Frank Martin has brought South Caroilna come a long way from the bottom

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That is an 11 minute post game interview from Coach Martin in his first year after a home game against LSU in 2013

For those that don't watch here are some excerpts:

"Our guys would probably win an academy for their performance in that movie (Night of the Living Dead)"

"I've been doing this for 28 years, 9 of which was a junior varsity high school coach. That means I dealt with 14 year olds. I've never been more embarrassed to call myself a basketball coach than I am today."

"I've always taken pride to get guys to do what I ask them to do. And right now thats not happening. They didn't bring me here to create a bigger problem, they brought me here to fix a problem, and I'm not doing a very good job of that right now."

"In the NBA we'd fine them, we'd take their money, we'd release them and say good luck at ever finding another job. It's not the NBA. We're in education. So somehow someway we have to reach them. But its embarrassing"

"I've been telling our team for 3 weeks ...... if the word 'pride' is not in your vocabulary, you got no chance at ever sniffing success."

"I shouldn't coach basketball ever again if this is how my team plays"

"We lead the country in air-ball lay-ups. Guys can't make lay-ups its hard to win"

"You control who you are every day in your life. And if you walk around with your shoulders down and your head down, then you got no chance at whatever it is you try to do"


Question: Based on what you've seen, do you think you've lost these guys?
Martin: If I've lost them then they better disappear