Gene Smith
Gene Smith
coach coaches fortunate great job lots marvelous question work
There's no question that Thad is just what you want in a coach. He's done a marvelous job in the two years he's been here. I'm fortunate to work with lots of great coaches and Thad is one of the best. We want him to be a Buckeye forever.
biggest
You always want to be the biggest and the best.
ball fun passed
We really passed the ball well in our half-court offense. It was fun to watch, we were so unselfish.
good influence
I think I can be a good mayor. I'm old enough where I should be a stabilizing influence.
except maybe position range
I don't think any position is out of range except at quarterback and maybe receiver.
athletic department face hurt obviously pay penalty reserves south wait
If we have to pay back money, it'll probably be a little south of $800,000. If that is a penalty that we have to face ... the athletic department will pay that out of our reserves and that obviously would hurt us significantly as well, so we'll just have to wait and see what they are.
pay south
If we have to pay back money, it'll probably be a little south of $800,000.
mandates massage meet needs
Much of what they do is mandated. They then take the mandates and massage them to meet the needs of this community.
county pays people portion services small understand
One of the things most people don't understand is that even at this level... it is only a small portion of what pays for all of the services that come out of the county ? more than $67 million.
bothered finish games gave press seem steals three
We've had so many games where we just can't seem to finish at the end. Kennedy's press bothered us at the end and they had three consecutive steals that gave them their momentum.
allow forward glad move penalties pressure
We're relieved. The findings actually allow us to move forward and take the pressure off the kids. While there are penalties that we will have to bear, and they are serious, we're just glad they're over with.
ball free handle hit kids learned missed pressure stretch throws
We didn't handle the pressure very well. And then they hit big free throws down the stretch and we missed some - that really was the game. But I think our kids learned a lot about ball pressure.
consider defined ourselves service
We consider ourselves to be a service organization. All of what we do can be defined as services.
boys closing freshman half played players season second single team trouble year
We've just had trouble closing out all year. But I told the boys that freshman year it's a development year. We were a better team in the second half of the season and consistently played 12-14 players every single night.