Pokey Chatman
Pokey Chatman
Dana "Pokey" Chatman is the current general manager and head coach of the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She is the former head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team and the Spartak Moscow women's basketball team...
available served suspension
She has served her three-game suspension and she is available to play at coach's discretion.
blue corner eyes gleam soft
She had that gleam in her soft blue eyes and that smirk in the corner of her mouth. That said more to me than any words.
coach corner eye gleam national represents wink
She had that Coach Gunter gleam in her eye and that smirk in the right corner of her mouth. That wink said more to me than anything. This is, in my opinion, the pinnacle. This represents that national championship that so eluded her as a coach.
battle credit eight past posting touch
She had eight shots. She's posting up and not getting a touch because we're not doing the things we've done in the past and I credit Connecticut with that. It was a battle of wills.
alter finishes gives herself high percentage traffic
She finishes in traffic better than anyone. She can alter her shot, but still gives herself a high percentage shot.
brought game left
She left the game, but so much of what she brought to the game is there. For me, that's what makes her so unique.
attention change drawing knows
She knows she's drawing the most attention ... But it's not going to change her game.
anyone improve inner special wants works
She just has a special inner drive. She works to continually improve her game, and it's not for anyone else or because anyone else told her to. She wants to get better.
comfort fought knee looked shooting since zone
She looked so much in a comfort zone shooting that jumper. Ever since the knee injury, she's fought back to come back really hard.
ball basketball bit hit inside kept looking loose seen senior sluggish steal together winning
When things were a little bit sluggish for us it was always a senior who got a big rebound, hit a big shot, got a loose ball or a steal that kept us together when things weren't going real well. Those are things that are not often seen when you are winning basketball games, but I am on the inside looking out, so I see them all of the time.
against care florida giving opportunity ourselves short start
Let's start with the positive. It's a win. It's a short list. We have to take care of the basketball. We had 22 turnovers against Florida and 23 against Arkansas. That's unacceptable. We are not giving ourselves the opportunity to score.
coaches hear kid learned players served talk time
You hear coaches talk about players being in the doghouse. It's not one of those things. It's a kid who made a mistake. She served her time and she's learned from it.
love matter okay playing points shows
We love points in the paint. If the 3 shows early, by the right person, we're okay with it. But it's just a matter of mind-set and playing the percentages.
environment late
When you give up 10 3-pointers in this environment this late in the year, it's going to be a struggle.