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.
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.
coming guys pops respond situation
The guys had to respond because they were going into a situation where they hadn't been before. We never told them if Pops was coming back or not coming back.
coming great maybe means middle reflect season stretch tough
It's great for the fans; I think it means more to them. Maybe at the end of the season I can reflect on it. But when you're in the middle of the season and you have a tough stretch coming up, you don't think about it.
finishing whatever
I have some concerns, but that is about finishing plays. We had opportunities to finish plays. We just didn't -- for whatever reason.
effective game question
He's doing well. Now it's just a question of how effective he can be in a game situation.
experience fact free hoping ncaa pay position situation tournament
It was disheartening to play well enough to put us in the position to win, but we just couldn't make the free throws. I don't know if it was the fact that it was the NCAA tournament and we weren't used to the atmosphere, but I'm hoping that's where our experience will pay off if we're in that situation this year.
recruit
We recruit and do things the right way.