βI haven't had a bad day coaching these guys. Nobody's perfect, but they want to do the right thing. When one of our guys makes a mistake, they're not conscientious objectors.β
Coach Cronin, speaking after UCLAβs win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff
What did #Illini HC Brad Underwood learn about his team in the loss to Texas Tech?
"We're definitely good enough..."
"We rallied. We showed up. We competed. We made plays. We didn't panic in the second half."
"We have to understand what winning looks like. Winning is not scoring. We'll always score points... Winning is rebounding, taking care of the ball, making free throws and loose balls."
(Question from @JWerner247)
Ben McCollum on managing Iowa's rotation/minute distribution: "When you come in a game, do you bring something that helps allow us to win the game? Like, you can't just be a good player. That's not what's going to happen this year, if that makes any sense at all. It has to be: Am I impacting winning in some capacity? Meaning: Am I rebounding? Am I defending? Am I shooting? Whatever that may be... But as we go down, certain games dictate what you're going to need from different guys."
2 games into the college season and we got agents already making calls for the portal, shopping players who are unhappy at they current school. Itβs Monday morning we got coaches at higher levels putting guys on they βPORTAL WATCHβ board, special times we living in
Addition by Subtraction is real.
When everybody isn't willing to put their cards on the table and keeps a few up their sleeve it enables an environment of not being in alignment.
That type of toxicity can spread like wildfire in a locker room or slow simmer. Nobody wins.