Charlie Coles
Charlie Coles
Charlie Coleswas an American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball head coach at Miami University and Central Michigan University...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 February 1942
best played struggling team wonder
We're going to Akron, which is the best team in our league. The way we played tonight, I really wonder when are we going to find it ... Everybody's struggling now.
fine hard team until
Everything was fine until he showed up. He's good, and they're all good. They're a hard team to play, but we really need to play them well.
anybody good mileage minutes next ok played replace team took
We should be OK next year, but we have to replace Hatcher; that's going to be the key. He took a team that wasn't very good and made them good. I never got so much mileage out of a guy. He probably played more minutes than anybody in the league.
constant great teams
We have to play great defense. I think the constant with all teams is how well they can defend.
goes man offensive past sit team
Here's what we're going to do. The first man on our team that goes to the offensive board, he's going to sit on the bus, because we've got to get back. If you don't, he'll go right past you.
basically book deal easy good helps pass saying spells teammates
What it's basically saying is that most of us want to pass things on, but our accountability is very, very important. It's easy to read and spells out everything. I think it's a good book for sports, because it helps you deal with what can I do and what can I do to make my teammates better.
advantage although certainly december early february five game games help home league letting pick road strength team three traveling treated wins
Although we are on the road for much of November, December and part of January, if we can pick up some early road wins it will certainly help to have home-court advantage down the stretch, especially having five league games at home and traveling for just three in February and March. With the strength of every team in our league, there is no letting down and every game has to be treated with a championship effort.
basketball great kid might team terms
Let me say this about him. He might be the most intelligent kid on the team in terms of basketball. He's got great basketball sense. He's got a great basketball IQ.
bad bench bigger certainly destroyed east guard muhammad option pressure realize takes teams time
I realize Big East teams will be bigger at the guard position, but you can play those two at the same time because Muhammad is like a 2-guard anyway. If you have him and Downey in there, it takes some pressure off Downey. That's not a bad option off the bench - it certainly destroyed us.
ball defense dropping four help maybe pass post teammate three tough
You could say the post defense isn't doing very well, but maybe his teammate isn't dropping down for a double-team, or maybe the person guarding the ball isn't pressuring the ball. It's tough to pass into the post if you're pressuring the ball. There could be three or four things wrong, and usually are. You need to be accountable and help each other be accountable.
defended stopped
We just stopped competing. They made a run; they defended us real good.
against cut earn
We have to cut our turnovers down and make them earn their baskets against our half-court defense.
bowling came fight green played waiting
Bowling Green has always been a nemesis for us and they have a lot of fight in them. We came out and I thought we played well. And I'll take it. I know the Falcons will be waiting for us when we go up there.
close hungry looks seniors trying
The thing I'm trying to do is get him to close it out real good. You always want your seniors to want to play and still be hungry, and he looks like he's more hungry now than he's ever been.