I don't think we played real well up front at times last week. If we play that way this week it could be a long night. It's a challenge, but this group seems to respond well to challenges. |
I think everybody in the league knew going into this season that it was going to be a strong year. We're trying to stay focused on our Week 2 opponent (Sonora), but it was still impressive to see what the league did. |
I think that's one of the things we can be better at. We've got to get the ball in the end zone when we're in the red zone. |
I think this week a lot of things will unfold that could surprise people. I don't think anybody in their right mind could predict the outright champion. |
It's a battle as a coach and a player. Just getting to Friday nights are hard. It wears you out. Sometimes you have to reach down deep and get a little more to pull you through. And this is only the first week of league. |
It's definitely going to be a challenge. But, that's all right. It gives us a chance to evaluate our guys and how they step up to the challenge. We want to see how our guys respond. |
It's tough as a coach because you think his dream is shattered at that point. The way Sidney responded to the injury told me a lot about his character. |
One thing we want to do is eliminate the big play. I think our coaching staff and players understand (Madera) is going to score their points. We just can't give up the big plays like we did last year. |
That score just jumps out at you. I've never seen that. |
The biggest thing is we're definitely not looking at them as an 0-2 team. They've had some tough breaks in both their losses and they definitely could have won both their games. |
They have one guy that committed to Cal for good reason. I don't want to fuel the fire, but he may not be the best guy. They've got two other guys that are also very good. |
They're a better team than last year. In certain spots they may not be as athletic as they were last year, but they're a better team and they run the Wing-T very well. |
They're a very good team that had a bad week last week. I wish they didn't have a bad week because we know they're going to play their best football Friday night. |
We had such a great effort. I know a lot of people in the Central Section have high hopes for that Madera team. But our guys came through. |
We really haven't played well the last two weeks. I haven't seen that same energy we had week one and that's a concern for me. |