level carries over to the people, and they just jump on the bandwagon and go. I think that's the best thing he does for us.
absence almost answer area best essence family frustrated greatest hurts life teaching values word
I had been frustrated for my first 11 or 12 years that I hadn't been doing enough in the area of teaching values through sports. In 1978, the word 'We' popped into my head. . . . I really feel like 'We' is an answer to almost anything. It is the essence of humanity. Where are our greatest joys? Family and friends. The greatest hurts in life are the absence of 'We.' It's the best way to play the game, but also the best way to live.
east last pushed tendency year
He's really pushed the ball. Last year he had a tendency to go more east and west. This year he's going vertical.
everybody jumps picks season
He picks us up with intensity, and everybody kind of jumps on his back, and I think that's why we had the season we had.
close himself percent
If he can get himself back close to 100 percent we're a lot better team.
daniel factor seniors stood
Daniel was a big factor in the game, but I thought (those) two seniors stood out.
hard heart intensity jumps plays
Daniel's intensity and how hard he plays is the heart of our team. Because of his intensity, everyone else jumps on his back, and they go.