Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor
finally healthy injury last seen since starting stroke time
Bradley is finally starting to get healthy after that injury he had last Monday. I told him it had been a long time since we've seen that stroke come back.
backs battling contest extremely facing group kids knew last locker proud seconds tooth
I was extremely proud of our guys. We knew we were facing elimination, our backs to the wall, and even down to the last 30 seconds of that contest we were battling tooth and nail. I couldn't be more proud of the group of kids in that locker room.
across additional approved asked certainly continue contract financed heard hope last per rate teachers within
Last year, the Legislature approved and financed one additional contract day for all teachers across the state. We hope they continue that and have even heard of two (additional) days. Teachers have asked for a per diem in that eventuality. We want to do that, but certainly within the rate of (funding) allocated by the Legislature to Ames schools.
failure four games guards last played pushed situations three understand week
Last week we were set up for failure from the get go. We had three games in four nights. Monticello played really well. There guards really pushed us to the limits, but we need games like that. We need to be in those situations to understand how to win.
bought looked past practice talked
We talked about getting better in practice from day one. They bought into it and we never looked past anyone.
continue defense far hard improve improving playing team
We have to continue to improve on our team chemistry. We also have to keep improving on our defense and keep playing as hard as we have so far this season.
game hands mistakes seconds seven
We had the game in our hands with seven seconds left. If we don't make mistakes, we win.
control fault figure game goal next past solution sure time useless whose winning
It would be useless to try to come up with an explanation or a solution to the past two games. We have to figure out what we are going to do for the next game and how we are going to come out and play. We can't look around and say whose fault it is on this goal or on that goal. It's time to just make sure we go out and take control of our own destiny, and that's by winning two games.
damage everybody glad help
It was unbelievable down there. The damage that was done, we're just glad we got to go down there and help everybody that was in need of our help.
answered both doubt questions
There's some questions surrounding both teams, no doubt. They'll be answered in the first round.
drives forcing goals stopping team
We have (defensive) team goals, ... Our goals are stopping yards, stopping long drives and forcing turnovers.
power
You get a power play and you think, 'We get one here, the door's shut. But the way things are going for us, we will take the two points.
determined lose rather
You'd rather lose 6-1 or 6-2; that way you're embarrassed and you want to come back. If you lose 3-2 or 4-2, you're not as determined to come back.
care focus worry
We can't worry about the standings, we have to worry about how we're playing. If we focus on what we're doing, the standings will take care of itself.