Just think of the different types of personalities they've had to deal with through the generations. All the changes in society. |
Mat drills can improve their quickness so much. It also (addresses) intensity. Boatman never had anything like mat drills before. We like his intensity. |
One of the things we need to help us in this game is the heat. |
Our problem was that we [didn't] call enough runs per game. You have to have a little more patience than I showed last year. |
Receiver was not a priority in the beginning and it became one. We were very fortunate to fill some holes. I was really getting nervous at the end as I lost the player and got to thinking that Rod Owens may not be ready to play. |
Somebody is going to win. This is going to be the ultimate experience right off the bat for them. |
That really frees me up in pre-practice preparation. I want them getting used to going to him for certain things. |
The thing about the running game is he can't get it against the defense. You miss the reaction time going against fast people. What he is doing is getting assignments. He's just got to get it down mentally. |
We had a play called, a run to the outside, but we knew that he wanted the fullback belly. We should have stayed with our original call in that situation but we went ahead with the fullback belly and we had not prepared for that against them. We flat out couldn't block all of their guys on the play. We should have overruled him on that one. |
We had some penalties from kids being over-aggressive. |
We have a close family. If you are willing to put up with that - which so far I have been - (the criticism) won't bother you. |
We have seen a lot of good linebackers with Miami and some of the teams we play, like N.C. State. He certainly ranks up there with them. I've always kind of had the feeling that when you get in the group with the top-five, it doesn't matter. You are so good at that point, you're good. He can change the game I know that. |
You better be thick-skinned to be in this profession. And you better be ready to handle it when it comes. It's sad that that's the way it is, but that's the way it is. |
You know people can say what they want. They're just not going to say it around here. |
You'd like to be 50-50, that'd be ideal. No worse than 55-45, I would say. That could go either direction. |