(Our team) never did, never lost confidence in each other or the coaching staff. Playing the way we do, the worm will eventually turn. We'll eventually reach a more magical number than eight (wins). Maybe nine, 10, 11…. who knows? |
[Bowden understands Wallace's difficult task in motivating players not always sure what's left for them this season.] You have to turn over about every stone you can, ... Usually, you talk to a kid about his mom up there watching, or his grandparents, or his girlfriend or whoever is up there watching. You appeal more to personal pride. |
[Watch when the Tigers face rival South Carolina or two weeks back when Miami took on Florida State, Bowden says.] There's a little more fire. There's a little more fast feet, ... I'm trying to get that every week. |
A coach doesn't get giddy. The excitement from a coaching perspective is if we can get those guys to make improvement. And it's not like a lot of improvement because we were close in the four games we lost. We can get better. |
All of my comments since he has been here is he has had tremendous potential, and his performance had not matched his potential to this point. But I think, potentially, you can see what he is capable of doing. Now consistency is his next step. |
All three could play some. |
Antonio has closed the separation. He is the one that had made the move, which is good. |
Are our games close? Well, yes they are close. It would be crazy for me as a head coach to go and change a lot of things. I have learned to stay the course. Now if we were losing games by 30 points, then yes we would have to change things, but we have not been doing that. |
As far as the way we played, when our defense gives that kind of effort, we're a pretty good football team. It's been indicative of the way we have played all season. |
Bear Bryant made the statement that it's better to be lucky than good, and I think you have to be lucky. We weren't lucky. That's one thing about this year's team - we never, ever gave up. |
Bring 'em on about five or six more times. Let's play two for one: two down there, one up here. |
But I didn't like him leaving early (for the NFL), so what the heck. I don't know if (Kelly) knows who Gumby is. |
But it can be a negative if you run into injury problems. |
Dad is 76. He takes naps during the game, so he might miss something. |
Defensively we have to get a better pass rush from our front four linemen. We have to improve in that area. But, the tackling was improved from what I saw last Saturday. |