Pat Coyle
Pat Coyle
fits front room sideline
I think it's pretty cool. It fits great. It's the same measurements we have in the Garden. There's probably more room on the baselines and the sideline (at the front of the stage). We probably have more room here than we have in the Garden.
against couple defense figured finally five handle minutes rocket run took tried zone
We didn't handle their zone defense very well. It doesn't take a rocket scientist. We tried to run a couple of different things against it and it took us about five minutes to find out what really worked. When we finally figured it out, we just didn't keep going back to it.
department everybody
Everybody in the department is saddened that she's gone. We're functioning, though, and everything is going well.
league nobody squander talked undefeated
We talked today: Nobody in this league is undefeated and it's going to be a dogfight every night. So we can't squander opportunities.
changed changes core free group league players served time together
We had that core group together for a long time and it served us well. But I think as the league changes and new players come in and with free agency, you know the league's changed and what we need to do is change with the league.
energy good people
We've got a lot of good people in this gym. It's been great, their energy is really high.
half open passes second terrific understood
She understood in the first half how they were guarding her, and what was open in the second half. She made terrific decisions, unbelievable passes to our bigs. Her decision-making was terrific.
scholars-and-scholarship status sure turned
She turned it really good. And I'm not sure of the status yet.
athletic bigger decent fits league people
She's athletic. She's got decent size. She can score. That's where this league is going. This league is going bigger and to people that are athletic and can score. She fits that mold.
bench fits picked replace system
She fits into our system well and that is why we picked her up. We've been lucky. You can't replace Ann Wauters but what you get off the bench with Cathrine and (La'Keshia) Frett is what makes the difference.
best defensive goal
She's a difference-maker, especially on the defensive end. I think this is one of our best drafts. Our goal was to get more athletic, to get bigger.
against ball dictate easier fun net team tempo transition
When this team executes, they are fun to watch. You have to dictate tempo against them. When they take the ball out of the net it makes it a lot easier to get back into our transition defense.
personnel press quicker
We're always physical, we'll always play like that. We're going to play a lot quicker than we have played. We're going to press a lot more. We have the personnel that can play the way we want to.
absolutely addition athletic bigger changes goal help needs rule shot
We absolutely addressed some of our needs today. Our goal was to get more athletic and bigger to help with the rule changes (the addition of the 24-second shot clock).