Fortunate isn't the word. I think Pacific deserves to have a coach of this caliber, and that's exactly what we set out to find when we started the hiring process. |
He truly believes in Pacific, and that's an absolute must if you're going to be really successful here. You have to be able to embrace what the school is all about, and Bob embraces the mission at Pacific. |
In any enterprise, you're going to stumble along the way at times. You're always going to have things that don't go as smoothly as you want, but it's a credit to any organization when you can keep the faith among the people who support you. |
It's a major factor. We have to develop players. There are so few recruits that can float under the radar today, but if you've got somebody who can find them, get them in here and bring them along, that's huge. We have to be able to do that. |
Once I had a chance to visit with her, she had substance and passion that I liked. At Pacific, our whole focus is on the student-athlete. |
She did an outstanding job of holding this team together. We didn't win as many games as we wanted, but I thought she did an outstanding job with the short amount of time she had to work with these kids. |
The first thing you look at are wins and losses and how a candidate affected a program. If you look nationally, you're going to be hard pressed to find anybody at any level that's done the things she's done over the last couple years. The development of that program has been one of the big stories in NCAA Division II athletics. |
There's no doubt we lost one of the great athletes in our entire athletics history. His football accomplishments are rivaled by very few. The entire sports world is going to miss him, and we as a university and athletic department are going to miss him. He means a great deal to our football legacy. |
We are disappointed to have to postpone our grand opening of Klein Family Field, but you can't fight Mother Nature and this decision had to be made. We do look forward to playing our first game on campus very soon. |
We can call you 'E' because you spell yours with an E. |
We're going to open a playable field, but we've got more work to do. |
We've been consistent with the fund raising. We're a little over $3.5 million, so it's gone well, and we're at a point now where we can look at moving forward with a couple things we had not planned on for this phase. |
We've got some high expectations for all our sports programs, and we're certainly looking for some improvement in our women's basketball program. |
Whether she's going to be a candidate or not is her decision. |