Doug Elgin
Doug Elgin
concerned culture curtail risk serious viewed
We're very concerned when something like this happens. We don't want to curtail unnecessarily anything viewed in cheerleading culture as routine. But we don't want the risk of serious or catastrophic injuries.
attacks below calling chair
The attacks were inappropriate, they were skewering the chair and calling out the committee. It was way, way off the charts, below the belt. It was unnecessary.
knowing miss selection
I miss the selection weekend. Not knowing is agony.
It's very important we back up this season.
brand league mind name question valley
Take away the brand name (Missouri Valley Conference) and put the name of another league on our shirt, and there is no question in people's mind that we should be a five-bid league this year.
basketball committee dilemma leave
So the dilemma the basketball committee has is this: If you don't take five, who do you leave out?
apparently craig pointed slate wiped
As Craig Littlepage apparently pointed out, that slate is wiped clean.
advantage buy coach equalize gotta grow kids major might mold money opportunity playing programs solid youth
Money can't buy you a Goliath. It can't buy you an unbeatable team. You gotta have someone who can coach them, someone who can mold them into a unit. You can really equalize things with kids who grow up in a solid program, who become seniors. They have the opportunity to take advantage of the youth and inexperience of some of these major programs that might be playing them in the Tournament.
miss service
If I miss any part of service on the committee, it?s that.
best definitely interest maryland
We definitely think it's not in our teams' best interest to go to Maryland for the money.
evidence faith stronger
There's a preponderance of evidence that we're stronger than we've ever been. We have faith in the process.
demand level ourselves raise
It's really helped, I think, to raise the level of officiating. We now look at ourselves differently than we did 15 years ago. We demand more of ourselves.
media national needs obvious
It's pretty obvious the national media needs to take a better look at what we have to offer.
buzz calls hear
There's a buzz when he makes those calls. I know when he calls one of our coaches, I hear about it.