Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney
William Tierneyis an American lacrosse coach who currently heads the men's lacrosse team at the University of Denver. Tierney is the first college lacrosse coach to win an NCAA DI Championship west of the Eastern Time Zone. He has coached seven NCAA DI championship teams, including six at Princeton University and one at the University of Denver. Tierney's teams have had a combined winning percentage of .750...
great
He's strong, and he's very fast. Those two things are really important to being great at his position.
ball break bunch concerned fast force last losing stopping tried trying winning worried
We were worried about possession. We never had the ball up there last year. We tried a bunch of different things. We weren't as concerned with winning or losing the face-off as stopping the fast break or trying to force a turnover. I think we were successful.
ball building care compete confidence huge lost protect
We have got to take care of the little things and protect the ball on offense. We lost a huge opportunity, but it was confidence building in that we can compete at that level.
advantage goals took
You look at their goals and they took advantage of some situations, and you look at our goals and we didn't.
guys harder remarkable senior tough
We are going to have to play them harder than we ever have before. They have remarkable senior leadership, and their guys are making tough shots.
easily guys lead respectful
I think the guys think of him in a very respectful way, as a guy who can very easily lead them. And they look at him as a friend.
uncharted waters
I think it is uncharted waters and we have no idea.
greater less mine role
His role is no less than mine is. And it is a lot greater than mine in some ways.
bring kids
He's from Massachusetts. When you bring kids home, they always do well. That was it.
advantage bit composure four god good hold knows lost might somebody team
We lost our composure a little bit at the end, and they're good enough to take advantage. You hold somebody to four goals, a team like Cornell, that's averaging god knows what, that's all you can do, its all you can ask. If you told me we were going to hold them to four, I'd say we might at least get five, but we didn't.
knows line
He knows how to keep things in line and organized.
against backs classic felt princeton syracuse
I think, just like Syracuse the other day, we may have felt like we had our backs against the wall. This was a classic Princeton win.
kids play lacrosse
If I was US Lacrosse, I wouldn't let any kids play field until they were 10 or 12,
lacrosse way united-states
Until box lacrosse grows in the United States, it'll continue to be this way.