His first couple of years he was really hesitant to say a whole lot because I think Brad is really hesitant to push his beliefs and opinions on anybody, ... He just tries to live his life and do the right things. Certainly, you'd like to have a little more vocal leadership, and I think he's doing that this year. He feels more comfortable. |
I am really proud of the team. It was a great gut check and great win to end the season. Our guys kept fighting through adversity and they just started to make plays. |
I coach my coaches, and I feel very good about my staff. I think it's really easy to sit there and change coaches. To show people that, 'Hey, he's making a change and he's doing this and that.' But I won't do that. I'll do it if it's the right thing to do. I'll do it in a heartbeat if it's the right thing to do. |
I don't ever discuss the discipline things, although I'm very consistent with what I do. |
I don't know if he lost any games in high school - this guy's used to winning. |
I don't think he's playing, is he? |
I don't think you can be worried about that. I think you just have to just focus on playing your best game. Some will draw motivation from that, which is fine, but it still boils down to being focused to play your best. |
I feel so bad for (Coffey) because he's had such a great camp, ... You have a player that works so hard and you get an injury like that. He's been doing just a great job for us. ... Somebody's got to step up. That's the way it is. |
I just got a little nervous. I wanted to make sure we preserved this, and we never really came out firing on offense in the second half. |
I think we'll see a combination of everything. I think they'll do what they do. They're good coaches. They're smart. I think we'll see a mixture of things. They're multiple in the attack that they present to us. So we'll certainly see some of those things. |
I thought he played really well, really well. I'm not sure what his numbers were, but I think they were pretty good. |
I told the guys at halftime, let's have the greatest comeback in Independence Bowl history. |
I'm very pleased with the class. What we wanted to do was to make sure we had some balance, and I think for the most part we got that. If you look at our class, also, I think there's a lot of speed in the class. I feel very good about that. |
I've known what his weight is every single day since I've been here, |
I've never seen a freshman like this since I've coached, including Brad, ... He was very well coached in high school; you can tell that. But he's also a very, very confident young man. Certainly, he'll tell you he doesn't have all the answers. I'm not trying to imply that, but it was very, very competitive between all those guys, and he won the job. |