I was very impressed with Billy Napier when he worked on our staff in 2003 and 2004. He will be among the youngest full-time coaches in Division I next year, and I look at that as a strong asset. He was a big reason South Carolina State had a very successful season, especially on the offensive side of the ball. He will also be an asset to us in recruiting. |
I went with experience, game experience, ... I should've gone with practice experience. That's the lesson I learned. |
I wouldn't be too worried because he has done too many good things and showed so much improvement to be concerned about what happened today with split teams. |
I wouldn't be too worried. He's done too many good things and has shown too much improvement to be worried about half a day with split teams. |
I'm hoping he'll be ready Monday. But you're sitting in the hospital Saturday and you're a week away from the game, obviously it's not good. |
I'm probably more excited now than at anytime I've been here. |
I'm sitting there looking and saying, 'This could be really exciting,' ... It needs to be exciting this year, though. |
I've been here seven years and he's been my quarterback for four. He's sitting up here with a college degree. ... what a great ambassador for college football. His leadership skills and how he responded after a disappointing year last year, which was my fault. The way he handled it to the media might have put a couple more years on my contract. |
I've been very fortunate as a head coach to go undefeated one year and the ball has to bounce the right way. You have to be lucky. I think Bear Bryant said that it's better to be lucky than good. We just weren't lucky this year. |
I've seen him be successful throwing the football his sophomore year, I've seen that. I've seen him react through adversity, I have seen that. I'd never seen him react to a new system because we didn't have one. I'd say that'd be the most impressive thing. |
If I wasn't familiar with Rob's background and watched his teams play, maybe I'd wonder, ... As long as you've got a plan. I feel comfortable with a plan in place. |
If the team's playing that hard, I've got to do a better job winning it late. |
It always helps to win that last one. It boosts morale and gives you a lift going into the off-season. |
It takes a very mature young man (to do what he did). He's made good decisions for his age, choices guys his age don't usually make. He's a very humble person and he's been taught well by his mother about how to receive praise. |
It was a time where you worry about having your team buckle, but giving it to James made it easy. |