Pokey Chatman
Pokey Chatman
Dana "Pokey" Chatman is the current general manager and head coach of the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She is the former head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team and the Spartak Moscow women's basketball team...
opening
Usually when I give my opening statement, I can find something that's wrong. But, there wasn't a whole lot tonight.
environment late
When you give up 10 3-pointers in this environment this late in the year, it's going to be a struggle.
love matter okay playing points shows
We love points in the paint. If the 3 shows early, by the right person, we're okay with it. But it's just a matter of mind-set and playing the percentages.
indication key players playing reserves rest several strong time today
Today was a strong indication of us getting better as a team. Several key players got some rest and some reserves got some playing time before getting into the SEC.
opportunity realize step time
We were so engrossed in it at the time. I don't think we had the same opportunity to step back and realize how we were going through this time and how devastating it still is.
basketball next step work
We don't want to be good. I want to make that next step to being great. We'll work on that and we'll be a better basketball team.
ability decided defend defense game highest level seen transition
We were able to defend at the highest level I've seen from this team. This game was decided with defense and our ability to take away their transition game.
bottom coming game rebounds won
We felt, coming into the game, that this game was going to be won in the paint. Bottom line, it boiled down to 42 rebounds for LSU and 27 for Duke.
early engaging player superstar
You got an early sense of what she was going to be like. And as the years go on, nothing ever changes. She?s still that superstar player with that engaging personality.
correct game home knowing ok top win
To win going away and not to be on top of our game knowing you can go home and correct those things, I'm OK with that.
coaches hear kid learned players served talk time
You hear coaches talk about players being in the doghouse. It's not one of those things. It's a kid who made a mistake. She served her time and she's learned from it.
goes group hard pleased regular season seed task team terms understand work
We are well pleased with securing a No. 1 seed in terms of the regular season championship. This team is a group of individuals who look at the task ahead. They understand that there is a lot of hard work that goes into that.
appealed board challenged nature pull season terms
We didn't pull out a marker and get on the board at halftime. We just kind of appealed to their competitive nature and challenged them in terms of where they want to go and how they want their season to play out.
amazing base basketball boils feet head kids last lock mentality people seven shots tape watching
Watching that tape last night, it's amazing the mentality (of Washington) going after the basketball and not just the kids that are five, six, seven feet away from it. It boils down to your base defense, and being able to lock in on it. Being able to play people head up and contesting shots and getting the block-out scheme.