It's been an emotional drain. Our off-the-court situation has taken a little bit of some of the players' spirit. That's human nature. Everybody responds to tragedy in different ways. |
It's embarrassing for me to see my team play the way they played. |
It's hard to promote two guys and we didn't want them taking away from each other. |
It's really sad. Here's a 19-year-old kid who won't be able to pick up the phone and call his dad when something good happens. |
It's relief in that some of our guys have not been able to grieve. Coleman lost it in the locker room. He needed to. I'm glad he had a chance to release something inside him. |
It's surely not taking away from my [Tech] job. I sleep about four hours a night anyway, so what's the difference? |
It's very sad, a 19-year-old ... that's not going to be able to pick up the phone and call his dad. |
Let him get through tomorrow, and we'll figure it out from there. I wanted to give him some freedom to figure out how much he can deal with and give him some time to grieve without having to put him on a schedule. |
Life's not fair. My team knows that more than any team in America right now. |
Like every other game against Clemson over the last two years, it will probably come down to a play at the end, for better or for worse. |
My wife, my children's initials and my parents' initials. |
Now it's for real. It's no joke now. |
Obviously, he has some closure, because he's been waiting for the phone to ring, but we've also got to get him some help. (Collins) is a brilliant young man who's gonna graduate in three years. But he's still a 19-year-old young man that's lost his father. |
Once again, we were unable to come up with a big play, a stop or a score at the end of the game. In league play, there's such a level playing field that you've got to make plays at the end of the game. |
Our ability to bounce back is kind of a trait that we've had the last few years. That was good to see, because now, it's for real. It's no joke now. |