Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smithis an American critic, novelist and essayist. He is a staff film critic for the New York Post. A writer in Entertainment Weekly described Smith's film-reviewing style "an exercise in hilarious hostility". He has been dubbed "America's most cantankerous film critic" by The Atlantic magazine. Smith has also contributed to The Wall Street Journal, People magazine, New York magazine, The New York Times, Commentary and The Weekly Standard...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 June 1966
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We just hustled to the ball. We never gave up. We hadn't been playing the air balls that well, but we were pretty even with them tonight.
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We moved the ball around and really played with them. I thought we played brilliantly. But we had three critical errors in the back.
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A lot of us have played together or against each other. I played summer ball with Aaron Clark, so I know him well. Plus, you always remember this game, too.
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We played them pretty even in the second half. We were playing defensive against them, but we made a couple of mistakes in the first half. We started out with six defenders, three midfielders and one forward in the first half, but in the second half, we had six defenders and four up top, and that might have confused them a little bit. But they're just so outstanding. They're definitely the top team that we've faced so far.
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We gave up a couple of big threes to Mills in the second quarter. The second half they really came alive on the inside.
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It's tough starting the year with two straight on the road. Our defense played strong and our offense put it in the end zone.
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It was pretty big to tie those guys to get some (tournament) points. We picked it up and played pretty well.
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The biggest thing of all is no one was hurt. Secondary good news was that we didn't have a major fire that totally put us out of business. It's not how we wanted to start Thursday morning but we're grateful it turned out as well as it did.
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The biggest thing I learned from this is to choose your teammates wisely, because you have to work with them for six months, and to set progress goals and stick to them in order to complete the task at hand in time to review your work and make necessary changes.
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It's a balancing act. We don't want to treat them like criminals after they have been traumatized, but we want to make sure they are in no danger nor the families they are housed with.
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It wasn't just one person. Everyone stepped up. We had a meeting on Friday and I told them that everyone needs to step up. We have to have a championship effort to win.
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They ate us up in the first quarter with their pressing. (Will Ervin) had a lot of offensive rebounds. They just pressed us and wore us out in the first half. Copiah is a good team. They're quick and play the passing lanes well.
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It looked like they had a chance to get a little momentum right there. I got that strikeout first and after that, a double play was a big momentum swing right there.
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We usually just have two forwards up top. But later in the second half I moved up a third one, and with about 1:45 left I moved in a fourth one.