John Gaier Quotations

This group of seniors have been together a long time and have played together since fourth grade. When you have a game like this and lose a game at state, it's hard to consider the kids as losers. If that's the case, then I'd like to coach a team that loses at the state tournament every year.

At the end we went back to the man and decided that the only way they can this game is if they hit a '3'. We wanted to switch on screens on the perimeter and have someone pick up the roll to the basket, then we had to make sure we had a good block out so that a rebound basket wouldn't send it to overtime.

I might be ugly, but I'm not stupid. I know that going 6-for-9 vs. going 0-for-6 is an 18-point swing you don't want to have. That makes a big difference.

I think we're a pretty tough team to prepare for because we're balanced, but when you really need a play, you've got to have someone you can go to. Jodi's definitely been a go-to player for us.

She's a big player and she really needs to play big when we need it. Jodi's learned to trust her teammates and let the game come to her and understand that her teammates are good players and will be able to get her the ball and find her in key situations.

They change up their defenses very well. We had a hard time trying to adjust to that.

These girls really provided Neillsville with a lot of excitement this year. They were pioneers in terms in winning championships.

This is certainly one part of their dream. It's great that they were able to achieve it. They deserve a lot of credit for being able to bounce back from (the loss to) Mosinee. I was very proud of how they reacted and came out and played.

We wanted to stretch them out a little bit because we knew they were so big, they were going to be hard to pound with inside. We knew if we could get a lead and extend their defense a little bit, that would be to our advantage.

We went right back and talked about fundamentals and talked about execution and the way we have to play defensively. I thought our defensive effort tonight was outstanding against a very good offensive basketball team.