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,...
ability beyond passing scoring
She competes very hard. There's an aggressiveness about her that, beyond her passing and scoring ability, is something you just can't teach.
calls dawn fits gone great herself stepped
She has a great way about her that makes everyone feel comfortable. She has gone about things the right way; she hasn't stepped on anybody's toes. She calls Dawn Staley 'Big D' and calls herself 'Little D.' She fits in perfectly.
bit example felt freedom great knows leader leads needs players positive team teammates tough year
Mo has always been the tough one on the team and she leads by example with her toughness, but this year she's become a much better communicator with her teammates because she knows we're young and she needs to be very positive with them as well. All of the players have remarked that she's become a great leader for us. She really wanted to become a great leader and now she has the freedom to lead a little bit more than she felt she had in the past.
good learning plays process
I feel good about where we are right now and about who plays well together, ... We're still in the process of learning who we are, but we have a much better feel for it now than when we started.
forced ready
Now you're forced to be ready to play every night.
anyone beaten chip country fact freedom great playing possibly respect seem shoulder talking team twice
The fact that they are playing with great freedom -- they seem to have a chip on their shoulder while they've been here, talking about respect. I don't think that anyone now could possibly not respect them. It would be interesting to see if they can still say that because, in my mind, they've beaten the No. 1 team (North Carolina) in the country twice so I see them right now as the No. 1 team in the country.
best defensive efforts excited year
We're excited to still be playing. This was one of our best defensive efforts of the year and I can't say enough about the effort they put forth.
It's killing me right now. Not for myself, but for my players.
adapt arena forces great ncaa players playing
It's like playing in the NCAA Tournament. It forces your players to adapt to the time, the distance, the arena and the crowd. It's a great experience.
bench build high instead kids players program quality quantity school schools sitting three top willing
It's because high school kids are getting better and better. The quality and quantity is getting better. Players are going to different schools now, not just the top two or three teams. They're willing to go build a program instead of sitting on the bench at a well-known school.
great job
They do a great job with their traps. I know we'll be a lot better (in the future) for this game.
anybody extremely great job transition
They do a great job with their presses, their traps. They're extremely aggressive. They get out in transition probably better than anybody in the country, and they're really well-balanced.
couple daily dominated games good lose several tested
There were several years where we really dominated and didn't lose any games for a couple of years. I don't know how good that was for us because we weren't tested on a daily basis.
team
I told the team I'm kind of glad. I know that we will be better because of this game.