John Jay
John Jay
John Jaywas an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth12 December 1745
CountryUnited States of America
ball confidence experiment game good great guys playing somewhere start
I was pretty comfortable with how those guys were defending, and I thought we had pretty good ball movement. I didn't need to experiment or try anything else. I had great confidence in that group. I didn't start the game like I was going to play seven. Somewhere in there I said to myself I'm only playing seven.
ball effort fun good guys moved plays side
It was a good effort and we moved the ball better than we have in a while, and so it's fun to get back on that side of it again. It was good to see guys make plays at the end of the game, and keep poised.
ball certain david hit last near nowhere quite ran seconds shot throw
Last year, we ran certain things and did some things, but many times it was when in doubt, throw the ball to David and just hit space. ... And we don't quite have that. In the last 15 seconds of a shot clock, we are nowhere near as efficient.
ball early gave hurt yards
We gave them the ball early and they didn't even have to go 30 yards to score, ... That really hurt us.
adapt ball david doubt fully playing quite
We still have yet to fully adapt to playing without David Lucas. Many times when in doubt it was 'Throw the ball to David and get space.' We don't quite have that.
battling past struggling
We're battling but offensively we have just been struggling for the past month.
drawn felt four impact losing nick season seniors supposed
We've already felt the impact of one injury, so losing Nick is another significant blow. This isn't the way the season was supposed to be drawn up for two of our four seniors who have had such an impact on our program.
became both eight finally offense rotation three weeks
Three weeks ago, I finally became comfortable with a rotation of eight guys, who could play on both offense and defense. Right now we don't have that on offense and we don't have it on defense.
both earlier home schedule travel year
We set up our schedule earlier in the year to travel and become more comfortable away from Gill Coliseum. Now we're comfortable in both places, home and away.
feeling sorry today
We've been in a slump, been in a funk, feeling sorry for ourselves, and today we didn't.
bone consists forget hate love methods people philosophy reform soft taking
People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.
ability defense early foul game hurt rebound trouble year
Marcel getting into foul trouble early in the game hurt us. His ability to rebound is something that has made our defense better all year long.
empty feels opportunity wasted
It feels empty because it was an opportunity wasted for us.
mind preparing six three
I'm still in my mind preparing for the worst: three to six weeks. But I don't know.