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...
great school
I think this has really been great for us, for the school and for the fans.
class goes hard last senior success talked team time tournament work
We've talked a lot about this senior class and this program. The last time the tournament was in Little Rock, we experienced success there. This team understands there is a lot of hard work that goes into that.
bigger picture player stick
I will never, ever try to stick a player back in there to get a record. There's a bigger picture out there.
against extremely matter nice opponents possible practice proud putting regular responding rewarded stay team together work
We are extremely proud of it. When you put a team together that is going to stay together -- that's a long shot. It's a matter of working day in and day out at practice and against different opponents; responding to opponents and putting in the most work possible to put yourself in that position. It's nice to be rewarded for it at the end of the regular season.
last legacy
Her legacy will not be her last game.
against conference looking prepare rewarded schedule
Going into the season, looking at our schedule and our conference and to prepare well against that and be rewarded is exciting.
ability decided defend defense game highest level seen transition
We were able to defend at the highest level I've seen from this team. This game was decided with defense and our ability to take away their transition game.
complaints-and-complaining eight half minutes report scouting seven sounds wasted
The 20-0 sounds good, and I'm not complaining at all about it, but we wasted about seven and a half or eight minutes before got to the scouting report offense.
bit exchange people
That was just an exchange between two people in a profession. And it was probably a little bit out of context.
coach final four game happened head hotel irony line ok olympic room team watched
That's the part that was so bittersweet for Sue, ... It's so in line with so many things that happened in her career. From being head coach of the 1980 Olympic team when we boycotted, to our first Final Four when she watched the game in her hotel room in New Orleans. The irony of all that is that she was the one person who was OK with the circumstances.
both carry coach great legacy life played responsibility role small
I am who I am in no small part because of the role she has played in my life both as a coach and as a person. I feel a great sense of responsibility to carry on her legacy at LSU.
johnson truth
The truth is, we really had no transition,'' Johnson said.
answer answering brought call coach face family needed phone smile staying voice
You couldn't use cellphones down there but I needed to call the family that was staying in Coach Gunter's home, ... They didn't answer the phone - and there was Sue's voice on the answering machine. It brought a smile to my face after all the destruction of New Orleans.
crowd energy locker
I can always tell the energy of the crowd when they come back in the locker room.