Eric Long
Eric Long
came fact focus great kids liked loss night pressure shows
I liked the fact that we came out with intensity, pressure and a lot of focus after a disappointing loss the night before. It just shows these kids have great character.
downs game gone mentally regional season seems starting stretch strong team ups
Down the stretch we could have folded. I like where we are at mentally right now. We are starting to get very, very tough. We have gone through a lot of ups and downs this season and it seems like every game is a regional championship atmosphere. That is going to make us a strong team down the stretch.
came continued factor intensity key quarter second
The way we came out and continued the intensity we had in the second quarter was a key factor in the game.
change great played today wake woke
Sometimes you just have to change things up and do some different things to wake everyone up. Today we woke up and played a great game.
ask defense effort great hard lower percentage played prouder shoot size
I can't be any prouder of our effort and I thought Princeville played great basketball. If they shoot one percentage lower then they don't win. We executed everything we wanted to, we played hard defense and I thought we rebounded pretty well considering their size advantage. I couldn't ask for a better effort.
believe believed believing bought four games good grateful guys hard leadership led prouder six teaching trying turned win year
I couldn't be prouder of four guys. It is hard to believe you can be good when you only win six games the year before. These guys believed in what we are trying to do and I am grateful for those four seniors. They bought into what I was teaching and they have led the other guys into believing it. It is because of that leadership we turned things around this year.
basketball control cost forces great kids lets locker outside played prouder room
I couldn't be any prouder of these kids in this locker room right here. They played a great basketball game. Lets just say that there were forces outside of our control that cost us the game.
amount build gave guys gym hard help hours kids last people personal shooting six skills spent summer understand wins year
It was nothing but hard work. People don't understand the amount of hours these guys spent this summer shooting the basketball. All 15 of these kids were in the gym all day working hard. They gave up a lot of their personal opportunities to build their skills and help the team. That is why we went from six wins last year to 16 now.
chad close free game
The game wouldn't have been that close if we would have been able to make some free throws. We made them when we had to with Chad and Brandon at the end.
four gym hard hours improving russell seniors tone tyler
These four (along with seniors Tyler Russell and Cody Hagerman) have set a tone for our program, now and in the future, with how hard they worked. When I think of Brandon and Chad, I think of all the hours they put in the gym improving their skills.