Now comes the challenge of making contributions like that in the postseason. This will be a new situation for Marshall, where a bad shot or missed assignment on defense becomes magnified, especially late in games. And they have to know what they're doing from an offensive standpoint, what kind of play we're running. Those are the things he hasn't been faced with. He's never been in a playoff game, he's never seen the importance of a big game.
Experience is the only teacher.
You can talk about it all you want, but you've got to go do it. Sloan says it is important for Marshall to get off to a good start defensively. Teams are going right at him to start the ballgame off, every possession. We've talked to him about that. You solve that problem when you're immediately ready to go and you go do your job right off the bat.