Tom Hoppe
Tom Hoppe
hard past raining start until
It didn't really start raining hard until we got past Sacramento. It was an interesting week.
blown coached ended favorite few gave hard kids physically played teams worked
Most of the games, we were in. There were a few we ended up getting blown out at the end. The kids never gave up all year. They worked hard. It was one of my favorite teams I've ever coached because they played so hard all the time. We were outmanned physically more times than we weren't.
nice
He's a real nice young man. He's real knowledgeable.
gm ready stuff workers
I'm always getting ready to leave. Some GM workers just keep their stuff in boxes. You never know.
fort pleased shots
We made shots tonight. That's the big difference. I was very pleased with the effort. Fort Bragg is a lot like we are. It could be a 90-point game.
field fourth gym maybe outside playing quarter rolls softball stuck time track unit weight year
Usually by the time the fourth quarter rolls around we're outside playing softball or doing a track and field unit and maybe tennis. This year we've been stuck in the gym and the weight room.
care composure couple good job kids maybe passes style talked trouble
We talked about composure and making good decisions. I think the kids did a good job at the end. There were maybe a couple of passes that were questionable. Our style is up-tempo. If we don't take care of the ball, we have trouble scoring.
fans good head hostile kids lake marty run small tough
It really is a tough place to win. It's a small court. Their fans are pretty hostile for being such a small court. We told the kids they were going to make a run at us. That's a good team. (Lower Lake head coach) Marty (Udy) does a good job.
gave guys kids matter score spring summer work
The work they put in over the summer and the spring was great. Those kids never gave up no matter what the score was. You look at the McMullen twins, who are 5-8, and their guarding guys that are 6-4 and 6-6.
ball competition great played shot
We played hard. We shot the ball OK, not great in any game. We played well considering the competition we played.
game knew lake soon stopped
We knew we were going to do it as soon as we returned. They stopped the game in Upper Lake to acknowledge it and we wanted to do it when we got here.
except quarter shoot
We outplayed them in every quarter except the first. We just did not shoot well.
clear county games good hostile lake lower schools small three tough win
It's tough to win up there. Clear Lake and Lower Lake have small courts. I think all of the Lake County schools are pretty hostile environments. To win three games up there is really good for us.
ball block defend inside number outside shoot shot tough
The number one thing is we have to shoot the ball well. If we shoot the outside shot well, we're tough. We also have to defend tough inside and block out.