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...
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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.
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I was extremely frustrated about our start. The players are well aware of what they are capable of doing. They have to make each possession a masterpiece. They didn't come close to doing that today.
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I thought in several areas we got better today from the standpoint of players that don't play a lot of minutes got a lot of minutes and different combinations with some starters getting to rest and there not being a drop off. All of that is good stuff.
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Today was a strong indication of us getting better as a team. Several key players got some rest and some reserves got some playing time before getting into the SEC.
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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.
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At certain times, you get a player of her caliber, and because of prior star players, you have this expectation. And she extinguished them immediately.
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This conference doesn't allow you to enjoy it a whole lot because you know there's a talented Georgia basketball team that got to sit home and rest. It has to be huge for the players to come in here and play against a quality opponent like Tennessee.
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I will never, ever try to stick a player back in there to get a record. There's a bigger picture out there.
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It was great having your two best players back to lead everyone this summer.
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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.
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I should be the least nervous person here. I only had to do one thing to stand here tonight and that was to choose Louisiana State University as a high school senior.
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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.
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That was just an exchange between two people in a profession. And it was probably a little bit out of context.
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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.