But, gosh, I'm a little bit nervous at this point. |
First of all, we couldn't get them out of the locker room. And secondly, we just kind of moseyed on up to warm up. I sensed it a little bit. And I have learned that you'll play the way you warm up, |
I think our main problem was we really didn't put together a good first half. We're playing long ball and stuff, and we just don't play that way, ... Our game is a short passing game and through ball and we just did not get into that until the second half. And when we did, we started playing much better. |
I want to give Mercer credit, they really never gave up. It was 6-0 at halftime, and they came out smoking. They were winning balls and making effective passes. They were pressuring the ball really nicely. |
I'd like to say we feel a bit of an advantage playing in our own stadium, but we don't, not with Boyle County here. They're a well-coached team and they've got so many people that can hurt us. |
I'll give Boyle County credit, they really stepped it up and played well and Eric Curtis is just a hard kid to contain, ... And I told him when we were going through the line, 'Man, I'll be glad when you're out of here.' |
It was kind of fun to go over and play one of my former players. I really believe he'll be an excellent coach because his team really did some good things tonight. |
John Audino already was the all-time winningest coach here at Union, |
John is more interested in THIS 2005 team and what it will accomplish on and off the field then his personal record. He understands that if the players and program are handled correctly, the personal accolades will continue to occur. |
There are all kinds of issues and a lot of it start with parents - they need to be educated - they know far less than our teachers because our teachers deal with it every day, |
We came out really smoking. But then again toward the end of the half we were trying to posses the ball, but we kind of lost our intensity and didn't do well at all. |
We didn't play well and I hope it's a wake-up call for this next game because it's going to be a tough game for us. If we play like this, we don't have a chance. Boyle County will take it to us and we'll go to the house, |
We felt they were 90 percent (effort) and we were hoping they would step it up that extra 10 percent. And they dropped it down about 30 or 40, ... If Somerset would have put one in the back of the goal, there's no telling what would have happened. Because you probably would have seen an even better and more energetic Somerset team. |
We played well as a team tonight ... and our finishing effort has certainly improved since last game (a 1-0 win over Marion County Thursday). We think we've got a good team. We just hope we're able to continue playing at the level we're playing at. |
We really just had an outstanding game. We showed a lot of patience in our shot selection, which is what we were working on, |