Mike Leaf

Mike Leaf
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.
double second seen start teams
I've seen teams start to double him with a second guy.
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.
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.
beat forward game latter looking playing prepare ready
Like we said Saturday, come (Monday) we're going to be ready to prepare for this weekend's games. It's a game we're looking forward to because they beat us. We're looking forward to playing them in the latter part of the season.
basically great last left tournament year
He had a great tournament last year. And he basically started this year right where he left off.
composure definitely eventually frustrated knew shots tides
I think we really got frustrated in the first half. They were definitely on fire. We were able to keep our composure and knew our shots would eventually fall. Fortunately, the tides turned.
basketball excellent war
That was really a war out there, it really was. Those were two excellent basketball teams. We just had to battle, battle, battle.
mean repeating
I've said this before, and I know I'm repeating myself, but that doesn't mean much to us right now.
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.
economic impact nice
This will be a nice little economic impact for our community.
ball few games good last talented win won
We've been doing it the last few years, so we're used to it. They're a talented team. They won a lot of ball games early, so this was a good win for us.
character found gotten ourselves shows somehow
We've gotten ourselves into holes, but somehow and some way we've found a way out. That shows the character of these guys. They really never give up.
extremely happy signed special tremendous
What can I say? He's a tremendous young man, a special individual. The day I signed him, I was an extremely happy man.