Rick Ford
Rick Ford
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We've got some girls that played their hearts out. We can build on it, that's just part of that growing process, but they had a couple of seniors that were really good.
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I see houses that are maintained to different degrees, I see gardens that are maintained to different degrees, ... One of the things that I would look for would be a design that very quickly would reveal individual enthusiasm of individual residents. ... Anything monolithic can, if it's designed well, look less monolithic.
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We've lost to Charlotte, but we beat Phoenix (on the road). How that works, I don't know. It's a matter of us going out and playing.
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P.J.'s a tough kid. He's overcome a lot more than that in his life.
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We watched tape of them and we talked about their quickness and ability to get in the passing lanes. Until you get out there it's hard to fathom how effective they are. They are a pesky team and they're going to be one of those teams that will always be hard to play.
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We had a day off (Saturday), so our players were ready to play them, ... We played with a lot of energy. The top 10-11 guys all got a good run in and played well.
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We were having trouble getting things started all night. It was just a little ground ball that I was able to hit in the right place to get on. Then a passed ball and Ruben Sierra deserves a lot of credit. After sitting on the bench, he rips that ball out there into left field. He did his job.
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Unless they became Detroit, Indiana and San Antonio rolled into one, a lot of it has to do with us. We are going to have to look long at why we aren't getting more production from everybody and getting better shots.
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We told him all year to play more disciplined. It?s just a bad habit of him reaching. He is too good a player to let that happen.
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He's a very good athlete with a tremendous body and great speed. The question is: What do we have? ... We feel he has a big heart and will run through walls for us.
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He did as well as he could. He hadn't been working out that much because he didn't expect the trade. I thought he was winded and tried to get him some shorter minutes in the second half.
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He's got to work on his body, to get stronger for the next level, but he's terrific. He doesn't get rattled; he's seen probably every defense.
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Fran and I spent a lot of nights watching summer league games throughout the D.C. area. I've got a lot of respect for him. You've got to marvel at the job he's done once he arrived there. His teams are very intelligent. They're not going to beat themselves. They're going to play extremely hard. They're probably more athletic than people think.
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We weren't the second-best team in the country when we played Duke. We weren't.