Gail Goestenkors
Gail Goestenkors
Gail Ann Goestenkors, is an American basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. Previously, she was an assistant coach of the Los Angeles Sparks. Indiana Fever,...
days ncaa ready several time work
I'm not worried. Every time we've lost, we've learned. Now we have several days to really work on some of the things we need to, to get ready for the NCAA tournament.
growth happy necessary needed order proper suspension
It was necessary for her growth as a person. She needed to get things in the proper perspective. I told her I wanted her story to have a happy ending. In order to do that, the suspension was necessary.
bench came double effort everybody five great locker players room shape team tremendous
It was a great team effort. That's what I told the team in the locker room -- five players in double figures, and everybody who came off the bench contributed in some way, shape or form. I think this was just a tremendous team effort on our part.
best
It was one of the best defenses we've seen.
good player
She'll get her chance. She's too good of a player not to.
calling safe
So, anyway, we made it here safe and sound, and that's all that matters. We're calling her 'Crash' now.
biggest difference eight last people starters stay year
That's been the biggest difference for us from last year to this year. Last year we only had eight players. This year we've got the depth.... We just keep rotating people in and it allows our starters to stay fresh.
again caused easy mentally pressure
Their pressure once again caused us problems. We did not play with a whole lot of poise.... I wouldn't say it's an easy fix, I would say it's a mentality. Once again I feel like we need to become mentally tougher.
decided game half inside left played second wide
They decided to try and take away our inside game and played a zone, particularly in the first half, and that left our shooters wide open. Then in the second half we got our inside game going.
avoid conflict explode situations stressful tie
They avoid conflict as long as possible. Then they explode in stressful situations like when it's a tie game, when you need a cohesive unit.
three
We just see it as three games. It's it's own entity. That's our only focus.
affect great looking lost maryland people record teams thinking
We just lost to two great teams ... but I think people are looking at our record thinking we're on a downslide. Because Maryland is such a great team, I don't think it should affect our seeding.
anxious pleased ready word
We were ready to play from the word 'go'. I was very pleased with our start. I was a little anxious to see how we'd come out and if we'd be a little off our rhythm, and we weren't. We were ready.
certainly needed tone
We certainly needed her. She set the tone for us.