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...
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.
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.
knew landing office taking time track
From my office I could see the helicopters landing on the track and taking off all day. You knew every time it was someone who was really sick.
opportunity realize step time
We were so engrossed in it at the time. I don't think we had the same opportunity to step back and realize how we were going through this time and how devastating it still is.
indication key players playing reserves rest several strong time today
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.
against arkansas correct defending florida game good lucky perfect possession team terms time
This Arkansas team is the perfect team for us to come back and try to solidify some of the things that we not only did not do well at Florida in terms of defending the basketball, but there were some of the same things we didn't do well in Fayetteville. We were lucky as apposed to good in some of our possession the first time against Arkansas. This should be a good game to try to correct some of those things.
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?
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.
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.