Bob Semling
Bob Semling
believing brian fire leading next until wait
Brian Bauer got us believing back in September. We weren't going to wait until next year. He was on fire leading and challenging the team.
competition execution guys level overall please
I was overall please with our effort. I told the guys I wanted championship level competitiveness and execution.
cheap difficult fed guys knew magical played sure
We got off to a real difficult start. I thought we played a little tentative and that fed into them. We knew we could come back. I didn't have to come up with any magical words. I just had to make sure the guys knew it wasn't just cheap talk.
crack energy found gave good great knack lift run second
We found a way to crack them with that big run before half. That gave us a good lift and we had great energy to come out in the second half. Pete has a real good feel for the game. He has a knack of where to be.
help share split stand
I can't help but think even if we get a split with Platteville, we've got a share of the title. Unfortunately, we let Platteville stand in our way.
best gym team whatever
When you let a team play that well in your gym this can happen. We didn't think Platteville would come in and not give us their best shot. For whatever reason, we let them get started and let them believe.
ball basket bring pass plenty rhythm scramble seconds
We wanted to bring the ball to the basket in some way. We had 15 seconds and that is plenty of time. But we muffed a pass and then we were in kind of a scramble mode. We had to take a not in rhythm shot.
bounce certainly crowd fast grit home passion plays start team until wait
It's disappointing to get off to that start on your home floor, and the other team plays with more passion and urgency. Certainly you want to start fast and get the crowd into it. You've got to have some grit when things don't go well and bounce back quickly. You can't wait until halftime.
falls good nice playing river road solid win
We had a very solid performance, especially as good as River Falls has been playing lately. A 14-point win on the road is nice to see.
character expected loss wednesday
We showed a lot of character after the loss Wednesday and I expected nothing less.
discipline game help learn remember revert talk toughness
We'll learn from this. This will really help us. When we talk about this, and discipline and toughness and being who we are, they'll understand. We'll revert back to this game and they'll remember and this will help them down the stretch.
advantage certain competition fans fever helps home pitch point respond
We'll see how their fans respond and how well that helps Stout. With the competition at such a fever pitch at this point in the season, I'm not certain if there is a certain advantage to being home or away.
kids plays quite stepped win
We battled and competed all the way. The kids wanted this win badly, but we just didn't have quite enough. Crawford stepped up and made some big-time plays down the stretch.
credit force happen jump rhythm shot shots trying
There's a rhythm shot that we make. To their credit, they got rhythm jump shots that you know you're going to make and we were trying to make it happen and force it to happen.