Dave Newton
Dave Newton
kids smiles
There are some big smiles on our kids after that game.
four good problem quarters season together
We just didn't have a good first half. Our problem has been inconsistency to put four quarters together all season long, and that's been our downfall.
basketball cannot care chance executing giving job movement needed offense offensive shots taking
We just didn't get the shots up that we needed to get up and you just cannot do that at the varsity level. You're just not going to get away with that. We have to do a better job taking care of the basketball and then on the offensive side, executing and getting some movement in the offense and giving it a chance to get into a flow.
attacking basket blocking both couple fact four free gave kenneth kids late looks outside picked plays simple
(Y-C) just got too many looks at the basket - right at the hoop. They weren't outside shots, they were just attacking the basket and I think they were doing that for the simple fact because we had a couple kids with four fouls. Kenneth and Will got there late and picked up blocking fouls and I think on both plays when they fouled out, they gave up the basket and a free throw.
against care coach couple effort good hard kids line next score scramble situation start success teams until work
Their effort - they scramble and work as hard as they can until the end of the game. And I coach them to the end in that situation - I don't care what the score is. I want to see them get better and see those young kids have some success down the line here in the next couple years and it's going to start against good teams like that.
happiness happy losses satisfied trying
I know they're not satisfied or happy with losses - they better not be - but they're trying hard, so that's all I can ask.
bad basketball coaches hang happening hard hopefully loss negative parents playing positive practice quit realize scramble seen spectators start watch
There were some encouraging things out of a loss like this from some individuals out there that a lot of spectators don't see because we as coaches watch them every day in practice and we watch them in all the games. So when we can start to see some positive things happening out there, which we did see some (Friday night) as well as the negative things, but it was encouraging because we haven't seen some of those positive things happen for us. Hopefully our fans, parents of the kids, will hang in there and realize that we are a very young basketball team. They've got a lot of heart. They try hard. They don't ever give up. They don't quit. There's no quit in this team. Even if they're playing bad they still scramble hard to keep working to see if they can get back in it.
gives grow leeds
This gives Leeds something unique, something special. And it could grow to become something really big and long-lasting.
against effort eight ends game good held hold inside points rest six
Defensively, we held them to eight, Holman had six inside and he ends up with eight for the game - so we hold him to two points the rest of the way. That's a pretty good effort against the big guy.