114 ordspråk av Rod Barnes
Rod Barnes
Sometimes kids will rally around a situation like that. Sometimes it goes other way. He would want us to go up there (to Kentucky) and play well and that's what he said to our players and coaches.
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Sometimes we all need a wake-up call. He realizes if he'll just go play his game, it'll take care of itself. I'm sure he wants to prove himself. He wants to get something done. He's probably a little hungrier than he was before.
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That's huge. One thing about this league is that it's so tough when you get off to a bad start.
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The best thing about them is they have totally bought into winning. They don't care about their stats; they just care about doing what it takes to win.
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The thing that has helped him, our guys are so close. This is a close-knit group. I think that's one of the reasons why he came back. Most kids in that situation wouldn't have played today. But he made the commitment to come back, and I think the guys were excited to see him and really welcome him.
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There were some turnovers that they had nothing to do with. It was just passing and catching. You can't do that against a top 10 team and win. It just doesn't happen.
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There's gonna be ups and downs, for lots of teams.
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They beat us up pretty bad. It's a tough draw for us, but after the game against LSU, I feel better about our team's state of mind. I think they're in a better state than the last game against Kentucky. That's when the uncertainty (about Barnes' future) started. Words have been spoken. A lot of those questions are behind us.
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They told us it could go either way. As of (Friday) I didn't know if he had the surgery or not. His father said they would contact us after the game and let us know how everything was going. Then we got a call last night about 9:30, maybe a little later than that.
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They tried to trap him, make things tough on him.
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They were a lot more physical when we started our offense. They double-teamed Todd and tried to trap him. They attacked him, and that hurt us at times.
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They're putting up numbers on a consistent basis.
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They've done what they need to do to get to this point. It's something to be happy about. But we've got to continue to try to get better.
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Those guys are talented; they're young; they're inexperienced. They need some maturity.
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Those two are probably playing as well as any two wing men in the league, and maybe in the country.
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