Stan Gundy
Stan Gundy
bit expectation figured low measure question team
The expectation question is a little bit overdone. I think I've got it figured out. If the expectations for your team are high, and you don't measure up, you get fired. If the expectations are low and you lose, you get fired.
great guys job points team tough
They do a great job at the basket. They're a team that doesn't give up points in the paint, and it's tough to get anything to the rim, and we didn't have a lot of guys making (outside) shots.
extremely goes obviously talented team year
I obviously don't know the team here, but I know they're young, I know they're offensively extremely talented ... I think the team will get better as the year goes on.
april competing counts games harder road teams
It's going to be a harder road for 82 games - a lot more teams competing for it. And you're going to have to be a lot better when it counts in April and May to get to where we want to go.
analogy angst expectation good hard individual lead olympics roll team
The hard part is, from the outside, the expectation is that it is going to be very easy, you're just going to roll out there with your talent, ... That can lead to a lot of angst when things don't go well. There's a lot more to being a team than talent. I used the analogy of the Olympics with them. We have a lot of good individual players, but that is not going to be enough.
behind bottom chance focus forward happened line months stuff team
All that stuff is behind us. Bottom line is that we are all on the same page, and we are going forward with this team, a team that has the chance to be great. That is where our focus is. It is not on what happened months ago.
fights-and-fighting floor game guys heights lifting playing team
It's not about numbers. Then you'd have guys fighting. It's about playing the game better. It's being more efficient, it's making better decisions, it's playing the other end of the floor better and it's lifting your team to heights they haven't been to.
best last mean means might pat saying standing team win
Standing pat was not the best thing to do. It doesn't mean that you're saying last year's team couldn't win it. What it means is, you think there might be a better way to go.
face pardon saw sticks
I saw your face on the sticks on Pardon the Interruption . That's big.
decide defense guy offensive talking
When you're talking about roles, there could be offensive roles, ... but a guy can't decide that defense is not part of his role.
breaks fast five four general guys next running three wide
We had four or five three-on-two fast breaks where all three guys were running next to each other. We were in general not wide enough.
asking bit emphasis hard system
Our system is a little different than what some of (the new players) are used to, and what we're asking them to have an emphasis on is a little bit different than what they're used to. But they're working hard at it.
gone
To be doing all of this with what he's gone through physically, I'll never get over it. It's phenomenal.
believe next
We believe we're going to be in the next series, too.