Mike Flaherty Quotations

There are moments where we play really nice. We're finding ways to work together.

We didn't want them to set their defense. We thought we'd get a little bit better shot in transition. Unfortunately, two weeks in a row, we forget that we have the best shooter in the south suburbs (Rush) and we don't set a screen for him.

We're holding teams to less than 40 points, on average, during the last eight games.

Historically, we've been terrible on Saturday after big Friday night games. We did just enough to get the 'W.' It wasn't pretty.

Stagg is a well coached team. We went to a trap and they adjusted and then we went to man-to-man and they adjusted again. I had hoped we could get a cushion because you knew they would come back. Williams did it when Rush wasn't shooting well lately, but they were on him and didn't give him many good looks. But when he started to score, it opened up things for the others.

That was part of the aspect to forming this group. These guys who played when they were growing up don't have to give it up.

I was real happy with the fact we were ready to play at the beginning of the game. Sometimes kids can come out lackadaisical when you're playing a team that's not doing very well.

We didn't do a good job of getting Rush open on that final play. We forgot we have the best shooter in the south suburbs and we didn't set a screen for him. We didn't do very many good things at the end.

Billy's been struggling lately. He played all right in the second half, but he's a much more consistent shooter than what he showed tonight.

It's a nice group of girls with some varsity time. I think we're going to be a competitive group. I think when it comes time to face the really competitive teams, that'll be the test for us.

It's a very good thing for us. We have a continuing mission.

It was a great opportunity to coach in one of the legendary basketball programs in the state. Through all of this (rumors and speculation) they were incredibly gracious to me about my situation, while I was seeing what was available.

I didn't see much of an inside game out there tonight. Most of what I saw was from the outside from both teams, but that's what we wanted to do.