Jerry Wainwright
Jerry Wainwright
Jerry Wainwrightis an American basketball coach who is currently associate head coach at Fresno State. He was last the Director of Basketball Operations for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He was also the head coach of DePaul University Blue Demons from 2005–2010. Following his mid-season firing in 2010, Wainwright left college basketball to promote charity causes in North Carolina. In 2010 and 2011, Wainwright served as an in-studio analyst for Sirius XM's Mad Dog Radio's NCAA Tournament coverage with Chris "Mad...
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Both of these teams are trying to be one of the 12 that go to the Big East Tournament. That is a different kind of pressure than most teams in any league in this country face. ... Twelve teams are going. There is nothing easy on our schedule, and you have to win home games.
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If he is indeed finished, we need to embark upon a different playing style, obviously. Right now we're trying to hold the fort with what we have.
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We had the opportunities to make shots. You get to a point where you have to make them. We got to rebound better. We're not strong enough to rebound consistently when we get spread out like that.
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Sammy to me is a guy who has to be healthy to play well. I'd rather come down on the side of safety.
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Every game is such incredible pressure. That pressure is on both coaches and players.
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Every league game seems like a conference tournament game to me. You're looking at two sets of standings: who's winning and who's at the bottom. It's a tough, tough thing on coaches. That's why I rent (a house) and I didn't buy.
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We did a great job of breaking it down into four-minute segments. I don't have a 19-point play.
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We got beat up a little bit on the glass because we got spread out a little. They're quick to the glass.
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I will tell you without any question that every league game I've been in part of in the Big East seems like a conference tournament game. There's an intensity and urgency. It took a while for our kids to get used to.
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I won't win anywhere close to the number of games coach Ray Meyer won. But I hope that when it's all said and done that people will say that I was a pretty nice guy, the way they'll always be able to say about him.
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I was told the one was the best win for DePaul in 10 years and the other was the worst loss in DePaul history. It was like the day before I got married and the day after I got married.
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I think most of our young players have adapted to the college life. It takes a while to adjust to those things.
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We never gave ourselves a chance to win. But I don't think we have despair in our game; it's frustration. These losses hurt, but it should be painful.
I don't know what else you can say; you need to make them.