Marty Barnes
Marty Barnes
foundation goals great group guys helped honor laid necessary night program reach rogers
It's a great night for Rogers to honor a group of guys that have helped take the program to another level. They've laid a foundation necessary to reach this year's goals and the goals in the future.
award question receive team
The only way that you can receive an award such as this is if your team excels. And I don't think there's any question about this team and what it accomplished this year.
guys happens nice seat sweat watch
We'll take a back seat and see what happens around the league. It'll be nice to watch these other guys sweat it.
bench indicator kane margin players step wanting
We actually widened our margin with Kane on the bench and that's a big indicator of some players wanting to step up.
defense great kids pride wins
We play such great defense, our kids take pride in it. Defense is what wins for us.
conference focus good keeping
Our team?s focus has been pretty good (during the conference season). They?re keeping things in perspective.
win
They (Van Buren) are in kind of in a do-or-die situation. They probably feel like they need to win out to get to the playoffs.
competitor seems takes underneath wants whatever win
At first he seems like one of those laid-back, type-B personalities but that's just a disguise. Underneath he's a competitor that wants to win and do whatever it takes to win.
ball effort great jonathan kick mind presence took
That took a great effort on his part to know where that (missed) ball was going. To then go get it and have the presence of mind to kick it back to Jonathan was a great play on his part.
anytime board games motivation number played upset
Anytime I really got upset I'd write the number 57 on the board in big letters. Or I'd use it for motivation after games where we played well.
carrying defense forcing held mental missing shots
Defense was carrying us. We were making mental mistakes, forcing some things and missing some shots around the basket, but our defense held together.
arm fanatical shot
A fanatical finish. That was the shot in the arm that we could actually go for '57.
final kids panicked sports
Our kids never panicked going into the final quarter. We were able to come back because of our defense.
added adds caused foul front involved lose pressure speed starters trouble
(Jonesboro's) pressure up front caused us to speed up too much and get involved in their game. When you lose that many trips, that adds up. We also got two starters in foul trouble and that added to the dilemma. .