Dave Leitao
Dave Leitao
Dave Leitaois an American men's basketball coach who is currently the head coach at DePaul University, his second tenure with the school after leading the Blue Demons from 2002–2005. He has previously been the head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, the University of Virginia and Northeastern University. He was named the 2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, but finished at 10th and 11th place in the conference during...
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What people ultimately start doing is they start committing more people to them.
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I think what he is doing this season, I think all of us, players, coaches and media in particular, should really savor. Because he's having not only a career, but particularly this season, for the ages.
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He's been playing full tilt in practice for about a week now. But obviously, games are the best place to get back. Today did a lot, not only for us, but for his self confidence and my confidence in him.
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He's having not only a career, but particularly this season, a year for the ages. I've watched it, I've studied it on film and now I've seen it in person.
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He's having a career, particularly this season, for the ages. I've watched it, I studied it on film, and now I saw it in person. ... He really knows this game of basketball.
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He's got some intestinal fortitude, which I don't know if I've ever seen before. Almost as if he has the mentality of a boxer or a football player.
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Because we're not whole as a group, sometimes we have to be a little bit like a chameleon and change on the fly.
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Because we're new to this whole thing and relatively inexperienced in dealing with everything that comes in front of us, it's equally as challenging to bring a team back from a victory and an important victory as it is from defeat. So we've got to continue to challenge our guys in that way to remain focused and understand the job at hand.
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He is being evaluated. He fell on his head and hit it pretty good.
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Obviously, the game got away from us a little bit early. I think we talked about it for a few days in preparation that the first five to 10 minutes of the game were going to be the most critical, because that's when you have the opportunity to keep them (Duke) back on their heels and establish in your mind and in their mind that you're here to play. And we did not do that.
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What he is doing this season, I think all of us - players, coaches and media - should really savor. He's having a season for the ages. ... We all need to sit back and admire it because it won't happen for a long time after this.
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This was a very good win for the guys and the growth of our team. We hung tough through a lot of different things.
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There are key moments in the first four of five minutes of a game where you can tell a little about the tone of the game. They got a couple loose balls and a couple of offensive rebounds, and we were a step slow. Anytime a team gets into foul trouble is usually an indicator that a team is a step slow.