Bob Punter
Bob Punter
concerned finished needed picked strong third
I was more concerned about the (defensive) end of the floor. I don't know if we had the zip we needed in the third quarter, but we picked it up and finished strong defensively.
encouraged good obviously
They have two pretty good players, but we have two very good players. Hummel is obviously a very good player, and we encouraged him to do a little more shooting-wise.
credit enthusiasm good hard kids played quick
Credit Merrillville, they played hard and with a lot of enthusiasm. They've got good quick kids and they're 14-3 for a reason.
ball defended guy guys needs rob
We tell our kids, it's not baseball, you don't take turns. You get the ball to the guy who needs to get it. They defended us in a way to take away Scott and Rob (Hummel) and make other guys score. They didn't let us do what we wanted to do.
bothers passes
The thing that bothers me is we just had too many passes that they touched, and we can't do that. We did too many things that made it look like we hadn't practiced.
besides contrary enter game might ours people practice teams win
One team's (18-3) and one team's (16-3). Contrary to what people might think, other teams practice besides ours and enter the game with the will to win also.
board chances few gotten guys looks martin matter points
But we couldn't get 60. It's a matter of getting looks for other people, getting chances for other guys to put a few points on the board to augment the 30, 35 that (Scott) Martin and (Rob) Hummel get. They've pretty much gotten their points all the way through.
body game high impossible opposed pounds realize rob school stay ten
Scott and Rob (Hummel) realize that if they want to play Big Ten basketball, they can't stay where they are. (Martin) already has a pretty well-proportioned body, but he still has a high school body as opposed to what you see in a Big 10 game from 6-8 players. He could put 20 more pounds on his chest, and he'll be impossible to handle. And I could be really smart.
coaches constantly defeats instead kids purpose rule spirit stuff supposed talking text time whatever
I feel that text messaging defeats the purpose of the rule. Coaches aren't supposed to be talking to recruits on the phone, but they're still communicating with text-messaging. The spirit of the rule is so kids are not constantly talking on the phone, but now they're constantly text-messaging, and it's time consuming. They are constantly doing this stuff instead of whatever they have to do or want to do.
eight games guys might nine seven suited
It's been pretty remarkable. We've had seven or eight games where all the guys who've suited up scored. We might only have nine in those games, but they're doing something.
believe game lose people
For all the people that think we should lose a game so we can be better in the (state) tournament, this is for them. I don't believe that.
ball fourth game guys hold lead obviously react time tried
It's obviously the first time our guys have been in a game in the fourth quarter. Did we react well? I don't know. We tried to hold the ball with a one-point lead and didn't do it.
badge character coaching good honor minutes played six
That's a badge of honor for our coaching staff. From six minutes on, I thought we played well defensively and showed good character on our part.
realized scoring standing
I realized he was scoring a lot, but not that many. It wasn't all just standing and shooting. He was working hard.