Ken Koelbl
Ken Koelbl
ability both chance knew learning liked lived saw work
I liked what I saw from them right away. They were young players, and I knew that they had a lot of learning to do. But I saw their ability and their work ethic, and I knew they had a chance to be successful. They've both lived up to expectations.
seem
As I watched, it didn't seem like they missed.
cusp matter staying
I think we're right there on the cusp (of being very good). It's just a matter of us staying with it. We need to keep doing the things we've been doing, and we need to do the little things to be successful.
bids conference hold matter outside shot sure teams winning
I told them not to hold their breaths, but that we had an outside shot at an at-large bid. It was just a matter of the right teams winning their conference tournaments to make sure there are enough at-large bids left.
conference expect half needed offense played points stops team
For us to be a conference contender, we've got to be a better team defensively. You can't give up (35) points in the first half and expect to win. Our offense played well, but didn't get the stops when we needed to.
days good practice short situation
All we can do is try to have two good days of practice and tuck this one away. In a situation like this, you've got to have a short memory. Unfortunately, we're in that situation right now.
credit guys kept
One thing I give our guys credit for, they didn't give in. They kept battling.
certainly good played struggle sure
It was a struggle, but it was a good struggle. I'm not sure we played our ?A' game, but we certainly had our ?A' competitiveness.
focused good leading needed practices
We had two pretty good practices leading up to this game. We were pretty focused on what we needed to do.