I just thought he was really composed the whole day, |
I know the benefits of being up in the press box, |
I know the benefits of being up in the press box. You see an awful lot more and it's not as chaotic. But the emotion of the game, it's real and you get to look eyeball to eyeball with your players and you get to share the emotion of the game. You get to communicate when there's adversity and you help them through it. I had a blast today. |
I saw Chris as a big, physical back. Obviously, the people in high school had a hard time tackling him. He had good speed, not great speed. (We) wanted to give him a shot (at tailback) and see if lightning would strike twice. |
I think Brian learned a valuable lesson last week. He was frustrated and I told him, 'They're going to make us beat them by throwing the football, so you need to take that as a compliment.' That doesn't mean you surrender. You keep playing because it's going to be a game where you earn every one of your yards. Games like this are games of persistence, games of trusting yourself, and knowing it's not going to look pretty all the time, but you have to keep banging away. |
I think there is a correlation if you have a whole team of guys who can't process information, |
I think we've become adept at it. It has become our signature play. |
I think what it can do for you is center you on the values your team has and make sure you appreciate and honor those values - and consistently honor them, |
I thought it was very significant for us as a team to know we have answers outside of handing the ball to Brian Calhoun 40 times. |
I was excited. I enjoy being on the sidelines because you really get the flavor of the game. I've always enjoyed being down there. |
I'm always very cautious in comparing backs to other players, because I believe each person has their own independent personality. I don't want to say he's Reggie Bush, because he isn't. He's Brian Calhoun. And I wouldn't trade him for Reggie Bush. |
I've never worked on the same staff as Chris. This is pretty exciting to share this. I'm very friendly with the Stoops family - Mark, Bobby and Mike - and they've always talked about what an unbelievable joy it is to be able to share what you love to do with your family members. |
If, in fact, Christen is not playing this week, then everybody is going to have to step it up a notch and I know they'll do that. Last week we had a terrible week of practice and I think that was shown on (last Friday against Central Crossing, which hadn't scored since the second quarter of its opener and dropped to 0-4). Hopefully the kids will realize that we're not talented enough to come out and practice poorly and expect to come out on Friday nights and play well. |
In five days of practice, he did some pretty amazing things. He's one of the most natural runners, the most physical (freshman) in five practices I've ever seen. |
It would be way premature to suggest any particular store in any particular community. |