Ed Pepple
Ed Pepple
best consistency hard maybe practice season standpoint time worked year
It was a disappointing season from the standpoint that we didn't have any consistency. They worked hard all the time and they maybe had their best practice of the year (Monday).
along believe five question team top totally
There's no question this team has to be in the top five all-time. I believe it's a team that doesn't come along very often. They're totally together.
biggest finished games
We have not finished games and that has been our biggest issue.
against came eye flat poked
We came out flat against Newport. The other thing is we poked (David) Kelley in the eye and that spurred him on.
gave nice second spark
Trevor gave us a nice spark in the second quarter.
mode strengths teams
There are a lot of teams that are pretty even, and we feel like we're one of them. We've kind of been in the mode where we haven't finished, and that's been one of our strengths over the years.
chance move
We at least had a chance to move on.
formula island question team
It's been a challenge, there's no question about that. We just haven't been able to come up with a formula to get this team to play Mercer Island basketball.
athletes contain finished four good guy knew
We knew they had good athletes so we wanted to keep them from penetrating and contain their big guy (Michael Goodman, who finished with four points).
resilient written
They've been resilient all year. We were written off, and (we) always come back.
attention last pay single talk talked year
They talk about it every single year. They talked about it last year, and the year before that and the year before that. I don't pay any attention to that.
balance few good great guard guys handle nice point variety
They're a nice team. They've got a few good big guys and a great point guard (Ostrowski), and they have good balance and variety to their game. We just started with too many turnovers and couldn't handle the ball. We're not very experienced.
basketball class good kids program sophomore talent
They're all good kids and basketball junkies. The sophomore class has talent and depth. The one thing we really don't have in the program is size.
aggressive hurt played quickness
I was disappointed. I didn't think we played as well as we could. Their quickness hurt and they were more aggressive than us.