Mike Montgomery
Mike Montgomery
Michael John Montgomeryis a retired American college basketball head coach, most recently at California of the Pac-12 Conference for six seasons. He is best-known as the head coach at Stanford for 18 seasons, from 1986 to 2004, where he succeeded Tom Davis. Before that, Montgomery was at the University of Montana for ten seasons, the last eight as head coach. He also led the Golden State Warriors of the NBA for two seasons, from 2004 to 2006...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 February 1947
CityLos Angeles, CA
strengths
We just got to do it with this group. Find out what our strengths are.
bad knew stagnant stuck tendencies
We got stagnant with the ball. We got stuck in bad situations. They knew our tendencies and what we were going to do.
allen ball guard nine ray shooting stagnant stretch worse
We scored nine points. We just started shooting threes. We got stagnant and the ball wasn't going down and we didn't guard Ray Allen and it was just a stretch where it was worse than that.
basically four looked starters
We've looked surprisingly good, ... With only four starters back, we're basically a young team.
confidence effort kids
I thought it was important for us to get a split, just so the kids get some confidence in themselves, in what we're doing. The effort was there, now we get some results.
aggressor foul gets
Typically, the aggressor gets the call, and I think that's what happened. We were a little disappointed in the foul shots. But like I said, the aggressor typically gets the calls, and we were not the aggressor.
learn older players playing teach
I don't know enough about the whole thing to know what playing would do. It's important for them to be with us. I think we need to teach them as much as we can, learn from the older players how to be a pro.
bang goes hits
McGrady just goes bang, bang, bang and hits those shots. (But) the odds, I guess, have to come back to you at some point.
best guys happen nba player possibly predict recruit
No. You're going to recruit the best player you possibly can. You can't predict what's going to happen with an NBA situation. Guys are going to take their chances.
ball best finishing good guards job played terms
That's probably the best he's played just in terms of getting to the boards, being active, finishing shots. And I thought our guards did a good job of getting the ball to him.
great guy matter
It wasn't a matter of us not being able to score, it was a matter of us being able to defend. You give a guy 45 and a guy 34, you're not going to be in great shape. You've got to defend.
box command double finish gets good low player post valuable
The better he gets at his low post game, the way more valuable he has. If Troy can get where he can finish at the box and be a real good post player that can command a double team... now we're talking.
coming early guys indiana plays problem ran shots strong
It was a strong comeback, but we just ran out of gas. The problem is we trailed early and we were coming back. One thing is, our guys didn't quit. We just couldn't make the big plays while Indiana made the big shots down the stretch.
block errors failing free given ourselves second shooting shot
We're just making fundamental errors we shouldn't be making. Failing to block off on a free throw, given up a second shot ... we're just shooting ourselves in the foot.