Rich Herrin
Rich Herrin
Rich Herrinis a college basketball coach at Morthland College. He was head coach of the Southern Illinois University Salukis men's basketball team from 1985 to 1998. He was also one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Illinois history, at Benton High School, where he coached numerous renowned players, including former NBA and Olympic star, Doug Collins, Saint Louis University Walk-On Legend "Jumpin" Joe Durham, as well as former Georgia Tech great, Richard Yunkus. After SIU, he coached...
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Our defense did a good job and we gained confidence as the game went along because of our defense. We played a triangle and two and our defense really stymied them.
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We played our best game of the year. Cahokia had won three of its last four only losing to Carbondale. This was a nice victory for us. I don't think anybody thought at the beginning of the season we would get 10 wins.
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We played our best game of the year.
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The biggest thing is that we competed and got a lot of mileage out of our talent. No way I'm bad-mouthing our talent, but I tell you what, our guys played very, very hard in certain basketball games.
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We started so good and then we relaxed a little bit and they played very aggressive. They're a good ball club. We'd have sure liked to win two and we didn't get it done, but at least we're playing and having some fun.
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We played a lot harder in the second half. We got some guys in there that wanted to play. Allen wanted to play, Brown came in and played. Our intensity level was much better than it was.
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He's a very good passer and played hard. And he turned his game up a notch the last five or six games.
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We made some good passes that allowed Childers to finish. He really played a tremendous basketball game.
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Any time we win it's because we've played hard. I told the kids two things: One, you'll have a lot more left at the end when you've played hard, and, two, the harder you play the luckier you get.
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East St. Louis is a very physical team and they have good athletes. I think they shot the ball a little better today than they normally do, and I do know this, I know they shot better at the free-throw line than they normally do.
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We did a good job. We finished on a good note. We only won 10 ballgames, but at the start of the year I thought if we won six or eight, it would be a good year. It turned out to be a very good year for us.
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We'll be ready to play. We have seniors who realize this will be their last high school basketball game if we don't win. They're going to play hard.
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I believe this is the best ballgame that Mike Simmons has played. I was glad to see him run the court and get a couple baskets. He is gaining confidence and when you gain confidence, other players gain confidence in him.
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Carl is always quick to correct me. One day when we were doing a scouting report, he noticed my shirt was on backward. He must not have been paying attention to the scouting report, but I tried that shirt on again the other day and it fits pretty well backward.