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...
ahead attention coaches continue couple executing goes looked majority matter obviously paying slate team unit weeks year
I thought it looked like we had a couple of weeks off for a majority of the time. It's a matter of executing from a timeout to the floor. It's a matter of paying attention to detail, and as a unit that's obviously something coaches want their team to continue to get better and better at as the year goes on, especially with the slate we have ahead of us.
continue fresh hope left legs move playing records seem smooth underneath
Honestly, I didn't know I had any records left to break. The hope is to continue playing and get some fresh legs underneath some people. But it does seem like a pretty smooth move on my part.
basketball biggest defend difference fact highest
I thought the biggest difference was the fact we were able to defend the basketball at the highest level.
dunk kid remember watching
I remember watching a 5-8 kid dunk with power, and she's a 10th grader.
basketball defensive good means overall pressure
Overall it comes down to our defensive effort. We had 47 deflections, and that's always something good because that means you're able to pressure the basketball and not let them feel comfortable in their sets.
building extremely far halves manner nice outcome overall pleased remember struggled together
Overall I'm extremely pleased with the outcome of this game. As far back as I can remember we have struggled in this building and it was nice to see us not only put together two halves of basketball, but in the manner in which we put it together.
areas drop good minutes players rest several standpoint starters today
I thought in several areas we got better today from the standpoint of players that don't play a lot of minutes got a lot of minutes and different combinations with some starters getting to rest and there not being a drop off. All of that is good stuff.
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.
complaints-and-complaining eight half minutes report scouting seven sounds wasted
The 20-0 sounds good, and I'm not complaining at all about it, but we wasted about seven and a half or eight minutes before got to the scouting report offense.
bit exchange people
That was just an exchange between two people in a profession. And it was probably a little bit out of context.
aware capable close extremely frustrated players possession
I was extremely frustrated about our start. The players are well aware of what they are capable of doing. They have to make each possession a masterpiece. They didn't come close to doing that today.
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.
environment late
When you give up 10 3-pointers in this environment this late in the year, it's going to be a struggle.
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.