There's no question our guys were not satisfied with last season. There was some embarrassment there. You could say there is a sense of urgency on this team. |
There's obviously a lot of distraction. I can't say there's not. A lot of the guys are without power, certainly the coaches are without power, a lot of those things. But they've dealt with it pretty well, practiced pretty good the last couple of days. Guys have been here and gone to work. |
These guys need to play. (The coaches) have done about all we can do. These guys need to get on the field and get tested Monday. |
These players have a lot of pride. They come here to win championships. And again, there's some very, very nice things that happened last year. ... But these players come here and they expect to do better. |
These things are serious. We know that. If we don't know it, we should just reflect back a few weeks to Katrina. It came through here as a Category 1, and trust me, we don't want to see much more. |
They can call whatever play they want to. It is our job to stop it. |
They have to have the ability, ... but we really do help develop our players to the max. |
They played. And we didn't. |
They're doing something right against us. |
They're having fun, ... There's a lot more enthusiasm. They're playing well. They're enjoying playing well together. They're just having fun together. |
They're starting to play with a lot of confidence. I think we have enough talent there to be good. Are we ready for Florida State? No. But we don't play Florida State right away, so we have a little time and we need a little time. |
This is a disturbing development, ... and could potentially be very damaging to college football, especially the recruiting process. |
This is a private, in-house matter and I will have no further comment. We will now move forward with our preparations for the Georgia Tech game on Saturday. |
This is a very important spring practice for us. It's important that we believe in ourselves and our players believe in what we're doing and what we're trying to accomplish. |
This is an unusual program. |