We've been 10-5 in the Big Game, that's not bad, ... Yet at the same time, we've been in the top 10 maybe three times in the 15 years I've been here. That's hard on everybody. It's hard on the students. It's hard on the coaches. It's certainly hard on the athletic director. |
We've been able to build strong relay teams as well. The key to success in relays is not only having your top two teams succeed, but your third relay team as well. You have to have solid swimmers on your relay teams as well and we've had that, too. It gives us a great edge. |
We've been practicing officially for only a few days, so it's hard to predict exactly what kind of performances we may see from our guys this weekend. Putting them out there, especially the freshmen, is sort of like a baptism by fire. I'm interested to see how they respond. |
We've got a choice here. It's either vote for this or try to amend it. And if we try to amend it, we're going to be back where we've been for the last five months. That is, doing a lot of talking and not much action. I regret that, but that's the situation we're faced with. |
We've got our hands full early. George Mason is picked third in their league. Then Oklahoma State the next night is picked third or fourth behind outstanding teams (including defending national champ Texas) in the Big 12 and then South Alabama is picked to win their league. |
We've got to be more focused, and it starts with lining up right and staying onside. Mistakes in the second quarter turned a great half into a good one, and we can't afford to have mental letdowns that could come back and haunt us. We've got to eliminate the silly mistakes. |
We've had a code in place that for many years was never enforced. We have a pro-active code enforcement officer that we've never had before. And there's no middle ground on signs. You either want them or you don't. To regulate them, hopefully, we'll all be on the same page. |
We've had calls on a variety of guys, but there's no intent on our part to move him. For me, it's important as I get accustomed to this role to have an open and honest relationship with these guys. I didn't want David to focus on anything except what's in between the lines. |
We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina. How can you not care about who's laying the country out for you? This is the time of life you get to question things. You should always think for yourself and speak out. |
We've had some good wins, and I thought we did a good job against Iowa and Iowa State. We need to make another jump. We have to become a consistent offensive team. We have to score from the outside on a consistent basis and not just rely on getting the ball inside to score. |
We've had the luxury of having more than a week to take some time off and regroup. We have a much more detailed game plan in terms of something the kids can buy into. It's taking a little more thinking out of their hands, in terms of analyzing the game and making decisions. |
We've heard conversations and I'm sure it's going to spark some more conversations?I would not be shocked to see this creating a review by several of our schools in whether they are able to fund programs in the need to be competitive or just to balance the budget on campus. |
Well, of course, we have our First Friday next Friday evening, March 3 rd, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.. Our featured artist is D. G. Womack of Eureka Springs. An opportunity to visit with her, see her artwork we have displayed and enjoy refreshments. First Fridays are always fun. |
Well, we don't have (the minors). There's a lot of catching up here to do with Ahmad's game, the things that he hasn't done since Aug. 5 to improve and polish his game. So, we're solving a need as well as trying to get him some action, you know, get him a little time there. |
What could change, for some reason I can't conjure up, is if interest rates go up a lot quickly, because that would bring a real slowdown in housing. And oil could go up significantly. However, I think most of us would suspect a spike in the price of oil would be temporary. |