Karl Hobbs
Karl Hobbs
Karl Hobbsis an American men's college basketball coach, currently the associate head coach at Rutgers University. He is the former head coach of the George Washington University Colonials men's basketball team. During his tenure, the Colonials won two Atlantic 10 Conference championships and made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2005-07. Hobbs is known for his high-energy, frenetic coaching style...
attention basketball bit flow fluidity offense pops team
We're just a different basketball team when Pops is in the lineup. Our offense is able to flow with just a little bit better fluidity with him out there because of all the attention he gets.
attention creates pops team
We're a different team with Pops in the lineup. He creates so much attention just being on the floor.
among due experience gate inside lack pops tonight
I thought we got out of the gate pretty early. Pops established our inside presence, which is what we wanted to do tonight due to the lack of experience among their inside guys.
focal starts steps time
Every time he steps on the court, he's the focal point. Everything starts with him.
feels great incredible trait
He just has incredible confidence. Most scorers are confident. They have an incredible sense of themselves, and that's a great trait to have. He feels he can make every shot.
cherish coach enjoy fun game hopefully memory plays proud regardless rest
Hopefully they will enjoy tomorrow. Hopefully they will have fun tomorrow, regardless of how the game plays out. Hopefully they'll have a memory they'll cherish for the rest of their lives, and they know they will have a coach that is very proud of them.
assure exactly playing settle
I told them to settle down and they need to relax. I wanted to assure them that I was under control. They were playing the way I was acting. I am acting. That's exactly what I was doing.
mentally prepared sure
I'm not so sure mentally we were prepared at the beginning. And that will be addressed.
climb deal good great hard lost mountain played program team tough
I thought our team played with a great deal of effort. We had a tough mountain to try and climb today. We lost to a very good program and I thought we played as hard as we could.
balance changing defense switching throw trying withers zones
I thought our defense was pretty consistent. We wanted to keep changing our defense and going between our zones and switching back to man. We wanted to keep them off balance and we didn't want Withers to get comfortable with our defenses that we were trying to throw at him.
challenged finished guys halftime mike proud step
I challenged Omar, Mike (Hall) and Regis at halftime and told them: 'You haven't scored yet. You guys have got to step up.' And we responded the way we should at home. I was very proud of the way we finished the game.
believe
I also believe that it was competitively motivated.
biggest inside offensive standpoint teams
I would think most teams will try to go inside from an offensive standpoint because we will be down an inside defender. I think that will be the biggest challenge.
improved improving indication last program
That we had improved from last year. The program is improving every year, and that was an indication that we had improved it. This year, we improved our status.