Gordie Kerkman
Gordie Kerkman
cannot certain few game team
We cannot look back on that game other than to say we know a few things about certain players. We're a different team from then, too. I think we're a little better than we were.
arena difficult focus pick
The only thing difficult about a big arena is the background. You really have to focus on the rim so you don't pick up all that background.
couple four gave good guys looks maybe
We gave (Rocha) and maybe a couple of other guys some pretty good looks in the first half, and something we really want to tighten up is our intensity, to play all four quarters.
east guarantee last month next playing struggling tough
East Aurora is struggling right now but if we have to play them next Friday, I'll guarantee you they'll be playing a lot better than they have the last month or so. It's going to be tough for us.
capable emotions particular situation
We just had to play basketball. That's one of the things we addressed, don't let the emotions of this particular situation get you down. We had to come back and play the way we're capable of playing.
bad causing easy free hit playing shape shoot soon steals throws
We were playing like we were down big, and we really weren't. I thought we were going for steals too quick. It was causing us to foul. It was causing us to give up easy baskets. Pretty soon we had to shoot threes and we had to foul. They hit free throws and we didn't hit threes. You're in bad shape then.
bad decisions guess people pressure tend type
I thought we made a lot of bad decisions but, I guess when people put that type of pressure on you, you tend to make bad decisions. I thought we were very listless the first half.
game playing smooth
I think we're playing pretty well. I will always say that we could play better, but I don't think we're playing poorly. I would like to see us smooth out our game a little more.
good hands job passing poor worst
That's the worst job we've done all year. (But) Batavia anticipates very well and they do a good job of getting their hands in the passing lanes. We also made some very poor decisions.
close greatest highly idol john state truly winning
John was an idol of mine. He was so close to winning a state title. He is very highly respected. He is truly one of the greatest in the state.
bunch fun game guys nice primary reason standpoint team time took whether
I think the characteristics that these guys have are the primary reason why we were 29-2. They're a fun team to coach. A bunch of nice young men. From a standpoint of whether we could get to Peoria or not, we just kind of took that one game at a time this year.
almost figured intensity kids maintained situation
I almost called a timeout, but I figured I'd see if we could play through it, and we did. I thought our kids maintained their intensity in that situation and did well not to panic.
battle game hold impact kenny points prolific ways
He could impact a game in so many ways that he didn't always need to score. We don't often have a prolific scorer in our system. I was even able to hold Kenny Battle down to 18 points a game.
room running stickers
He does so many things. We put stickers on the players' lockers, and we're running out of room on his.