Gary Waters
Gary Waters
Gary Steven Watersis an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Cleveland State University. Waters was named the 14th head basketball coach at Cleveland State University on April 6, 2006. Gary S. Waters is a Detroit, Michigan native and a 1969 graduate of Mackenzie High School; he is also a member of the Ferris State University Hall of Fame. He previously coached at Rutgers University, guiding the Scarlet Knights to the NIT tournament final in...
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I have enjoyed coaching the Rutgers basketball team for the past five seasons, and have had the opportunity to work with some tremendous young men. But at this time, I feel that this is the best course of action for me to take for the Rutgers basketball program and for my family. I feel we were able to accomplish a lot here, but it is time for me and my family to move forward.
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McNamara would've helped them, but I don't know how much he would've helped them. I can't say because he was gone that we were better, because they played like a team.
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McNamara would have helped them, but I don't know how much. They played like a team.
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My intentions are to focus on the next four or five games.
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One of our goals was to get to Madison Square Garden. Our goals have not changed.
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No, I believed it. I just felt we made rebounding an emphasis. Last year, I mean, we talked about it and practiced it, but now we go after it hard every day in practice.
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I was surprised by the seeding and not getting a home game. But, hey, stranger things have happened to me this year. I'm disappointed because we have a great venue at Rutgers.
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I had a talk with Quincy. I told him ?You gotta lead this team. They follow your lead.? And he responded. This showed his maturity and his leadership.
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I hate to waste the ability of our point guard because he's the best pressure guard out there. It hurts our team if we don't have that pressure.
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The plan is in action. First year I wanted to get to .500. The next year a NIT berth. This year we have a chance at 17 or 18 wins. The plan is in action.
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Obviously Quincy went to work today. And when he goes to work, it's hard to guard him.
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We work on contesting every day for 20 minutes. My guys are mad at me, 'Why we got to do this?' Because it's a three-point shot, you got to contest it.
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When the powers-that-be have made decisions, you don't know where and when it all started. I know a year ago when we came in last place in the Big East the bubbling started. This year they had question marks when we lost a few games. This is the best league in America and we could end up 7-9 with a team that was picked to finish 14th and not be in the Big East Tournament.
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It seems wiser to consolidate the policymaking and the funding allocation responsibilities in the same body, ... When you have multiple boards existing in a climate of dysfunction, you lose accountability.