Will Johnson
Will Johnson
college top tremendous
He was just a tremendous college player. One of the top 10 to ever play in this state.
asking front guard guy quicker sound standing taught
He wasn't taught much fundamentals from a perimeter standpoint. When you are standing in front of the press, you have to be defensively sound and guard the quicker guy on the floor. That was asking too much from a first-year player.
deal problem ready
He wasn't ready to deal with the problem at that point. Now he is.
bit coming confidence hopefully playing
He wasn't playing the way I wanted him to play coming off the bench, so hopefully, this will jump-start him a little bit. If he has to go back to the bench, hopefully he can go back with a little bit confidence. I wouldn't even say confidence -- he's always confident.
expected guy words
He wasn't a guy who had too many words for you. He expected you to go out and play hard. If you didn't, he wouldn't yell, he just wouldn't play you.
artist lucky
He was our man. He was the first artist we signed, and the biggest. We were lucky to have a relationship.
life
He was on life support. It was ugly. It was very tough.
good physical strong technique wrestlers
He was one of the most physical wrestlers I have ever faced. He had good technique and very strong hips.
kindest men relate
He was one of the most humble, kindest men I've ever met. He was able to relate to everybody.
ashamed blink came coaches defense otherwise selling talking winning
He was one of the first coaches that came in and started talking about winning a championship and winning it with defense and don't even make apologies about it. Don't blink. Don't even blink when you talk about it. That's the goal. Don't be ashamed about it, otherwise you're just selling tickets.
few focus guys
He was one of the few guys that could keep his focus and keep his mechanics.
draft exactly fun position
He was exactly right. He bettered us, he bettered his draft position and had a lot of fun doing it.
stay watch
he was going to stay and watch his house.
band loved telling
He was telling us all that he loved us, and we told him it was OK, he could go to all his friends, all the other band leaders, and his parents.