Okay this is heat tv i’m brian williams with coach crayon rafatopoulos creon a really heartbreaking 83 87 loss today when at one point it looked like we’re going to run away with the game and then at another point it looked like we were going to lose heavily and the guys came right back and almost took it away from them but in the end again we we didn’t quite make
It no um you know we finished the second quarter really strong you know had a big three-point play got a steal mike martin got a big dunk going to the changing rooms 12 points up and then we straight away straight away get into a situation where we start the third quarter and they start with the 10-0 run you know um we’re definitely turning the ball over way way
Way way too much and um i need to get a you know make get a quick fix for the for the point guard position you know i brought in obviously young andre baptist you know it’s very difficult in this league to get the respect straight away so i kept him out for big periods of the second half because i thought he wasn’t getting the calls that would have made him feel
Comfortable but all in all you know we fought until the end but you know i i’m just really upset because it’s not a game that we should lose especially on our home floor you know i feel bad for the fans you know they they really support us you know you know you look at everything that they’ve done to keep us going so that’s the one that’s hurting the most right now
Because again free throws and we missed 14 free throws and at the end i think we missed seven or eight free throws in the last quarter which would have won us the game yeah um you got to ask yourself exactly what’s going on at one point i mean julius went to the line and just like if julius goes to the line it’s usually cash you know in the bank but unfortunately
You know he must he’s too and um that was kind of like the writing on the wall that we just weren’t going to get into it uh towards the end right at the end of the game mike martin made one i told him to miss the second one on purpose to try and get a extra rebound so that we could hopefully you know get a quick quick two-pointed quick bucket and another file but
Um 30 turnover was just it’s unacceptable at this level same thing you know terrible game in plymouth friday night turned over the ball about 20 times we’re not going to win any games turning over the ball like that so looking forward then to the future particularly now we you know the future’s secure with the heat fans raising 25k in 25 days and alison reeve
Stepping in to take over the club and matching that so you know we can we can put this month of uncertainty behind us so um i mean let’s talk about andre he you know he looks like he’s got the skills he looked to me like he was playing the game just a little bit too fast and pushing just a little bit too hard yeah i think you know obviously first home game you
Know great crowd got his family watching so he was gonna be a little bit nervous did some good things you know made a couple of good passes but you know he’s gonna learn you know he’s not you know as i said you know i’m bringing him in to back up whatever my starting point god’s gonna be and you know he’ll learn as you know time goes on so i think he’ll be a good
Pick up and you know with the state of the club you know we gotta understand you know i’m getting andre from next to nothing i don’t really have it’s not a situation where i’ve got money to sign players right now but that’s he’s one of the best kids that i could get and in exchange for his services i’m giving him time and chance to grow yeah and it’s good to see
Thomas back after the nasty cut he sustained at worcester i know we talked before the game and you were saying it was 50 50 whether he was going to be played and in the end he did 24 minutes and you know again seemed to be playing really well yeah you know you see thomas is improving every single game you know we missed him obviously friday night out in plymouth
It was a big big miss for us and um then obviously tonight he showed what he’s capable of doing you know uh he’s more of an offensive presence than um porter is so when we do fall down in games you know it’s good to have somebody like thomas to call on so again we’re talking about andre coming in backing up david in the long term when do you see david coming back
Into the team well uh i don’t want to get a hit on myself or get the the heat fans too excited too soon but i have been looking for a backup point guard because i just i don’t know when david’s going to be back he’s supposed to start training but uh hamstring is a very delicate injury to have so i’m looking to get a a another american point guard to come in and
If this point god is able to do the business you know he might be the one that we’re going to keep but um i you know i have a lot of time for the fans because of what they put into it i think it’s only fair that they know that we’re not just sitting back and you know letting what’s happened happen the decline that we’re having we’re looking for a quick fix fix
To it and we want to get back to winning way so if it’s with david great if it’s not with david you know it’s not because dave is not a good player but you know we can’t carry injuries no and i mean in fairness to david i mean he is he’s working hard to rehab the injury it’s just not responding yeah it’s not responding and you know as we all know of um you know
High-profile people ryan giggs michael oh and you know once you get that in injury if you don’t hit it heal properly you can have it for the rest of your life and like i’ve explained to david it’s not about him coming back just to you know play a couple of games he’s got to think of his whole career yeah he’s a young player and he’s got you know hopefully many years
Ahead of him oh yeah we have sacrificed that for a couple of games now so you know um i’ll see what i can do you know but um i definitely gonna freshen up you know um other teams almost every single team in the league bar probably um essex have gone into the transfer market and freshened up and brought different things so i’m going to definitely mix up my team and
Bring in a couple of people but as i said you know it’s it comes down to the finances and the only way i can really do it is unfortunately by cutting people and offering those new people coming in the same money that the outgoing people were on yeah but just to clarify i mean there’s no there are no immediate plans to cook david this is just a precaution in case
David’s injury doesn’t respond david was supposed to be supposed to be out for another three or four days you know we got a a really tough double hitter coming up you know we go down newcastle and then we we got plymouth coming back back here they’ve already taken the head to head on us which is very disappointing and you know we just need to get back into into
Winning ways we don’t know slump and slump and slump milton keynes look like a pretty decent outfit they’re not going to lose a lot more they’re going to lose plenty of games and they’ve got games in hand yes you know so we’ve got we’ve got to take a look at that but um as i said you know i’ve got to make the changes i’ve got to make the decisions i’ll be sitting
Down with the new owner and saying this is what my ideas are this is what i think will freshen us up and i’ll have to go for it okay thank you
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Creon on MK Lions By theheatTV
