Pat Coyle
Pat Coyle
league nobody squander talked undefeated
We talked today: Nobody in this league is undefeated and it's going to be a dogfight every night. So we can't squander opportunities.
five games people rotation
We have an eight-man rotation and those people are going to play the minutes. If we had five games left, two left, one left. It doesn't matter.
instead minutes players rotation
We have an eight-player rotation and those players are going to play. If I can keep their minutes in the 20s instead of the 30s, I'll do it.
changed changes core free group league players served time together
We had that core group together for a long time and it served us well. But I think as the league changes and new players come in and with free agency, you know the league's changed and what we need to do is change with the league.
energy good people
We've got a lot of good people in this gym. It's been great, their energy is really high.
gave half helps man second whether zone
Whether it's junk, zone, man ... if it helps us win, I'll play it as much as we can. If we can just play them zone and not give them second shots. We gave them too many in the first half, but in the second half we did a better job.
against couple defense figured finally five handle minutes rocket run took tried zone
We didn't handle their zone defense very well. It doesn't take a rocket scientist. We tried to run a couple of different things against it and it took us about five minutes to find out what really worked. When we finally figured it out, we just didn't keep going back to it.
personnel press quicker
We're always physical, we'll always play like that. We're going to play a lot quicker than we have played. We're going to press a lot more. We have the personnel that can play the way we want to.
conversation key moments month private proven
We had a private conversation about a month ago. She told me that I could use her in key moments down the stretch, and she's proven that.
afford crucial mistakes
We made crucial mistakes at times when we couldn't afford it. We are going to regroup.
composure lost time
We lost our composure and this time of the year, that can't happen.
absolutely addition athletic bigger changes goal help needs rule shot
We absolutely addressed some of our needs today. Our goal was to get more athletic and bigger to help with the rule changes (the addition of the 24-second shot clock).
ball court walked
We're going to play a lot faster. You're not going to see the ball walked down the court any more.
against ball dictate easier fun net team tempo transition
When this team executes, they are fun to watch. You have to dictate tempo against them. When they take the ball out of the net it makes it a lot easier to get back into our transition defense.