The conference gave us a chance to put a plan together. It's remarkable we haven't lost anything yet. |
The cooperation with all of these schools has been outstanding. We never forget these young men and women were student-athletes, and we did the best job we could in accomplishing this under difficult circumstances. It was something made easier by the way the schools involved accepted our people. |
Then, we'll put the logistics of the athletic piece together next. |
These Tulane student-athletes are visiting students at Louisiana Tech and will be held accountable by both institutions for their actions, ... Both institutions set high standards of behavior for their students, and the high expectations and standards of both universities will serve as a guideline for us in dealing with this matter. |
They are built like bomb shelters. They are providing a safe haven. |
This is the first step and a significant event in the healing process for Tulane athletics, our university, our city and those affected in the Gulf South. |
This logo embodies our current focus. We said from the beginning that traditional scorecards are out the window as far as Tulane athletics is concerned this year. This is our goal, to get back in the game, to persevere and to accomplish this mission of representing our university and our community. |
Unfortunately, we have a lot of experience in dealing with these situations. |
Until 4 p.m. on Friday, ... we didn't know the answer if we could compete in our sports programs. |
Until we get a sense of what the next step is, I really think this is a good outpost for us as far in terms of stability and trying to maintain some normalcy. |
We have tried to create a stable environment. There were tough circumstances in Jackson. Here we knew we would have the (Conference USA) conference office that could communicate for us. (Wednesday) we struggled just to communicate with people without land lines. The (conference) was able to pro-actively set things up for us. |
We want to represent Tulane everywhere; our goal is to give hope to everyone, ... If we do that, and do it with dignity and serve the greater purpose, it'd be the greatest victory any of us had ever been a part of. |
We're going to line up some professionals -- counselors. The reality is just setting in for all of us. We didn't have the benefit of looking from the outside in. They're still absorbing everything that did happen. There will finally be some realization of what happened -- as it's been described to us, the worst disaster in our country's history. |
We're pleased that our Green Wave teams will be able to continue to compete and proudly represent Tulane University and the city of New Orleans during the fall semester. We have received a tremendous amount of support already from our Conference USA family and from athletics programs around the country. This collaborative effort to put Tulane University teams on the fields of play this fall is unprecedented. |
We're still absorbing everything that did happen. The worst national disaster in our country's history, and you're part of it. |