John Desko
John Desko
John Desko is the head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Syracuse University taking over the reins in 1999 from Hall of Fame coach Roy Simmons, Jr...
basically both calm forth game great hard stay
It's hard to stay calm in a game like this. Basically a one-goal game going back and forth in both directions. It's great to come out on top.
blue forced injury offensive pressure putting team
It was another injury that forced us to adjust. When you give a team like the Blue Jays that many opportunities at the offensive end, that's putting too much pressure on your defense.
adjusted initial since
It did in the initial adjustment, but after a week, you get adjusted to it. Since then, it's been great.
ball came defensive goals good halftime number saw
I thought he saw the ball very well today. I thought they had a number of opportunities early, where they had some good shots, and Pete came up big for us. To keep them to two goals at halftime was really good for our defensive confidence.
defense expect focus form maintain offense work
We need to work on everything. We didn't expect to be in midseason form (Sunday). The offense had a lot of turnovers. I think the defense started out pretty good. We need to maintain our focus and discipline.
I am very disappointed in our play. We had opportunities offensively, and we didn't produce.
ball defense good half job minutes points
We just haven't been able to put 60 minutes of ball together. Our defense did a good job for most of the first half and we couldn't put our points up offensively.
against build draw experience game hopefully means ourselves quality similar teams time win wins year
It means a lot, wins like this against quality teams at this time of year does a lot for your confidence. And to be in a game like this and win it, hopefully we can build on that, and if we find ourselves in a similar situation, we can draw on that experience today.
clear looked looks struggling sudden year
It looked like we were struggling to clear the ball. We've used the same clear pretty much the whole year and all of the sudden we're not making our looks or our reads.
worried
We were hurting. We were questioning ourselves. We were worried about the season.
job seen worked
We shouldn't be making the same mistakes. We've seen them on film and worked on them in practice; we've got to do a much better job with that.
competitor fit great sure west
We know Joe's a competitor and he can be intense. I'm sure he'll be a great fit for West Point.
adjusted ball communication days defense early few good job last plays shooting stopped
Offensively we were more patient. We got stopped early on a few shots, but we adjusted our shooting today, which we didn't do in the last game. Defensively, communication was very good. Even with only two days to prepare, our defense did a good job of recognizing some of their plays and getting there before they did or getting there before the ball did.
good job shot time
I think there was some panic. With very little time left, we didn't have any timeouts, and we just called a play that we had been running. Pat, all in all, did a good job just to get the shot off.