Melvin Watkins
Melvin Watkins
Melvin Lenzo Watkinsis an American college basketball coach and former player. He is an assistant coach under Mike Anderson at the University of Arkansas. He has also been the associate head coach at the University of Missouri. He served as interim head coach during the end of the 2006 season, but returned to his former position when new coach Mike Anderson was hired...
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I feel like I know better than anyone what needs to happen here in terms of the players we need to get in with what we've got returning. I'm going to have the upper hand on anyone in terms of trying to get this thing turned around and get it back in the right direction quicker than anyone that's out there. That's my opinion.
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We talked about, hey, whatever baggage we had, don't get on the plane with that. Leave it over in your dorms or apartments and when we come out there this is a fresh start.
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We played the way I think we should be playing all the time. I thought our guys were into the game. I thought our guys had some energy out there for long periods of time. Where there's an emptiness in our gut because we didn't get the win, I can live with that fact that we're not quite good enough, but we played to the best of our ability.
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On game day, I expect the guys to have energy no matter who the coach is. We just didn't have it today. Kansas just took it to us and that's the way I'm going to look at it.
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We tend to beat ourselves. We tend to get a little hesitant and I just can't figure out why.
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It's a decision that he's been contemplating for some time. I do hope he would keep his options open.
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It's all in our hands now. With Nebraska being that team standing in front of us, we better put a lot into us getting ourselves ready to play. If not, we'll be coming home.
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The external motivation lasts maybe one or two plays ? I?m just directing things a little bit. We needed to shake things up a bit and just get back to the basics and fundamentals.
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What he told us is, it's an opportunity to get back to playing basketball. All the speculation was a heavy burden.
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We're fragile, but what you saw today, there have been other teams that have come here and got spanked pretty good.
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They may be playing the best basketball in the conference right now. You are seeing a team grow up right before your eyes.
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They're playing the best basketball in the conference right now. They're playing with a lot of confidence, hitting shots and playing very well as a team.
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I thought we played the way we should be playing. I can live with (the result) if you're not good enough and you play hard.
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It gets to the point where maybe the kids need to hear a new voice. I always tell the kids you should never quit. I'm not quitting on them, but maybe there comes a point in time where you just can't do it there anymore.