Ray Giacoletti
Ray Giacoletti
Ray Giacolettiis the men's basketball coach at Drake University. He played collegiate basketball at Minot State University in North Dakota from 1980–1984, where he was a four-year letterman and a team captain for two seasons. He received his degree in physical education in 1985...
discipline head players retain variety
As the head coach, I retain the right to discipline my players for a variety of reasons.
creates improved player problems skilled
I think he is the most improved player in the league. He is so much more skilled offensively and creates a lot of problems inside.
bought gotten great message players preached
If he's preached (balance), he's done a great job. The message has gotten through and his players have bought in.
kid liked looking signed
We were looking at another kid on that team, who signed with Cal. But we liked Luca better.
coaching experience great head needs none randy ready until
Randy would do a great job, he's ready to be a head coach. I don't think he has a weakness. He just needs the opportunity. None of us had head coaching experience until we got our first chance.
point
Offensively, I'd say he's more of a point guard. Defensively, I'd say he's better off guarding a two.
attack goes heart honest knees scared sort
To be honest with you, I thought he was having a heart attack this morning. He went down and had shortness of breath. He kind of goes down to his knees and I thought he was having some sort of heart issue. I think it scared everybody.
ability control starts talking trying understand work
We really need to work on the things that we can control. It all starts defensively. We can control our effort, our talking and our ability to understand what we are trying to do out there. We need to just get back to the basics.
above diego everybody head obviously san shoulders state wide
I think San Diego State is obviously head and shoulders above everybody else with their experience. And after that, I think it is wide open,
amazing anybody job league sustain
I think he's done an amazing job to keep it all together, especially without Welch. I don't think anybody in this league thought they could sustain it.
chance chip energy great high impressed plays post
I think he has a chance to be really good. I was probably more impressed in person than I was on tape. He's explosive, and he really plays with a high energy and kind of a chip on his shoulder, which you have to on that post spot. I think he has a great future.
remain
We haven't done anything. We need to remain hungry.
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I don't think it'll change a whole lot for us. He's a very good player, and he's one of the leaders in the country in shot blocks and can really rebound the basketball for them. I don't think it'll really change the way they play. They put a big at each block and just pound it inside. It doesn't matter who they have down there, other than Justin's probably their best post player.
best grant great richard timing wish
Obviously, the timing of this is not great for us, but we will grant Richard his request. We wish him the best of luck.