Mike Leaf
Mike Leaf
double second seen start teams
I've seen teams start to double him with a second guy.
mean repeating
I've said this before, and I know I'm repeating myself, but that doesn't mean much to us right now.
ball came job looks moving nice open second struggled tough zone
They play a tough zone (defense) and we struggled a little in the first half. We came out like gangbusters in the second half. We got a lot of nice open looks and did a nice job moving the ball around.
coming talented
They're a talented team. They're hungry. They'll be coming after us.
kids loved obviously step
I congratulated the kids on the title; they loved it. Obviously we're excited, but this is just one step for us.
great happen job people position upset worry
It's a great upset for us from a position standpoint. We have to do our job (today) or the same thing could happen to us. We can't worry about what other people are doing right now.
force impressive kid next
They were really guarding him tight, and he's not the kind of kid to force anything. It's pretty impressive what he's done (in his career). He'll have to do it the next game.
chance effort everybody good hard nice overall played practiced week
It was a good effort overall from everyone. They practiced hard all week and played well right from the start. It was nice to get everybody some minutes. It was a good chance to get some more experience.
along focused friday gives great nice night program ranked
That kind of thing (being ranked high) is great for the program and great for the recognition it gives us. It's nice to get things along the way, but we really are focused on Friday night and Bemidji.
asking beat focused four game job kept matter next people team
Everyone kept asking me how you beat a team four times. I've told people how focused we are and how we take it one game at a time, so it really didn't matter who it was. It was our next game and we had to go out and get the job done.
came christmas last learned practice
When he came in around Christmas last season, he just came to practice and did his thing. He didn't want to interrupt. He just went out and learned the things we wanted to do.
against coming game good home kids love playing special team win
This was a big game ... and when you win at home in your house, that makes it more special coming against a team as good as Northern. When you're playing at home and have that atmosphere, the kids love it.
against bench easy elevated game joe pressure
I can't say enough about what Joe and Travis did off the bench against Northern. In a game like that, it would have been easy for them to put some pressure on themselves. But they elevated their game and responded so very, very well.
came ended half point quite second staying took
It was gutsy there in the second half as we came out and took it to them right away. We couldn't quite go over the top, though, staying with a 10, 12 point lead. That's pretty much how it ended up.