Quin Snyder
Quin Snyder
Quin Price Snyder is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. Snyder was an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks for the 2013–14 season following his time with Euroleague's PBC CSKA Moscow for the 2012–13 season and the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers during the lockout shortened 2011-2012 season. Prior to that, he was in charge of player development for the 76ers starting in June 2010 after coaching the...
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We've got certain standards in practice and in games and we'll play the guy that meets those standards consistently.
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His strong familiarity with our league and his recruiting ties in this region of the country will be a valuable addition to our program,
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We lost track of Moody. If Jimmy doesn't do that, then we don't go into overtime.
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He'll make you pay. When there was a long offensive rebound he stuck a 3. He did it several times. Those baskets had the effect of splintering us a little bit.
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I felt like that gave us the best opportunity to win. There are no after-affects. I absolutely expect Thomas to start and play great basketball against Baylor.
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I got into this business to guide kids and mentor and coach them. Although the wins and losses are not secondary, they dictate whether you get questions asked about the resignation or not. It?s never been suggested to me. There?s been plenty of times that option could have come up.
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If certain guys step forward and assert themselves I think you'll see a more steady rotation but until that happens I'm going to keep trying to find who's playing well on a given night and who's got there head in the right place.
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We showed our youth in the second half. We didn't have the same intensity.
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We felt to win the game tonight we'd have to rebound with them, we'd have to really guard them and we'd have to make some shots. I think the first half we really played great defense. ... We did not play well offensively.
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Tucker took the game over. No matter who guarded him, he was tough for us to handle.
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We've had some highs. This is obviously a low.
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Every team has a limited life and days like today, you can feel like that life has just ended. The fact of the matter is it didn't. There's more games for us to play. For me as a coach, I've got to figure out how to help my kids get better.
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At that point there was really no confusion in my mind as to what the course of action was. I knew that it was over.
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There certainly is frustration. As a coach I want my team to play better and I know I'm responsible for that. But until that question poses itself, I'm going to say my party line: It's not about me, it's about our team and trying to win games.