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
allowed floor happen last serious sure
Our last practice, our last shoot-around, just weren't serious enough. I allowed things to happen out on the floor that I should have stopped. I'll make sure it won't happen again.
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He's a professional. He probably made a slight mistake by going public before he had a conversation with the GM, but I've said all along he's been a professional on the floor at practice, in the locker room, on the planes, on busses. I never saw any real unhappiness or anything like that.
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He's got a good feel now about seeing the floor and knowing where his teammates are. And he's got a lot more confidence in his teammates. He knows it's bad basketball to try to go one-on-three.
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Indiana's coaches took advantage of mismatches and found things that we couldn't deal with on a consistent basis. They used the pick-and-roll in the middle of the floor and the isolation off the logo with Jackson.
games second start winning
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.
defensive establish showing takes willing
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.
five last normal poor
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.
energy knew maintain run
We withstood their run and all the energy in the building. We knew we had to maintain our composure.
hard resilient tough
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.
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The second quarter was like a defensive clinic for us. Holding somebody like the Celtics, who shoot close to 50 percent, holding them down to only 10 points. That kind of jump started us.
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Is he deserving of an all-star? He might be a little tardy in his production, but maybe he does, yeah.