Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles "Tim" Buckley IIIwas an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music and style changed considerably through the years; his first albumwas mostly folk, but his subsequent albums incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, avant-garde and an evolving "voice as instrument" sound. Though he did not find commercial success during his lifetime, Buckley is admired by later generations for his innovation as a musician and vocal ability. He died at the age of 28 from a heroin overdose, leaving behind his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth14 February 1947
CountryUnited States of America
It was not just this one situation that led to this decision. The team comes first and the team has to be the most important thing. Basically, Tom made the decision himself.
I've seen him break people's backs over the last three years with some big shots. Some guys are cut out for that. Calvin was well-groomed for the position he's in right now. He had a chance to go against one of the better point guards we've had in our league for quite sometime.
I've said many times that Darren's not our best player, but he has the potential to be one of our best leaders.
We had pockets of success, but when we do we go off on our own and don't follow the plan. Until we change that mentality, we're going to struggle with teams.
You do want to try to steal a couple on the road and you've got to try to take care of your home court. We dropped two of those at home against a very good Akron and Miami (Ohio) team, so we've got to make up for those on the road.
I think he cleared his mind and played. I think he's got the confidence and belief back.
We needed to hit our free throws, at the end, which we didn't do.
He's a difficult match-up because he uses his body so well and he's very good around the basket. He's a very good position player. I think he's done a phenomenal job throughout the years of being able to draw contact when he shoots the ball.
From a basketball mentality, he'll be where he needs to be when he comes back. The physical stuff is always going to take time.
The play of the game was the missed block out on the free throw and he got the offensive rebound and put it back in and that kind of turned the tide right there. He did the things that he needed to do when his team needed to win. That's what we're searching for. We're searching for someone to make those kinds of plays in defining moments.
You have to challenge shots; you have to do that. Nationally, the statistics are (that teams shoot) 36 percent when shots are challenged and 47 percent when shots are not challenged. You most definitely want to challenge shots.
I've had some initial talks. But other than that, I can't comment.
It's just one of those things that you hate to see happen. We had a basket count last year that shouldn't have and it cost us the West Division title. It's an unfortunate situation and I'm sure the official is disappointed right now too.
We'll probably have to play the perfect game.