Chris Raso
Chris Raso
facility far great state though travel
NA is a great facility to play at. What I like most about it though is that we don't have to travel that far to play our first state game.
ball catch girls luxury move post
It's such a luxury to have girls like the Novacek girls who can catch the ball in the post and move the way they can.
aspect eastern everybody hard knew preparing seeing tape thinks watch watching whoever won
It's not as hard as everybody thinks -- honest. They know our personnel. We know their personnel. From the aspect of preparing for somebody, now I'm going to watch the tape of whoever won that eastern final, but watching the tape and seeing them in person are two different things. So, I knew what (Moon) could do.
decisions kid last skills
It's not even the same kid as last year. Her skills ... her decisions ... it's been an unbelievable progression.
athletic easy kids
They are very athletic kids who make it pretty easy to coach. But I didn't have any big kids for over 15 years, so I was overdue.
claim line poise situation tonight
Tonight I'll claim her as my niece. There's no one else I'd want at the line in that situation ... she has so much poise ... (She was) fabulous, unbelievable.
fourth girls knew possibly since stride watching
I've been watching these girls since they were in fourth grade. I knew what stride they could play at. I thought four years ago that we could possibly get to this level.
appreciate enjoy love
This first one was a grind, so we're going to enjoy it and appreciate it. But yes, we'd love to be back here again. Let's go again. I'm up for it.
best shot
Day in and day out they've been able to take everybody's best shot because that's what you get, especially in the playoffs.
champion happening hard hear ready time
Sometimes you hear about the WPIAL champion having a hard time getting ready for states. I don't see that happening with this team. They'll be ready to play.
bumped few game hear lose rolling stayed stood true word
Sometimes as a coach, you think it's better to lose a game and get bumped down a few pegs, but they didn't want to hear any of that. They stood by what they said. They stayed true to their word and, hopefully, they'll keep rolling along.
again sarah turned
Sarah was the X-factor again tonight. She turned things around for us. She turned up the intensity.
enjoy head hit
I got hit in the head with it. I'm going to keep it. I'm going to enjoy it.
allow caught changed coached coaches fit foot girl offensive personnel run systems time trying utilize
One thing is that we have changed the offensive systems to fit our personnel at each place. You can't do the same thing all the time and I think some coaches get caught up in trying to run the same system when their personnel doesn't necessarily allow it. Before this season, I never coached a girl over 5 foot 9 , so this is a little different and we made adjustments to utilize our height.