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...
difference last margin team
This team has done some things better than last year's team. The difference is we don't have the same margin of error. We don't have depth.
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.
last legacy
Her legacy will not be her last game.
amazing base basketball boils feet head kids last lock mentality people seven shots tape watching
Watching that tape last night, it's amazing the mentality (of Washington) going after the basketball and not just the kids that are five, six, seven feet away from it. It boils down to your base defense, and being able to lock in on it. Being able to play people head up and contesting shots and getting the block-out scheme.
came conscious effort establish few herself last locker played realized room speed
Sylvia realized the last few times out she hadn't played to her capability. When she came out of the locker room at half, she made a conscious effort to establish herself and use some of her speed and quickness.
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.
fashion golden herself kid national needs prize validate
I don?t think (a national title) needs to validate her game. I think the fashion in which she?s accomplished things validate (her game), but why not let that be the golden prize for a kid that has done so much for the game, for herself and for the program?
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.
early engaging player superstar
You got an early sense of what she was going to be like. And as the years go on, nothing ever changes. She?s still that superstar player with that engaging personality.
correct game home knowing ok top win
To win going away and not to be on top of our game knowing you can go home and correct those things, I'm OK with that.
bottom coming game rebounds won
We felt, coming into the game, that this game was going to be won in the paint. Bottom line, it boiled down to 42 rebounds for LSU and 27 for Duke.
basketball next step work
We don't want to be good. I want to make that next step to being great. We'll work on that and we'll be a better basketball team.
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.