Larry Brown
Larry Brown
Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 September 1940
fault fourth great guys horrendous quarter trying
They made plays. We didn't make plays. That's been our MO I can't fault the effort. Guys are trying to win. We just had a horrendous fourth quarter and they had a great fourth quarter.
fault guy
His daughter's sick. I don't think you can fault a guy for that.
fault fourth game great guts guys horrendous mistakes overcome quarter time trying win
You can't fault the effort. Guys are trying to win the game. But when you make mistakes during the guts of the game and you don't have time to overcome them, it magnifies the mistakes. We just had a horrendous fourth quarter and they had a great fourth quarter.
ball half hang struggled turned
I thought the first half we really struggled offensively and turned the ball over a lot, but we just managed to hang in defensively and that was critical.
rookies situation tough
I thought they were a little tired, ... and then I thought down the stretch, I don't want to put the rookies in a tough situation like that.
process time understand
I think we just sometimes don't understand how we get leads, and time and score. We're just young and this is the process you've got to live with.
brought defensive fair intensity kids quarter third took
I think we didn't have much defensive intensity at all in the third quarter. The third quarter was not what we expected, so I wanted to put the young kids in and they brought us back into the game. I didn't think it would be fair if I took them out.
demanding
I think what you've got to do is keep simplifying it and demanding it,
aware basketball careers great guys history hockey later means older players realize sure teams until
I think a lot of the young players in basketball are not aware of what some of the older players in basketball have done, what they went through, and their accomplishments. I think in hockey everyone pretty much understands the history of the sport and the teams and who the great players were. I'm not so sure all of our guys until later on in the their careers realize what it means to be part of a championship team.
beat caliber ignore people
I think that's where people really started to take notice. To beat those caliber of teams, you can't ignore that.
becomes confused easy shot
I think the three-pointer has merit, but I'm a little confused about the distance. I don't want it to be such an easy shot that it really becomes more important than anything, because I don't think that's the purpose.
creates fact five games hurt jobs kids player struggled wondering
It is better than in the past, ... We all struggled sometimes, wondering what five games you're going to have a player miss. It could hurt you in some situations. I like the fact that you can keep 15 guys, because that creates more jobs and opportunities for young kids to get better.
five lost month national playing remember straight won
I remember when I was at Kansas, we lost five straight games. I told the team, 'We're playing great,' and we won the national championship a month later.
direction moving people positive
We don't see it as a crisis, we see it as really moving in a positive direction for the people we serve.