Can?t give up soft goals. Ever. There?s always one a game. We have to eliminate those. |
Every day this week, before practice or after practice, we talked about what we did last weekend. It was only as a friendly reminder as to what we need to do, almost as if we need a wake-up call every day. |
Everything?s a turning point now. We?re looking at the halfway mark. It?s more of dealing with what?s on our plate. We don?t want to put too much on our plate right now, because A, we?re going to get indigestion, and B, we?re going to get fat. We don?t want to look at this as getting too good too quickly. We want to digest our food and learn and start to peak at the right times. |
Guys are stepping up. Everybody has to chip in. They?re learning and they?re extending themselves for each other. That?s the sign of a team that?s starting to become very cohesive. |
Guys wanted it to be the game-winner. I?m just real happy for Seamus, and so is everybody else. That?s what makes our team come together. |
He took the bull by the horns today. We?re proud of the way he played. |
He wanted to pull himself. I was not going to him let him do that. He is a fiery guy, a passionate guy. Every one is going to get emotional. He can learn from it. We can't quit. We have to play these guys six more times. |
I think it?s there. I don?t think any player in our dressing room is worried about the challenge that?s ahead of us. If we take that framework-- that mindset -- that we?re not scared of anything, we?re going to be fine. |
I thought Luke played great. He wanted to come in and make an immediate impact. He?s shown that he wants a job. He breathed some new life into our dressing room. |
I'm looking forward to keeping my options open. |
It should put added pressure on them. The source of urgency has to come from the decision maker, in me, and it also has to come from within, the dressing room. That urgency has to be addressed and solidified. Not just talked about, but done. |
It?s a concern of his, because he?s never been hurt like this before. If that stress is there every day, and it?s not being allowed to go away ..he?s doing the best he can. You have to give players like that credit. |
Losing the first period 3-1 was an irritating factor to me. We had some chances to score and there were some things that were out of our control. Those are the factors that we want to fight and we will fight. Everyone in the dressing room is going to fight together. We don?t want to accept mediocrity. |
Our top three lines were going. Chris Pittman should have had four goals. We have to build off what we did well. When they do play the system, they look pretty good. |
That was a small bump in the road when considering what others went through. |