After last week, I think our mentality is where it was last year at this time, and even better. We are going to go in and get after it. |
At the beginning of the season I was anxious about the direction we were going. I usually have a firm grasp on where we were going. |
For us to win I think we are going to have to have 180 points. I think we can have five guys in the finals again, but I'm not sure which five. We could get as many as seven or eight, which shouldn't be unusual for a team that could win the conference dual title. |
I don't think the state did a good job locating the meet. For 1,000 more people, it isn't a big deal for teams to drive 20 or 25 more miles to Hampton. I guarantee you could call them and they would say they would drive it every day of the week if it meant a bigger gym. |
I think these guys will get it done. There would have still been meaning if we won (the conference tournament), but not as deep as it is now. I don't think I'll have any problem motivating these guys. |
I think we are deep enough to win. |
I think we are in a great position to pull an upset. |
I told him to give me everything he's got left, and just go out and win that last match. There were a lot of moments he could have just quit, but he kept at it. I thought that showed a lot of character. |
It has been a great team effort to come back and win without some of our great wrestlers. Some have stepped up and filled the void, and it has come from different places. |
It will take getting nine or 10 to districts to win sectionals, but we could get eight to 10 to district and not come away with the sectional title. Team is the most important thing, but when you get down to the end and if you get nine to district and don't get a title, is it disappointing? It's kind of a double-edged sword. |
Peaking is all about your mental state and how fresh mentally you are. I think last week we wrestled more energized because mentally we were better. |
That's more what we should be about than winning or losing. |
The conference tournament is a toss-up. Whoever wrestles well that day will win. |
The guys believe in the program, and that's the reason why we could put another banner in the wrestling room. But I told the team that we haven't taken that next step. We need to take that next step. We need to fine tune little things. We need to take guys and instill a little more confidence. |
The kid had been to hell and back. |