Overall he could be pleased by a first half-hour of domination but anxious his team had not capitalised.
No coach could be pleased with that sort of Stanley Cup talk from his owner, especially three months before the playoffs.
Despite government concerns about an overheated economy last year, some experts say the figures Thursday could be pleasing to China's leaders, and that there are fewer signs that would make those leaders clamp down.
They probably want to trade upward to select Penn State's Michael Haynes or Miami's Jerome McDougle, but could be pleased to pick Ty Warren, the defensive tackle from Texas A&M.
This happened despite the government's heavy-handed threats that it would take "drastic and punitive action" not only against the strikers but against any business that closed because of the strike.The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) could be pleased with itself even though the next morning it found a fire, looking suspiciously like arson, in its Bulawayo office.
Mauricio Pochettino, whose second game in charge of Saints this was following the ruthless sacking of his predecessor, Nigel Adkins, spent the half standing up in the technical area, and could be pleased with his side's start the start to the match and how, after soaking up pressure, they threatened to head home with at least a point.
"Nobody could be pleased with the bonuses," she says.
While it makes noises like the Atari 2600 used to, it does not make "sounds" per se, in that said sounds could be pleasing to the ear.
After a catastrophic opening period, they could be pleased with the resolve shown to even make a game of it after falling 30-3 behind within three minutes of the second half.
He called himself "a practical Eurosceptic", but said it was in Britain's own interests to help the euro survive, and while the UK could be pleased about not deciding to join, it would be unhelpful to simply "stand on the sidelines saying: 'We told you so.'".
