Player Evaluation Quotes

It is very difficult in the transfer market for the teams that need to improve their squads.

I think everybody knows if they played a good or a bad game.

When a scout recommends a brilliant right back or a coach recommends one from our academy, we want the manager to weigh up what is right for the team.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

I've tried so far to learn as much as possible. I think I've got a good grasp of what a hockey GM needs to do.

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

Andre Sa is playing close to his potential - maybe even above it.

It's part of the reason I went to Duke. Coach K came to me. He saw everything but the dunks. He was like, 'It's a dunk. It's two points. Who cares?' He saw every other part of my game that I wanted the world to see.

Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's.

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

Young players have to realise pretty quickly that it is not about one game, but how you perform over the whole season.

Defensively, from a team standpoint, I didn't feel I played very well. Very rarely was I satisfied with how I played.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

Duke recruits the best basketball players. They don't recruit dunkers or highlight makers. They recruit good basketball players.

I think, generally speaking as a player, when I hear the word 'scout,' it's usually, 'The Seattle Storm are playing the L.A. Sparks tomorrow; the assistant coaches are scouting the L.A. Sparks.' And then they come to us and give a scouting report on the players and the team.

I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

You're in pro football, it's kind of interesting, because when you win, you draft last. In college football, you recruit. You gotta go after guys.

I break down the tape like I'm a quality-control coach, just like I was with the Packers in 1992. I break it down by hand, every play.

I want to be drafted to a team that knows exactly what they're getting.

Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.

Analytics, math, science has gone into a lot of different areas of the NBA.

Sometimes a player can look like a million bucks on tape, but in real life, the kid can't play a lick.

We need a Moneyball revolution in the NFL. We need Spread teams and Run and Shoot teams and Option teams.

I was hired to be the head football coach, not the general manager.