Eddie Jordan
Eddie Jordan
Edmund Patrick "Eddie" Jordan, also known as EJ, is an Irish former motorsport team boss, businessman, presenter, entrepreneur, musician and mentor. Born in Dublin, Jordan worked first at the Bank of Ireland. He won the Irish Kart Championship in 1971 and moved to Formula Ford in 1974. He was the founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005. He was the chief analyst for Formula One coverage on the BBC from...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 January 1955
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There are times, when if you're playing well, let's just play well from the jump ball instead of playing well eight or nine minutes into the quarter. I think it's a calling right now for him to step up and bring what we need -- a little more force and power and the ability to score in the post.
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We had a six-game road trip and we liked the fact that we competed in every game out there. We competed on every possession on this trip. We shared the ball and we played the right way.
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We'll be especially happy if he can go out there and not have a lot of ill effects because of the thumb, like getting the ball where he can have physical contact and not shy away from it.
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He's been playing like that all of training camp, ... Hitting the offensive glass, getting put-backs; he's very aggressive. He stroked the ball today -- he's been getting better at shooting the basketball. He's made a heck of an impact on my mind about where he's at with our team.
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Starting with that six-game road trip, that was our defining moment. Right now we're coming through with flying colors. We went 3-3 on that trip but it's how we've played. We played physical and together and we were in every ball game and we're carrying that throughout the end of the season.
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The thing I really like is that he's aggressive, but he also takes care of the basketball, ... The last two years he's been very high in assist-to-turnover ratio. When you can attack like he can and you don't turn the ball over and you make the right decisions, that's a real plus for us.
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We just want to go out and play the way that we did in the second quarter. We need to start winning these games on the road.
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We just wanted to establish a defensive mind-set. We're showing each other that we're willing to do anything it takes to get better and to win.
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We just had some poor possessions offensively down the stretch. The last four, five possessions, we didn't have to make a big play, we just had to make normal plays, and we didn't come up with it.
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We withstood their run and all the energy in the building. We knew we had to maintain our composure.
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We're going through some hard times. Let's see how tough and resilient we are.
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The rooms are in chaos, ... It looked like a hurricane had been inside the evidence room. The stench was overwhelming.
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It was very positive. Really, we were all very united. Everyone wants to see serious cost savings over the future. I was enormously pleased at the outcome because it was all so one-sided.
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It was another really gutsy effort from our guys. We looked like we were stuck in the mud but we found a way.