John Thornton
John Thornton
defense last mistakes season smarter supposed understand
We're just smarter on defense now. We made a lot of mistakes last season because we weren't communicating that well, but now we've really come together. We all understand where we're supposed to be and it shows.
itself perception pittsburgh role sees struggling team underdog
I know the perception is that we're struggling and Pittsburgh is peaking. That's where the underdog role comes from. But I don't think this team sees itself as an underdog.
rare short
It's very rare for someone to be so short (priced),
game happened kansas passion played result
Just to see the kind of passion we played with in that game, even when things didn't go right. That's how you've got to play. And when you don't, the result will be what happened (in Kansas City) when you don't play a game like everything's on the line.
adversity fluke games might people teams
There are going to be games when there will be adversity. You can't get down, because I don't think we're a fluke. A whole lot of people might think we're a fluke, and teams that think they're a fluke are going to get down on themselves.