As coaches at Palma, we've always felt that Chad had tremendous Division I talent. But he's not your prototype 6-3 quarterback. And we don't put the ball in the air a lot here. It was a matter of convincing coaches he could play. |
Eric is probably one of the most dominating defensive players we've ever had at Palma. He hustles all over the field all the time, and he's usually the one making the tackle. There are a lot of teams out there that are going to regret not offering Eric a scholarship. |
He didn't panic when things didn't come to him. What Chad has is a lot of patience. |
I did not even expect Jeff to start. He just came in and took the position. He closes fast on the ball. He's a solid run stopper. |
Kyle makes all the line calls. You watch him. He'll get up to the line, look at the defense and start barking out calls. He's irreplaceable. |
Michael's another one that will be a key to our success. |
One of the reasons we wanted Jordan to play quarterback is he's such a threat with the ball. He takes pride in taking care of the football. He doesn't make ill-advised pitches. Not all quarterbacks think that way. |
That's our strength right there. Our first string (defense) has yet to give up any points this year. This might be our finest defense ever. |
The strength of our team has been our defense. |
Their offensive line gets off the ball. De La Salle is a team that will wear you down. They are a team that will come out and hit you. But so are we. |
There's no secret where they'll be on defense. We see certain things that we feel we can do. We know what we want to run. We'll see if it comes to fruition. |
They're a bit down this year, but Serra is a team that has beaten us the past two times. Not a single person even whispered De La Salle this past week in practice. We were focused solely on this game tonight. |
We did not talk about De La Salle at all until this week. |
We're trying to find our rhythm. |
We've got most of our stuff in now. We've had a little more time to jell. We'll script our first 20 plays. Of course, you have to get a feel for the game, which is why we've rarely gotten through our 20 plays without making changes. |