{"id":110764,"date":"2018-12-19T06:12:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T11:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=110764"},"modified":"2018-12-19T06:12:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T11:12:04","slug":"coaches-corner-vws-bagley-and-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/12\/19\/coaches-corner-vws-bagley-and-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches Corner: VW’s Bagley and Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Coaches Corner is back for the 2018-2019 winter sports season. Each week, various Van Wert County coaches will share their thoughts on their respective teams.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s featured coaches are Van Wert boys\u2019 basketball coach Mark Bagley and Lady Cougars basketball coach Rob Adams.<\/p>\n

Mark Bagley<\/strong><\/p>\n

After playing just three games in three weeks, things are about to change for Van Wert (1-2, 0-1 WBL).<\/p>\n

The Cougars will play Friday and Saturday for six consecutive weekends, starting with undefeated Delphos St. John\u2019s and Wayne Trace. For now, head coach Mark Bagley is focused on improving in time for this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Mark Bagley<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe thought we got a lot of things fixed during those three weeks but when you look at the game from Friday (Wapakoneta), there are a lot of things we have to work on,\u201d Bagley said. \u201cWe\u2019re really going to try to focus on ourselves both mentally and physically.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing a group book read called \u2018The Power of\u00a0 Positive Team\u2019 by Jon Gordon. Because we\u2019re physically behind a little bit, mentally we\u2019re struggling to handle some adversity across the board from coaches to players. Our whole focus is to get better each day.\u201d<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s opponents currently have a combined record of 8-1, and Bagley said both Delphos St. John\u2019s and Wayne Trace present different types of challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re very contrasting teams, but both are traditionally very good,\u201d Bagley explained. \u201cDelphos is going to be extremely fundamental with great man to man defense and motion offense with Jared Wurst, who\u2019s averaging 20 points per game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach (Aaron) Elwer does a great job of getting them to play to his personality \u2013 hard nosed and disciplined. Those are the things that we\u2019re striving to be each game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWayne Trace runs a bunch of sets and they are very athletic,\u201d Bagley continued. \u201cThey have very good guards that are quick and athletic and post players that may be undersized but really play their roles well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDefensively they can play every defense known to man. They played a lot of triangle and two against Lincolnview, and they\u2019ve played box and one, 1-3-1, 1-2-2, 2-3, man switch, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFriday we want to make it fast, but it\u2019s going to be more of a controlled game, while Saturday could be helter skelter,\u201d Bagley added.<\/p>\n

Friday will be a throwback night, with the game against the Blue Jays at the S.F. Goedde building.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think it\u2019s going to help our kids no matter what happens, because it\u2019s a great environment, it\u2019s loud and it gets you ready to play in loud opposing gyms,\u201d Bagley said. \u201cIt\u2019s a tournament type feel because everybody is on top of you and it\u2019s just a different kind of atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to limited seating, fans are encouraged to arrive early on Friday.<\/p>\n

Rob Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last night\u2019s 47-35 loss at Wayne Trace dropped the Van Wert to 1-6 on the season. Now, the Lady Cougars are off until Thursday, December 27, at Delphos St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though it is eight days we are only practicing four of those days due to the Christmas holiday,\u201d head coach Rob Adams said. \u201cWe feel it is extremely important to get rest and spend time with family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rob Adams<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the reasons for the slow start is the fact that the Lady Cougars have faced some formidable opposition, including Ottoville, Coldwater, Spencerville and Wayne Trace.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur schedule is always brutal, but that is northwest Ohio basketball \u2013 always competitive,\u201d head coach Rob Adams said. \u201cWe expected to have a few more victories in the win column but that just shows us where we are currently and not where we need to be,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls understand this is a marathon season, not a single race. The goal is to improve each day as a team and we are. We are starting to understand our identity and the need to play 32 minutes from the start of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy to talk about but now we are starting to put our words into action.\u00a0 Defensively we are starting to click and that is our main focus.\u00a0 Offensively our shooting has not been very good but that will come as we continue to gel and look for the open man. We are shooting a lowly 27 percent from the field, which will not win a lot of ball games.\u00a0 We know we have some good shooters on this team and will continue to strive for improvement in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team suffered a blow when senior guard Reagan Priest was lost to a leg injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cLosing a senior leader is always tough, however we expect her return so that is what we will continue to focus on with Reagan,\u201d Adams explained. \u201cShe was our highest returning scorer from last year so obviously we lose some offense when she is not on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also lose length on the defensive end and the ability to rebound effectively.\u00a0 Definitely a blow to our squad, but we have a next man up mentality.\u00a0 Reagan has been very positive and very vocal during our practice sessions continuing to push the younger girls. It\u2019s great to have her around.\u201d<\/p>\n

After next Thursday\u2019s game at Delphos St. John\u2019s, Van Wert will return to Western Buckeye League action on January 3 vs. St. Marys Memorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Coaches Corner is back for the 2018-2019 winter sports season. Each week, various Van Wert County coaches will share their thoughts on their respective teams. This week\u2019s featured coaches are Van Wert boys\u2019 basketball coach Mark Bagley and Lady Cougars basketball coach Rob Adams. Mark Bagley After playing just three games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 15:08:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}