Here are some extra quotes from Northside head basketball coach Tony Marshburn that I was unable to use in my story last week about the Monarchs playing without star Tyler McDaniels.
 

Tony Marshburn:
“I don’t know anything else. All I know is that he is in Atlanta. They (players) haven’t asked me anything. They have come here and worked hard. A lot of the kids didn’t play with Tyler, so it’s not a situation where they miss him.
They have proven they will show up against anybody. I have not had one kid discuss with me ‘coach where’s Tyler?’
Kids, I don’t think they think about that stuff like that. They want to be apart of a team and they want to play.
I have had so much fun coaching these guys here. Practices have been fun.
It was frustrating in Wilmington when we couldn’t run an inbounds play and couldn’t get everybody there. It’s frustrating when we don’t compete.
We brought nine players at North Carolina camp where we made strides and got better. This camp (East Coast Invitational) we have made bigger strides. We still need to work on execution.
I enjoy teaching the game. With such a young group you see more growth.
We really need to have more depth. Post depth, we just don’t have that many post players. I feel good about guard depth. We have moved Joe Womack to post at times just to have size and experience. I can play Joe a lot of places and he’s comfortable with that.
It will take a lot of hard work from players and coaches to develop. Every year is different and that’s the fun thing about coaching.”
 

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