I'm not going to lie to you, you hate going into the regular season losing like tonight's performance. We're making excuses, but we've got five pretty good regulars who weren't in the lineup tonight -- especially down the middle. We're real young down the middle. |
I'm not saying he's going to get a pass. If the state economy is in the hole his entire term, that's going to be an albatross. Any kind of honeymoon he had is gone. It's the same old typical politician, I think, that's how a lot of that anger is going to be seen. |
I'm not sure we've seen a cluster like this in terms of numbers and certainly it's a concern. Is the virus being transmitted more easily from birds to humans, or even from humans to humans? We need to put all the pieces together before we can come to conclusions. |
I'm not the type of person who counts something I don't have. Do we think about it? Yeah, that's part of the game and part of the strategy. We have to make decisions and make rosters. Right now, I try to stay away the most I can about talking about playoff games. |
I'm not used to this. I was a head coach for [six] years, so it's different taking a step back. But everybody tells me it'll be a good process, that it's not as stressful as the other one and there's a lot less to do. And it is. I've got a lot more free time now. |
I'm pleased with how far we've come. I'm not happy with where we are. I think we need to get better. As a coach, you're never completely happy. You want that perfection. You know you're probably not going to get it, but you want it. And I want it out of our guys. |
I'm proud of them. They've worked hard. They've seen that we lost by seven points last year to Central. They see that every single day when they come in the dressing room. I put it up there as big as you can. I guess it's fitting that we beat them today by seven. |
I'm ready to go. Last year I had a couple of bumps and bruises along the way but those winter months were good to me. No matter who you are, if you play in that many games, you're going to have some things that aren't physically right with you and I'm not bionic. |
I'm really proud of Nick because he just wrestled the tournament of his life. Last year, he was this pudgy kid who never could crack the lineup. We saw flashes of greatness from him during the regular season and now he just keeps plugging away in the tournaments. |
I'm saddened and frustrated because the ordinary people think that Congress is powerful and they expect that congressmen have the powers too. But it appears now that we don't have that power even to fight a sergeant who may want to arrest us and that is pathetic. |
I'm sure there's been some anxiety for some of our people since the announcement (about the move). But I think this tour relieves some of that. Not everyone will choose to move, but those who are considering it are a bit more excited after coming down here today. |
I'm telling you, he said that. Wade reminded us of it and we all kind of chuckled about it. He never stopped believing. You look at those things and the things that coach Smith has done for us this year, and you most certainly have to say he is coach of the year. |
I'm upset. You prepare and hope that you go out there in a big game and big situation and play well, and put your team in a situation to win. And today I didn't do that. I didn't play well. I didn't make enough plays. I made too many mistakes for us to win today. |
I'm very concerned about special-teams coverage. Two weeks in a row we gave up a kickoff return. I'm very concerned, particularly when we came out of the San Diego game (Aug. 11) and felt very confident. Overly confident, I guess, as you may look at it right now. |
I've been here with Joe for 10 years and this has by far been the toughest year for him, and it's the best job he's done. He's done a good job year in and year out -- this year the job he's done was really special because he had a lot of things to battle through. |