Mark Gottfried
Mark Gottfried
Mark Frederick Gottfried is an American men's college basketball coach and former player. He was named head coach of North Carolina State University on April 5, 2011...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 January 1964
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I'm not going to talk about it (to the team), and I'm not sure our players will, either.
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This particular team has made me very proud of them. The reason is, they certainly could have accepted the fact that losing a great player, a proven player for us, a guy that we all knew could get baskets in key points in the game. Lose that guy and the easiest thing to do is build in excuses.
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College basketball is a long season, probably the longest season on a college campus. So when you get to the end of the season, you want your players to be fresh physically and mentally.
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It wasn't until the middle of December that things started to turn for him. In hindsight, I should have sat him a couple of games. He wanted to play, like all players do. We had that full week during finals where we were able to sit him and I think that helped.
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Chuck is a great player for us. But we have some other players that are great for us too.
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It throws you off a little bit, but the most important thing is to make sure the building is safe. The players understand that. Let's make sure everybody is safe.
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This is devastating for our team as it gives us only 10 scholarship players and a thin backcourt. We'll have to play a small forward at the guard position this year. We'll have to adjust.
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It was sure a relief when our name came across there. I'm excited for our players and our program. It's quite a statement that this is five in a row for us.
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It's important to have our legs back underneath us. But the players are in pretty good shape and in good basketball condition and can handle it pretty well.
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I'm proud of our guys. I think our players just decided to rally, play hard and do everything they can to give themselves a chance to win.
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I don't think our players will be satisfied, nor will I, with just getting in. We want to advance, we want to advance deep.
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They've got a number of young players. We have a bunch of young players as well, so there's probably going to be more freshmen on the floor than we've had in the last number of years playing in this game.
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In the time outs, there was a ton of determination in those guys. That comes from being burned once or twice.
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Ron Steele was real aggressive. He penetrated a lot in the first half. That was big for us.