To have the No. 1 player come out of your own state, you really need him. You really need him to go to your school - and so that was huge. |
Too many balls on the ground today. Too many dropped balls. To me it?s a little lack of concentration and feeling sorry for themselves. |
Vinnett had a great summer, ... and has been one of our leaders, but he's never, ever had this much pain in his knees with tendinitis. He can't change direction. He's very doubtful. |
We appreciate Jermaine Taylor coming to speak to our team. I thought he really came from the heart with exactly the same thing we've been saying since January 14. It's about an attitude and a work ethic and doing it every single day. That's how he became a champion. We have a lot of respect for him. |
We are asking for two things, a lot of passion and concentration. For the most part, on the first day it was the way it ought to be. |
We are going to make sure the kicking game is sharp. Being on TV, you don't want to have just 9 or 10 out there. |
We are very active with drug testing and (head athletic trainer) Dean Weber does a good job of checking up on any suspicions we might have. And that's the thing, Jermaine would have been the absolute last player we would have suspected. Every indication was that he was not taking drugs, but obviously we don't know for certain. |
We expect that. I don't think it's a big, big deal, but it's good to hear about it, that you're doing what you're supposed to do. |
We expect the defense to be further ahead. The offense is still learning. |
We expect the defense to be further ahead. They played well the last few games of the season and you just want to build off that. |
We feel good about what [Johnson] is doing now, that he didn't do in the spring. He's been accurate, but like we told him, 'We're giving you this because you earned it, but you still have to come to work every day. You've got some guys right there on your heels and they're going to work even harder.' We're excited about his progress, but I still think we can get better. |
We got the exact same workout. We would have done the same thing outside. We were on a tight schedule. |
We had a good, good rehearsal. We didn't go very long, but it has been a good spring. We wanted to make we had good concentration and had our kicking game in order. |
We had every intention of playing Rod, ... but the way Cedric Logan stepped up, it (the intentions to play Coleman) motivated him. |
We had every intention to play Rod, but the way Cedric Logan stepped up during the game, I think it really motivated him. I didn't want Louisiana-Monroe to be the one game (Coleman) plays, then all the sudden, he's getting one play a game the rest of the year. I didn't want to waste it. |