In college, there are two or three Saturdays that you can just show up, whether it's Florida playing Vanderbilt or Miami playing Rutgers, and you're going to win. Sundays in this league are like playing Florida and Florida State every week. A two-and-seven team can be as good as anybody you'll play. |
It's a fresh start for him. He might come in and be absolutely perfect. |
It's a great place. I've got family and friends - but it's a difficult thing. It's unfortunate that Houston's going through a tough time and I wish him the best and want him to win this weekend. |
Miami wasn't in a conference at that time. Miami was an independent, |
Now they can take a deep breath and just play. |
Obviously the city is excited, ... They had their hearts ripped out when the franchise moved, and in the years they went without a team. They're hungry, like the team is, to have respect back and to have a team that's competitive. |
Since we signed all these guys, he's been on vacation [in Florida]. |
That's a great example of what we preached to our defense, |
That's an unfair thing. Houston is a friend of mine. |
The biggest win you have to win is the locker room. ... And it's very difficult when you inherit a football team - you go someplace and all of a sudden these guys have got seven-year contracts and the coaches have got three. |
The trade isn't going to be the problem. Negotiating the contract will be. |
We tried to change the idea that this team was a loser. So many people had labeled them as losers, and said [these players] couldn't play for anybody else in the league. That the only reason they were even in the NFL was that they were playing for Cleveland, an expansion franchise. Obviously you try to build their self-esteem, their self-respect, and give them a reason to hope. |
We understand that Butch Davis inherited an awful football team with virtually no talent. However, why do you keep defending the man (and his talent evaluation skills) when he clearly had awful drafts for the Browns? |
We'll have an update probably some time, 12 o'clock on Sunday. Stay tuned. |
We're going to survey the hotels and motels in town. There's a real nice shelter at Family Faith Church, ... and we're going to solicit the hotels and see what comes out of it. The hotel population right now is still between 500 and 600. |