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...
head imagine listen
You can imagine him nodding his head as you listen to the tape.
carry hopefully ivy league
There was a little spark, so hopefully we can carry that into our Ivy League season.
definitely difference guy
Schwartzman was definitely the difference in the first half. But our guy was the difference in the second.
clear game last lose reminder year
Every game is so important, especially in a year like this with so many upsets. You can't lose focus. After last year, I think the reminder is still clear enough.
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.
believe opportunity player
I believe that box lacrosse gives young people many more opportunities to excel in our game. If I had my choice, I would have every player under the age of twelve play box lacrosse exclusively or at least a majority of the time. The number of touches of the ball and the ability to develop better stick skills in a game of box lacrosse, far surpasses what happens to young people on a 110 x 60 yard field. Learning how to pass and catch in traffic, understanding how to shoot, and developing a sense of physicality are all positive traits developed by the box game.
against defense good team
You have to get possession. You can't play defense for as long as we did, especially against a really good team like Hofstra.
credit dynamic endless goes man princeton
What goes on with Princeton lacrosse is as much to the credit of him as to me and the players. He's a dynamic man with endless energy.
bunch confident create kids sit within
We've got a bunch of athletic, confident kids that play within our system, but we can't sit back anymore. We're going to have more fouls and create more turnovers.
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.
bigger goal starts
It's one of those things where you go into a big game...and the goalie starts to look a little bigger and the goal a little smaller. You just don't have confidence.