Lute Olson
Lute Olson
Robert Luther "Lute" Olsonis an American retired basketball coach. He was most recently head coach of the University of Arizona's men's team for 25 years. He was also head coach at the University of Iowa for nine years and California State University, Long Beach for one season. Olson was known for player development, and many of his former players have gone on to impressive careers in the NBA. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 September 1934
ucla
UCLA is just better. They really play well together, and they play very physical. They have a lot of weapons.
hard learn work
It's work hard and try to learn from the things we didn't do well.
biggest bit change court driving four guys intent obviously offense open spent spread three time utilize
The biggest adjustments obviously have been the change from three guys out to four guys out. We've spent a lot of time on the offense and the intent of that is to spread the court a little bit more and open driving lanes to utilize their quickness.
ball certain chance
The ball is in Chris' court. There are certain things he is going to have to do. If he does them, there is a chance he can come back.
chris college degree earned noted
It should be noted that Chris has earned his college degree in 3 1/2 years.
gives guards tough
That gives you an idea how tough our guards were on their perimeter guys.
guys kick pat response
There are some guys you have to kick in the butt to get the response you want. There are some you need to pat on the back. He's one you need to pat on the back.
game gotten
We still haven't gotten some of them. That's why we need to take this game and get better.
games good history past swing turn
That's good that they have, because now it's our turn to swing it back the other way. All of those games have been competitive games. This is a new year, new team. ...I don't think past history is going to have anything to do with it, frankly.
advantage good great mind opportunity question stanford taken watched
There was no question in my mind he was going to be a really good player, and we wouldn't have watched him as much as we did if we didn't feel that way. I think he's had a great opportunity at Stanford and he's taken advantage of it.
enjoy game invented missed playing
This game was invented to have fun. If you can't enjoy playing basketball, you've missed a lot.
basketball chris college degree dismissed earned effective future half noted serious staff success three wish
After long and serious deliberation, the men's basketball staff has dismissed Chris Rodgers, effective immediately, from the team. It should be noted that Chris has earned his college degree in three and a half years and that we wish him much success in all future endeavors.
determined last league seems start statement top until
I said at the start of the year, from top to bottom, this is going to be the most competitive the league has been. I made the statement the league wouldn't be determined until the last weekend, and that's still the case. It seems like anything can happen.
best challenge compliment guys program understand younger
I think that is something that probably some of our younger guys don't understand is that you're going to see everybody's best effort, and that is a compliment to the program but is also a challenge to our guys.