Pat Coyle
Pat Coyle
department everybody
Everybody in the department is saddened that she's gone. We're functioning, though, and everything is going well.
grasp learn mold opportunity players
I look at it as a new opportunity to teach. You have 13 players who really want to learn and grasp what you are saying. We're going to mold them into what we want.
fits front room sideline
I think it's pretty cool. It fits great. It's the same measurements we have in the Garden. There's probably more room on the baselines and the sideline (at the front of the stage). We probably have more room here than we have in the Garden.
afford crucial good job mistakes playoff
I thought we were right in the game. We did a pretty good job to get back into the game, and then we made some mistakes. We can't have it in playoff time. We made crucial mistakes at times when we couldn't afford it.
further gaps instead spread stepped
They had us so spread out. Instead of getting into the gaps and penetrating and doing what we need to do, we stepped further away from the basket. We never went in and out. We just went around the perimeter.
afford crucial mistakes
I thought we made crucial mistakes at times when we really couldn't afford it,
half open passes second terrific understood
She understood in the first half how they were guarding her, and what was open in the second half. She made terrific decisions, unbelievable passes to our bigs. Her decision-making was terrific.
couple cut lost next played time work year
I didn't think we played very well. We lost our composure, and this time of year that can't happen. We have our work cut out for us the next couple of days.
scholars-and-scholarship status sure turned
She turned it really good. And I'm not sure of the status yet.
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.
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.
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.
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).